A couple months ago, I ran a list column on Omnivorous cataloging — the excellent brainchild of www.verygoodtaste.co.uk, who initially published the list with instructions similar to those that follow. I wanted to rip off pay homage to the idea with a different spin. Seeing as how I'm presently in Israel, something on fear seems perhaps in order.
One person's anxious nightmares may be another's perverse pleasure, so I tried to create a list that's not simply filled with belt notches for adrenaline junkies, but a real cross-section of things that make us sweat, or dread, or trigger the fight-or-flight response.
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the fears you've had to face.
3) Cross out your 5 greatest fears (whether you've faced them or not).
4) Add a comment to this post linking to your results.
I’ve faced 35/50 (and not without some kicking and screaming along the way).
1. Been mugged
2. Been in a fire
3. Been punched in the face (only in hockey, which should probably barely count)
4. Shoplifted
5. Been arrested
6. Scuba dived
7. Had surgery
8. Performed onstage
9. Traveled alone in a country of which you do not speak the language
10. Had sex in public (I mean, but not in a risqué on-the-subway sort of way)
11. Skydived
12. Ridden in a helicopter
13. Run with the bulls
14. Been laid off/fired
15. Quit a job
16. Been trampled by a crowd
17. Made an emergency landing
18. Driven 100+ MPH
19. Had food poisoning
20. Witnessed a death
21. Witnessed a birth
22. Been in a place of war or civil unrest
23. Signed a mortgage
24. Been shot at
25. Been lost in the woods
26. Been camping alone
27. Taken your child to the hospital
28. Eaten something while it's still alive
29. Killed a mammal
30. Fired a gun
31. Fired an automatic gun
32. Jumped from a height of more than 10 feet (into water)
33. Been bitten by a mammal
34. Seen a bear in the wild
35. Broken a bone
36. Met an idol
37. Eaten a meal alone in a nice restaurant
38. Ran out of gas in a car
39. Been bullied
40. Taken a test for HIV/AIDS
41. Been to prison (even to visit)
42. Had your house broken into
43. Had a bat/rat in your house
44. Been to a psychotherapist
45. Been in a hospital Intensive Care Unit (as a patient, to work, or to visit)
46. Been on a blind date
47. Been stuck in an elevator
48. Been told by a physician that you have a disease
49. Been caught in a riptide
50. Asked someone to marry you
Being punched in the face is very traumatic, the worst experience ever!
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