Welcome back for the twenty-third day of Writober. During this fourth week we’re exploring the universal fear of mutilation. Today we’re looking at fear of attack. Fear of attack is a fear of violence, terrorism, and also a fear of not being able to know the hearts and minds of others. It is a fearContinue reading “Fear of Attack”
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Life is Injurious
These are my responses to the Writober prompt post Fear of Injury. OctPoWriMo Life is Injurious Cuts, scrapes, and bruisessprains, and infectious oozestooth chips, muscle tearsrepairs, repairs, repairs The body’s busy healingas living keeps injuringa constant clash ofcare, and cares, and care It’s the fear and the painthat lead to fear of the painhappening againContinue reading “Life is Injurious”
Fear of Injury
Welcome back for the twenty-second day of Writober. During this fourth week we’re exploring the universal fear of mutilation. Today we’re looking at fear of injury. When I started looking into fear of injury, I discovered there are different phobias associated with fear of injury: Traumatophobia – A fear of being physically hurt Kinesiophobia –Continue reading “Fear of Injury”
Magic Mutilation
These are my responses to the Writober prompt post Fear of Mutilation. OctPoWriMo Mutilation’s Creation Choosing from the knife selectionthe medium blade with the best reflectionstabbing into plump, rough skinfinding it surprisingly thinI slice until my slices meetyank the neck to reveal the meatand set to scraping stringy entrailsdigging in when scooping failscarving chunks fromContinue reading “Magic Mutilation”
Fear of Mutilation
Welcome back for the twenty-first day of Writober. During this fourth week we’ll be exploring the universal fear of mutilation. From Wikipedia: “Mutilation or maiming is severe damage to the body that has a subsequent harmful effect on an individual’s quality of life. In the modern era, the term has an overwhelmingly negative connotation, referringContinue reading “Fear of Mutilation”
Amnesia of Possession
These are my responses to the Writober prompt post Fear of Amnesia and Possession. OctPoWriMo Possession Amnesia I remember that I’mnot myself, smelling of cherry cigar. I wouldn’t do those things, but Ican’t remember whatI did when I wasn’t myself. This accursed possessionleaving me blank and dazedwith blue-raspberry coatingmy tongue only longenough to rememberthat I’mContinue reading “Amnesia of Possession”
Fear of Amnesia and Possession
Welcome back for the twentieth day of Writober. It’s Sunday, and the last day we’ll be looking at the universal fear of loss of autonomy. I was looking through my horror movies and realized that fear of Possession didn’t get on our calendar. I think it’s definitely part of the fear of loss of autonomy,Continue reading “Fear of Amnesia and Possession”
Insanity’s Reflection
These are my responses to the Writober prompt post Fear of Insanity. It occurred to me as I journaled this morning, that as I wrote the prompts for today, I was focused on the fear of losing one’s mind, going insane, but the fear of insanity may also include the fear of encountering someone else’sContinue reading “Insanity’s Reflection”
Fear of Insanity
Welcome back for the nineteenth day of Writober. Today we’re exploring our third universal fear: loss of autonomy through the fear of insanity. Insanity is defined as a severely disordered state of the mind. In the nineteenth century it became less literally used as meaning extreme folly or unreasonableness. Fear of insanity, is the fearContinue reading “Fear of Insanity”
Phobia’s Panic
These are my responses to the Writober prompt post Intense Fear of Phobias. OctPoWriMo Phobia’s Panic Cascades Voices coming through the wallstoo muffled and quiet to understandlike invisible webs across doorwayssticking to our cheeks and lips start the silent pounding pulsecold sweats moist upon flushed skinand the cycle of slowly racing thoughtsof voices coming throughContinue reading “Phobia’s Panic”
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