2. Describe 3 legitimate fears you have and explain how they became fears:
1. Snakes. I don't have nightmares about them, or scan the grass every time I step outside, but if they are around I'm definitely afraid. This probably comes from that time I was about nine years old and went out to the henhouse to collect eggs after dark, as per my chores (didn't do them during the day, still had to do them at night). I opened the door and shone my flashlight on a giant black snake, jaws agape, with a young hen halfway down it's throat. Terrifying.
2. Living an unexamined life. I want to really LIVE - and I don't mean scaling Everest, but I want to really be fully living no matter what I'm doing. I'm terrified of stagnation and growing old and discovering I didn't do something because it was uncomfortable, or scary. I'm not scared of "what if"s I'm scared of "what if we don't." I want to do something that means something to someone, and not waste away in an unhappy marriage, unhappy job, unhappy place because it's keeping a roof over my head. This might be something only people of privilege feel...?
3. Scary movies. I watch them because Justin likes them, and sometimes the idea of being spooked (as opposed to gratuitous gore) is alluring, but I'm always haunted by what I've seen for at least a few days after. I'll go around turning on lights or peeking around corners...or making Justin stand outside the bathroom while I pee, so I won't have to walk back to the bedroom alone. My college boyfriend made me watch those Rob Zombie movies and I'm still having nightmares
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