Have you ever had a phobia develop or strengthen for no reason?

Have you ever had a phobia develop or strengthen for no reason?
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Well, I also have a fear of water. I can’t say that something as harmless as a bathtub would affect me, though I haven’t been in a full bathtub recently enough to know for sure.
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Should I seek help for this phobia?

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Does it offend you that the word 'Phobia' is defined as an irrational or an unreasonable fear?

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Why would someone have a flower phobia?

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Last Answer : Assuming it isn’t because of a traumatic event, it’s really just because. There’s no real rationale to phobias, they are, by definition, irrational.

Would it be inappropriate to mention to the person conducting my road test that I have been working through an extreme phobia of driving?

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I have a bad phobia of wide open spaces and flat horizons but don't want to depend on prescribed drugs to control this. Is there anything I can do to reduce this anxiety when in such open places?

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Do you believe in gender-based phobia?

Description : Do you believe in gender-based phobia?

Last Answer : answer:In general, I think we come with some instinctive fears hardwired into us, but also I agree that people are also taught at some level what to think and how to react to ... (which includes a test) an interesting exploration of male and female human brains possibly being wired differently.

Do you have a particular phobia? How has it affected your life? How do you deal with it?

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Last Answer : Hey there, my phoia is for snakes im hate snakes!!! i like watching then like on animal planet and stuff but i dont like them in person. Now i live in iceland and im from Zambia, here I always ... and there were ful of snakes:( im kinda getting scared of going to Zambia now. Hope its a good answerxD

What is your phobia?

Description : What is your phobia?

Last Answer : I’m scared of needles but specificly in my mouth, so I dread dentist…I get so scared it’s like I supress the anasthesia.

Does anyone else have a phobia of waterfalls?

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Last Answer : It doesn’t have to have been named to be recognized as a real phobia.It’s a classic phobia. Phobias are curable; if this one is causing you distress, PM me and I will give you my opinion as to what you can do to be free of it.

Why is it that people who are labeled as being homophobic are derided and abused when any other phobia elicits understanding and support?

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Last Answer : I have often wondered about the term homophobia. it does not seem like a fear of any kind to me. more like hate. i guess if tight spaces where alive and claustrophobic people mostly hated them ... of distaste for them. personally, the moajority of the time i think its just a learned behaviour.

Do you have a phobia?

Description : Do you have a phobia?

Last Answer : I’m not afraid of nuthin’. Well, maybe fear.

Do you have a phobia? How has it impacted your life?

Description : Do you have a phobia? How has it impacted your life?

Last Answer : My phobia is needles. I refuse to take a flu shot or any other kind. Now a dentist can shoot me all day & it doesn’t bother me, or they can draw blood. But a regular shot…. it ain’t gonna happen!

Do you have a Wacky phobia?

Description : Do you have a Wacky phobia?

Last Answer : Moths and butterflies

Do you have a weird phobia?

Description : Do you have a weird phobia?

Last Answer : whispering. well… its not so much a phobia as it just makes me gag. like, actually gag. i nearly throw up.

What natural cures are available for Social Anxiety Disorder or Social Phobia?

Description : What natural cures are available for Social Anxiety Disorder or Social Phobia?

Last Answer : SAD isn't going to go away through medication (natural or otherwise)-you're going to have to put in real work in a therapeutic setting. Cognative Behavioral Therapy (CBT) has been very ... the cognitions that lead to the behaviors. Wherever you are, there should be trained practitioners of CBT.

Do any of you men get pee-phobia?

Description : Do any of you men get pee-phobia?

Last Answer : Are you insecure about something?

Do you have an odd phobia?

Description : Do you have an odd phobia?

Last Answer : A phobia of being scared of having a phobia is a phobia right? Because i’m scared of being to paranoid and uptight.

What is your favorite phobia?

Description : What is your favorite phobia?

Last Answer : Phobias stopped being funny for me when I realized that it’s just to combine the latin word for something with -phobia. These aren’t real conditions, but if they were it would be hilarious. So ‘biblophobia’ is nothing funnier to me than ‘fear of books’.

Is there an official "phobia" or term that's used to describe "Obsessed with work"?

Description : Is there an official "phobia" or term that's used to describe "Obsessed with work"?

Last Answer : workaholic ?