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What are you afraid of?

I had a great sleep last night. Elizabeth didn’t wake until 5am and so I slept the whole night through (if 5am can be considered a civilized time to wake.) Let’s hope she sleeps well again tonight.  My fictitious intruder has vanished as well. I think I got too tired to be bothered conjuring up morbid scenarios. Only two more nights alone as we have a visitor from Christchurch coming to stay with us on Sunday night and then my wonderful husband gets back on Monday.

I’ve received a lot of flak recently about my desire to live somewhere that doesn’t experience earthquakes (or at least away from the tectonic plate boundary as I’m well aware that earthquakes can happen anywhere). If I said to someone that I don’t wish to live in Christchurch because I don’t like it as a city, why is that a more acceptable reason than saying I’m scared of earthquakes? If someone chooses not to live in Australia because they’re scared of snakes then that would be perfectly acceptable to me even though I am not scared of snakes myself. I have likewise heard people say they don’t want to live in the UK or US because they’re scared of terrorists. I am not scared of terrorists but I don’t accuse those people of having “demons”. I was living in the UK during some high-profile IRA bombings. I was not worried for my own safety at the time. There are lots of things people are afraid of like heights, bush fires, spiders, terrorists, earthquakes, illness, their children being abducted (me), plane travel, losing money, their partners leaving them…it goes on and on. If you are reading my blog, what are you scared of? And if you say you are not afraid of anything, then you may be suffering from Urbach-Wiethe disease. Or you are possibly not a member of homo sapiens.

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7 responses to “What are you afraid of?”

  1. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    Apart from being fearful of lots of things that will probably never happen, I have a phobia of grasshoppers – the big, crackly ones. Not scared of spiders or snakes but those grasshoppers are just too much. Can you guess who I am?

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  2. Frances Avatar
    Frances

    Fire…! I'm so scared of fire. We had a routine drill last week at school and it was honestly horrible, I ended up in tears.I understand what you mean about earthquakes, I don't particularly like them either. Partly because I have a collection of porcelain dolls which wouldn't last long on a tectonic plate boundary…

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  3. Rachel Avatar
    Rachel

    Anonymous: Um, do you have blonde, curly hair?Frances: People in Christchurch used blu-tack to prevent fragile items from falling over. It works pretty well. We still haven't skyped! I'll leave my skype on this weekend just in case.

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    Anonymous

    I'm afraid of illness. I think it is often something that you have experienced in the past. You have an insiders view of how horrible the experience can be and unfortunately it leaves you with an ongoing uneasiness of it recurring. It is probably that you dare to be vocal about your fear that people percieve you to have demons.GabbiePS – must make an ID!!!

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  5. Rachel Avatar
    Rachel

    I think if I'd been through what you have, Gabbie, I'd be fearful of illness too. Here's to a healthy Christmas and New Year.

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  6. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    Thanks Rachel and same to you, although I have to say that I am sceptical about the healthy part. Maybe once Jasmine has recovered from the tummy bug that Josey and family brought over with them and subsequently spread across SE Qld, things should be fine! Seriously, who knows where she caught it but it's a real bummer. Fingers crossed Bailey has missed it cos we fly to Melbourne tomorrow.Have a great xmas and festive season!Love Gabbie

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  7. Rachel Avatar
    Rachel

    Oh is that still making the rounds? I hope they don't bring it over here as we're hosting Christmas lunch on Sunday.

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