10 Minute Writing Prompt:
Keep your hands moving the entire time, write as many details about each image that comes into your head.
You are in therapy. You are sitting on a therapist’s couch. And she turns to ask you, in the calmest voice you have ever heard. “What exactly are you afraid of?” She says.
What comes to mind, four fears, four things that terrify you, what are they. Write as many details about each image that comes into your head. I’ll do this as well.
Four pictures that terrify me are:
Clowns
Loosing someone
Height
Spiders/Insects
I’m afraid of small places. The reason why I don’t like small areas is because when my 13th birthday I got trapped in a elevator for 10 minutes. So now I hate being in any kind of small space because I don’t want to get trapped in anything similar to an elevator.
My second fear is the fear of sharks because when I was 5 or 6 years old my mom came into my room and put on Jaws and ever since that day I won’t go in the ocean nor look at a shark picture.
My third fear is of spiders because ever since I was a child I have been so scared I don’t even kill them because I hate seeing things die. Because Everything has a purpose that is why God gave life to that animal or insect.
My fourth fear is of anything that isn’t cute looking, has fur, or eats meat. Mainly because I don’t want to die.
I see a cliff, thousands of feet above water, im told to jump, but i cant, my body is frozen peering down this giant abyss with sharp rocks under the water, i see the cliff has rocks shaped like spears pointing upwards towards me, i see a pool of blood in the water and a little girl on the shore, she is crying, the body in the water is her mother. i havew to dive but as i do my spirit lives your body and i die mid air.
The first thing that i am afraid of is spiders, i hate the creepy black furry things with there long legs and there black eyes. I am scared they are gonna crawl into my mouth while i’m sleeping at night or crawl all over my body and bite me, i hate how fast they can move and how sometimes i am not able to catch them. Or how they can hide in small places and i won’t be able to see them.
im afraid of the dark, im afraid of public speaking, im afraid of abandonment, and im afraid of space
But how many times has a bridge fallen apart, shattered into a million tiny little pieces, and large pieces crushing the cars and the people who once walked the face of the Earth? Bridges are supposed to bring people closer together, but sometimes they fall apart and allow it that one person can never be seen again. And that’s why I have a fear of bridges.
I fear to be alone. But what I am afraid is being attacked.
Four things I am afraid of ? ………
That’s hard to answer….
One that is probably the easiest to say ……
I’m afraid of needles like a shot from the Doctors ……….. I know why but it’s a weird reason I’m afraid of all the bad things I’ve heard about that involve people doing drugs and doctors poisoning their patients, and other things like that.
I am afraid of not being accepted and I have a tendency to change myself to fit what people want me to be …. I do things randomly in hope that people will like it……… I never listen to myself about what I want cause I’m always thinking about what others want …. I know that sounds weird but i can’t help it its just the way i am ……….
Now the tough stuff…….
No one likes to talk about the tough stuff cause it most likely hurts….
It hurts me at least……..
I am afraid of him …… I won’t say his name……. He did horrible things to me. Making me pathetic and worthless and feel so sad and lonely about myself and making me so dependent on him. It was the worst thing he could do to me……
I have a fear of losing someone, someone that especially is close to me and also is apart of my daily life. I am afraid of losing that one portion and piece of life, because recovering from it is pretty hard and takes a lot of time.
I am also afraid of Letting someone down, especially if that person i let down is close to me. I believe that people that are there for you when you need them to be are the ones that you should never let down either.
I am also afraid of running out of time to accomplish things I have set goals for. Because time is the only thing that does not stop in this world, and i want to accomplish all my goals.
I am afraid of being alone because i am a very social person and i love being next to the people i love.
The reason why zombies is one of my fears is because the unknown, say if they were real who knows the whole truth behind them. Ilike to to know about things so i understand all my strengths and weaknesses. Also i do not like being touched unless i know the person. So having a creepy disgusting creature come at me trying to touch me and kill me is pretty threatening. Plus they are frightening by their looks they’re odd
The first picture that comes to mind is having a bunch of people start saying stuff about me to ruin my reputation and there was absolutely nothing i could do about it.
