Phobia

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I was told by a fren [but i've forgotten who he quoted or which research he was referring to] about phobia.

And the interesting thing is that, we are supposedly born with only 2 phobias.
1. Fear of heights.
2. Fear of loud noise.

The rest of the 500+ phobias documented are learnt. [through life experiences]

And by the same token, phobias can be unlearned.

Phobias: Born with themor learned from others? | Mail Online
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  • I seem not to have gotten the loud noise fear - but that phobia of heights is still with me. More ledges and drop offs than heights though.

    I don't think I have any phobias really. Dolls and ventriloquist dummies are coming close to one, though - man I hate those things.
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    • Hi HeySal, the loud noise i think can be evident when you have a baby and there's thunder.
      They cry everytime from my own experience.

      As for heights, actually u can conquer it by doing it.
      Like the 1st time i repel down a platform just over 3 stories, my legs were wobbling like crazy on the platform so much so that i felt i was gonna fall off just from my soft legs. lol.

      But after going down, u sort of conquer it, the 2nd time up there, u dont feel it anymore.

      The same cant be said for other fears like spiders, that one takes more time i guess. haha
      I saw a documentary that was about phobia therapy and they asked the women to visualise a spider, then they let her touch fakes spiders, then progressed to real spiders. It takes alot of time.


      As for ventriloquis, damn, i find them scary to the core man!
      When i was a kid. It just creeps me out.
      So i totally agree with you on this.!
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    • Yeah, when I was a kid, ventriloquist dummies freaked me out. And I still don't like looking at dolls that look like babies. No idea why.

      When I was a kid, I forced myself to overcome my fear of heights and fear of lightning......but deep down, I still must be afraid of heights, because I get a slight adrenalin rush looking over tall roofs. But lightning? I love a good thunderstorm.

      I dislike snakes but not lizards. No idea why the difference.
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    Try working an 8 hour shift at KFC when you have a bad case of Ornithophobia.
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    • Yeah - but considering what those chickens are fed, it might be really healthy to have a phobia about them.
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  • Don't know about the fear of heights as all babies want to climb everything
    Don't know about the fear of loud noises as all babies love to hear themselves SCREAM!!

    I think there is only one inbuilt fear at the get go and thats the fear of failure because all babies try and try and try because they don't want to fail

    The fear of SUCCESS is a big one that is learnt through "tall poppy syndrome" very common here in Aus and other Westernized cultures.

    Just my two cents worth
    Scotty
  • Hey View Profile: Newbieee I agree,
    Did you have a fall that you have forgotten that now makes you be frieghtened to be off the ground?
    It's funny because we all have different perspectives of reality so throwing in our differrent experience to boot makes the original question infinate.

    What do you feel?
    Go off your gut instinct and correct as you go as all our journeys are going to be different.

    Scotty

    PS all our destinations are different as well so what is p times q times x timesd y divided by z minus todays cluster f*ck ?
  • I am not terrified of heights but have a healthy dislike to them, and that could just be due to falling off a roof when I was younger and breaking my arm so badly it looked at a twisted match.

    It has never really been the falling that bothers me, but the bouncing off the floor when I reach my destination.
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    • Hi scotty, im sorry im not getting you..

      haha that explains why you are "watching us from the tree " ? heheh
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  • I've had some and overcome them, so overcoming them is entirely possible.
  • try jumping out of an aeroplane

    the first time you think you are going to die

    the second time you know you are going to die

    the third time the jump plane crashes and you are the only survivor

    such is life
  • I dont fear heights, I always freefall from buildings in swimming pool. When i was a child,I fell from a two flored house jumped off the terrace chasing a bird. (holy sh..t, what the hell was i doing. I think I had the feeling that i can fly) thanks that there was sand below and I just broke my leg.

    Sounds, maybe but not to much. I was a DJ for 2 years playing that high volumed songs all night long. I had a bif bomb fire cracker explode near me that made a hearless for 5 minutes.

    What I fear most is lizard, lonelyness, and yes my neighbour girl, LOL!!
  • That would explain this:
    Emerson - Mommy's Nose is Scary! (Original) - YouTube
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    • Lol hahah thhanks for sharing.

      i remember i saw this quite some time back. But still nice to watch again.

      Wouldnt it be nice if you could translate a baby's language.

      Baby "hahahah mother u look so stupid, let me just entertain you for now before i grow big."
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    Phobia

    I was told by a fren [but i've forgotten who he quoted or which research he was referring to] about phobia. And the interesting thing is that, we are supposedly born with only 2 phobias.