Terrified

We are all "terrified".
In some way or another, we are all scared of something.
I don't mean phobias. I mean that, on an almost common basis, we are confronted by our common fears.
The most common? I suppose it is the most human and most normal fear of being rejected, eschewed, laughed at. I see it every day, although it may be "masked" behind self assurance, etc.
I thought leaving high school would initiate me into the adult world, a great and wonderful place where people are mature, thoughtful, caring, and understanding. Big mistake, in one sense.
The biggest mistake I may have committed was that, in reality, I thought that becoming an adult would mean becoming mature and thus becoming more understanding of our human species, which is, realistically, difficult.
But in the end, is it bad to acknowledge that one is scared? That one doesn't know? Perhaps a rhetorical question.