What phobias do you have?

A few:

Taphophobia - Fear of being burried alive
Atychiphobia - Fear of failure
Trypanophobia - Fear of injections
Acrophobia - Fear of heights
Cynophobia - Fear of dogs

Trypanophobia - Fear of injections and I think that's about it

yeah i actually have emetophobia
it's not just the fear of being sick, it stops you from doing a lot of things. when i was most severe i would only go on a bus if i could sit at the front, id sit near the toilets at a restraunt, every new place i'd go i'd ask for the toilets . just incase i need an escape:P

Coulrophobia - fear of clowns.

The whole concept of diagnosing 'phobias', assigning specific symptoms to each phobia just encourages hypochondria. People like to believe there's something physically wrong with them, such as in the case of an illness, but it's just being afraid. Obviously everyone's afraid of certain things but the concept of phobias is pointless and abused.

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Originally Posted by LoveToStack

The whole concept of diagnosing 'phobias', assigning specific symptoms to each phobia just encourages hypochondria. People like to believe there's something physically wrong with them, such as in the case of an illness, but it's just being afraid. Obviously everyone's afraid of certain things but the concept of phobias is pointless and abused.

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Actually phobias are classified as being irrational fears which have no logic behind them, such as a fear of moths is irrational as moths don't actually harm you in any way. You will never find an official phobia concerning something to do with a rational fear, such as fear of psychopaths, where there is definately a rational risk.

There are phobia disorders where a person has such an irrational fear that it actually causes an inhibition in social functioning. In these extreme circumstances where diagnosis is required, treatments are always offered as no irrational fear should cause a person to no longer function normally. And of course anyone with a phobia is free to try and get over it, sometimes it might only require being exposed to the stressor once to get over irrationality.

I do agree that people sometimes find a lot of phobias which can be linked to them, and that people can confuse phobias with something that they simply don't like doing. And heck, I know some people who do abuse them. But I don't agree that they're pointless.

Oh and btw, I have a specific phobia of Entomophobia where I only fear specific insects. For example: I can't stand being near tiny spiders, but I have no problem with larger spiders and Tarantulas. I also have Acrophobia and specific Hydrophobia.

heights....this sounds weird but PASTA. if i get given pasta i can only have like 10 peices then it makes me gag :/
OH AND SPIDERS

I have a fear of deep water.

Mottephobia - fear of moths

would hate to get locked in a cupboard full of them with the light on inside :S

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Originally Posted by LoveToStack

The whole concept of diagnosing 'phobias', assigning specific symptoms to each phobia just encourages hypochondria. People like to believe there's something physically wrong with them, such as in the case of an illness, but it's just being afraid. Obviously everyone's afraid of certain things but the concept of phobias is pointless and abused.

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Agreed.

Following on from what iSarcastix was saying; people have mentioned fears of drowning and being buried alive but surely these are rational and therefore are not phobias? Unless you're talking about it as a constant thing whenever you go any way near sand or water or something, then perhaps that could be seen as irrational. Even the fear of being sick which people keep mentioning, I doubt anybody actually likes or enjoys vomiting so again, can this really be classed as a phobia?