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Have you ever
feared for your life?Yes I have. I was on Spring Break a couple of years ago and
we got lost in a nasty part of town. my friend got out to get directions in a gas station
and I stayed in the car. This crazy man started pounding on the window, demanding money
from me. He had a bottle of booze in one hand and a knife in the other. It took the
convienience store clerk coming out with a gun to scare him away from the car.
Scary.
Maggie, 20
Sandwich, IL
Yes, a couple of times when a car accident
seemed imminent.
Jane, 60
West Linn, OR
Only in rare moments when a car or large
truck has pulled out in front of me and I've had to leave the road.
Pamela, 39
Sugar Hill, GA
Only very briefly when I blazed through a
red light on a dark and rainy road late one night. I was glazing and realized it was red
as I passed under it at 50+ mph. As the reality of what I had done and what could've
happened (no one was coming the other way) set in, it felt like a spark had gone off in my
brain and I quickly got nauseous for the rest of the ride home.
Jesse, 24
Bowie, MD
Not recently.
Alias Irrelevante
Just this morning I found out that somebody
wants to kill me. But that stopped bothering me when it occurred to me that shed be
doing me a favor. You gotta have a sense of humor about these things.
Karen, 20
Marshelltown/Ames, IA
Once when I looking down the barrel of a
rifle with a very angry person at the other end
Janet, 42
E. Brunswick, NJ
Home means a place where I can be myself and
not worry about anything else, where I feel safest and the most secure of any other place.
I feel that way at my grandparents house most of the time, thats where
its the strongest.
Nicole
Elk Grove, CA
Not reeeeeeeeeally.
Firelady, 22
Dallas, TX
Yes, one time in college. But its way
too long of a story and not a pretty one either. So lets just say my answer is
"yes".
Susan, 31
Chicago, IL
On many occassions I have opened my big
mouth (to strangers) when something is offensive to me. I have been threatened, spat on
and made to fell not so safe. My principals seem to win out and I come out unscathed. I
dont think I have ever felt that much fear? Luckily
Tina, 31
Medford, MA
No.
Mandy, 24
Fairfax, VA
Yes. On a couple of separate
occasions. It isnt a pleasant experience.
Fisch, 45
Preston, CT
Yes. I immediately organized a marital
separation which led to divorce after I found out that he though his threats and
knife-brandishing were sexually arousing.
Jill, 59
Saylorsburg, PA
Yes. Nearly had my small Pontiac
Fiero (made of fiberglass) almost pulverized by a huge Mack truck.
Felicia, 34
Lowell, MA
I would have to say that there was only one
time. When I was 16 I had a horrible case of MONO and I was mis-diagnosed 3 times
and my throat had swollen to the point that my airway was being cut off. I was afraid I
was going to die just because every moment my throat was getting smaller and smaller
and so my airway was as well. Luckily thanks to the miracle of steroids my life was saved
and I am fine. other than that - nothing even close to life threatening - at least not
yet.
Kate, 19
Bellingham, WA
Yes, usually when Ive done something
stupid. like been on the subway alone, at midnight or when Ive had to make a left
turn at a busy intersection. God I hate left turns.
Jaden, 21
Brampton, Ontario CANADA
No, cant say that I have. Ive
had a fairly dull life in that respect.
Shanna, 15
Cardiff ENGLAND
Yes, I was hit by a drunk driver!
Jami, 27
Lowell, MA
Yes, in a situation Id rather
not rehash. For once keeping my mouth shut? My my, will
wonders never cease...
Amy, 23
New Orleans, LA
I was in a gas station in New
Orleans while it was being robbed. No guns were pulled,
and they were openly stealing beer and food. They paid no attention to my group of
friends. We walked out, got in our van and left. The guy in the bulletproof booth looked
more bored than scared.
Anthony, 25
Baton Rouge, LA
Fortunately, Ive not ever been in a
life/death situation. Once I came pretty close to buying the farm travelling south on a
very icy, snowy day on the Taconic Parkway in upstate NY. I lost control of the car,
realized that I was about to go over the guard rail and then regained control of the
vehicle. But I wasnt afraid.
Laura, 35
Lowell. MA
Its not nice to kill.
Jami, 27
Lowell, MA
I cant say that I have, but I remember
one time I got a concussion and I kept wondering if I was going to die
Jeremy, 13
Highlands Ranch, CO
no
mothmc, 35
|Los Angeles, CA
yes, but it was fear of myself
taking my own life.
Angela, 16
Aiken, SC
Back in
the 70s or 80s I read Dr. Wayne Dyer's first book, "Your Erroneous Zones". He
said that you were responsible for what you did now and you shouldn't blame your parents
or upbringing. That was the first time I had ever heard that. I know it's widely accepted
now but it wasn't then.
Reba, 50
Rockville, MD
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