Phobias

[Stormie]

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.

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.

[Torian]

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.

[CL0V3R]

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 trry in order to not have anything bad happen. I'm trying trk on that at the moment but it's hard.

[C0FFINCASE]

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.

[Stormie]

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.

[C0FFINCASE]

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.

[Torian]

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

[Drakonid]

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

[Stormie]

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
Drak: Show-off.

[Drakonid]

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.

[Stormie]

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.

[chowchig]

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.

[CL0V3R]

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.

[Martin]

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.

[Bman]

Martin, mind me asking what tyrophobia is?

Belonephobia
Catagelophobia
Cholerophobia

[Beyoncé]

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.

[TreePuncher]

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?)

[Gabe]

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.

[Saved]

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.

[Google]

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

[Martin]

Martin, mind me asking what tyrophobia is?

Belonephobia
Catagelophobia
Cholerophobia

I meant trypophobia*

[Chris]

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

[Eli]

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.

[Supra]

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