In my initial reaction to this prompt, I was ecstatic and looking forward to sharing my zombie apocalypse survival plan with the rest of you. And then I realized if people knew the plan, it wouldn't be much of a survival plan anymore. So instead, I'll resign to what scares me the most.
My fear is unfortunately something I can never escape. This fact makes it even worse. Being alone and darkness go hand in hand with each other to make up one huge fear: the unknown. This paralyzes me.
Most kids are super excited when their parents leave and they are home alone at last. Peace and quiet right? Well, not exactly. When I'm alone, my alertness spikes vertically and every little thing gets to me. A breaking of a branch outside, a car moving suspiciously slow outside my house..you get the picture. The dark creates this mystery that haunts me. I'm one of those people who has to figure out everything. Well, in the dark, you can't see anything; therefore, it's completely obscure. That's what truly haunts me. Being alone in the dark just doesn't settle with me the right way. Darkness is just so unexplainable, it's eerie and agonizing. In summary, I hate the unknown and having to deal with that alone is what really gets under my skin.
(And to create a little irony, as I sit and type this, I'm currently home alone in the middle of the night during a thunderstorm.)
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