Alright, I admit it, I have been scared by my own shadow...among several other things it would take me close to a year to list. Some people can go through their life not being afraid of anything less than a gun in their face, while there are others like me who spend five of their fourteen waking hours contemplating all of the things that could go wrong. Why is that?
I clearly envy those people who have a, "if it's my time to go, then there's nothing I can do to stop it" attitude. I have been called a hypochondriac on more than one occasion and understand that much of my fears are irrational and have nothing to base them on, but that doesn't seem to matter. Is it the way we are hardwired when we are born, or does it have something to do with the way were were raised because none of my siblings have the same problem?
Everybody has to be afraid of something legitimate don't they. I'm not talking about the same old, being alone, losing the ones I love kind of thing. I mean the kind of fears like, what if I have some life threatening disease right now and don't even know it so I can stop it. Am I and others like me, I know there are becuase I took a class about it in college, doomed to go through the rest of our lives either medicated or looking over our shoulders.
What a Chicken, well, you Know What
By schmi310 - Posted on February 27th, 2008
Hmmm...that's either some sort of phobia (hypochondria) or perhaps a totally legitimate fear. I've thought about this some times. What if I have Cancer? What if I have Cholesterol problems? The thing is, you can be careful to a point, but you shouldn't live your life in fear of something that probably won't happen.