The Scary Nature of Being: a List, Followed By a Formula

What is scary to me:
Spiders, especially the big hairy ones
Snakes
Cancer
People who hate
The dark
Noises in the dark
Tornadoes
The ocean
Fire
Watching my sons do crazy tricks
High places
Big, ferocious dogs
My cat, when I’m walking past my bed and he’s hiding underneath
Clowns jumping out at me from the woods
Children dressed as dolls jumping out at me from the woods
Pandas with gruesome teeth jumping out at me from the woods
Pretty much anything jumping out at me—from the woods or other pla...