*Horror Host Voice* It’s a season of spooky, scary, scintillating, sapphic frights! We’re just a week out from the peak of the season. There’s no better time to face our fears, head on, to really look them in their yellow, vegetarian vampire eyes.
So what scares you the most? HUH. TELL US. Oh, you’re not sure? Okay, that’s okay. Sometimes we need a little help to really know ourselves. Let’s find out together.
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Wow the creepy room decor question did not need to go so hard, those were all such good/horrible options and it was impossible to choose just one! (I did end up going with the suspiciously blank one eventually though)
Also I got “Finally Meeting a Celebrity You’ve Admired All Your Life and Saying Something Unforgivably Awkward” which definitely tracks
The Call of the Void. Which, given my fraught relationship with my mother, is going to take some unpacking.
So, a while back Ro’s quiz told me my gender is the void. Now Nicole’s quiz is saying that my greatest fear is the call of the void. There’s clearly something for me to sort through there 🤔 🤣
Oh my!
OMG, me too. So next to mommy-issues, I have self-issues. What a great time to be alive. 😩
I thought i was going to get something else, but instead I got “small talk”. Which… yes, it’s always been a landmine for me haha
…what’s up with that room with photos of you and your relatives anyway, that gave me a shudder!
omg how … did you know
Spookily accurate with Small Talk especially since the description ends with “You do you” and the hat is indeed the fundraiser perk I went for…
Small talk! Omg yes. Also so appreciate the “I’d never cross a picket line” option!
smalltalk! neurodivergent here!
and a smoooooth segway into the fundraising pitch. 10/10
Looking for a Third. Hmm.
This quiz was spot-on about my fear of small talk…and I see I’m in good company in that regard.
By the way, I really appreciate that “Tea, please” was an option for the question about coffee!
Success and heights.. Thou hath hit the mark! And now I got nothing but ghosts to talk to
Small talk 💀 extremely accurate tbh
Thalassophobia. The fear of deep water and the things hiding in it.
I’m not afraid of ghosts, but I did need an option for the paranormal phenomena that hits both “I don’t believe” but also “I’m not going to take chances”
Soo I guess the quiz was actually right
Just laughing about this. 👻 Thanks for taking the quiz ;)
EXACTLY
There are many fears within each of us. It is important to remember that you are not alone and deal with it. Work on them more often, this will allow you to make your own features out of them. If you like various personality tests, I advise you to try this one https://psyculator.com/ as well. It will really be helpful