A "Freaky" Friday: Your Top Fears
Posted October 19th, 2007 by Discovery Girls
In honor of Halloween, we asked DG readers what they fear most, and you told all! In the October/November issue, we ran the top 15, and we promised even more of your fears right here, on DiscoveryGirls.com. So, brace yourselves! Some scary stuff is below! If you fear something that you don’t see here, let us know in comments to this post!
DG Readers’ Top Fears
Needles
Snakes
Sharks
Being criticized
“That my boyfriend will break up with me.”
Global warming
“Having my secrets told.”
Mice
Tsunamis
“My dog…he’s a pit bull!”
Worms
“Going to jail.”
“Getting my period in school.”
“Falling off the Grand Canyon.”
“Lions and tigers!”
Thunderstorms
Seaweed
“Having to choose between two things I love.”
“My house being destroyed.”
Bullies
Clowns
“Swimming in the deep sea.”
Criminals
“Making mistakes in life.”
“Being stolen out of my balcony.”
Maggots
“Getting trapped in an underwater cave.”
Bees
Getting sick
Spiders
Bugs
Losing family and friends
Parents getting a divorce
Getting kidnapped
Roller coasters
“Getting an F on my report card.”
Having a boyfriend.
Heights
Being homeless
Puberty
Being trapped in small places
Now, we want to hear from you! Any tips for getting over one (or more!) of these fears? Send ‘em along as comments to this post!
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My mom dying
Having my mom die and where I live.
My Fears
I am afraid of deep sea, my home being destroyed, my parents dying in a car crash, and I am very afraid of heights, but I still love scary rides!
Same here
I’m really scared of my parents dying and spiders and all that stuff but I so like scary rides and spooky places it’s so fun! Shannon.
needles
i hate needles because there sharp lauren
SPACE MOUNTAIN
for me it’s space mountain!!!!!!!!!!!!! yikes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG
OMG! I love space mountain. I went on once and had a chance 2 go again, but didn’t. i was 2 freaked out! I love it anyway.
Really?
I don’t think Space Mountain is really bad.
I love Space Mountain!!!
Space Mountain is awesome, even though it may be jerky. I always sit in the first seat. That way, I’ll have a better experience than everyone else. I’ll ride everything!!! Even Tower of Terror and Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster!!!
practicly the same
SAME HERE! I love scary moves and rides but hate snake and that stuf
Same here!
I’m SO with you!I’m totally against the water,even in my pool!
Totally...
Yeah! Girl I feel 4 ya! I hate being in deep water!! It’s also creeped me out!! I never really wanted to like learn how to swim and all, but I learned that learning how to swim is important! But I do know how ya feel about deep water!
deep water
I love deep water! Totally…, I don’t why you don’t like it! It’s so fun to go WAY deep down! As long as it’s not in the ocean, with pressure and sharks! Hey, maybe that’s what I’m scared of!
I SEE WHY!!!!!!!
I am also very scared of deep water it’s not that I can’t swim it’s just so scar yand deep!!!!!!!!! I don’t see how u aren’t scared u r very brave!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
me too
mee too but only in the ocean or lakes i dont know why but even when the water is really clear is still scares one time me and my family went on a vacation to an island called turks and caicos and we went snorkling and i was sooooooo scared i was crying on the boat ride ther but it turned out to be sooo beautiful! we got to b like a foot away from a sea turttle! it was so amazing but im still scared of it though but sometimes you just have face your fears or you could miss out on something really amazing
Drowning,bite by something or anything....
I’m afraid of the water.I almost fell in the ground at my friend’s pool party.I’m not a good swimmer.I could not swim on 6 feet or 5 or 5/6!And at Ontario is the falls.I can’t believe they have a giant feet.Like 180 feet or 178 feet.I can’t believe they made the railing so easy for people to fall in.I hate the sea or ocean.I might float away and got stung or bitten by something.I preffor pool.AT 4/5 and 4 and 3 or 1 and 2!I know 1 is like nothing………
YEAH:sea!
I HATE WATER!
Re: deep water
im with ya sista! i love the water….. except for the ocean. i refuse 2 swim in it when we visit. -Merab
I love water!!!!!!!
