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61 Of My Top Fears

From Broken Clocks to Nuclear Holocausts

Chris Connors Jr

Jan 21, 2018

Syracuse University

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Pexels

Recently I’ve found myself feeling quite anxious about many everyday situations and dilemmas. Being the listicle type of person that I am, I’ve decided to create a list of some of my fears:

List of Fears:

Fear of getting sick
Fear of germsFear of the letter “G”
Fear of failure
Fear of flying
Of driving
Of flamingos
Of fancy people
Of wet handshakes
Of Avocados
Stale root beer
Familiar looking strangers
Stale bread
Soggy bread
Hard foods
Tight socks
Cars
Money
Dry skin
Dark crevices
Soggy spaghetti
Misspelling spaghetti in front of people
Roller Coasters
Words that sound like they could be one word, but also possibly two words
1. See Roller Coasters
2. See Chalkboards
Bees stinging me on the back of my neck
1. Very specifically the back of my neck
Losing people
Superstition
Witches
Feeling Sad
Turtles
Punk rock bands
Commitment
Social acceptance
Cults
The future
That scratchy sound chalkboards make
1. See number 24
Limes
Being trapped inside a snowglobe
Not being trapped inside a snowglobe
Umpa lumpas
1. Especially the ones from the original Willy Wonka Movie
Santa Claus
1. The only time of the year where it is socially acceptable for a large man to break into your home and leave you “gifts.”
Boredom
Broken Clocks
Fast clocks
Slow clocks
Accurate clocks
Clocks
1. That word sounds weird the more you say it
Words that sound weird the more you say them
1. See “Clocks”
Spaghetti squash
1. See number 21 & 22
People touching me
Food touching on my plate
Butterflies
Messes
Changing plans
Heights
Caves
Opposites
Nuclear Holocausts
Babies
Old people
odd numbers
Losing control
1. See numbers 1-60

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