1. Spiders.  All kinds.  They make me freeze with sheer terror.  Can’t even see them on TV or in a magazine without shivering.
2. Swimming in deep bodies of water.  Despite the fact that I spent my entire childhood in a swimming pool, my lungs tighten up with anxiety whenever I can’t see the bottom.
3. Close-mindedness.
4. Failure.
5. Public speaking.  Although I appear to have mastered this fear (on the outside, at least), I still do not enjoy it.  Especially when I have to present in German.  But maybe the next time I have to give a presentation in English, it will seem easy in comparison?  It’s all relative, you know.
6. Mediocrity.
7. Riding my bike without a helmet.  Anytime I am tempted, I have visions of terrible bicycle accidents and then my temptations miraculously vanish.
8. The sight of a needle or knife piercing skin.  I’ve had to cover my eyes during all the news coverage of people getting flu vaccinations this year.
9. Apathy.

What scares you?

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