I’m not afriad of drowning. But I am afriad some one will tell my crush I like him!!
deep water/ me too
I LOVE deep water too! It’s like so much fun to get away from the noise and just be by urself with no one else…
NOt AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hate deep water I always think a shark or something is going to get me and kill me!!
deep water
i love swimming in deep water it makes me feel weightless!
even though im a really
even though im a really strong swimmer i get the creeps when i see the sign on the pool thats over 12 feet deep. and when i was at a swim meet there was a 14 feet deep pool and i got dared by the girls in my age group to dive off of the really high diving board into that. that was defenitly one of the freakyest things i had ever done
Say What Crazy Women?!
AY AY AY! I sooooooo love deep water, and shallow. I’m not scared cuz im a level 9 swimmer. 1nce i get 2 11, i can b a junior lifeguard! -fish a.k.a. Merab
Heights 4 me
I AM NOT scared of water even if it’s deep. I’m TOTALLY scared of heights!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree!
I’m not afraid of water at all,I love it,i would swim all day if i could! But heights,I get freaked out and scared! That’s one thing i am not good with with!
Water
I am totally not scared of the water…………I am a little bit with heights though!
Re: Water
I agree. im a fish. i love water. i could swim all day!….but i h8 diving off the board cuz in th pool i swim in, its like 10… no 8 feet off ground. but u hav 2 do it in swim lessons.
Look at the creepy face!
Heights is one thing but think of this. EEEEPPP!!! I HATE……… CLOWNS! Omg. They’re so creepy! Under those painted faces, I can just feel an evil grin. Looking STRAIGHT at you. That gives me the heeby jeebys…. Yikes! Who know’s what I mean?????
Look at the creepy face!
OMG i no EXACTLEY wat U mean!!!!! i H8 clowns!!!!!! :(
me t00
i hate clows too the makeup is wat creeps me out the most
Heights/Yikes
I totally understand I HATE HEIGHTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they freak me to the x-treme
fears fears and more fears
I’m totally with ya on that. I like water but heights are a different… I’m also afraid of fire, sharks, being embarassed in front of the class and the dentist
Dentists!
they freak me out soo much. when they come at me with those drills i freak out!!
omd me too
im so afraid of needels and drills and anything pointy yikessssssss This only starred afte i was in a car crash on vacation. It was a head on accident. i WAS ACTUALY ASLLEP AT THE TIME BUT I HAD BASHED MY HEAD AGAINST THE WINDOW.Didnt hurt or break much only my front tooth hurt bad now every time it falls off i have to take 2 pills to go to the dentist huge. AND GET A NEEDLE AND MY DENTIST IS LIKE YANKING MY TEETH. AND WHEN I TURN 16 THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE THE WHOLE THING OUT BY YANKING IT AND I WOULD NEED A FAKE ONE IFONLY IT HAD NEVER HAPPENED. I AWAYS HAVE TO BE CAREFUL OF EATING FRAID OF IT BREAKING AGAIN. ONCE IT BROKE THE DAY BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTED. SINCERLY,ALEX :~)
Re: Dentists!
Dentists………. there r sooooooooo not freaky! they’ve put in 2 fillins and nothin happened! +, mi cuz goes 2 the same dentist and haz had 12 teeth pulled. yipes! nothin happened though -Merab : ~ )
Water?!
Really? I love the water! I am calostrophobic though so I’m scared of small places. I am also sorta scared of fire….long story. XOXO leah
FEARS
I’m not afraid of much.As 4 bugs…EEK!
Fear!
The only things I fear are totally upsetting my parents and myself big-time, and being separated from people I love and care for! To tell the truth, I try to limit how many fears I have because I’m afraid of fears! (Not to sound like the dude who said “The only thing we fear is fear itself)
Fears to face
I Have A LOT of fears. I mean it If you wnat to here my list of fears be prepared! Trust me! Ready! Buckle your seatbelt and lets begin! My fears are… the dark, snakes, spiders, tight places, sharks, parents dying, being alone, predators at school, online predators, heights (Sometimes not unless it really high but on a rollor coaster i totally forget about the height), crimanals, getting anything below a C, getting in trouble, my friends turning on me, my friends doing drugs, drugs, bees, bugs, planes, boats, planes that crash when we ar e on them, boat that sinks when we are on it, and A LOT more. Prepare for more fears later!
