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Desperately, you try to think of a way out of the situation. Your sympathetic nervous system begins to work on overdrive as your fight or flight reflex kicks in. Do you run, or do you stay and fight?

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Here’s the male counterpart to the woman who screams when she is frightened!

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8) Mold. I am deathly afraid of mold. If I open the refrigerator and take something out, or open up the bread and it’s covered in fungus, I will scream and drop that shit like it’s hot. WHY IS MOLD SO SCARY.

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I can’t stand on a subway platform without a fleeting thought of “What if someone runs up behind me and pushes me in front of the oncoming train?” as I scoot several paces away from the rails.