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[NT] Irrational fears of the rationale.

KilgoreTrout

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*gets on pedantic soapbox*

1. Ahem, Greek, not Latin.

Thanks for correcting the mispeak...dually noted and corrected!

I like the idea of sub-categorizing recognized phobias.
 

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Coulrophobia is an abnormal or exaggerated fear of clowns. The term is common, but is not commonly used in psychology.[1] The prefix "coulro-" comes from the Ancient Greek κωλοβαθριστής (kōlobathristēs), “one who goes on stilts”.[citation needed] Coulrophobia can also be said to extend to a fear of covering up one's face with paint—the idea of hiding recognisable features under a layer of face paint can also unsettle coulrophobia sufferers.[1]

:shock:
 

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Speaking of fears...I wonder why they actually made words for some of them...like seriously, Aulophobia...fear of flutes? Really? Is there a decent enough number of people who have aulophobia to actually have a word for it?


Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - Fear of long words (lol)

Arachibutyrophobia - Fear of peanut butter getting stuck to the roof of your mouth. (My dog has this lol...he's terrified of peanut butter just for that.
Melophobia - Fear of music.
Lachanophobia - Fear of vegetables.
 

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BEES! Bees and wasps and hornets and all those other flying, stinging insects. Motherfuckers need to DIE!

(honeybees anyway; bumblebees are pretty docile and stupid and tend to leave you alone)

On the other hand if someone tries to kill a spider in my presence I'll stop them. I'll go way out of my way to stop them. Like, if you tried to kill a spider in front of me I'd tackle you.

(not counting tarantulas of course; I'd scream like a little girl if I encountered a tarantula in the wild)
 

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Amused, as soon as I clicked the thread I know it was going to be a revers psychology halloween night. Its energy, comes from somewhere, fears are entirely rational. what is irrational is the precept of the value and belief placements that are in a partial reality.
 

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homemade asian food.
 

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I have dreams where because of my (mild) myopathy I end up in a wheelchair and usually ends with me being unable to move. Then I wake up. So paralysis for me too.
 

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I have dreams where because of my (mild) myopathy I end up in a wheelchair and usually ends with me being unable to move. Then I wake up. So paralysis for me too.

That's the fear of being defective.
I have that too. And hypochondria
 

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Losing my teeth. Have nightmares when that happens...what is that? Fear of losing my power?
 

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Only if u associate teeth with ..power?! Don't know...you're the only one who can understand the symbols in your dreams.
 

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Tortüre, paralysis, amputation or disfiguration. Losing a sense (sight or sound)

As a little kid, I had a phobia about The Cat in the Hat kicking my bedroom window in and smothering me with his hat.
 
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