questions about fear
not the dramatic kind. the small, daily kind that quietly decides things for you. naming a fear does not kill it, but it does stop it running the place unsupervised.
today
every day there's one live question, the same for everyone. answer it anonymously, see what other people said. it's all gone in seven days.
answer today's question →- what are you a little braver about than you were?
- what are you afraid happens if you finally stop?
- what are you afraid is only getting worse?
- what are you afraid you’ve already become?
- what are you bracing for that may never come?
- what are you grieving in advance to soften the blow?
- what are you grieving that hasn’t happened yet?
- what are you scared people would think if they saw the real number?
- what are you still flinching from that ended years ago?
- what are you still waiting to be ready for?
- what are you waiting to feel before you let yourself begin?
- what did you talk yourself out of this year?
- what have you been pretending is fine?
- what would change if you assumed you were allowed?
- what would change if you let one person all the way in?
- what would you ask for if you knew it wouldn’t be held against you?
- what would you change if you knew no one would judge it?
- what would you do if no one would ever find out?
- what would you do tomorrow if you weren’t afraid of looking foolish?
- what would you do with the courage you only have at night?
- what would you say if no one was going to remember it?
- what would you say to the part of you that’s still scared?
- what would you write if this was the only place it couldn’t be used against you?
- what would you write in a diary you knew you'd burn?
- what would your evenings be if you weren’t so braced?
- what’s a fear that got smaller when you looked at it?
- what's been open on your phone all day that you haven't opened?
- what's the comment you typed and then deleted?
- what’s the conversation you’re finally ready to have?
- what's the door you keep telling yourself is too heavy?
- what’s the lie that’s gotten too big to take back?
- what's the question you keep not asking?
- what's the question you'd ask if you weren't scared of the answer?
- what's the text you've drafted three times and never sent?
- what's the thing you keep not deciding?
- what's the thing you keep rescheduling in your own head?
- what’s the thing you’d do if you trusted you wouldn’t be too much?
- what's the thing you'd say if the room couldn’t repeat it?
- what's the thing you'd write if the page erased itself?
- what’s the thing you’ll be glad you faced?
- what’s the thing you’re secretly hopeful about?
- what's the thing you've decided is too late?
- what's the version of events you've been telling that isn't quite right?
- who do you keep at arm’s length to stay safe?