I'm not afraid of many things. And when I say that, I'm referring to irrational fear. I have the normal, healthy fear of things that pose a real threat to my safety. I'm afraid of knives hurtling toward my person at high velocity, but not of darkness or needles or enclosed spaces. And I'm certainly not afraid of fireballs shooting at me, as long as I'm wearing a protective suit.

I'm afraid of making people angry at me. I'm sure there's a psychological classification for this and that it's pretty common, but when I think of fear, that is the main thing I think of. When someone is angry at me, it has a profound effect on me. I basically shut down. My mind goes blank, I get chills, and I am only able to function at the level of an infant.

And it's not just anger in general. I can deal with people who are angry for things that are NOT my fault. But if someone is upset at me because of something I've done, I lose it. Explains a lot of my past relationship problems!

So to face this fear, today I completed the Quick Reflexes task. Check it out.

I was scared that whomever I picked as the victim of this task would get angry at me. And when I went out and did it, I was trembling and my heart was racing. But the Drive was more powerful than my fear.

And what do you know? The two people I chose were hardly even phased at my reflex-testing audacity. Once again proving to me that my fear is irrational. Maybe if I do stuff like this more often, I can come to terms with my phobia. Thanks, SFØ!