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

  • 30p87@feddit.de
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    1 year ago

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

    • AeroLemming@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      1 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.