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What's your phobia?

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What's your phobia?
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#31
RE: What's your phobia?
January 5, 2019 at 7:15 pm
Arachibutyrophobia.

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RE: What's your phobia?
January 5, 2019 at 7:27 pm
(January 5, 2019 at 7:15 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: Arachibutyrophobia.

Look it up.

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#33
RE: What's your phobia?
January 5, 2019 at 7:47 pm (This post was last modified: January 5, 2019 at 7:51 pm by GUBU.)
(January 5, 2019 at 5:39 am)IWNKYAAIMI Wrote:
(January 5, 2019 at 5:27 am)Nomad Wrote: Heights.  Yes I have tried to overcome it, still terrified of heights.

I hate heights too. I hate flying, have to have a couple of calming drinks before I can board a plane. I went as white as a sheet on the roof of Chester cathedral on a tour last year... The steep narrow staircases didn't help on that day though. Seems to be getting worse as I get older.

Strangely enough I love flying, and rollercoasters.  The only two areas where the fear of heights doesn't really kick in.  But just before christmas I visited Blackrock Observatory and was scared stiff on top of the tower, approx 4 stories of a height:

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(January 5, 2019 at 7:38 am)onlinebiker Wrote: A fear of heights isn' t a phobia.

Phobias are irrational fear of something.

Avoidance of danger is clearly rational.

..

A fear of clowns is irrational.


Unless the clown in question is John Wayne Gacy.




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When being inside a building at the first floor (weird system going on, ground, 0, mezzanine, 1) and being afraid to look out a corner window the whole height of the floor for fear of falling when there was no chance of it happening (and getting very dizzy when I finally did), that's irrational.

That's my fear.
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RE: What's your phobia?
January 6, 2019 at 4:04 am (This post was last modified: January 6, 2019 at 4:10 am by Mr.Obvious.)
I don't think i have any phobias.

I don't like spiders or heights or narrow spaces or such. But not to anything above mild discomfort.
(January 5, 2019 at 6:35 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: Heights (flying, specifically), and I also have a major case of trypophobia - an aversion to the sight of irregular patterns or clusters of small holes, or bumps.

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Makes me want to simultaneously scream and vomit.

That's not a phobia though. Aversion to things is natural. Especially to something that reminds of sickness.

Sorry if i'm being too literal here.
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RE: What's your phobia?
January 6, 2019 at 8:32 am
I've been racking my brain to think of a phobia I might have.
Best I can come up with is ironing.




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RE: What's your phobia?
January 6, 2019 at 8:35 am
(January 6, 2019 at 8:32 am)Little lunch Wrote: I've been racking my brain to think of a phobia I might have.
Best I can come up with is ironing.

Yeah, I pretend I've got that phobia too Big Grin
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RE: What's your phobia?
January 6, 2019 at 10:42 am (This post was last modified: January 6, 2019 at 10:43 am by Gawdzilla Sama.)
(January 6, 2019 at 8:32 am)Little lunch Wrote: I've been racking my brain to think of a phobia I might have.
Best I can come up with is ironing.

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(January 6, 2019 at 8:35 am)IWNKYAAIMI Wrote:
(January 6, 2019 at 8:32 am)Little lunch Wrote: I've been racking my brain to think of a phobia I might have.
Best I can come up with is ironing.

Yeah, I pretend I've got that phobia too Big Grin

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RE: What's your phobia?
January 6, 2019 at 11:53 am
Hornets and deep water
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RE: What's your phobia?
January 6, 2019 at 1:30 pm
(January 6, 2019 at 11:53 am)Amarok Wrote: Hornets and deep water

Now that's a combination Wink
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RE: What's your phobia?
January 6, 2019 at 2:34 pm
(January 6, 2019 at 1:30 pm)IWNKYAAIMI Wrote:
(January 6, 2019 at 11:53 am)Amarok Wrote: Hornets and deep water

Now that's a combination Wink
Hornets because the freak me out 

Deep water because i seen some scary stuff
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