Greatest Fears
This is a list of possible greatest fears for a character to have. Credit goes to Jo at @bailey-writes.
- Fear of intimacy
- Fear of death/dying
- Fear of failure
- Fear of rejection
- Fear of commitment
- Fear of being alone/loneliness
- Fear of God
- Fear of abandonment
- Fear of change
- Fear of the unknown
- Fear of success
- Fear of love
- Fear of being forgotten/ignored
- Fear of getting old/growing up
- Fear of the future
- Fear of loss
- Fear of forgetting/losing memories/amnesia
- Fear of becoming their parents
- Fear of being a bad person
- Fear of being unwanted
- Fear of being stereotypical
- Fear of engulfment (being invaded, controlled, losing themselves)
- Fear of feeling trapped/helpless
- Fear of themselves
- Fear of losing their freedom/autonomy
- Fear of losing their mind/sanity
- Fear of wasting their life
- Fear of not/never being good enough
- Fear of betrayal
- Fear of never finding love
- Fear of imperfection
- Fear of their own mind
- Fear of never being happy
- Fear of being replaced
- Fear of complacency
- Fear of inadequacy
- Fear of missing out
- Fear of losing control
- Fear of being judged
- Fear of dying alone
- Fear of heartbreak
- Fear of settling
- Fear of regret
- Fear of not living up to their full potential
- Fear of disappointing others