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Mameblanche
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04-13-2005

Friday, January 13, 2006 - 3:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Oooh, so my phobia does have a name. Does that mean I'm certifiable. Um, don't answer that. LOL

Shadoe
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11-04-2004

Friday, January 13, 2006 - 3:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Shadoe a private message Print Post    
I can't think of anything that truly makes me want to jump out of my skin, but there are definitely some things that I notice and stay WAY clear of.

Water - I have never been able to learn to swim because I hate being even by a pool or a shore. I can float on my back, but I need to be totally drunk to drown the fear of drowning.

Crowds - I mean being in a HUGE squishy crowd; it makes me angry, very angry, but not scared.

Bugs - I can spot a bug from 10 miles away. I swear - if there is a bug anywhere in my eyesight, I will see it. I bet I can even sense them behind me. I don't feel driven to kill them, but I need to get far far away from then. The exception is lady bugs; they fascinate me.

How can one determine if they actually have a phobia? Can't one have an extreme intense dislike and not a real phobia?

Shadoe
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11-04-2004

Friday, January 13, 2006 - 3:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Shadoe a private message Print Post    
Ohhh, I forgot a BIG one.

I will NEVER speak in front of a crowd of people. I have trouble with more than 6 or any formal setting.
I have failed courses in college, and refused to do any presentations at work.
I didn't care if they tossed me out; I just can't do it.

Jhonise
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07-10-2003

Friday, January 13, 2006 - 3:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jhonise a private message Print Post    
2 - Fear of crossing bridges and heights.

I live on the 23rd floor of my building now and there is no way no how I'm stepping out onto the balcony. I take deep breaths and pray every time I get into the elevator. In my next condo (which is under construction), I'll be on the third floor.

Mamapors
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07-29-2004

Friday, January 13, 2006 - 4:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamapors a private message Print Post    
No phobias here. That must be weird in itself. Oh well. Don't really like bugs, rats, snakes, or riding in elevators. But not at the phobia stage for any of them.

Spygirl
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04-23-2001

Friday, January 13, 2006 - 4:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spygirl a private message Print Post    
I do not meet the clinical requirements for any phobia, but I really really hate trains and tornadoes.

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Friday, January 13, 2006 - 4:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
I have 3 true phobias: high open spaces, snakes and spiders

I have a bunch of fears that I wouldn't classify as phobias.

Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

Friday, January 13, 2006 - 5:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eeyoreslament a private message Print Post    
I agree with Spy's comment about CLINICAL phobias vs regular fears.

I think my only clinical fear is the air thing. At least 5 times a day, I am affected by my phobia. It certainly doesn't help a relationship when you can be in the other person's "breathing space".

However most of my life does not involve situations where my phobia is tested. I stay far away from people, and I am always in large enough spaces for me to feel I have fresh, unconstrained air to breathe.

It is the only thing I fear for which I would actually consider clinical treatment.

Would any of you here actually seek psychiatric therapy for the fears you listed?

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Friday, January 13, 2006 - 5:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
No. Mine (spiders and snakes) just make me very uncomfortable and I would rather not be in a room with them. But I wouldn't approach, say, a fainting stage, unless they tried to crawl on me. Then I'd faint.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Friday, January 13, 2006 - 5:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
Well I've never been diagnosed with a clinical anything..LOL I just know what things make me very uncomfortable.



Shadoe
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11-04-2004

Friday, January 13, 2006 - 5:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Shadoe a private message Print Post    
LOL I must be really tired; I read Spy's post as 'trains and tomatoes'

I thought what's scary about a tomato?

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Friday, January 13, 2006 - 5:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
Something similar to Twiggy, in that I overcame a sudden fear that surprised the hell out of me when it happened.

When I had to register for classes at college--in a huge auditorium, I think I experienced real agoraphobia. I was all alone, didn't know anyone, and there were hundreds of people milling around. All of a sudden I felt like I had to bolt from the room and get home as fast as I could.

But I knew I had to register that day. So I steeled myself and fought through it. I forced myself to stay. I think if I had run, I might have fed into the syndrome and might have had let the fear control me. Instead, I can honestly say, it was the one and only time I felt that fear.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, January 13, 2006 - 5:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I don't think I meet clinical requirements for any phobia and I can't find one for one thing that just makes me breathless, just imagining it and that would be having to squeeze through really tight spaces underground.. IOW, I'm not phobic of caves or being underground, but couldn't head into a really tight passage where I had to wriggle through.

