What Scares You The Most?
By Alice Henry
@IreneVincent (15962)
United States
December 2, 2016 10:36am CST
In this world of earthquakes, tornadoes, terrorists, plane crashes, forest fires, tsunamis, hurricanes and many other scary things, what scares you the most?
Of course, I’m afraid of most of these things, but I don’t live in constant fear. I don’t like thunder storms with lightning and wind. I’m afraid that a tree will fall on the house or that lightning will strike the house.
Tornados have been devastating many of the areas here in the U.S. and so when a tornado warning comes on the TV, I’m always anxious about that.
I don’t think we have to worry about a tsunami here but right now forest fires are destroying thousands of acres in the U.S.
It seems like there is always something going on to cause anxiety.
Can you think of a time when you were REALLY scared?
I’m also afraid of spiders. What scares you the most?
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
2 Dec 16
Being paralyzed from the neck down @IreneVincent (which is a possibility). Because of my severe spinal injuries, all it would take is a trip and fall or some jackass hitting my car from behind.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
2 Dec 16
Yikes! I hope that never happens to you.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
3 Dec 16
@nanette64 Lets' just hope and pray that it never happens to you. Be extra careful. What caused your spinal problems OR maybe you don't want to discuss that here.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
3 Dec 16
@IreneVincent Me too. I've told my daughter; a pillow over the face with pressure.
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@marguicha (215367)
• Chile
12 Jun 17
My country has had most of the worst earthquakes ever recorded so I´m mostly scared of them.
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@marguicha (215367)
• Chile
13 Jun 17
@IreneVincent We have had some of the worst of the world. The biggest one was in Valdivia, when I was 15 years old. I was far from it, yet we felt it in my city.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
13 Jun 17
@marguicha I have heard about earthquakes in Chile. I will research the one you mentioned in Valdivia.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
13 Jun 17
Earthquakes are very scary. We had one here in Virginia a few years ago. It was very scary and so unexpected. Virginia is not known for earthquakes.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
13 Jun 17
Oh I'm definitely in agreement with you about dentists. 
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
2 Dec 16
Been there. Done that. Cancer is scary. I'm a survivor so far.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
2 Dec 16
@JohnRoberts I'm very sorry about your father. My brother didn't survive either. Cancer is a plague and I believe that the CAUSES of cancer are what we eat, drink and breathe unfortunately.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
2 Dec 16
@IreneVincent You are most fortunate. My father did not survive.
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@spaceseed (2843)
• India
2 Dec 16
Every one is worried about something. Please consider it normal.
We are humans not god. :)
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@spaceseed (2843)
• India
2 Dec 16
Forget about age. feel young. Try to play with kids or watch cartoons. your problem seems to be slight loneliness.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
2 Dec 16
@spaceseed I'm definitely not lonely. I have family all around me all the time and lots of friends. We get together often and play cards and I stay busy.
I just worry about my family getting hurt some way. It comes with age. Worrying doesn't change anything, but I still do it, unfortunately.
@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
2 Dec 16
We had an earthquake here in Virginia a few years ago. It was very scary. I have also experienced earthquakes in Okinawa, Japan and in California.
