Following Mushangas thread, what are you afraid of.. http://prince.org/msg/100/241479

Can anyone ever be afraid of nothing> ?

I don't think I get what you're saying

Can anyone have no fears whatsoever -> no
Can anyone be afraid of 'nothing' -> since 'nothing' does not exist (imho) the answer here should be no ... but if nothing means 'emptiness' or 'the unknown' it is a firm yes...

I know I am

One4All4Ever said:

Well as Mushanga said: Are you afraid of something that's beyond your control, and wish you weren't afraid of? And if you've been scared of something in the past, how did you overcome it?

I am asking those who are never afraid of anything and believe either what comes to them they can deal with or maybe they feel they have nothing to lose, or they just are not afraid of the obstacles life puts upon them.

I used to be afraid of nothing, cos my life couldn't get any worse. It was as simple as that.
I'm still not afraid of much - not afraid I'll get raped when I'm out, or assaulted. Not afraid I'll die alone cos I like my own company. Not afraid of things beyond my control.

Fear is about control. If you don't allow the fear to control you then you are not afraid. Plus it is all relative anyway, ones mans fear is another mans pleasure. Most people in reality only actually fear the consequence of something and that consequence is usually death because it is an unknown. If you are not scared of dying then in actuality there is not really much that can cause you fear.

Teacher said:

i used to be terrified about that kind of thing, but over time i've turned it into a kind of anger. god help the poor bastard who tries to attack me

evenstar3 said:

I don't know why I'm not scared, I'm just not - I know I have a "don't fuck with me" face on when I'm out and about, especially if I've got the right kind of music on in my mp3 player What I usually do if I'm approached by somebody I don't know, like on the subway, I pretend I don't speak Swedish - it's a whole lot more effective to tell somebody to fuck off in rough American English I also think that it puts people off.

Teacher said:

i'm a fan of the nasty glare as well. i had pretty good reasons for being freaked out about it, but eventually it got to a 'why waste time being scared' kinda thing .

Only if you don't care about anything or anyone, including yourself.

I've had periods like this.

I guess so but those kinds of people don't usually live too long and die tragic deaths, because they don't use they're common sense.

wlcm2thdwn said:

Who says? There is a difference between lack of fear and respect.

The only innate fear we possess as humans is a fear of sudden loud noises...we can't do anything about that. Every other fear we have can be controlled and conquered.

Yes, The difference between a coward and a hero? One of them turns fear into fire,.

3121 said:

That sounds like the tagline to an 80's Stallone movie, man.

I have often thought of changing my name to No Man. That way, when tough dudes say they are afraid of no man, they will be admitting I own them.

REDBABY said:

What are you asking? To be afraid of 'nothing' or whether someone is not afraid of anything?

JDInteractive said:

Both, but most the latter..

REDBABY said:

I think everyone is afraid of something. If people claim to be not afraid of something in particular they usually are but have surpressed it deep into their unconscious mind.

Number23 said:

It is actually the teachings of the world renoun Master Sken. Arguably one of the most respected thai masters alive today.

The sig in my profile IS indeed a stallone tag line though!
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i am literally afraid of nothing. as in, like, nothingness. it scares me to death. i get really deep existentialist funks where i question the purpose of every little thing down to a molecular level, and when i realize i'm on this spiral it always scares the crap out of me, because i worry that someday i won't spring out of that particular rabbithole.

so yeah. i'm VERY afraid of nothing.

3121 said:

Was that there before? I didn't notice your avatar either. That's odd. Maybe I've finally reached perpetual motion of harmonic convergence with the mind of the dreamer. Do I die now?

Anxiety said:

That's like an Ingrid Bergman tagline, that one. Or some publisher's blah on the front of a cheap Samuel Beckett tome. The poet, not the time travelling samaritan.

Number23 said:

i watched 'persona' for the first time this summer. i loved it, but maybe i won't ever watch it again. i felt like i was getting my beads read by a jerry springer audience member.

Number23 said:

exactly.

Anxiety said:

1995 -1996 Deputy Manager, GAP
Bergman's human heroin. A taste is beguling, wonderful and but investigating further will only serve onlookers curiosity as you dance with yourself in dizzying circles of ever-decreasing ratio over the balsa wood edge of the abyss of bliss and sink into its floor of eternal nothingness with no trace.
This shitty metaphor was brought to you by our sponsors, alienation, boredom and despair.

Anxiety said:

wooo.

Number23 said:

Eh, that GAP deputy manager thing was part of a CV I'm writing up for someone, not a random quirky additon to purvey mystique.

Number23 said:

i love the idea of replacing job duties with stream-of-consciousness malediction. if that kind of shit caught on, i'd be all fists and elbows for a career in human resources.