I have a few phobias, mostly PTSD type stuff related to past traumatic experiences
Claustrophobia - The fear of confined spaces
Amaxophobia - The fear of riding in a vehicle
Agoraphobia - The fear of public places
I've learned to deal with most of it fairly well but it is there and does cause me stress from time to time
Anyone else dealing with some sort of phobia?
This is hard for me to post (is that a phobia tooo?)
I have Claustrophobia (this is usually linked with Enochlophobia, in my case IMO)
Agorophobia - kind of, the more depressed i get, the less i want to go out and be in a public place
Slight Ombrophobia - Fear of Rain (or going out in the wet, tripping etc)
Slight Enochlophobia - Fear of Crowds (being misgendered, ie laughed at? judged poorly?)
i have dealt with Amaxophobia before myself but sort offf... managed to overcome it
Maybe
SAD - Sexual Aversion Disorder
Social Anxiety, at times ive often wondered, thought i had it
Undiagnosed mostly, tho i have been treated for Agoraphobia but i idk sometimes it didnt always feel right .... but then sometimes it does.... its kind of weird
I think i got the phobias right
IM a freak LOL
This is nothing official, just my own interpretation. Aside from typical fear of being in the public ear (stage fright, public speaking, etc).
I have a distinct fear of people knowing/seeing the real me.
If I goof off, joke, do oddball stuff. Peoples opinions are based on that and I know why and I'm OK
If I am myself and peoples opinions are, shall we say, less than desired, I cave in on myself.
My acceptance of self and current transition is helping soo much with that fear. You simply cannot 'come out' and hold on to that fear. You have to confront it. It is still keeping me from announcing to a lot of friends and siblings. I'm getting there.
I hope y'all get the chance to face your fears and move on from them.
I have a phobia of having my picture taken. I also have a big phobia of roaches! My brother has had a lot of fun with that one.
Part of the reason I posted is that I have an appointment in a few hours and my therapist will want to discuss some of this stuff as it relates to my PTSD
I also have a phobia with having my picture taken
SAD and Social anxiety would probably also apply as well
Having or developing a phobia is part of being human, not seeking help or finding a way to cope will keep you locked up in your shell and cheat you of enjoying life
Quote from: V M on January 19, 2018, 07:19:09 AM
Part of the reason I posted is that I have an appointment in a few hours and my therapist will want to discuss some of this stuff as it relates to my PTSD
I also have a phobia with having my picture taken
SAD and Social anxiety would probably also apply as well
Having or developing a phobia is part of being human, not seeking help or finding a way to cope will keep you locked up in your shell and cheat you of enjoying life
I have social anxiety too but it's not severe like it once was. Right after I transitioned I didn't want to go out in public at all. But my dad made me go with him to the mall and we would spend 20-30 minutes just walking around. He also made me go with him on weekends when he ran errands. It did help actually. I still really hate large crowds but I can function in them when I need to.
I have this thing with spiders too, its not necessarily fear, at first it is but then i can kill it just no problem, if i dont kill it and it could still be around somewhere, it sort of does become a phobia
A new one
Metathesobia LOL, but seriously i think it applys to me sometimes
Metathesiophobia comes from Greek 'meta' meaning change and phobos meaning fear. This specific phobia can reduce one's will to live; Metathesiophobes often feel that they have no control over their lives owing to constant changes.
I have an unrational fear of hypodermic needles and a healthy fear of heights. I can't even watch a shot given on tv, this makes it an event at my blood testing. I've worked many years in the commercial construction field and can stand next to the edge of a 30 story building...... as long as the safety cable is up. Take that cable down I can't get within 20 feet of it at any height.
I have a weird fear. I have a fear of jewelry. Most of it anyway.
Crowds, flying and operating tables.
None of which are all that irrational to be afraid of. . .
To a certain degree heights as well. But like with flying and with operating tables, my fear of heights depends on how much control I have in the situation. It's the lack of control that bothers me. If I'm climbing something myself, I'm fine. If I'm trapped somewhere high, like at 35,000 ft. in a flying tin can, not so great.