Cheerleader15
Scaredy Cat times infinity
I am scared of spiders, snakes, mice, sharks, jellyfish, parents dying, cancer, cars driving fast in the rain, hotel shuttle buses (one nearly broke my back when I got into a car accident!), pitt bulls, vampires, ghosts, heights, ants, bees, strangers, online predators, getting C’s, D’s and F’s, drugs, alchohol (I refuse to eat anything made within 5 feet of alchohol!), airplanes crashing, boats sinking, roller coasters with loopde-loops or twisty-twists, Drop Zone at Great America, Jean the Mean at my school, my friends getting badly hurt and me having to save them, someone trying to do a fake slap and getting a little to close(OW!), getting rabies, squirrels, racoons, foxes, newts, frogs, someone I love breaking the law, getting hit by a car, earthquakes(there was one the night before Halloween, and it totally ruined Halloween!), fires, getting buried alive in wet sand, breaking a bone(never happened, knock on wood!), flying basketballs(if that hit me!), flying soccerballs(one nearly broke my arm!), my dad and stepmom divorcing, my siblings being kidnapped, being kidnapped, tall trees that look like they are about to fall over, having an allergic reaction,Harry Potter stories becoming true and Voldemort killing me, braces, spiders, snakes, criminals, my friends becoming enemies, poison ivy, poison oak, west niles virus, malaria, mosqitos, tigers, lions, worms, bees, ants, and many more things. I’ll tell you when I can think of more!
Oh yeah
And I sometimes get scared of my cat, because she sometimes attacks.
HDMG
braces!
hey i have braces!
by the way i am the same person who wrote not fearless and i have somthing to add!
bees, earthquakes, alcohal,drugs,smoking,
Deep Water Rocks!
I looooovvvvvveeee deep water. You can swim around and impress people too. Plus in a public pool, its the perfect escape from annoying people. :)
Not With me!
I LOVE the water, and I can’t see why anyone would hate it, unless a loved one drowned in it, then I get it, but for me water is fun and I LOVE SWIMMING!
me 2
i also hate height but i still love to rock climb as long as i don’t look down cause then i get all stif and shacky and can’t move!!
i <3 ROCK CLIMBING
ME TOO!!! I love rock climbing because of the thrill. But I can’t look down because I freak out and I can’t make it the rest of the way, so I go all the way back down! I am afraid of heights. - same 4 me
RE: me 2
Me too! I LLOOOOVE rockclimbing but if Ilook down I’ll screw up! Jenna
your fears
your fears sound alot like mine,i hate deep sea and when someone in my family is late i start to think of the worst,heights arent my thing either.it started to efffect my outside life so i really worked to be less worriedit worked!!
My Fears
My biggest fear is clowns because they have devious smirks.Also spiders because the way they walk…aaawwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fears
im so scard of clowns and spider they both hont me! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
my fears
I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOO AFRAID OF SPIDERS. WHEN I SEE ONE I SCREAM AND JUMP. EVEN IF IT’S A LITTLE ONE. I AM ALSO AFRAID OF HEIGHTS. BUT I ABSOLUTLEY LOVE ROLLERCOASTERS AND THE HIGH DROPS.(ISN’T THAT WEIRD?) I LOVE SCARY MOVIES EVEN THOUGH I GET SO SCARED THAT WHEN I TURN A CORNER I’M PANTING AND NY FACE WILL TURN RED. BUT I REMIND MYSELF THAT IT’S ALL FAKE.(WHEN I WAS 7 MY FREIND MADE ME BELIVE IN A REALLY SPOOKY STORY) I AM KIND OF AFRAID OF THE DARK BUT NOT REALLY
I don't agree with you
I think spiders are sooooo cool! In fact, they are one of my favorite animals! I also loooove snakes, bats, and wolves! (I am a tomboy, thats why.)
spiders r suckerz!
