CURRENT

• my cat dying
• harming my cat somehow
• getting dementia
• irretrievably forgetting good memories
• never having achieved "enough" in my life
• the relentless fuckin march of time lol
• not being in control of my body
• people i love dying
• not being able to defend myself

SALIENT AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER

abstract

• existential
  • always returning to a default state of unhappiness w my life and self
  • never finding a meaningful career that can keep me genuinely happy over a long period of time
  • dying with too many regrets
  • uncertainty
  • lack of control
  • making unfixable mistakes
• interpersonal
  • being trapped under someone else's will
  • conflict/hostility
  • social rejection
  • being negatively judged
  • being a burden on others
  • being abandoned by close friends
  • being unable to help someone who needs my help
  • hurting/offending others
  • being misunderstood
  • revealing weakness or vulnerability
  • seeing others' vulnerability
  • being humiliated
  • being ignored
  • being the center of attention
  • being infantilized
  • social interaction with people i don't know well
• moral
  • cruelty and sadism
  • the possibility that i am secretly a bad person

physical

• somatic
  • death
  • pain/suffering
  • germs/getting sick
  • getting cancer/schizophrenia/other serious illness
  • pregnancy
  • vomiting
  • having a severe allergy that i am unaware of
  • choking while alone
  • sudden loud noises
• people
  • psychopaths
  • murderers
  • rapists
  • kidnappers
  • stalkers
  • scam artists
  • thieves
  • nihilists
  • any kind of extremist
  • angry people
  • doctors
  • strangers staring at you
  • strangers wanting to talk
• situations
  • making/receiving phone calls
  • flying in planes
  • heights
  • climate change
  • leaving limbs hanging off the bed when i sleep
  • getting into a car accident
  • getting ticketed/pulled over
  • being the target of road rage
  • unexpected knocking at the door
  • seeing a person crying
  • going over long bridges
  • food being wasted
  • wasting money
• creatures/things
  • the dark
  • most bugs
  • dogs without leashes
  • anything rotting/in a state of decay
  • monsters
  • violence
  • repetitive patterns of small holes
  • rust
  • mold
  • computer viruses
  • complicated paperwork