The second one would have to be if just one day without me knowing, everybody hated me and didn’t want to be around me because in my life i don’t like to be the center of attention but not having any friends is a fear i have
The third picture would be death about death, i am afraid of death because i don’t know what comes after death
losing someone suicide
end of the world
drowning
being alone
One scary image would be falling off a plane with no parachute 2 would be going to school everyday for the rest of my life 3 would be donald trump winning the election 4 being paralyzed
One scary image would be a really high place 2 standing next to lots of clowns 3 falling down a building 4 having to go to school every day of your life 5 trump or hillary for president.
`I would tell the therapist that I’m scared of falling short of my full potential, i want to succeed in life not fail in life and live a life where I’m always worrying about this or that i just wanna worry about what’s the next thing i will that’s fun, go to this pace or maybe that place. Not having a good future and enjoying it is my greatest fear cause i don’t wanna stress out about certain things i just wanna sit back and relax and enjoy life after my hard work.
Arachnophobia or the fear of spiders is the olSpiders coming from all sides blood every wear bloody fangs really scary gasp.dest and most common phobia in the Western culture. The word Arachnophobia is derived from the Greek word ‘arachne’ meaning spiders. The response to spiders shown by an arachnophobic individual may seem irrational to others and often to the sufferer himself.
You’re standing on the ledge of a cliff and there’s nowhere else to go.
You know one wrong move and you could easily fall over the dusty cliff and plummet to your death.
You’re standing in a field alone you didn’t realize it would get so late so now you’re alone, terrified.
But it’s dark, everything looks the same the trees look terrifying.
Im afraid of spiders spiders just really gross me out . their 8 legs and 8 eyes . some have long legs some have short. Big or small . hairy or hairless . they all scare me even though i know that i could easily step on the little creature .
Clowns are my worst fear. If i saw a clown i would probably start running for my life just to get away from it . the paint on their faces just make me wanna scream sometimes . if i could get rid of one thing on earth i would definitely get rid of clowns.
1. I’m afraid it’s all a little too late and the film is over and the credits are rolling and the movie ended and I woke up to an empty theater with my own image shining back at me.
2.I’m afraid that my parents will die and there picture will be locked in my mind of the last time I saw them I’m afraid of all of this and I’m afraid of nothing.
3. It’s the end of all knowledge its armies of people on their phones liking and linking until liking becomes a language its dashes and dots and ones and zeros and that’s who we are these days.
4.t’s being hit in the stomach until all the air goes out of my chest and I can’t breathe, it’s a cold snap in south florida.
Very deep water I’m not good at swimming so anything with water is scary. Oceans are the scariest of them all i can’t image being under water near the bottom of an ocean. The sound of it is scary, the water up against your neck is scary and i feel like i would suffocate. I have no idea how i would take a picture of that. Typically when we want to make something super scary we make dark colors. We image the worst things in the dark.
Heights, I hate heights. Your head is much higher than your feet so it helps make a bigger illusion of danger because you feel away from the ground. I did something on the stars but it isn’t very high up and it’s hard to get a good heights picture without it being black and white.
I hate needles, i can’t remember if it’s a phobia but i had a bad experience with needles because the doctor tried to get a tube in my vein but missed it three times in a row and it was the worst feeling ever. So maybe i could do something with blood. I can pour ketchup everywhere and on my arm and Photoshop it into a picture.
Failing a class, i can’t fail a class. I have gotten a c twice or three times and i have a and a c right now and i am scared. So maybe i can’t take a piece of paper with writing on it to make it look like I failed.
Spiders are hella scary.
Whales are big and will kill you. Or they don’t even have to kill you they can bump into you and you will pass out in the water and die.
I’m afraid of not being good enough for my parents. I’m afraid of being alone for the rest of my life and i’m mostly afraid of speaking to strangers and social interactions.