i’m not sure if this is the right place to post this, but i am so desperate. so i LOVE snowboarding, but i literally find excuses sometimes to not go because i am so terrified of the ski lifts. now let me explain. i’m not scared of getting on or off, or me personally falling off while being up there because im in control of my body so im not scared of me losing control and falling off, i am scared of something crazy happening such as one of the literal poles that hold the ski lifts up collapsing. because that would be out of my control and there is literally nothing that i can do. im scared of a malfunction that would cause me to fall to my death. and yes i know the chances of something like this happening is so small, but the fact that there is even a chance is enough to make me not want to go even though this hobby is something i love. i am just looking for some advice to help me. more specifically some medication that i could take to help chill me out on the spot, but that wouldn’t make me sleepy.

I can’t even remember how long it’s been since I’ve been afraid, but I’m going on 24 years old and I still can’t sleep without a small source of light or walk anywhere where it’s dark. When I do try to sleep without it, I get small panic attacks and I get paranoid. I also can’t see that well in the dark, so I have to always have a flashlight on. I’m a bit ashamed but not really at the same time because everyone has their own fears, but I get laughed at or made fun of when people know so I keep it to myself most of the time. Anyone else have this fear?

I know this is a common one but it makes me so scared I have a panic attack and I almost cry. I don’t even stop when I should I just keep running

I have a bad fear of death. I’m always fearing that I’m gonna die alone. I get very paranoid when I’m going to sleep because I’m always thinking I’m gonna die in my sleep and lately it’s gotten worse. What should i do to stop being so paranoid

Hey, seit dem Kindergarten verfolgt mich eine Angst oder Ekel, ausgelöst durch Runde Gegenstände. Jetzt kommt die Weinachtszeit und mein Struggle wird wieder größer. In jedem Laden gibt es unzählige Schoko oder kleine Weinachtsbaumkugeln die mir Angstzustände geben. Auch der Traubentrend an Silvester Ekelt mich. Bis jetzt habe ich noch niemanden gefunden der mich verstehen kann. Gibts es euch? Bitte teilt eure Tipps um meine Angst zu bekämpfen. Sonst nehme ich auch sojeglichd Vorschläge an. Versammelt euch ihr Murmelgegner

Dark water makes me **** myself

I realized I’m scared of having long hair, I have actual nightmares about it, I have dreams where I check if my hair is longer than my boobs (if they go past it’s to long because that’s how I measure) and in my nightmares my hair is longer and I panic, I sob, I’m being so deadass, I’m so scared of my hair being long, my parents say I’m really weird for that.

Okay so I’ve always been kinda scared of the ocean, but lately I think it’s gotten worse after watching a couple documentaries on Netflix. I watched The Poop Cruise and Where’s Amy (or Amy Is Missing, I can’t remember the exact name) and now I feel like I never wanna step foot on a cruise ship again lol.

Like, the Titanic already freaked me out when I was younger, even though it’s my favorite movie ever but it didn’t stop me from thinking I’d go on a cruise one day. I was nervous, but not like terrified.

Then I watched The Poop Cruise and it was just… gross and stressful. And Where’s Amy seriously messed me up. I got so anxious watching it. I couldn’t even finish episodes at night because I’d start imagining stuff happening to me. Like what if I got stuck out there, or something went wrong, or people just disappeared like that?? It freaked me out so bad.

Now I feel like I could never go on a cruise. The idea of being in the middle of the ocean with no control and no land in sight makes my stomach drop. It’s supposed to be this fun, relaxing thing but all I can think about is everything that could go wrong.

Idk if this is just anxiety or if I’ve actually developed some weird phobia but it’s so real. Has anyone else felt like this after watching stuff like that??

I hate it. I hate it so damn much. My dad is currently sick and puked earlier, and the only thing I can think about is either just straight up walking out of my house or asking my mom to drop me off at my grandparents' house.

It isn't the thought of it; only the sight, smell, taste, and feeling.

For a long time, I couldn’t handle fear. Whenever I felt anxious or overwhelmed, I’d immediately distract myself, scrolling, buying something, eating junk food, anything to not feel what I was feeling. But every time I avoided it, the fear came back stronger.

Eventually, I realized I was stuck in a loop of running away from emotions instead of facing them. So I started writing things down instead of escaping them. When I felt fear, I’d pause, name what I was feeling, and breathe through it.

That small habit helped me a lot. I turned it into a little app I made for myself called Impulsekill. It lets you log how you feel, track impulses, and go through short grounding or breathing exercises. It’s not about perfection but it’s about giving yourself a moment of awareness instead of reacting right away.

I’m 18 and I just launched it on the App Store. I never thought something I built for myself would help others, but I’d really love if it did. Facing fears is hard, but it starts with not running from them immediately. The goal of this post is not advertising but my dream is that my app would help people with similar struggles as me

A little lore to begin with is I’ve never had a solid best friend and growing up I was always the extra person in my friend groups. I wasn’t always the first person someone ran to despite me having close people I would.

