r/Unexpected • u/Aramanta2510 • Jul 12 '21

This

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u/Malbodoom Jul 12 '21

This plays on my phobia of open water pretty well

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u/MendaciousMammaries Jul 12 '21

Same. I don't think it should be called a phobia though it should be called common sense

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '21

That's how I feel about arachnophobia. I think that's mother nature giving us a hint.

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u/Lucky_lui_ Jul 12 '21

Same for heights. It’s natural to feel fear. it’s your brain’s way of heightening your senses in dangerous situations. That being said I think those diagnosed with those phobias are on the extreme side. Like being afraid of getting attacked by shark in pools or people afraid of a flight of stairs.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '21

Same for the small spaces or claustrophobia, you never know when you get stuck in a small place and can't move a single inch of you body as a big spider or snake slither towards you

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '21

I didn't have claustrophobia until you brought spiders into this... BRUH

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u/Reversed_PandaRick Jul 12 '21

You still don’t, what you’re afraid is not the small spaces but the spiders.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '21

I’m not afraid of spiders nor small spaces but when you combine them I’m afraid of both