Phobias

Phobia - anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations.

• What are yours, and why do you think you have them?

I.E; Things happening in the past,paranoia,etc.

• Are there any you've had but gotten over? If so, how?

My phobias are as follow:
Helminthophobia- Fear of being infested with worms.
Cause: When I was a kid I ate a cherry off a tree, got worms.
Now maggots and parasites cause me to have anxiety attacks.

Altophobia- Fear of heights.
No clue as to why I have this. It's to the point where if I'm near the edge of a tall building or bridge, my brain and body both agree that it makes sense to jump from said place in order to reach safety.
No, I'm not suicidal. :P

Phobias I got over:

Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing.
Cause: Being nearly drowned in a foster home at a young age.
How I recovered: Funny enough, my other phobia gave me OCD like tendancies,
now I can't miss a day of showering.

Dunno the scientific phobia but I cannot walk into a room with other people in there that I think are either attractive or judgmental, at least not until I've done all the scenarios and whatnot in my head first. Most likely just social anxiety.

I crazy enough have a phobia of not worrying. I think that has more to do with my OCD where I feel like the world is going to end unless I do something. So I feel like I need to worry in order to not have anything bad happen. I'm trying to work on that at the moment but it's hard.

Gerontophobia, the fear of growing old, but only in the context of not getting to live my life first. Not living to the fullest fits better.
Aichmophobia, fear of needles. I can deal with them now but I still hate them.

Yeah, seems like it. All this stuff usually links up the past. Social anxiety I know is caused a lot of being rejected in the past by the general public and the fear of judgement I think feeds off of the situations.

I know when I was a kid it was like that. Because I wasn't like them they singled me out, and today I worry way too much about what people think of me. I think psychology and junk like this is a very interesting subject, so excuse me if I ramble D:

Coffin: Do you have any idea why you hate them?
Clover: That's the first I've heard of that one. Really interesting.

Because when I was young a doctor tried to give me a shot high up on my arm and there was some scraping of bone with the needle or so I felt or have imagined and it has stuck with me.

Well I guess, I was always tossed between households between mom, dad, gran, aunt and foster family but no matter how much analyzing I do of myself, I can't get passed my social anxiety D8

I used to be afraid of heights, no apparent reason. One day it just disappeared. Now I actually enjoy high places.

Coffin: Yeah reading that freaked me out, so I understand.
Torian: I don't think there's a cure besides time and just throwing yourself out there and hoping for the best. Flip a coin :D
Drak: Show-off. :P

Of course I am.
Going through a lists of phobias, I realize I do dislike many of the things listed, but not being afraid of them.

Demophobia- Fear of crowds; for example.

Yeah, if they just erk or bother you, they aren't phobias. An example of a phobia would be, fear of cotton balls, or armchairs, or cups. :P

The Phobia List
I used to be scared of heights, I got over it....
When I was like 15, I went to six flags, with a bunch of buddies, they wanted to ride this really tall ride.
(at this point, I was extremely scared of heights)
I didn't want to act like a pussy towards my friends, so I rode the ride....
Ever since then, I was never cared to be high, I actually quite enjoy it now.

Nyctophobia - fear of dark or night.

Yes, I'm still afraid of the dark. I can't even go into a dark room without a flash light.

No idea why I am though.

Oh I forgot, I suppose I'm also a slight germaphobe.
When I have to go the hospital whether it be visiting someone or what ever, I feel so gross and like I need to wash my hands every ten minutes or so.
Then I have to take a hot shower and wash all the clothes I just wore. Lol
That only happens when I got to hospitals though.

My phobias are...

Tyrophobia - Just am, shit makes me feel weird, when i see a picture and stuff. I blame /b/
Altophobia - Always had a dream of me falling of a tall hill and waking up before hitting the ground..
Claustrophobia - Brother would torture me with suffocating me with blankets.
Nyctophobia - Just don't like dark. Feel like someone will kill me.
Demophobia - Don't like people. I prefer to be alone.

Ones I got over - None.

Martin, mind me asking what tyrophobia is?

Belonephobia
Catagelophobia
Cholerophobia

Heights/Rollercoasters- I shake and freak out on high places/rollercoasters. Refuse to go on them
Spiders- This doesn't need an explanation.
I'm also terrified of being stabbed, if someone has a knife on them I'll think they want to kill me.

Coulrophobia- Fear of those carnival freaks called Clowns

Isolophobia- Fear of being alone, I need someone in the house or need to be an area with people. (I guess to talk to someone?)

Altophobia- Fear of heights.
Why? I have no clue. It's usually mild, but depending on the setting I don't want to go anywhere near the edge of something or I feel like I might fall accidentally or someone will brush up behind me and knock me off.
I have some other random mild ones that only affect me from time to time randomly.

Aeroacrophobia- Fear of open high places.
Dementophobia- Fear of insanity.
Agoraphobia- Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place.
Aichmophobia- Fear of needles or pointed objects.
Amaxophobia- Fear of riding in a car.
Androphobia- Fear of men.
Anthropophobia- Fear of people or society.
Aphenphosmphobia- Fear of being touched. (Haphephobia)
Astraphobia or Astrapophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning.(Ceraunophobia, Keraunophobia)
Ligyrophobia- Fear of loud noises.
Scotomaphobia- Fear of blindness in visual field.

Err I have a lot to fear haha. I've only kind of gotten of the fear of men. I freak out if someone touches me suddenly...its just weird. I don't like high open places, such as the abyss of hell. I think about my head going through the windshield and the steering wheel cutting right through my thoracic vertebrae while I'm driving. So I guess its a fear I've accepted because I have to deal with it daily. I don't like needles after I was bitten by a dog and had to get quite a few shots for rabies. And finally, my sight gets worse every year so I'm afraid I'll go blind one day.

Acrophobia/Altophobia - I hate looking down when I am at the top of a building.
Autophobia - I REALLY hate being alone.. I don't know why but I think that someone should always have a backup
Claustrophobi

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Originally Posted by Asydix

Martin, mind me asking what tyrophobia is?

Belonephobia
Catagelophobia
Cholerophobia

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I meant trypophobia* :)

I have a fear of completing tasks, it causes me to become extremely procrastinative. Unfortunately I'm also a perfectionist.

Apiphobia- Fear of bees

The little fuckers have scared the shit out of me ever since I was little.

Other than that I'm scared of absolutely nothing, I would walk up to a mass murderer, tick him off, kiss him on the nose, and then happily frolic away.
I believe that in itself is a problem.

Aracnaphobia, I'm scared shirtless of spiders. I dunno something about them. And watching all the nature shit about em. No thanks.