Do you have a phobia (or phobias)?

Drift said:
Triskaidekaphobia and cherophobia.

Also I don't know if there's a name for this, but I try to avoid doing things in exactly a certain order (specifically like I did before something bad happened) because I always take it as a bad omen.
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What are those fears of?
 
SuperQueenChrysalis said:
Drift said:
Triskaidekaphobia and cherophobia.

Also I don't know if there's a name for this, but I try to avoid doing things in exactly a certain order (specifically like I did before something bad happened) because I always take it as a bad omen.
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What are those fears of?
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Triskaidekaphobia I know is the fear of the number 13, and after a Google search, cherophobia is the fear of happiniess....
 
Wasps. They don't bother me on pictures or anything, but the sight of a live one, or just the knowledge that one is in my general vicinity is enough to keep me on edge. Woe is the person standing next to me if a wasp is headed my way, as I will jump out of the way like a madman trying to dodge an imaginary bullet.

I used to be deadly afraid of needles too, but I have that under control now.
 
Super Smash Misty said:
Xanthium said:
pah. it's as worse as Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia.
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13 isn't tied to the beast of Revelation, however.
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To you and a group of people, the number 666, as the mark of the beast, has a special connotation that is negative. The same can be said for the number 13, the only difference being that the former has religious roots, whereas the latter is more emotion-based.

However, both are at their core just a fear of a certain number, meaning they are equally irrational.
 
I don't have really any sort of phobia (most people don't), but thunderstorms incite fear in such a way that I jump if I hear any rumbling noises, thunder or not.

I really hate wasps as well; I try my best to distance myself from one, even paper wasps, although I wouldn't call it a phobia.
 
Not sure if it's just terrible anxiety or a phobia but either way: attention focused on me unexpectedly in public causes me to panic and get shaky and stuff. For example, during the week of my birthday a few years ago, I had told people to not have the waitresses at whichever restaurant we go to sing me happy birthday and make a huge fuss over it. My family understood why but my brother's gf's dad apparently thought I wasn't serious and figured it'd be funny to do it to me anyways a few days before m actual birthday to catch me offguard. I panicked and blacked out a little and started shaking and just ugh it was awful. He felt terrible as soon as he saw that I was PRETTY FUCKING SERIOUS when I told him not to do it and I'm glad