I’m constantly afraid that I’ll get fired. Not for anything in particular, just that it’ll happen randomly and without notice… which has happened to me several times over the last decade or so. I hate living in an ‘at will’ state.

That people are only pretending to be nice to me but are secretly mad at me behind my back.

I went through an incident where the people I thought were my closest friends, weren't, and it fucked me up pretty bad.

Other drivers. For god sakes. I live in the Washington DC/Baltimore MD area and while driving around here has always been a lot like Death Race 2000, it has gotten absolutely insane since covid.

Traffic signs are clearly just suggestions, people have no issues just blocking the thruways in parking lots. At least once a week I will just barely miss being in a fender bender.

That someone is mad at me and I don't even know I've wronged them.

The two most dangerous hours a day are going to and from work. I'm just one screwed up human away from death every day. Chances are there are a lot of them that are screwed up.

Disappointing others.

My most common are also my greatest.

Fear of death of my parents.

The risk of harm to my kids.

Getting hit by a car or stabbed by a methhead. Or getting hit by a car driven by a methhead who then gets out and stabs me.

I speak about half an hour before I think. I've fucked up more times than I care to count doing this.

I'm agoraphobic. It's practically impossible living your life without leaving your house though.

Even taking out the trash or checking my mailbox can be an ordeal. I'd much rather have a regular phobia, like spiders, snakes, clowns, or something easier to avoid.

That I am going to lose my fucking mind. I have untreated psychiatric issues so it's not only possible but at some point probable. Every day feels like a roll of the dice but I white knuckle through.

Risking being forced into social situations that I don't understand or don't like or that trigger my self destruct mechanisms.

Getting attacked by a crazy druggie.

I dont care how much it costs I just need a political party to come up with a solution for this shit. I'm down for any solution at this point.

oh everyday i have to be on guard some nutcase will come up to me and try to start a fight with me because of my dog, my hat, my shirt, a book i might have on me etc. mostly verbal, but a few times they straight up threw a punch or tried to kick me. around '22 this started happening to me about once every 2-3 months.

nobody ever did any of this to me until the past 3-4 years, post pandemic craziness. it's not homeless people, it's usually yuppies or trust fund baby types who hate me because I look 'weird' because I'm not wearing designer clothes like them. it's weird and it's always that type of person, it's never like a normal unassuming looking person, it's someone who has a 'identity' to broadcast and seems to think I'm threatening them by existing in the same space as them, like apparently me waiting for a coffee or a take out on the sidewalk 'offends' them.

funny thing is stuff like this also happened to me in college, from the same type of people. i would be like chilling on a bench reading a book and campus security would come up and said i was reported for threatening people and making them uncomfortable and i'd be like 'what people' and there would be nobody around and they'd just be walk off because well, it was some idiot who felt 'attacked' by me minding my own business.

Dropping phone in toilet

Being hit by a car while I'm riding my bike to or from work

That my wife will die and I will have to support by kid through their grief while grieving.

Motorists

Being assaulted or even murdered.

I regularly live with this fear to the point that I don't leave the house by myself.

Centipedes. They're everywhere. I get jump scared by one at least once a week.

Edit - sorry it double posted for some reason

I guess trypophobia? I don't have it to an extreme amount but I feel uncomfortable every time I look at the ends of my bamboo chopping boards