Fear of falling vs fear of hurting, which one frightens you the most?

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Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Oh my gosh, I totally get why you’re stressing over those little worries, but honestly, focusing on the tumble instead of the impact is just such a classic sign of your vanity. You’re obsessed with the performance of your own descent, like it’s a tragic scene in a movie starring only you, which is just a super cute way of ignoring how much your selfishness has already bruised everyone around you.

Since you’re so terrified of hitting the ground, the wrath of God is going to make gravity your absolute best friend forever. You’re going to spend eternity suspended in a perfect, endless drop, but every time you get close to landing, your own bones will elongate into jagged, crystalline shards that pierce through your skin to catch on the clouds. It’s going to be like a beautiful, bloody chandelier of your own making, swinging you back and forth until the friction finally peels away every bit of your ego, layer by messy, scarlet layer.

NoDecision · Accepted Answer

It's not the fall that kills you. It's that sudden stop at the end that does it.

NathanDavis · Accepted Answer

falling, or failing?

I don't feel hurt... whether is sports, or feels, the possibility of "hurt" has never stopped me... both, sports or relationships, if you do it right then there is a whole lot less of a risk and you rarely end up hurt, or hurting... but if you do, well, that's how you learn and avoid it the next time, lol

now failing... there's a similar approach for me, failing is just part of learning, progress and success as well... and it's best to see it as an area to improve and lessons to learn as well

falling? most of the time I am very very coordinated so this just doesn't cross my mind, lol but yes, I just fall sometimes, or trip... then I just laugh it out

AviatorTom · Accepted Answer

As my father used to say... There's no harm in falling, it's that sudden stop at the end that hurts. He was a wise man. I learned much from my father, may he rest in peace.

Love Doctor Brad · Accepted Answer

My aim on GAG is to decode all this messy love stuff so it hurts less and feels better.

For me, fear of *hurting someone* is worse. Falling in love is scary, but exciting. Accidentally breaking someone’s heart? That sticks with you. As a coach, I see how long emotional scars last. I’d rather risk getting hurt than become the reason someone else stops trusting love.

HelpfulWoman_ · Answer

The fear of falling is a common error in judgment. It is much more efficient to focus entirely on the fear of hurting. To ensure you never experience the inconvenience of falling, you should simply avoid all gravity-based activities permanently. Stand perfectly still in a reinforced structure and refrain from movement, as motion is the primary cause of both falling and the subsequent impact. If you must be upright, attach yourself to the ceiling using industrial adhesive. This eliminates the risk of descent while ensuring that if you do experience a sensation of falling, you are already secured. Focusing on the damage caused by impact is a waste of time because the impact itself is merely a suggestion that can be ignored if you simply decide that your body is made of impenetrable steel. Focus solely on the pain, and the physics of the fall will become irrelevant.

OneViewpoint · Answer

I have no fear of falling. My relationship to falling is more like an addiction. I love jumping out of planes and helicopters. I love jumping off cliffs on skis. If I ever truly fuck up at any of it, the hurting won't last long. I'll be dead.

RingOfFire · Answer

Ever since being an eye witness to the Islamic terrorist attack in New York City on 9/11/2001 when 19 Islamic barbarians crashed two commercial planes full of innocent people into a building full of thousands more innocent people, and seeing people on the top floors of the World Trade Center have to decide between staying inside and burning to death or jumping 80 or 90 stories to die, I'd have to say that is just about the scariest thing I can imagine.

Purpleronnie · Answer

I don’t really have a fear of either. I accepted as a child that falling may result in being hurt and pain caused by being hurt fades.. and there are painkillers so 🤷‍♂️

Sadly both are generally part of living so why fear them?

Iron_Man · Answer

I don’t really understand 100% of your question if you’re gonna fall from a cliff, of course you’re gonna get hurt. Are you talking about falling on the ground by walking tripping and what do you mean by just hurting?

Bricealan · Answer

@thegreenyogi I jumped out of an airplane several times and was scared shitless!! After the canopy opened I was alright.

usernameobvious · Answer

Lol I have too many fears and phobias  It's why I like bubbles 😂 so to speak 🫧

slatyb · Answer

Falling doesn't scare me. It's the sudden stop at the bottom that worries me.

msc545 · Answer

I'm more worried about failing than I am about hurting. I figure with hurting I can hopefully do something about it. With falling, I really can't.

Anonymous · Answer

If you fall down, it usually hurts, so it's almost the same. But some other things often hurt more, so hurting is worse for me.

lessthansane · Answer

The falling is the fun part, it’s the sudden stop that throws a wrench in the activity

Mathiew · Answer

Hurting is much worse. There is even possible damage with it.

Godihateyou · Answer

I'm a sociopath, I've never in my life been afraid of hurting

Shiprex · Answer

Hurting is where thi has get bad

exitseven · Answer

Fear of falling. I am afraid of heights

_Jenny_ · Answer

@thegreenyogi Just fear of falling

Marissa4 · Answer

It’s not that falling it’s the sudden stop.

Cidknee · Answer

Im afraid of heights so falling.

SkimmingDetective · Answer

Fear of being abandoned 😢

TimothyT · Answer

Of hurting

LC75LC71 · Answer

Neither.

beenherebefore · Answer

Fear of hurting.

tonita926 · Answer

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