(I know I've been in some very close spaces as a child but I was highly dissociative at that time (clinically so) so it was handled that way, and still that wasn't trying to wriggle through a passage, exactly).

I am completely repulsed by large potato bugs (Jerusalem crickets) but didn't see them on the list either.

I freak much less about spiders than I once did.


This one was interesting: Phobophobia- Fear of phobias, but I don't have it.

Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Friday, January 13, 2006 - 6:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ginger1218 a private message Print Post    
I have a phobia about snakes. I get nauseous even typing the word. I cannot look at a picture of one, even a cartoon picture. I get physically ill and can start to shake. My sister is even worse, you cannot say the word in front of her.
And I have an irrational fear of sunflowers, the giant ones. I know it is nuts. It is because of a dream from my childhood where I was in a field and being chased by them. But is is not as bad as the other thing. The Reptile thing is a true phobia, the sunflower thing is just a fear.

Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Friday, January 13, 2006 - 6:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ginger1218 a private message Print Post    
Actually, Spy would remember my almost being hit by a taxicab trying to run away from some friggin lunatic carrying one in Greenwich Village. He should be shot.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Friday, January 13, 2006 - 6:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
bugs, esp big ones

Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

Friday, January 13, 2006 - 6:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    
Not sure if it's clinical phobia's, but I hate snakes and heights.

Spygirl
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04-23-2001

Friday, January 13, 2006 - 6:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spygirl a private message Print Post    
Uhhh....Ginger's fear of snakes is for real. I can attest

Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

Friday, January 13, 2006 - 7:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eeyoreslament a private message Print Post    
I had trouble just watching the Abyss movie, and felt laboured in my breathing.

And wow, watching the coverage of the mining accident, and the pictures of the little confined area, and thinking about the dirty air down there, and everyone else's non-circulated breath. Ugh!!!

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Friday, January 13, 2006 - 7:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
I've never been able to watch Raiders of the Lost Ark because I caught a glimpse of the snake pit, and I can't touch a picture of one in a book. I had a scary near encounter with one as a child and can't even stand to think about it right now. Eeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, January 13, 2006 - 7:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Hmm I now know several people I wouldn't take on the Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland.

In my therapy I had to work on what might be called phobias, but were raally just triggers that sent me into dissociation and/or PTSD flashbacking, had to work on various issues, one being fire. Another being Christmas trees. I reclaimed both, along with may other "good and useful things" (that's a quote from Dr Wilbur in "Sybil".

Well Pamy and I might hit the door at the same time if we saw a potato bug

Heyltslori
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09-15-2001

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 5:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Heyltslori a private message Print Post    
Good morning everyone and welcome to the weekend!! :-)

Yesterday's poll was interesting! I think the phobias that I found the most intriguing were the fear of helium balloons and kites! Looks like the most popular phobias are bugs, snakes, and heights. Thanks for participating! :-)

Today's question is:

1. You are walking down the street in a residential neighborhood and you look down and find a $20 bill. There are no other people in sight. Do you keep it or do you make an attempt to find out who it belongs to?

2. What if it was $50?

3. What if it was $100?

4. If you answer "Keep it" to all of the above, what would be the largest amount of money it would have to be before you'd try and find the owner?


My answers are:
1. Keep it
2. Make an attempt to find out who it belongs to.
3. Make an attempt to find out who it belongs to.


Shadoe
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11-04-2004

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 5:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Shadoe a private message Print Post    
I am not sure if I can answer to match your numbers.

I would definitely pick up the money; coins I think of as lucky, even a $2 one. Any bills I would keep, but always make an attempt to find someone around to ask. A residential neighborhood makes it tough because I am not about to go around knocking on strange doors - who knows who is on the other side!

Depending on the neighborhood would make a difference in my effort as well. If I could find a 'corner store' I might enquire about leaving a note of some money found.

I think any amount over $100, maybe multiple bills or money in a container or bag of some sort would make me work harder to find the owner.

People need to remember than even a $20 in a poor neighborhood could mean the difference in eating or not eating.

Spygirl
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04-23-2001

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 7:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spygirl a private message Print Post    
1. Keep it.
2. Keep it.
3. Keep it.
4. It would have to be multiple bills, a wallet, purse, coin purse, or something that indicates ownership.


Grannyg
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05-28-2002

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 7:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grannyg a private message Print Post    
1. Keep it.
2. Keep it.
3. Keep it.

And convince myself that would be no way to find the rightful owner. Now if somebody put up a sign they had lost $100, I'd give it back. lol