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celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 5 Mar 25

About six months ago I was scrolling through some ads on my phone to get to a certain article and saw this weird ad. It was for something you put on your feet at night and a bunch of worms(toxins in the form of worms I guess) come...

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Snakes --I want them all to die

Angelpink @Angelpink (4031) • Philippines 10 Nov 23

Is it only me or you also? I do have a phobia of snakes. I even can't stare at them. I have that "yaky" feeling about them. With all honesty, I want all snakes to die. I am an animal lover except for snakes. There was one time...

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Nomophobia

aubrey @averygirl72 (38847) • Philippines 16 Nov 22

The term is an abbreviation for "no-mobile-phone phobia" It was coined in the year 2010 study by the UK Post Office. I think I don't have this kind of phobia because I can leave the house without my phone with me but if I won't...

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This Week it is Spiders

celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 3 Jun 22

On the History Channel is an original series "Kings of Pain". Two men, Adam Thorn and Rob Alba, are helping to make a guide to pain. They are bitten by different insects and animals and then they rate the pain. This week it is...

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Do you have a phobia?

Happy @happylearner (1569) • Indonesia 27 Jan 21

I had been scrolling timeline on my twitter, then I found an account that use a bit strange photo as a profile picture. I opened his profile picture and I got goosebumps looking at it. I have a trypophobia. I still can imagine...

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I have this phobia, how do I overcome it?

Pujan Mukherjee @pujanmukherjee5 (298) • Kolkata, India 29 Sep 20

I am one among all those people who is afraid of heights. It is a phobia and is called acrophobia, and it can lead to anxiety attacks and of course, avoidance of high places like taking a little peek towards the ground from the...

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Let's talk about phobias...

Evelyn @Mbenieve (567) • Kenya 27 Aug 20

A phobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by excessive fear of a certain object or situation. Different people suffer from different types of phobias. For instance, I have phobia of Heights, Water and Snakes. What about...

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Anyone afraid of cockroaches?

Em Bejerano @embejerano (61) 9 Aug 20

I've always been afraid of cockroaches, ever since I was a child. I remember the time when I and my parents were walking on the side of the highway and I saw a cockroach nearby and I almost got hit by a truck because i jumped on...

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Does everyone have phobia?

Elif Ardianto @kucing123 (81) • Jakarta, Indonesia 8 Aug 20

Somebody told me that every single person on earth has something to fear of, some says it's called phobia. I don't know whether it's true or not but I do pretty believe it. I myself have fear of heights, looking down from high...

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Weird Word Wednesday- Monophobia

Diana B. @BloggerDi (3121) • United States 1 Jul 20

Hello! I used to post a weird word every Wednesday night. I got distracted with other things and stopped doing it several months ago. I'm a self-proclaimed word nerd so I've decided to try again... Monophobia's definition makes...

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Fear

Deepika Sharma @DeepikaGoodluck (854) • India 19 Jun 20

Do you think every person has some kind of phobia in their life. In my opinion, every person has phobia. I have nyctophobia. I can't live in darkness. Do you have any kind of phobia? How can you work through your fear?

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Spider phobia

Aik @Aik_taj (65) • Purwokerto, Indonesia 12 May 20

May i get some suggestion? How to reduce spider phobia?. Because im to afraid with it. I consider it as a huge monster. I cant sleep if lately i see spider. Thank you

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Why are we so afraid of spiders?

Linda Mansfield (Snowdrop) @sprite1950 (30461) • Corsham, England 5 Feb 20

I understand that some spiders can be poisonous and I don't mean those but the type we get in the UK are harmless ... and yet some people are terrified of them even if they are tiny I always thought that our phobias were passed...

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Friday the 13th

celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 13 Dec 19

We haven't had one of these in quite a while. I am watchful on this day, ready to investigate something odd going on or read an interesting story. But afraid or fearful? No. I guess there is a phobia(paraskevidekatriaphobia) that...

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Do you have any fears that you have trouble overcoming (but want to)?

Brenna @isweartokira (3459) • United States 23 Jul 19

Hello myLot, how are you today? The weather is beautiful, I am having a cup of coffee....and a bit of anxiety. I'm in the process of looking for a new job, we all must do it at different chapters of our lives. I love the one I...

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“Mama, please come over here!”

ingrid @ridingbet (66854) • Philippines 18 Jul 19

Yesterday, my son bathed 3 of our dogs while my sister went to the city for some errands. My son asked me to brush the fur of our dogs after they are bathed, which I did. After that, he called me loud:”Ma, please come here!” I...

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do you have any fears?

sophie a @sophie09 (34230) • Indonesia 7 Jul 19

well, i'm afraid of being drowned in the water because i can't swim. I've always wanted to learn how to swim, my sister can swim, i asked her to teach me, but still i cant find myself able to swim. maybe i need a profesional...

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What is your Phobia? Hereditary?

Gwyndalin Neerie @milkandcookies (18) 17 Jan 19

Do you have a phobia?? Is it due to a traumatising incident or have you always had them? I've been chatting with a friend of mine over our phobia towards heights and she told me her traumatising story that led to her fear of...

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She didn't like to play with dogs

LK2018 @Letranknight2015 (52665) • Philippines 3 Jan 19

A relative came by to visit yesterday and she had a phobia for dogs. To point were she panics when one of the puppies tried to play bite with her. I think there was a story she told me about her being bitten by a dog once....

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Strange Fears and Phobias

CarolDM @CarolDM (203396) • Nashville, Tennessee 26 Nov 18

We are all scared of something. But what is it that scares you? Is your fear normal? Is it weird? Here are some of the many strange phobias. Liticaphobia Being that the United States is extremely sue happy, it isn’t surprising...

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