Tuesday, April 17, 2012

eek.

Let's talk about being scared of stuff.

I'm scared of a lot of things! Here's my list: 

  1. Dams
  2. Ghosts
  3. Mean ghosts
  4. forests at night (they're haunted)
  5. floating. . . things (like ghosts) 
  6. nice ghosts
  7. spiders.
  8. the demon (ghost) from paranormal activity. 
  9. math
  10. my ex wife. (HAH! Just kidding. I'm scared of her GHOST.) 
  11. Those red things from "The Village".
Okay so it's mostly ghosts. Shut up. 

Indifference is the only form of bravery I embody. I'm a coward, I'm a wimp. It's only when I don't care about something is when I manage to face it; not out of strength or willpower, it's an astonishing level of dispassion for the situation.

And you know what? It takes a lot to get to that point. It takes a lot of examination and a lot of evaluation to hate something, be terrified of it, make myself sick of it by thinking of it so much, and then literally, completely, not caring. 

I am untouchable because I am impartial. I am okaacy with these facts as they stand. 

I also stand firm in the fact that I'm okay with "ignorance is bliss". When I was like. 8 or something, I watched this thing on TV about aliens with my Mom. I DIDN'T SLEEP FOR A WEEK. I was convinced aliens were going to come snatch me out of nowhere because I watched a thing about rednecks in Texas seeing UFO's. Same thing happened with a documentary on Hell (and various religions "take" on the concept) and- this one is my favorite- the BERMUDA TRIANGLE. I thought it was going to come get me. 

Let me repeat that: I THOUGHT THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE WAS GOING TO KILL ME. I HAVE LIVED IN IDAHO MY WHOLE LIFE. 

So fear is weird. How do you get over your fears? I feel like mine is a daily struggle; I'm scared of people and talking to them and getting out of bed, going to school/work is really hard because of it sometimes. Whats your magic formula? Has anything stopped you from doing anything before? 

Uhhh I'm still not good at ending these. GOOD NIGHT I LOVE YOU. 

2 comments:

  1. I am terrified of bridges. Not ALL bridges. Just some. I shake and cry and curl up in a ball when I see one that scares me. Once, I even slammed on my breaks in the middle of the freeway...when I was driving, because one came out of nowhere(in Portland).
    I wish I could give you a cure. I wish you could give me a cure.
    One question though. Why are you afraid of people? You seem so friendly!

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    1. B'awww bridges would be terrible :( I can tollerate dams since they aren't really. . . yanno, around much, but bridges. Eesh.


      I think it's just an exaggeration of normal peoples anxieties about being in a group; am i talking too much? am i not talking enough? do people think i'm an idiot? do i have something in my teeth? am i wearing a shirt?! but it's debilitating sometimes, which sucks.

      I figure the only way to make up for being such a weirdo is by being friendly :) I legit love everyone!

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