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  1. CW: Asking for advice on blood/injury phobia (and fainting)

    Someone I know has a #blood/injury type #phobia—the kind that causes full-on #fainting, not just stress/fear.

    I'm trying to help them get through a blood test. (The phobia is so severe that just *discussing* the topic can cause a faint.) If anyone has advice, *especially* from direct experience of this, I'd be grateful.

    Looking to address both the fear and the faint response.

    (Before offering advice, remember to check the full thread!)

  2. RE: mastodon.social/@bici/11606754

    TIL+: The general term is triskaidekaphobia.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskaid

    As a teen, I decided to call it my lucky day. After collecting data, I can confidently state, no day is more boring & average than a Friday the 13th. Nothing bad or great has ever happened to or for me on that day.

    In #Thailand, they remove 13th floors. Some replace it with a 12a'th floor. Once in our condo, the lift got an update and they forgot the patch, so for about 24h, we had a 13th floor.

    #friday13 #phobia #luckyday

  3. Laloglossophobia (n)

    Fear that you won't be able to pronounce the name of your phobia.

    #Phobia
    #NonceWord
    #Linguistics

  4. For a normal person, i would not make fun of a person with a #phobia of stairs. That would be bullying. But when a supposed strong man bully calls himself the pinnacle of manliness and has a phobia of stairs, its just hilarious.
  5. What's the name for the fear of not having any phobia? 🤔

    #question #pun #phobia #naming

  6. Endlessly scrolling while attempting to forget I have a dental appointment in 2 hours; it is not working.

    #Phobia

  7. CW: #ScribesAndMakers 2504.19 — Would you like to hang out with your favourite creator or do you think it's better to appreciate the work but keep a distance? CW: Intense (for me) description of phobia.

    It's tough being shy. Especially around celebrity. I can talk the good talk, between you and I, plan. But no. It's the principle of the crucible. Until we are in a situation, until something applies fire to the contents constrained with in that ceramic vessel, we don't know how we will react.

    Except I do.

    My heart races. My palms sweat. I'm uncomfortable, and maybe tremble. I can't look at people's faces. I have to leave. I find excuses, any excuse to disappear. I panic.

    I already missed my opportunity to hang out with my favorite creator, having become a SFWA member and a professional writer with plenty of time to do so. They died. I suspect I'd miss the opportunity for another if it arose.

    [Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]

    #BoostingIsSharing and #CommentingIsCool

    #gender #fiction #writer #author #photographer #chef #cooking
    #writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
    #RSdiscussion #phobia #actuallyautistic
    #ScribesAndMakers

  8. I have a serious phobia of being filmed. It's...complicated. Would starting a vlog be a terrible idea, or a way to face my fear? 😬 #Phobia #Anxiety #Vlogging #MentalHealth

  9. "Five decades later, I remain terrified of walking across a moonlit lawn or even strolling along the sidewalk after dusk. Every fallen twig looks like a baby rattler."

    Rebecca Burns for The Bitter Southerner: longreads.com/2025/03/05/here-

    #Longreads #Snakes #Serpents #Fear #Phobia #Essay #Anxiety #Georgia #India

  10. Some pages from the story "Alectorofobia" originally published in a book called "Guía Ilustrada de Fobias (illustrated guide to phobias)".

    Algunas páginas de la historia "Alectorofobia" publicada en un libro llamado "Guía Ilustrada de Fobias"

    #comics, #illustration, #DigitalArt, #bolivia, #MastoArt, #phobia

  11. Eight Oddly Specific Fears That We Hadn't Considered Until Now

    These might not be the most rational fears, but they do make our spines tingle.

    digg.com/internet-culture/link #fear #phobia #digg #reddit

  12. I had my next dental appointment today. The dentist didn't have a dental assistant (she was stuck in Sydney), so he asked me to hold the suction myself after he positioned it..

    This meant that he would say things like "that's perfect, Aby.. right there."

    After the appointment he was going over my treatment plan with his supervisor, and talking about my dental phobia. At one point he said "You've been SO good about this. I'm so proud of how much work you're doing in coming here.. really proud of you!"

    SIR, I HAVE A PRAISE KINK YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO STOP THAT

    #dentist #health #HealthCare #kink #psych #MentalHealth #Anxiety #MentalIllness #ocd #PTSD #phobia

  13. Then again maybe Tim Curry as Pennywise is a bit more Magic Kingdom #clown #phobia #disney