I’d rather get attacked by a mountain lion than do a presentation in front of a class.  That’s how much I hate humiliation.

Whenever I put myself in a dangerous situation, my heart is racing and thoughts of death come to my mind.  But it’s not the same feeling I get in societal situations.  It’s the gross, nauseating, anxious feeling I get from new social environments that hurts the most.  

I’ve been in scary, close to death experiences before in my life.  When I was a kid, me, my dad, and some other people almost sunk a 14 foot boat in extremely rough, cold water.  I literally thought we were all going to get hypothermia and die.

But nothing compares to the fear of humiliation for me.  I’m an awkward person and have embarrassed myself many times and it’s my number one fear.