It scares me when…
... I wake up somewhere and don’t remember where I am. (Usually this only lasts for a split second.)
... I look down from a tall building. (Scared in a good way.)
... I see a spider or any other freakish bug in my house.
... a paper is due in two days and I haven’t started. It scares me even more when there is more than one paper to write. Shit.
... I get the cops called on me. (True story.)
... something happens to a family member or a friend. Especially my mother. <3
Example(s): When a bus ran a stop sign and crossed in front of me…
I used to skate. Once I completely miss jumped off a ramp and had plenty of time upside down in the air to contemplate how much fun it wasn’t going to be to reacquaint myself with the ground…
I think these are less ‘scary’ moments and more ah fuuck… moments!
It scares me when I smell her hair and she is no where in sight
and when a week passes by without ever seeing a glimps of light.
It scares me when I close my eyes and cant remember her face
or when I think about the fact that we are all floating in outer space.
It scares me when the thoughts in my head hold nothing but fear
and everyone is screaming at me but Im the only one here.
I hate it when your in that state of semiconsciousness right before you fall asleep and then you feel like you’re falling or you tripped and you jolt awake. That always scares the crap out of me.
once I hit 1000 I’m changing my avatar.
When I think about the story of a friend of mine who moved into a new house and had a snake come up out the toilet. (Snakes on a Plane combined tow of my top phobias!)
Snakes don’t scare me, spiders don’t scare me, and bugs in general don’t scare me. People scare me, as they are by a far a much bigger threat to my safety than any ol’ bug or snake.
And any married man can tell you that it is scary when your spouse says: “We need to talk.”
I am scared to look at the lurve of Fluther newbies compared to mine. Some of these newbies shoot up the lurve ladder so quickly. I dunno how they do it…but congrats to them all.
It scares me when I’m at the car wash and water starts leaking in the windshield….and I don’t know if I’m about to become part of a people aquarium! (Happened the other day….I’m okay. Just a little damp.)
…I realize that this year’s college freshman were born in 1990.
...I see anything that might possibly be a spider.
...my little brother confuses Lincoln and Kennedy
...people hear the first notes of “Under Pressure” and say “OMG! Ice Ice Baby!”
...I think about dying alone.
...someone suggests that I sing in public.
...I think too long about finances and my future.
@Jeruba: We mustn’t ever fly together because I think the same thing…too much negative energy… Then again, we could have celebratory cocktails after we’re off the ground and cruising comfortably!
@bythebay When your kids know more about their homework than you, that is scary! I’m dealing with that now. Sometimes I feel that they don’t need me. but then they would get tired of wearing dirty underpants and eating pizza rolls ;)
when I remember I have to drive somewhere I’ve never been before
when my son runs just a bit too far ahead of me
when I think about how it could all end up going terribly wrong
when I realise that no-one close to me has died yet
when I have to go and meet new people
when my stomach and belly hurt
when I think I don’t have much time left
when I’m not a very nice person
when I shout at my son
when I long to go home
I get a letter from the courthouse that is very official looking. That happened a month ago, and it was simply a call to jury duty. In these times, though, you just never know.