*Anything*, hum. You've just not met it yet.
Modern society protects most people from *real* fear fairly well. I didn't experience real fear until I was 30 during Gulf War 1. This was in a makeshift and well ventilated air raid shelter, dressed in shorts and T shirt, surrounded by RAF personnel in full NBC kit (and very frightened eyes through the respirators) as Mr Hussein was "test fired" missiles possibly carrying chemical warheads...
That might be true - but I'm not prepared to waste my life being frightened of something which MIGHT happen :-)
During the second world war I was only a child but I remember many children being terrified of going into the unlit air raid shelters. I found it exciting. And yes, I did understand what bombs were about, I saw the results.
I remember now, telling a nurse that I was frightened when I was having our fifth child! It didn't last long and was probably more resentment at the labour being artificially induced despite my objection.
Mary
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