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Hanners's's's's OCD/What are your phobias

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akronnick:
Get out of there. man!

SAVE YOURSELF!!!!!

Tergon:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

*door clicks shut*

Akima:

--- Quote from: Prince of Space on 21 Sep 2010, 19:58 ---Aaaand, roaches are my big problem.
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It's not a phobia exactly, but I don't like cockroaches one little bit, and I'm so living in the wrong place. I confess that I kill cockroaches without hesitation, even though I'm not supposed to. Centipedes, spiders, wood-lice, locusts, mantises etc. no problem; I capture them without injury and release them outside. But cockroaches...

tomart:

--- Quote from: Akima on 24 Sep 2010, 02:15 --- But cockroaches...
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Yeah, I hate to kill anything, except those buggers.   

Neskah:
Yeah there's a difference between strong discomfort and a phobia. I'm not a fan of spiders, thunderstorms can make me flinch.

My phobia however is dogs - Cynophobia. To the point just writing this is making me feel sick and want to cry.

Sadly dogs are a phobia thats not as easy to avoid, like heights or Flying. Unless I want to become a house bound hermit, I have to go out, where negligent owners allow their dogs to wander the streets. Visiting friends places can be difficult and embarrassing. People locking up their pets because I'm coming over is both kind and humiliating. I can be around dogs i know to a degree, but won't be left alone in a room or a yard with them, and the second they bark for someone to throw a ball I have to fight the impulse to bolt.

And whilst i know and I'm told over and over again that most dogs are lovely creatures, that doesn't stop the phobic panic attacks one gets just thinking there might be a dog around the corner. Leaves skittering on the pavement will throw me into a panic attack (seriously it sounds like claws on concrete). I have to close my eyes and cover my ears during dog attacks in movies and if they're part of a game I'm playing i have to get my boyfriend to get me past that level.

My father tried to get me to face my fear when I was younger by forcing me to go to a dog show. I was hysterical.

However I'm proud, and have defended myself many times. Whilst I do feel pant wetting terror when I'm out around dogs, or where i might come across a dog (pretty much any neighbourhood) I still go out. I walk to work, the shops etc. LOL I've taken to singing to myself to focus my mind on other things, so i get to look like a loon instead. I may burst into tears walking down the street where i see an unrestrained dog, but I still keep walking (usually... i have had moments of paralysis and the odd occassion where I've refused to get out of the car and had to park around the block etc.). Sure I feel Terror, but whether I want to or not I have to stand face to face with it on any given day. And I can also tell you facing your fear doesn't lessen it in any way, no matter how many times you do it. But you do get better at controlling your own impulses and thats something. I manage my fear, i don't let it control me (usually).

Seriously I wish if i had to endure a phobia it was one more easy to avoid, like clowns or potted plants.

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