Greatest Fear

We all get scared, regardless of who we are, where we live, how old we are and despite all of our experiences in life. We get scared
When people talk about our greatest fears what might spring to mind? Heights, Speaking in Public, The Dark, Death and so on
Do you reading this even know what your greatest fear is, that which so terrifies you to your very core that you can't stand to face it?
That moment where you eyes dilate, your palms go sweaty, you begin to shake and your world around you in a single moment starts to crumble while grasping in a feeble effort for some sense of stability as you only tumble down further into whatever emotional hell your fear leads you to.

It is my sincerest wishes reader that your fears are one that with strength, love and care from family and friends alike that you can overcome

Today however allow me to share my greatest fear one that's been lingering, clawing from the shadows until only recently it's made itself clear to me.
Being Replaced
Is my greatest fear

Being alone in and of itself, doesn't bother me, never has, never will for I can quite happily be on my own weeks entertaining and amusing myself with enough stuff to do.
My social circle is limited though and that's fine with me for the most part, after-all, we all need companionship, it's nice knowing someone has our back, it's nice knowing you have someone to share the good times with and to divide the bad with.
But what happens reader when your friends no longer need these things from you? 
What happens when your friend who otherwise would spend so much time with you, finds someone else?
Slowly, surely and inevitably the time they spend with you, shortens, dwindles and before you know it, it vanishes.
You've been replaced by someone. Your friend has found someone else to have fun with, to share life with and you are ultimately forgotten with only a vague acquaintanceship left to ever show what once was.

Reader, I do not get jealous or angry when one of my friends tells me that they've made a new friend, a new partner, a new relationship.
I get scared. I get scared from the fear of being replaced.
The fear of no longer being needed, to be left alone as someone takes what spot I had in their life, only to be forgotten and lose what was once part of my life, the joy spent in sharing it with another I care about, my friends.