Phobias? - Yes or No
By LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222285)
United States
July 6, 2022 6:10am CST
Phobias fall into four major categories: Natural Environment, Animals, Medical Treatments or Issues, Specific Situations.
I have a fear of Small Spaces, specifically MRIs (Claustrophobia), Heights (Acrophobia), Flying, specifically large planes (Aerophobia) and two new ones: Riding in a Car (Amaxophobia) and Driving (Agoraphobia). Agoraphobia also covers the fear of open spaces and crowds.
Some common phobias: Acluophobia - Fear of Darkness, Arachnophobia - Spiders, Coulrophobia - Clowns, Glossophobia - Speaking in Public, Herpetophobia - Reptiles and Dentophobia - Dentists.
Some uncommon phobias: Arachibutyrophobia - Fear of Peanut Butter and Phobophobia - Fear of Phobias.
Do you have any fears/phobias? If so, what are they?
Photo Credit: Pixabay
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@sjvg1976 (42727)
• Delhi, India
7 Jul 22
@LindaOHio how do you know by seeing a snake that it's poisonous or not.
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
7 Jul 22
Snakes don't bother me unless they are poisonous.
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
8 Jul 22
@sjvg1976 Around here we have mostly black snakes and garter snakes, both non-poisonous.
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@LadyDuck (502208)
• Italy
6 Jul 22
@LindaOHio - I cannot even go inside a pool, as soon as the water is close to my neck I get panic attacks.
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@LadyDuck (502208)
• Italy
7 Jul 22
@1creekgirl - I am allergic to chlorine, this is another problem with most pools. In our hot tub we use Bromine to keep the water clean, but when we use the hot tub, I replace the water often, that is the best system in my opinion.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
7 Jul 22
@LadyDuck I'm the same way. When I was about ten, I took swimming lessons and to this day, the smell of chlorine makes my heart race a little.
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@jobelbojel (36794)
• Philippines
8 Jul 22
I was able to overcome my fear of small spaces.
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@jobelbojel (36794)
• Philippines
9 Jul 22
@LindaOHio remembering instances of me not being able to breath if when I was in small spaces. It was a hard battle for me.
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
10 Jul 22
@jobelbojel I still don't like MRIs. I hope the next time I need one I can find an open MRI machine.
@FourWalls (86583)
• United States
6 Jul 22
I primarily have acrophobia, which I address once a year in Gatlinburg (such as earlier this year when I went on the Gatlinburg Sky Bridge).
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@FourWalls (86583)
• United States
7 Jul 22
@LindaOHio — no, I’m chicken. You’ve seen how tightly I’m holding that cable in my Facebook picture. 
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
8 Jul 22
@FourWalls Yes, but you DID IT! I probably wouldn't even try it.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
7 Jul 22
Well, I'm definitely not afraid of peanut butter! But I am deathly afraid of drowning. And snakes.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
7 Jul 22
@LindaOHio I've read that drowning is a very painful way to die. But how do they know?
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
8 Jul 22
@LindaOHio That would be horrible, too.
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@lovebuglena (52154)
• Staten Island, New York
7 Jul 22
I may have Amaxophobia and Agoraphobia.
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@lovebuglena (52154)
• Staten Island, New York
8 Jul 22
@LindaOHio I don’t drive but I still get in the car as a passenger.
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
9 Jul 22
@lovebuglena My husband's driving makes me too nervous.
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@DaddyEvil (174281)
• United States
6 Jul 22
I've always been afraid of heights, unless I'm enclosed in something. I still won't look out a window if we're on an upper floor. (I can even be startled if I watch a movie where there is skydiving. So I try not to watch anything like that.)
I don't like being in small spaces, like a crowded elevator...
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
6 Jul 22
Yes, many people are afraid of heights and small spaces. Thanks for commenting.
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@wolfgirl569 (135601)
• Marion, Ohio
6 Jul 22
I dont have any I know of. Things I dont like but not really afraid of.
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@RasmaSandra (97908)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6 Jul 22
I apparently inherited my Acrophobia feat of heights from my mother's mother. Grandma had it bad and so do I You get me on a stool just a little above the ground and my heart starts racing,
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
7 Jul 22
I can't get past the first rung on a ladder.
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@GooglePlus (3806)
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6 Jul 22
I have fear of closed room, darkness, heights, water ( I actually came to know when I was on a 2 seater jetboat with an instructor and water splashing on my body made it difficult to breathe. ) Then doctor told that's my spine reacting to problems and hence it's also part of fear you have developed.
List is endless for me. Hence I chose to stop here 
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@Hildasalom (953)
• Nairobi, Kenya
6 Jul 22
I have a phobia for heights, I usually get dizzy standing on a high position.
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@Hildasalom (953)
• Nairobi, Kenya
7 Jul 22
@LindaOHio but I would really like to get on an aeroplane or even participate in wall climbing. It usually looks fun
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@oahuwriter (26773)
• United States
7 Jul 22
I am afraid of bees. I saw on the TV news of a man being stung by, killer bees, horrific!! Ever since, I can remember, I've been afraid of the yellow jacket bees.
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@oahuwriter (26773)
• United States
8 Jul 22
@LindaOHio
Ok. Going to research it, thanks.
Mine is learned one, not quite a full blown phobia, just a fear.
Mine is learned one, not quite a full blown phobia, just a fear.1 person likes this
@Beestring (15373)
• Hong Kong
6 Jul 22
I'm afraid of cockroaches but probably not to the extent of phobia. But I'm really scared of snakes.
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
7 Jul 22
Snakes don't bother me unless they are poisonous.
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