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What is one random fear that you have that isn't necessarily scary to begin with? (dormi.zone)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Answering the phone. Listening to voicemails.

There's no reason I should fear these now, but I was hit by a car back when I was in college (nearly 20 years ago now), and I had no health insurance and couldn't pay any bills. I was already barely affording to eat.

So, almost every single call I got was related to a bill that I knew I couldn't pay. And they were relentless. The trauma of that has stayed with me to this day and I will often leave voicemails which are perfectly innocuous unlistened to for days, weeks, eternity....

That kind of stress just stays with you.

This also extends to opening the mail.