I can not stand crowds. The fear of injury from falling from a high place is a big one for me. Ever since my last flu shot, add that fear too. I got violently ill.
Quote from: Lady Sarah on January 19, 2018, 06:11:16 PM
I can not stand crowds. The fear of injury from falling from a high place is a big one for me. Ever since my last flu shot, add that fear too. I got violently I'll.
I refuse the flu shots. I have no interest in finding out that I have an allergy to something (or combination of things) that they used to make it. I get colds, I am at an extremely low risk factor for the flu. No thanks on the shots.
that is likely what happened to you, allergic reaction to one of the ingredients that they used.
Spiders. They give me the heebie jeebies.
Quoteheebie jeebies
Little Bits And Pieces By: Jim Stafford
QuoteWhy'd you have to hit the whiskey, when the party ran out of beer?
And it hands your mind the picture that gives you the shiverin' heebie-jeebies; LOOK OUT! Here comes the night before in little bits and pieces
I hadn't heard that song in forever, you brought it out of my dusty cob-webbed brain.
Dusting off cob-webbed brains, just another service I offer. :laugh:
Hugs, Devlyn
I was a diagnosed Agoraphobic, but that's a bit of a misnomer in my opinion. Basically just a way to get a DSM entry to being a shut-in.
Caulrophobic, but who isn't?
Pediophobic (dolls, specifically porcelain dolls)
Another big one for me is a weird one I didn't even know was a thing for a long time: Telephobic. I hate speaking on the phone, I mean hate it. It sets off my anxiety like almost nothing else, and when I'm on the phone I stutter and stumble over my words, can barely pull together a coherent thought. And above all else, just plain awkward. Even with family and friends.
mine is spiders and bugs they creep me out
Quote from: Roll on January 19, 2018, 11:50:44 PM
I was a diagnosed Agoraphobic, but that's a bit of a misnomer in my opinion. Basically just a way to get a DSM entry to being a shut-in.
Caulrophobic, but who isn't?
Pediophobic (dolls, specifically porcelain dolls)
Another big one for me is a weird one I didn't even know was a thing for a long time: Telephobic. I hate speaking on the phone, I mean hate it. It sets off my anxiety like almost nothing else, and when I'm on the phone I stutter and stumble over my words, can barely pull together a coherent thought. And above all else, just plain awkward. Even with family and friends.
CLOWNS >:-)
I am afraid of the human race at large, the whole of it and the implications of the damage it can cause the planet
Personally I have a dislike of needles (ironic), and of dentists.... my thinking was that it was a phobia - turns out to be ptsd, and the act of visiting retraumatises me (as well as a boat load of triggers, and fallout that lasts for months)... thanks to my therapist, we have reached a conclusion on this part, next steps are working out treatment plans..
Slowly getting to a better place, step by step
Rowan
I've never thought of it as a phobia but I hate crowds and high density areas like very populous cities. I will avoid them if possible but they usually will not stop me if I have what I consider a good reason to be there. For instance, on my road trip to visit Maybebaby and Georgette I had to be in the DC area. Just going into it made me anxious. I could not visit Maybebaby that day and it caused me to remain in the area overnight in a crowded rest area. I din;t even get out of my pickup. In the morning I went back to the area where she lived and killed time eating and going into costco to buy something. In the late morning I visited with her and after drove across the bridge to the area where Georgette lives and tried to contact her for a visit that afternoon. By the time we were able to talk we could not arrange the meet for whatever reason that day and by that time I had to get out of that area. I had had more than enough time there for my comfort and could not take spending anymore time there. I had to leave, had to. Icouldn't wait to get out of there and into more wide open spaces.
Any bigger city has that effect on me. I can be in a crowd but hate waiting inline to get in or out and the traffic leaving bothers me so I avoid going to events were there will be a crowd. Traffic on a highway during rush hour doesn't really bother me but again I will avoid it if I can.
So I don't know if I have a phobia or not.
