Phobias!

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Originally Posted by Psych.

Oh, I get it. I didn't understand what he was saying. Right, so, if you give someone a spider and they freak out at a younger age you sorta learn from their fear and adopt the fear yourself? Weird.

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yes, exactly.

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Originally Posted by Gnome

yes, exactly.

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you wouldn't have got that either if it wasn't explained to you. come up and get cod5 if you must.

i would, if i had thought about it. I can't be bothered... bring it to school tomorrow?

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Originally Posted by Psych.

Because you had a spider in your hand, gave it to your mum and she went mental you've got arachnophobia? It doesn't make sense.

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At that age (as jen said) you think it's wrong to do that if you're parent acts negatively.

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Originally Posted by buttons

yes, it does. if you see someone freak out over something when you're younger you'll not know any better and think it's something that's scary and should be avoided, it's not like you can really form your own opinions and it can carry on throughout childhood and when you're old, it's the same with a lot of phobias actually.

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Thanks uuuuuu

I kinda freak out at syringes but I don't think its a real phobia, I just reeeealy don't like them

Spiders but it's not a phobia.
I second whoever said earlier on in this thread that phobias are developed as a child from the way a parent or someone else reacts, typically badly, towards something. In my case I got it from my sister who got it from my mum when a spider crawled into her (my sister's) pram my mum freaked. From then on my sister did the same around them even now as an adult she breaks down in tears on sight even if she just thinks she sees one.
I'm not that bad though but I don't like them all the same.

i cringe at tomato sauce and get freaked out about it

whats that one called

waking up during an operation under anaesthesia
and drowning

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Originally Posted by mwah

i cringe at tomato sauce and get freaked out about it

whats that one called

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Ketchup I think is the official term.

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Originally Posted by mwah

i cringe at tomato sauce and get freaked out about it

whats that one called

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Saltomaphobia

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Originally Posted by cocaine

waking up during an operation under anaesthesia
and drowning

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I don't like the thought of drowning but I wouldn't go as far as saying I had a phobia of drowning, I think anybody with a phobia of drowning would be scared to sit in a bath filled with water incase something went wrong.

I don't like spiders neither. I don't know what it is about them but they are so ******* creepy. The way they move slowly and then dart suddenly, ugh, horrible.