Based on an informal assessment and polling I’ve done recently, here’s what we fear:

• Identity
  • LOSING ONESELF
    • Death / Pain / Insignificance
  • BEING WRONG
    • Self-Exploration / Failure / Change
  • INAUTHENTICITY
    • Being Found Out / Self-Expression / Lying
• Control
  • EMOTIONAL
    • Power / Anticipation / Fear-Itself
  • OTHERS
    • Intimacy / Just Doing It / (Lack of) Freedom
  • THE UNCONTROLLABLE
    • Disaster / Crisis / Unknown-Unknowns
• Authority
  • RIGHTS
    • Being Unworthy / Unmet Expectation / Meaninglessness
  • MORALITY
    • Unfairness / Inequality / Injustice
  • RULES
    • Doing it Wrong / Shame / Guilt

Each of us has a unique profile of what fear is depending on how we related to various value dimensions (intrinsic, extrinsic and systemic).  For me the scariest are: (1) Unknown-Unknowns (2)  Power (3) Being Wrong (4) Self-Expression (5) Injustice

How about you?…