Hugs,
Laurie
How many have Nomophobia? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomophobia) :laugh:
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I can safely say I have a fear of getting the 'flu too. The real 'flu, not the Man 'Flu.
I had it once in 2001 and it damn near killed me. Or felt like it did.
I'd rather have my legs broken than have that again. It was the most painful, debilitating thing I've ever experienced. Pain in every bone, feeling like you can barely climb some stairs without having to sit down and heave. Just touching your own skin hurts. You feel like you want to die so it can be over.
Quote from: Laurie on January 21, 2018, 01:51:09 PM
I've never thought of it as a phobia but I hate crowds and high density areas like very populous cities. I will avoid them if possible but they usually will not stop me if I have what I consider a good reason to be there. For instance, on my road trip to visit Maybebaby and Georgette I had to be in the DC area. Just going into it made me anxious. I could not visit Maybebaby that day and it caused me to remain in the area overnight in a crowded rest area. I din;t even get out of my pickup. In the morning I went back to the area where she lived and killed time eating and going into costco to buy something. In the late morning I visited with her and after drove across the bridge to the area where Georgette lives and tried to contact her for a visit that afternoon. By the time we were able to talk we could not arrange the meet for whatever reason that day and by that time I had to get out of that area. I had had more than enough time there for my comfort and could not take spending anymore time there. I had to leave, had to. Icouldn't wait to get out of there and into more wide open spaces.
Any bigger city has that effect on me. I can be in a crowd but hate waiting inline to get in or out and the traffic leaving bothers me so I avoid going to events were there will be a crowd. Traffic on a highway during rush hour doesn't really bother me but again I will avoid it if I can.
So I don't know if I have a phobia or not.
Hugs,
Laurie
I'm exactly the same, Laurie. I hate big cities and crowds of people. It makes me feel extremely anxious and almost like an oppressive weight is bearing down on me.
Quote from: Sephirah on January 21, 2018, 06:36:44 PM
I'm exactly the same, Laurie. I hate big cities and crowds of people. It makes me feel extremely anxious and almost like an oppressive weight is bearing down on me.
Sephirah,
It seems we keep finding things that we in common. I don't mind that one bit either. Though some of those are sad, I am still glad we have them in common.
Big Hug,
Laurie
I have death phobia of pine trees, which is extremely rare among people. I have never met anyone in real life who shares such experience. Even when I search on the internet I could only find very few results. It is somehow saddening for me that many see my phobia as "truly ridiculous" or "truly while seeing other more popular phobia such as fear of height or fear or bugs as more reasonable than mine.
However, I find it interesting that I have no phobia that is common among people. Most people around me report they feel disgusted by the sound of nails scraping blackboards (or others that sound similar). I am totally fine with this, though.
I have aracnophobia. Very common. The problem is, I also love spiders! They're so beautiful, I love watching them. I can't kill them because I also respect bug's lives, and they eat other pbnoxious insects. I love the bulky spiders with hair, I can stand most of them, but I hate the long legged spiders, those really trigger my phobia.
I also have another phobia that is common. In children... Yes, I have some degree of fear of the dark.
I love being out in the dark.
I've got feeble phobia and go to great lengths to avoid ever getting feeble. It comes from taking care of my mother for two years in her deathbed, unable to even turn over and dependent on somebody else (me) for everything.
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Quote from: Lady Lisandra on January 23, 2018, 04:55:33 PM
I have aracnophobia. Very common. The problem is, I also love spiders! They're so beautiful, I love watching them. I can't kill them because I also respect bug's lives, and they eat other pbnoxious insects. I love the bulky spiders with hair, I can stand most of them, but I hate the long legged spiders, those really trigger my phobia.
I also have another phobia that is common. In children... Yes, I have some degree of fear of the dark.
I don't think of myself as having arachnophobia at all, I used to have a tarantula as a pet, and I used to catch and get rid of spiders for other people who couldn't bear to touch them... but you can bet if I'm down in a cellar somewhere and a many-legged lifeform happens to drop onto my head or body, I'm going to have a visceral and unmanly reaction for a second or two. . .