In the deep, dark, depths of your psyche, what are you terrified of the most?
Almost everyone is scared of something (and if you believe you aren’t, please click off this page right now). Fears are normal, and having them is part of being human.
Your biggest fear is the thing in life you are the most terrified about, and likely possess phobias about or have nightmares concerning.
This test is designed partly as a fun form of self-insight, but also as a way to gain clarity. The more knowledge you have about yourself the better, right? :) You might carry uninvestigated assumptions about what your biggest fear is, and discover something quite different in this test. The only way you can find out is by taking it!
What's Your Subconscious Hiding?
Your subconscious mind is like the basement in which all of the material not currently inhabiting your conscious awareness is stored. What's lurking in yours?
The five different fear profiles featured in this test were classified by Dr. Karl Albrecht. As Albrecht wisely noted:
When we let go of our notion of fear as the welling up of evil forces within us … and begin to see fear and its companion emotions as basically information, we can think about them consciously. And the more clearly and calmly we can articulate the origins of the fear, the less our fears will frighten us and control us.
I also love this quote by Eleanor Roosevelt, which I hope inspires you as well:
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.
So what is your biggest fear? Take this quick test and if you dare, post your answer in the comments!
What did you get?
Share your results!
Fear of separation. Yah. It’s so true
Can’t take this test honestly. “None of Above” not a choice
This test hit it right on the target. Over the last three years it has been more than ever but I would say the last 10-12 years I have been literally sick to my stomach with the thought of dying one day and leaving my children without me. Whether they are grown or not it makes me feel so choked up in my throat and my stomach knots up and I cry. I also think about how the world just keeps turning and turning without me here and how it has done that for so long I don’t even know how many years. Will u just be a memory?, will anyone miss me or be at my saying goodbye ceremony?, will people say that I am in a much better place now and can be at peace because my life has been full of turmoil since I was a little girl?, will they ever realize that all I needed was to have someone to talk to and someone to hug when I was so depressed hiding in my closet so my children wouldn’t see me cry every single day all day. I had to put on my brave mommy face and pretend I just had something in my eye or allergies. I think about the day I do leave this place I call Hell and I can’t stand the fact that my two girls will be sad and miss me so very much. Then there is the fact that it it weren’t for having my children there is nothing else to prove I even existed. I have nothing to show for living my life and actually being a part of anything at all. Regrets suck. But what is there to do a out the past? Absolutely nothing but make sure it doesn’t repeat itself with your children which I definitely did make sure they are smart beyond the schoolbooks, aware of who they are and how valuable they are to themselves, not to do or be anything that?someone else wants them to be or do by refusing to give in to being a follower but rather being a leader and making their lives unforgetful and full of enjoyment and love. The j you for this it was great and accurate.
Fear of Ego-Death. No surprise there. It’s true and accurate.
I knew already that I FEARED Pain, hated anything NEGATIVE in general, what I need to know now is how to get rid of it!
Loss of Autonomy, biggest fear revolves around losing a sense of personal freedom.
I had someone read what my test said and they claimed it sounded sorta like me.
I have had my leg damaged, ive been hospitalized, and stuck in doors for days. Maybe that has something to do with it and as American i like my freedoms
Hi! Am Debolina. I had my subscription earlier with your website. And it was great help. I stopped reading it for sometime. But, now I want to get back on my path to spirituality again. I want to open up all my chakras. Please, help
My result is 100% accurate: Loss of Autonomy …..”losing a sense of personal freedom”. I don’t need the term “Deep down”
This is straight up on the surface for all to see. In addition to Multiple Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) I badly broke my foot 6 months ago. I’ve been theatherd to my couch and have had to depend on others for even the most simple things. My brain damage is so bad I am no longer able to work and barely survive on disability. Before the broken bones my driving had restricted to just around town. I was already feeling..
….”terrified of feeling helpless, powerless, and incapable of exercising your free will. Fearing the loss of autonomy may manifest as physical phobias or emotional aversion. For example, you may fear being physically smothered, trapped, paralyzed, confined, or imprisoned. On the other hand, you may fear commitment in relationships or too many responsibilities that make you feel trapped. Triggers for you may include aging, debilitating illness, threat of poverty, marriage, having children, or anything that may equal loss of personal freedom.
This has helped me be able to put into word what I’ve been feeling for a very long time. Thank you.
liked the notion; social anxiety is directly linked to the fear of ego death
Yes, I know this fear (phobia) in me with people. I haven’t been touched other than a hug from my daughter for a long time which is why I put phobia in brackets. It’s also emotional hurt. I feel an infinity to snakes and spiders so have no real fear with them it’s more the big powerful animals that I feel scared around. The crossing of my boundaries is important as I’m fairly easy going and would like people to naturally respect however this hasn’t been my reality and I’ve needed to learn boundaries or at least learn that people won’t necessarily respect me. I feel hard when setting boundaries and prefer a world where they aren’t needed.
Nivannii, I don’t understand the way you think.
You’re lamenting the fact that you haven’t been touched for a long time, except for a hug from your daughter?
I’m 41 and have never been touched by anyone. ANYONE.
Now, I don’t mean to compete with you in terms of who’s the most miserable, but damn, I do wish you’d put your life in perspective.
You have a DAUGHTER. That means that you’ve been accepted and validated by at least one person in your life.
What I wouldn’t give for such a feeling!