What are the top 5 things that you're afraid of?

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Mine are: ==Heights== I've tried to conquer this fear of mine several ways. I bungee jumped off of one of those cranes after imbibing quite a large amount of illicit substances and remember almost none of it other than the bruising along my inner thighs the next day, left by the harnesses. I've allowed friends to hang me off the end of the Ventura Pier by my ankles on a dare. Still, the fear remains. I can even be far away from a ledge and still get that gnarly tingle in my feet to accompany the racing of my heart. ==Being trapped in a crowd== I've been known to walk off, ditching my friends while at theme parks in an attempt to find a bubble of space. I can barely tolerate shopping at the mall near Xmas because of all the people inside and cars in the parking lots. Every time I hit a new bar that I'm unfamiliar with, I show up early and scope out emergency exits and then find a spot where I can have my back to the wall and all other people surrounding in front of me where I can see them. I will hyper-ventilate and more or less "flip out" if my personal bubble of space is invaded. ==Spiders== I don't have a straight out phobia of them. I can look at pictures and I've even been known to kill a few as long as I have a long stick with which to smash them with. But I don't want spiders to come anywhere near me or - Awesome forbid - touch me in any way. They're like the insect equivalent of feet as far as I'm concerned. ==Drowning== Funny one to be afraid of considering that I live on the coast and go to the beach on a semi-regular basis. I can even go swimming in pools and do OK. I just get weird in large areas of water after I was a little kid and almost got sucked in by the undertow. Ever since then my heart rate has gone wacko when I look down into the water off of a bridge or pier. ==Garden Gnomes== Yeah... I just... can't....*shudder* So, I showed you mine, now it's your turn to show me yours.