What is a phobia?

Phobias are persistent and intense fears of a particular:

object

person (like a doctor or clown)

situation

activity

If you have a phobia, you may experience severe anxiety and panic attacks when you’re:

exposed to the object or situation you’re fearful of

thinking about the thing you’re afraid of

anticipating an encounter with the item you’re scared of

  • promitheas
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    171 year ago

    Spiders. Terrified of them to the point of just picking a direction and running until im far 😂

    • @30p87@feddit.de
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      51 year ago

      Yup. Especially those fuckers with extra long legs. Just pure horror.
      And also many other insects with long legs.

      • @AeroLemming@lemm.ee
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        21 year ago

        I hate the ones with the big bodies. The ones with long legs are basically just walking strings, they don’t bother me as much.