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I have a phobia of phobias. I am traumatized every time I think of the prospect of being illogically afraid of something.
Not really. But I do doubt some of you have all those true phobias. Simply being logically afraid of something, like falling 25 feet, is not a phobia, or else everyone would have a lot of phobias. The fear has to be very extreme or very illogical. Like a phobia of broom heads, or walking down a smooth hill (trypophobia was a good example). Or a phobia where you literally go out of your way to keep spiders as far away from you and everywhere you go as possible. For example, if you see a spider and think,"Ahh, I hate spiders!" but then simply go on your way, ignoring the spider and making no attempts to get rid of it such as calling neighbors/family members or getting deadly bug sprays, you probably aren't arachnophobic. (The exception would be if you are so afraid of the spider that you think calling a neighbor to squash it or otherwise threatening it would make the spider angry so that it would chase after you...)
I guess high-velocity theme park rides are the closest thing to a phobia I have, but I'm thin making them more intense than usual, so it's not really that irrational for me.
Not really. But I do doubt some of you have all those true phobias. Simply being logically afraid of something, like falling 25 feet, is not a phobia, or else everyone would have a lot of phobias. The fear has to be very extreme or very illogical. Like a phobia of broom heads, or walking down a smooth hill (trypophobia was a good example). Or a phobia where you literally go out of your way to keep spiders as far away from you and everywhere you go as possible. For example, if you see a spider and think,"Ahh, I hate spiders!" but then simply go on your way, ignoring the spider and making no attempts to get rid of it such as calling neighbors/family members or getting deadly bug sprays, you probably aren't arachnophobic. (The exception would be if you are so afraid of the spider that you think calling a neighbor to squash it or otherwise threatening it would make the spider angry so that it would chase after you...)
I guess high-velocity theme park rides are the closest thing to a phobia I have, but I'm thin making them more intense than usual, so it's not really that irrational for me.
