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He was afraid of goats? Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
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Cigars, too. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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I have similar thing, and I work on my own cars as a hobby, which allows me to keep old cars running reliably, though not all of them for longer trips etc. I'm a little nervous underneath vehicles, so what I do to compensate is to overprotect for accidental jack failures, such as doubling up in jacks, adding wheels underneath the frame in case of catastrophic jack failure, very large blocks of wood timbers, stuff like that. After enough of those kinds of backups, you can calm your mind and get almost but not quite comfortable. My driveway concrete is old, so sometimes I'll place large pieces of lumber or timbers underneath the jacks to spread the load over a larger surface area of potentially suspect concrete. I need a new driveway but pouring a new one is not in my deck of cards right now. Lover of the US Constitution Wile E. Coyote School of DIY Disaster | |||
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Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder that causes people to fear and avoid places or situations that might make them feel trapped, helpless, embarrassed, or cause panic. | |||
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He was afraid of mohair*. *Little known fact: Mohair does not come from the mo. It comes from agora goats. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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I guess my phobia are ledges at high heights. I have to stay back 10 ft if there is no barrier. ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ | |||
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I don't have any but my wife has a couple. One was a fear of heights, exposed edges. Our first trip to Utah she laid down, put a jacket over her head when we ascended the switchbacks in Zion N.P. After moving here she's got a good handle on that fear, she's been up those switchbacks at least 100 times. She, also, was able to do a hike where there were chains and a very exposed edge, a real triumph for her. She's a little claustrophobic, she's rarely in a situation where she gets upset. Some very narrow canyons bother her but we don't force it. ________________________________ "Nature scares me" a quote by my friend Bob after a rough day at sea. | |||
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I have some phobias and had some that I’ve overcome (one, at least: dentists). I remember reading a claim by one psychologist(?) that he could cure any phobia by exposure and desensitization: Afraid of snakes? Lock you in a room with (harmless) snakes. I’ve often thought I could overcome my fear of open heights by just climbing a ladder every day, but at my stage of life there’s no reason to try the process. It obviously works for some fears and aversions, but unfortunately I don’t know how that would work for an aversion to something like vomiting. ► 6.4/93.6 “I regret that I am to now die in the belief, that the useless sacrifice of themselves by the generation of 1776, to acquire self-government and happiness to their country, is to be thrown away by the unwise and unworthy passions of their sons, and that my only consolation is to be, that I live not to weep over it.” — Thomas Jefferson | |||
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Like some others I hate needles. I can deal with injections and blood draws OK, but I have to close my eyes and not watch it being done. My real phobias are heights and tight spaces. I have nightmares sometimes about getting stuck crawling through a small cave. I can't remember any particular incident that triggered it, but it's very real for me. A couple years ago I was reading one of the the Jack Reacher novels and it included a part where he was sealed in a cave and had to squirm through a long twisty narrow passage to a neighboring cave to escape. I got lightheaded, weak knee'd and queasy just reading it. Flying doesn't bother me, in fact I was a pilot until it got to where I couldn't afford to do it anymore. But make me look over the edge of the roof of a building and I get queasy and need to back away immediately. | |||
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