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If I were to ask you,

what are some of the things you are most afraid of?

We all have fears, right?

Some people are afraid of things like snakes or spiders or clowns or

or even dogs or cats.

Some people have fears of things like being afraid of heights or afraid to fly or a fear of

small places or crowds.

We have some relatively common fears like the fear of public speaking or a fear of elevators or a fear of thunder or lightning, possibly a fear of being alone.

We're afraid of things that are unknown to us or make us feel vulnerable,

like being afraid of dying or afraid of the dark,

a fear of falling, ghosts, zombies.

Some people are afraid of commitment or intimacy or have a fear of failure or

a fear of abandonment or a fear of being forgotten.

I have some irrational fears. I'm afraid of spiders and most bugs actually.

When I was younger I used to be afraid of the dark

and afraid of noises I would hear outside.

And that's a fear that's kind of carried over into my adulthood.

I'm somewhat afraid of going places alone at night,

something I don't really do very often.

When I was little, I was afraid of the night stalker Richard Ramirez and that basically expanded to just about any serial killer

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