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RE: The phobia thread
August 25, 2017 at 6:41 pm
I'll see your fish license and raise you this:
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RE: The phobia thread
August 25, 2017 at 7:14 pm
Guys. Isn't God phobia so prolific that people don't even see it as a phobia!
An irrational fear of what a bogey man will do to you if you don't tow the party line?
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RE: The phobia thread
August 25, 2017 at 7:29 pm
(August 25, 2017 at 7:14 pm)ignoramus Wrote: Guys. Isn't God phobia so prolific that people don't even see it as a phobia!
An irrational fear of what a bogey man will do to you if you don't tow the party line?
Or won't do to you, or ignores you, or watches you having sex.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
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RE: The phobia thread
August 25, 2017 at 11:38 pm
Shots in the arm. Had so many hospital visits and procedures as an infant-to-child that I have a learned response/association that's pure terror.
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RE: The phobia thread
August 25, 2017 at 11:55 pm
(August 25, 2017 at 11:38 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: Shots in the arm. Had so many hospital visits and procedures as an infant-to-child that I have a learned response/association that's pure terror.
I grew up dirt poor. If we ever managed to make it to the doctor, it was because we were so sick that it was life-threatening. As a result, when I go to see the doctor, even when I'm not sick, I have "white-coat hypertension". The nurses have to take me to a room and wait for me to calm down, then take my blood pressure. If I take it at home, it's always OK, but when I go to the doctor, I expect the worst, and my blood pressure shows it.
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RE: The phobia thread
August 26, 2017 at 3:08 am
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Is there such as thing as universal phobias?
Like when you get an unexpected phone call from the Tax Department who would like to discuss some things in detail?
Yes sir, no problem. Anytime which suits!
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RE: The phobia thread
August 26, 2017 at 7:37 am
I have a phobia of monkeys, especially the Rhesus Macaque.
I've had plenty of run-ins with these vicious, thieving, fucking little arseholes.
I think it's the unpredictability factor.
I may scream if you put me in a room with one, but I will still fight it to the death if I have to.
Tip - Never travel in their environment without a slingshot.
Just like a gun, never pull it out unless you're prepared to use it.
They will know.
I'm getting goosebumps just writing this.
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RE: The phobia thread
August 26, 2017 at 10:47 am
BTW, no phobia about a sexual experience assumed to be unpleasant but instead turns out to be 'fun' ??
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RE: The phobia thread
August 26, 2017 at 11:39 am
I've been wracking my brain for any more phobias I may have, but I'm afraid there's only the one.
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RE: The phobia thread
August 26, 2017 at 12:57 pm
(August 26, 2017 at 11:39 am)Fireball Wrote: I've been wracking my brain for any more phobias I may have, but I'm afraid there's only the one.
I'm afraid for you.
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