{"id":139,"date":"2015-10-07T18:31:02","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T18:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/?p=139"},"modified":"2015-10-07T18:31:02","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T18:31:02","slug":"fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/2015\/10\/07\/fears\/","title":{"rendered":"Fears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 6: What Am I Most Afraid Of\u00a0(Day 6 of <a href=\"http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/30dayblog.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">30 Day Blogging Challenge<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>The first fear that comes to mind probably comes to mind for anyone who has started a family: I&#8217;m afraid of some freak accident or tragedy striking my family, and I outlive my husband and children. I don&#8217;t know what I would focus on to move past such an event. Losing one would be horrible. Losing all three would be unbearable.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/harmon_plot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-140\" src=\"http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/harmon_plot-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"harmon_plot\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/harmon_plot-300x208.jpg 300w, http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/harmon_plot-1024x711.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/harmon_plot-250x174.jpg 250w, http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/harmon_plot-1000x694.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/harmon_plot.jpg 1453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If that one is too obvious, I&#8217;m also afraid of heights. I don&#8217;t like being up high and looking down. I get nervous driving over bridges. I won&#8217;t go bungee jumping or sky diving. I&#8217;ve never been on a helicopter or in an airplane. Even climbing the Statue of Liberty and looking down makes me dizzy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Fixing-the-antenna-at-1250-feet-on-top-of-the-Empire-State-Building-New-York..jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-141\" src=\"http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Fixing-the-antenna-at-1250-feet-on-top-of-the-Empire-State-Building-New-York.-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"Fixing-the-antenna-at-1250-feet-on-top-of-the-Empire-State-Building-New-York.\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Fixing-the-antenna-at-1250-feet-on-top-of-the-Empire-State-Building-New-York.-300x206.jpg 300w, http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Fixing-the-antenna-at-1250-feet-on-top-of-the-Empire-State-Building-New-York.-250x172.jpg 250w, http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Fixing-the-antenna-at-1250-feet-on-top-of-the-Empire-State-Building-New-York..jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If that one is too generalized, too many people share it, then I&#8217;ll share something really personal. Growing up, I was terrified of balloons. \u00a0The string hanging down would cause panic attacks for me. This affected me going to birthday parties as a kid, and it started affecting my children going to birthday parties as an adult. I received therapy for my phobia and it&#8217;s behind me now, but it affected me deeply for over two decades.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/balloons1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-142\" src=\"http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/balloons1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"balloons1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/balloons1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/balloons1-250x188.jpg 250w, http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/balloons1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I was pregnant with my oldest, I was intensely afraid of the car going off a bridge and me being trapped in the car and drowning. I was also afraid of being abducted by aliens and them taking the baby out of my belly and returning me without her. It&#8217;s important to note neither of these things were anything that I gave much thought to prior to becoming pregnant. I started carrying a hammer with me so I knew I could break the glass of a car window should I go off a bridge. I talked to a therapist about my fears of abduction. Once I gave birth, both of these fears subsided and neither have popped into my mind or given me any worries since.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/car-drives-off-bridge1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-143\" src=\"http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/car-drives-off-bridge1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"car-drives-off-bridge1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/car-drives-off-bridge1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/car-drives-off-bridge1-250x187.jpg 250w, http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/car-drives-off-bridge1.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/ufo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-144\" src=\"http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/ufo-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"ufo\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/ufo-300x188.jpg 300w, http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/ufo-1024x640.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/ufo-250x156.jpg 250w, http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/ufo-1000x625.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/omaser.com\/blog\/kss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/ufo.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 6: What Am I Most Afraid Of\u00a0(Day 6 of 30 Day Blogging Challenge) The first fear that comes to mind probably comes to mind for anyone who has started a family: I&#8217;m afraid of some freak accident or tragedy striking my family, and I outlive my husband and children. 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