i feel sometimes like my life is ruled by fear. it governs my actions, choices, sometimes even thoughts. i'm afraid of my parents, i'm afraid of dying, i'm afraid of people i love dying, i'm afraid of violence, confrontation, intimate conversations with friends, getting too close to friends, falling, heights, damaging my eyes or hands, my uterus being damaged or becoming irreparable, being infertile, losing my love, guns, loud noises, crowds, small enclosed spaces i can't easily escape from, being hated by everyone around me, hating everyone around me, being surrounded by people, drowning, being underwater, uncontrolled fire, failing classes/tests/life, disappointing people I love, realising i find friends to be expendable... have i mentioned guns?
i hate guns. they terrify me, loaded or unloaded. i know my love has some for protection. his family keeps the gun cabinet in his room, i guess for lack of space in other rooms or something. i got used to being able to sleep with it there in the room, they're under glass. mostly rifles i think. but what the hell do i know about guns, right? ... paranoia. fear. it's a powerful tool, and a hideously large hindrance. but a great motivator.
he's warned me there will be a loaded but holstered revolver in the room due to paranoia about someone sneaking around outside at night. his dad heard someone outside the other night. thinks it could be a raccoon or one of the two outside cats, but.... fear and paranoia are strong against the paranoically-inclined. with constant reassurance, and i keep reminding myself he's grown up with guns in the house for hunting and self-protection and whatnot and he knows what he's doing... i'm feeling better about it. i'm not sure about how well i'll sleep, but... maybe if i can fall asleep cuddled in his protective embrace i'll be alright, and my nightmares will stay away again.