My health anxiety. I am a bit of a hypochondriac. I hate that about myself and I’ve worked extensively in therapy on changing it.
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
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What most recently made you cry?
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Self-flagellation.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 July 2025 source ↗
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My fear of confrontation.
I very often set my heart on things – and if they don’t happen, I’m not great at dealing with disappointment.
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View profile →I was 17 and about to go on a first date with my first boyfriend. I was so desperate for my mum not to meet him that I was trying to get to the door before she did. I ran down the stairs as she opened it, and slid down the last five steps on my arse.
All the times I was mean to someone.
Being able to cram the quality of eight hours’ sleep into four.
It would be a racist comment.
Not being a scratch golfer.
The FA Cup final, watching Crystal Palace win.
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