10 Things That Scare Me

Everything just evaporated like smoke.

Chris Miller is an elementary school art teacher, and an artist, who lives in Milwaukee.

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If I put my feet on the floor something's going to grab me.

Amelia Madarang, from Vancouver, Washington is a college student.

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It's not my job to make them feel comfortable.

Jared Marcelle is a reporter/producer from Brooklyn. His work has been featured on WNYC and NPR.

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Compulsory heterosexuality.

Dan Savage writes the long-running sex advice column Savage Love and hosts the Savage Lovecast. You can find him @fakedansavage.

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It felt like death was coming fast.

Wang Bing is a documentary filmmaker from Xi'an. His latest documentary is Shanghai Youth. You can learn more about him and his work here.

Thanks to Richard Yeh and Lydia McMullen-Laird for their invaluable help with translation.

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Parasites suck. But a lot of things depend on them.

John Platt from right outside of Portland runs the environmental news site therevelator.org.

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What if he runs into the wrong one at the wrong time at night and mouths off?

Bishop Michael Curry is the leader of the Episcopal Church. He presided over the royal wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle. You can hear more from Bishop Curry here.

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Just like the children in the clubs.

Kay Powell is a retired reporter and obituary writer for the Atlanta Constitution-Journal.

You can read one of her most famous obituaries here.

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That raccoon could’ve ripped my face off.

Kara Swisher is the editor-at-large of Recode, host of the Recode Decode podcast, co-host of the Pivot podcast, and a contributor to the New York Times Opinion section, among other things. You can find her on Twitter @karaswisher.

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Chewing on tinfoil.

Kim is from L.A. She told us her fears using the link below.

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