Phobia's

@Jcblu78 (185)
Canada
August 25, 2006 2:30pm CST
Do you have a phobia? what is it? I have a fear of hieghts, clowns and earwigs.
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@cheongyc (5072)
• Malaysia
26 Nov 06
I am afraid of height & legged bugs (spiders, croacoah, centipedes & etc)
• Egypt
31 Aug 06
I HAVE AN EXTREMELY GREAT PHOBIA OF HIEGHTS
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• Italy
25 Aug 06
I have a fear of insects... There are many other things, but maybe not even I am aware of them. I sure don't like clowns, no wonder you will find them in most of the horror movies.
• India
27 Oct 06
ya i hate insects.
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• United States
26 Nov 06
I do have 2 phobias..aND THEY BOTH ACRE ME EQUALLY ENOUGH THAT i could scare myself into a heart attack..Tornados and Heights..there was a small fire when i was 18 in my aot building and we had to use the fire stairs..the ones outside..i didnt know i was afraid of heights til i started lookin down..i froze and couldnt move..literally my legs were shaking and a fire fighter had to carry me down...and i tried to oover come it..but its a nooo goo..and Tornadoes..need i say more? lol
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@shooie (4984)
• United States
27 Nov 06
shivers tornados....am afraid of them but I didn't put them under a phobia when I hear we are under tornado watch and my husband is at work...oy vey
@Madruga (137)
• Romania
31 Dec 06
I`ve seen videos of people who suffer from it. The best way to get rid of a phobia depends on the person. There's this thing called "flooding", where it just basically helps you overcome your fear by exposing it to you until you learn that it's nothing to be scared of. Flooding takes anxiety to the highest level, so the only way the feeling can go from there is down. I believe you could also turn to hypnosis.
@tammyr (5946)
• Etowah, Tennessee
31 Dec 06
that would not work for me because i have a phobia of being bit by a dog. not of dogs, ihave 3 and my boyfriend has 2 and my son has 5. I am only afaid of being bitten because i was attacted by a wild dog, and bitten by a neighbors dog as ayoung child. i have had panick attacks because i thought about a dog bitting me, but the dog was freindly, and did not act mean at all. but usually it is only if the dog acts agressive, or behaves unusually.
@Rahleah (187)
• United States
23 Jan 07
I'm not proud of it, but I have a fear of midgets, little people, or whatever they prefer to be called now. I know it's irrational (and a bit unkind) but that why it's a phobia, it is an irrational fear. And, I mean, it is a true phobia. I break out into a sweat if one gets too near me in public or if I think I might have to touch them (like when one was at my church in a pew behind me and we were going to have to shake hands at the sign of peace.) If I see one on TV, I usually kind of scream and close my eyes and turn the channel. For some reason, that Wee Man from the Armed and Famous doesn't bother me too much. He's the first midget I haven't really became queasy watching. Well, I do watch Wizard of Oz, but I think that's where the fear originated.
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@okaprd (206)
• Singapore
9 Jan 07
I don't admire it but looks like I have phobia on heights but not the extreme one, I just feel like going down when I climb jumpboard on the swimming pool LOL
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@jal1948 (1359)
• India
30 Dec 06
i have a fear of closedspaces like lifts but i still go in a lift i smply close my eyes and open them when i reach the respective floor
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@198112 (335)
• United States
26 Dec 06
My phobia is spiders and living alone. I can't stand even the feeling of living alone. Thats why I think I am so with having many children. I was raised like that also. My grandmother still have all her grown kids living with her. But I think thats so pathetic on her children parts since they are grown men. But maybe my grandmother have the same phobia as me. Spiders just creeps me out. I am so scared of them. I remember hearing a story by a lady who said that same spiders crawls in people ears and lay eggs. Thats just too much for me.
@jaizdeep (397)
• India
9 Jan 07
hey thanx for raising up this question ive got some rilly intresting things to tell ya bout phobia just some of what i know Actually Phobia is An intense irrational fear that often leads to avoidance of an object or situation. Phobias (or phobic disorders) are common (for example, fear of spiders, or arachnophobia; fear of heights, or acrophobia) and usually begin in childhood or adolescence. Psychiatric nomenclature refers to phobias of specific places, objects, or situations as specific phobias. Fear of public speaking, in very severe cases, is considered a form of social phobia. Social phobias also include other kinds of performance fears (such as playing a musical instrument in front of others; signing a check while observed) and social interactional fears (for example, talking to people in authority; asking someone out for a date; returning items to a store). Individuals who suffer from social phobia often fear a number of social situations. Although loosely regarded as a fear of open spaces, agoraphobia is actually a phobia that results when people experience panic attacks (unexpected, paroxysmal episodes of anxiety and accompanying physical sensations such as racing heart, shortness of breath). i Sufferfrom a strange phobia known as Agoraphobia Agoraphobia is the intense fear of feeling trapped and having a panic attack in a public place. It usually begins between ages 15 and 35, and affects three times as many women as men—about 3% of the population. If u wanna know more bout phobia it wud be my pleasure u can also know more bout phobia at http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=phobia&gwp=13
• India
9 Jan 07
No... Thankfully i don't have any phobia....
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@gaubs99 (15)
• India
6 Jan 07
this is a kool discusion...i have a phobia of cockroaches...n lizard...if any 1 fromthis two i find in my room....i leave my house at the sametime .....i call my servant n ask them to kill
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• United Arab Emirates
6 Jan 07
i have a fear of sharp objects..knives,needles,pins...makes me twitch
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• United States
6 Jan 07
I am scared of heights and any type of insect. You name it. Especially frogs. I was in the pet store and a huge frog was in a tank. I could not even walk past it to go down the isle.
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@sezcha (84)
• Indonesia
27 Nov 06
I have phobia with the height, when I was in the height then my head will be headache
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@Ahava663 (102)
• United States
27 Nov 06
I have a fear of clowns, and raw chicken, EEeek, it is so gross.
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@mihai80 (865)
• Romania
29 Nov 06
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• United States
29 Nov 06
Spiders. Big ones, small ones, any of em. I hate em and run from em when I see one. Friends play jokes on me just to see my reaction. Its humiliating. I don't know why I'm so scared of those little 8 legged things, but I can't stand them!
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• Singapore
26 Dec 06
I am afraid of heights.
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• Pakistan
17 Dec 06
ya height, n water (in pool only)
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