User blog comment:PixCity/Worst fears, anyone?/@comment-27905100-20161014232332

I have a few.

First off: Loneliness. If I'm in a place where I can't see anyone, and if It's silent enough, a terrible feeling of dread begins to slowly overtake me. After about an hour, I normally sit, paralyzed, with my back to the wall for fear of something unknown coming up from behind.

Secondly: Water. Drowning scares me, but mainly because I believe it would be painful. My biggest fear though, is when the water is so deep I can't see the bottom, because I can only imagine what lurks down there.

Thirdly, and finally I fear helplessness. Anything honestly, if I know I can't change it, makes me afraid. The hopelessness and the not knowing what will happen but knowing you have no control over the situation scares me.

In a way, all of these fears are tied to the unknown, which, in my opinion is the absolute of fear. After all, isn't making the onknown the known the point of religion?