What are your fears?

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I was wondering what other people feared. I fear:

Shots
Coughing
Choking
Not being able to breathe
Being held upside down
Being held underwater
The dark

There are more, but that's all I wanna share

On a daily life kind of basis, probably my greatest fear is having to engage in real life conversations with strangers, particularly when this is a no-choice option (like having to see a doctor) where the power imbalance and chances of being misconstrued are much greater. These are unsatisfying and sometimes traumatising experiences for me and past bad experiences have made my anxiety over such kinds of conversational encounters much worse over time. Now I only seek medical help if the situation is very serious, like pneumonia.

I wish I could do it all over the net sometimes. Conversations with close trusted friends don't bother me usually.

Basically... Growing too close to people due to having had negative experiences with them in the past, in spite of craving for social interaction. It's a difficult paradox to live with.

Death and dying alone.

Driving a car
Something bad happening to my dog
Going to the doctor or dentist
Being yelled at
Rollercoasters

And hundreds of other things. >.<

I can think of a few:

Making a mistake that could get someone hurt
People gaining my trust only to stab me in the back
Abandonment
Never finding something better in my life
Losing who I am
That nothing I say or do matters
Letting my guard down too much

There are a lot of things that worry me. I just have to try and push through them.

I try not to be afraid of anything, because focusing on worry doesn't help at all. Sometimes, though, when I'm at school I get caught in a hallway or classroom with lots of perfume, and I feel like I can't breathe. >.< Ow.

Heights, deep water, swimming, carnival rides, flying, getting cancer, dying, getting a bad grade, failure, getting criticized, someone not liking something that I like, pain, etc.

Drowning, and I guess something that's been on my mind lately which is getting too emotionally invested in someone when the feelings aren't reciprocated/mutual.

I have a fear of insects, spiders, etc. In particular, I have a fear of bees.

Also I watched a horror movie about an evil doll that possessed a little girl about a month ago and it still scares me at nighttime (For you people with really strong stomachs its called 'Finders Keepers', would have been a better watch for me if there wasn't so much gore)

Heights would be my main one. Can't stand mice or rats either.

Heights and basically anything family members do that could get them killed in a worst case scenario (ok this sounds weird lmao).

Running into people I know
Public speaking
Meeting new people
Socializing in groups
Blood, injury, needles
Germs

My greatest fear is leading a life I'm unhappy with: for example becoming a bad person and my family/friends leaving me, more emotional things. I have a lot of fear in social situations, like criticism it hard for me to handle and I take it very personally. I am also afraid of uncertainty and surprises, and unfortunately life has many of them!

Hello. My main fear is anything to do with people. Like, public speaking (mainly), strangers, crowds. My other fears are:
-Falling (NOT HEIGHTS, very distinct from falling)
-Failure
-Mayflies (a type of insect that is so disgusting to me)
-Fear stuff related to my intrusive thoughts

That's pretty much it. Nothing else I can think of.

- heights
- losing my family
- being unsuccessful