{"id":1803,"date":"2018-06-05T12:23:17","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T11:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/?p=1803"},"modified":"2018-10-16T10:57:32","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T09:57:32","slug":"survey-reveals-the-top-50-fears-of-british-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/blog\/survey-reveals-the-top-50-fears-of-british-adults\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey reveals the top 50 fears of British adults"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Does the fear of not understanding new memes (photos with captions which frequently sweep the internet) contribute to FOMO? (fear of missing out).<\/p>\n<p>Are you terrified by the prospect of someone asking you who you voted for in the election, or would you rather this than discover you\u2019ve had food stuck in your beard or teeth all day?<\/p>\n<p>According to answers from over 2000 adults questioned by UAccount.uk, our greatest fears range from the specific and fickle, such as a fast food chain running out of your order, to universal life-stressors such as a relationship ending.<\/p>\n<p>Technology-related crises were a common theme throughout the list, with forgotten phone chargers, crashing websites and social media account hacks all featuring on the list compiled by the financial services provider.<\/p>\n<p>But it was money related concerns that topped the list, with a \u201cboiler breaking down in winter\u201d at number one, followed by \u201cinsufficient savings\u201d at two, and \u201cnot being able to pay the mortgage\/bills\u201d at number four.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s just a taster with the top 20:<\/p>\n<p>1.Boiler breaking down in winter<br \/>\n2. Having insufficient savings<br \/>\n3. Not getting enough sleep<br \/>\n4. Not being able to pay mortgage\/bills<br \/>\n5. Running out of petrol in the middle of nowhere<br \/>\n6. Needing a filling at the dentist<br \/>\n7. Alarm not going off<br \/>\n8. Being late for work<br \/>\n9. Losing passport just before a holiday<br \/>\n10. Going overdrawn<br \/>\n11. Being told you have bad breath<br \/>\n12. Having to make small talk at a party<br \/>\n13. Ending a relationship<br \/>\n14. Being asked an awkward question in an interview<br \/>\n15. Forgetting to bring your phone charger<br \/>\n16. Website crashing when you\u2019re trying to buy a ticket<br \/>\n17. Having a bad credit rating<br \/>\n18. Losing signal on an important call<br \/>\n19. Buying an item that goes into sale the next week<br \/>\n20. Finding out what you said\/did after a few drinks<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re losing sleep over some of these fears \u2013 which incidentally came in at number three \u2013 \u00a0talk to us at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>NC Insurance<\/strong><\/span><\/a> today.<\/p>\n<p>We can\u2019t help you with the avocado shortage or the party small talk nerves, but we\u2019ll do our best to help you protect your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/personal-insurance\/travel\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>travels<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/commercial-insurance\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>business<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/personal-insurance\/home-insurance\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>home<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/personal-insurance\/high-net-worth\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>finances<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does the fear of not understanding new memes (photos with captions which frequently sweep the internet) contribute to FOMO? (fear of missing out). Are you terrified by the prospect of someone asking you who you voted for in the election, or would you rather this than discover you\u2019ve had food stuck in your beard or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[9,10,12,7],"tags":[110],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1803"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1803"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1806,"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1803\/revisions\/1806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkportfolio.co.uk\/ncinsurance.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}