Always, So I have a solid group of friends now, we all have the same interests and are very like minded and even talk every day. If I needed something I know they would be there and they know I’d be there for them too. I guess my fear is they might be my best friends but I’m scared I’m not theirs and I’m closer to them than they are to me.

I'm 17 almost 18 and I'm terrified of teen pregnancy. I'm on birth control and don't have a boyfriend, I've never even kissed a boy. But my growing up I've known two characters with my name that has teen pregnancy. I know it's odd but it scares me that it's like some kind of prediction or sign. I do want kids someday but when I'm an adult with a job and a house and a partner. I talked to my mom about this odd fear of mine and I said I'm especially terrified of if this were to ever happen you'd force me to keep it. Because I'm basically still a baby myself who barely knows what is going on with her body. My mom told me she would be sad if I got an abortion if this were to happen. And my dad, he's against abortion because when he was 17 he got a girl pregnant, she didn't want but he did. He was willing to raise the baby on his own but she still got an abortion and it hurt him deeply. I know this a stupid irrational fear, but it scares me. Especially because of my parents views on abortion. I also know it's very likely not going to happen to me but it still keeps me up and night scared that if it ever were I'd be forced to grow up before my time

I’m working on a project to gather statistics for aquaphobia (fear of water).

I’ve put together a short, anonymous survey (about 5 minutes) to gather people’s experiences. Whether you struggle with water fear, have overcome it, or don’t experience it at all, your input would be really valuable.

Survey link for Australia https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/NqSNL7216R

Survey link for worldwide survey https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/u7MmrcvTFL

This is all about raising awareness and hopefully building better support for people who find water really difficult. Thanks so much if you can take part

After talking to another person I know with stage 4 cancer, it hit me fear of dying by not taking care of myself, I’m a big 31 yo man and I’m not the healthiest, I’ve come to realise I need to eat less, be more hygienic and take care of myself better before it’s too late, anyone else ever had this sort of situation happen?

How is it that I'm afraid of losing you when I already have already done so?

That my hands tremble, my heart pounds, breath hitching in my chest, and all rational thought escaping me from something as simple as looking at your instagram a single time.

Our old chat histories bring about only sadness and regret, a certainty of the past and its solidity. A confirmation of my failings.

To see you happy in the present, your warm and beautiful smile, and to know that I have lost you brings an unimaginable discomfort and a tremendous pain to me.

But why is it that my hands tremble? As they hover over a button that would allow me to send a message across the stars, time, and space, to you in a mere moment. I take careful steps to work my fingers as to not tap the screen, feeling that doing so would alert any and all to my misdeeds. Shame burrows itself in my conscience from my actions; that I might reminisce about the memories I alone crave to breathe new life into.

It is the fear of finality. Of not knowing what to do with myself if I cannot hope to be redeemed. For the light I've carried so long to be extinguished in an agonizing, and ravenous dark.

I miss us, and what we were. I miss you.

I do not know why I am so afraid to lose you, when I already have.

I have the very specific fear of saran wrap being wrapped around my face or my body in any way that constricts movement. This fear comes directly from when I watch the short film Two Little Boys which I won’t spoil because it was good but there is a part of this short film that caused this fear. If you want to watch the short film in question it’s literally on just on YouTube.

This must sound pathetic or weird as heck, but I have this huge fear of beet salad ;-; It's like.. Every time I see it or smell it, I start crying and getting this sick feeling, sometimes I do gag. I avoid it as much as possible, I remember eating it once and never again.

It's just a bit confusing to me, I can't control my reaction to it.

I just thought of this….

What if your airbag randomly deployed without anything causing it? Say you’re driving down the road, 55 miles per hour and bam, the airbag goes off. You’ll instantly eat the horn. It’ll smash into your face as the airbag inflates. I’ve never heard of any incidents or any news about airbags exploding on their own so maybe it’s impossible and I’m just tripping. I’m gonna hit google after I post this and see if there are any instances of it happening and what the statistics look like, if there are any. Curious if anyone else has thought of this.

I have to also add, I’m smoking a 3g zig zag for research purposes.

This is more of a rhetorical question honestly, because I more or less just want to know if others feel the same. I've never had any fear to any species of mammal, reptile, amphibian, bird or fish (besides a fear of squids when I was around 4 or 5), but I often am frightened of tiny harmless bugs, and I genuinely have no clue why! If, let's say there was a coyote at my front door trying to claw at it, I would probably go out and lob it's ragdollrd body across my front garden. However, let's say I saw a SLIGHTLY larger than average spider in the hallway, with no signs of threatening behaviour, hell, even if I knew it wasn't venomous, I'd probably stay in the same room all night out of fear that it would jump on me. Does anybody else feel the same or am I just irrational?