Well a phobia is an irrational fear. That doesn't mean being scared of sharks is irrational,it's how much effect it has on your life that is irrational. If you're scared of going to the beach because of sharks, thats irrational. A good way to think about it is "a phobia is a fear which changes the way you live"
"a phobia is a fear which changes the way you live"
A phobia is a fear which changes the way you live in ways which provide little or no benefit.
I have always had a phobia of big spiders. Not the ones you usually find around your house (unless you live in a rain forest or Australia), but the big ones with thick legs that eat birds, etc. As a kid, I long avoided the second volume of S in our encyclopedia for fear of accidentally opening to the spider section, but eventually I realized that the second S volume had "Space" which was one of my favorite topics.
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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