Phobia

[Direfury]

I had a fear of things that were much larger than me.

It's not really a phobia, considering then they could easily crush me if they lost their footing. For the most part, phobias have illogical reasonings, and simply saying "I'm scared of ____ because they're creepy!" doesn't exactly cut it as a legitimate fear.

 

[Ramza]

Yeah, true. Lots of people mix up phobias with fears.

Found a simple explanation on google:

''Phobias occur when fears become unreasonable. We all have fears and we all need them to keep safe. A fear of heights is a good thing, as it keeps us away from the edge of the cliff. If your fear of heights stops you from going above the third floor, then this is a phobia. The fear is unneeded, unhelpful, and disabling to your life.''

Fears of darkness, death, heights, insects, etc. are mostly instinctive, and can easily be overcome. Overcoming a phobia is much harder (and they are often illogical, like you said).

 

[Direfury]

Fear of open spaces, fear of light, fear of liver spots, that kind of stuff is rather illogical. Now a fear of spiders, on the other hand, is illogical if it extends to the harmless Zebra spider.

 

[CoLd Bon3]

Hooo hooo... i have my arachnophobia from one day... ahhh.

I was young... i have visited my grandma. Right when it was time to go home, i had to take my jacket from her bedroom (that's where i have throwed it).I have entered the room, and BAAAAM - A GODDAMN BIG ULTRA QUICK MASSIVE BLACK TARANTULA that was crawling on the wall. It was SO MASSIVE, bigger then the palm of my hand... I was about to do a step and then another for the jacket, but on the first step the tarantula was almost on the CEILING AND ABOVE MY HEAD! I ran back... but i was determined to get that f*cking jacket and get the hell outta here. So i have sprinted for it and get it . Then i was running with like 40km/h around the house and towards the bus station. I got home and then i realized what happened.
And a day later my grandmother called me on the phone and told me that she splashed the spider with her flip flops and that the whole wall was green. And that's where i actually puke on my monitor (i was on the PC)...

So that's the story for my Arachnophobia... when i see a spider, i run with 40km/h. Also that was a little bit off-topic, but... (also - sorry for my bad English)

 

[Direfury]

Teehee

 

[CoLd Bon3]

Teehee

Omg... its almost the same spider as the one from my arachnophobia . Btw - the picture is great

 

[Direfury]

And as we can see here, he didn't comment on how that spider sent a chill down his spine. Phobias are irrational, when going case by case you'll see various differences in the person's reactions.

A severe arachnophobe would've either gotten mad at me for posting that, or made a comment about how the picture startled them.