Guess the Fear

Creative writing. Choose one of the following (or any other phobia) and describe a day in the life of a person/character living with this fear: abandonment, being laughed at, being touched, birds, change, commitment, failure, falling in love, flying, leaving the house, accidents, an animal, being buried alive, disease or germs, fire, ghosts, growing old, pain, people, public speaking, storms, violence, water. DO NOT MENTION THE FEAR! 

(Source: BRAN, R. (2024). ENGLISH FOR PSYCHOLOGY.) 

This was an exercise we had during our most recent English course. As you may know by now, I love English, and I love creative writing. Of course I wrote something myself! Still, when I read it out loud, I had to read it twice because I was stumbling upon my words, and I just blurted out the whole thing very quickly, as if to get rid of it. My gods, was it embarrassing! 😅 The text isn't particularly good (I'd go as far as to say it's shit, even though I've polished it a bit 🙃), but at least I (try to) own it. Maybe you'll enjoy reading it, but try to guess the fear described as well! Here's what I wrote: 

"The school felt busier than usual when Michael entered through the doors; all the lights seemed brighter, all the sounds seemed louder. This drove him insane. The freckled boy was watching his every step with the attention of a hawk. Then he hears a shout: 

'Look at little Michael! He's all red in the face, he looks like he just caught chickenpox!' 

The roar of laughter freezes him, and blanks his mind. He's paralysed. He's desperate in his will to disappear. But in his agony, he hears a calm, and very familiar voice: 

'What's wrong, little M?' 

His only friend, George, was slowly approaching in his crutches. Now, after noticing his understanding look, Michael felt safe. 

'Thank you!' the boy whispered. Michael could finally breathe in relief."