i h8 spiderz sooooooooooooooooo much, cuz i got bit bi 1. whenever i see a spider, i scream and run away and 1nce, i saw such a big 1, i al;most called 911! -Merab P.S. spiderz r suckerz!
my fears
Person that wrote MY FEARS…….. its ok! u can overcome those fears. i am afraid of heights and all of those things! and more! i jst hope it doesnt make you scared to try new things. u shouldnt be afraid to live a little.im afraid of heights but ive started to look down when im up high! i think about how cool it is to be up high, im still a little afraid of roller coasters but ive gone on rides iwuoldve never gone on bfre. but if u r stll scared ask a close bff or parent to help u overcome ur fears. u’ll be happy u did!!!!
omg that wood make me flip
omg that wood make me flip out! :O
Cancer
Big time I am scared of cancer! It runs and my family and I was very close to losing someone I loved. I can’t imagine me or someone else VERY close having to go through the pain of the treatments, scaryness of dying and watching them (or me) fade. I am very afraid of dying of cancer!
:-( RE: Cancer
OMG that is terrible!! I hope no one (or you) in your family gets cancer!!!!!!! I hope someone finds the cure for cancer soon!! (That way you won’t have to worry!)
RE: Cancer
Yeah I’m scared of cancer too just last year I had to watch my great-grandmother fade away. It was a really hard time for me to go through. I remember I said my last goodbye two hours before she passed on.
RE:i know how you feel
i know how you feel i have lost my grandma and a grandpa die from cancer within 2 months it was a hard time
Re: re: Cancer
I’m so sorry about your great-grandmother! I wish there was something I could do! (But that’s kinda hard since i don’t know you.) But I know what that’s like. My great-aunt, my grandmothers sister, she had lung cancer because she smoked. I was so upset when I got the news that I skipped dance class. I didn’t know a lot of things about her, like the fact that she wrote poems. I read them and they were beautiful! So I know how you feel!
cancer
i agree cancer is totally scary. im battling leukemia right now and it stinks. and telly tubbies scare me………………..
re:cancer
cancer runs in my family 2!!!
cancer
Cancer runs in myfamily too. Breast Cancer though. My mom had it, so chances are, I will too! Oh NO!
Lots Of Love, xoxo, ~Emily~ <3 <3 :~) * * U
breast cancer
you are so right I would not whant to have breast cancer. It would be scary to think about cancer . I dont think any one wants cancer and you know there are people that can help you ……………..your mom and dad and your family. from nikole
cancer
Skin cancer runs in my family…….
Sorry!!!!!!
I know it is a little late but I forgot to replay. Skin cancer and heart desiese ( sorry about the spelling ) runs in my family. And I am so scared of it. My grandma died from skin cancer and so did my dads Great grandma.
all of them!
i totally chose all of them,but im actually thinking of starting to ride big rollarcoasters…………………… kitty
Scaredy Cat!
-Rachel
RE: Scaredy Cat!
I feel just like you. Needles are soo sharp, everytime I see one, I worried if someone is going to stab me with it. Here’s 2 things about my fears with tornados, 1.I never saw one in real (thank goodness) and 2.If someone tells me about tornados, I always think what will happen to the places, things, and people I love. Even my basement is so dark, everytime I put the landury there I always go in the dark because the basement doesn’t have a light switch. Everytime I put the landury on the basement floor, I hear sounds and always freaked out and scream to find the doorway. So i’ll say it again, I feel just like you
My Fears
My fears are a spider crawling onto me (eek) and my family dieing. One I had a bad dream that my friend Amanda died on the same train I was on, I woke up crieing so hard. I am also scared of losing my little sibs. Im the oldest and I always get scared at the mall and places that they will get lost and kidnapped. I also get freaked out thinking about Global Warming happening. I had a dream that every on in Calgary was just walking to try and get away from Global Warming and I lost my little bro Xander and kalyee my lil sis I was so scared and sad for them, this was all a dream1 (Eeeek) I am not even an enviromentally activist kinda gal but Ahhh! I am also scared of dieing and wearing white pants on the day I get my period, and having it leak thru! (JUST MY LUCK) ttyl, viki, Luvs ya Keep it real galfriends XOXO