Phobias are irrational fears. Not fears. Irrational fears.
According to one list produced by people who study such things (Phobiologists?), the two most common phobias would really put their victim in a bind if they were both found in the same person:
Agoraphoabia - the fear of open places.
Claustrophobia - the fear of closed places.
Where is that person supposed to go?
As I pondered that, I couldn't help but picture multi-phobic Bob in the movie, What About Bob? Can't stay on the bus, can't get off the bus.
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About Me
- Dr. Gary Grady
- Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States
- Instructor of Psychology at Connors State College. 2010 Oklahoma Higher Education Excellence in Teaching Award. 2008 Outstanding Oklahoma Faculty Award. First American in history to teach counseling at a University in Slovakia as Visiting Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of Constantine the Philosopher. Spoken in 15 states, Great Britain, South Africa and Slovakia. Articles published in seven periodicals. Former staff writer for Christian Family magazine. Doctorate in Counseling. Masters in the Psychology of Counseling. Post-Doctoral studies at Oxford University. Doctorate awarded “With High Distinction.”
6 comments:
This blog caused a great discussion between me and my husband after I read it the other day. My husband didn't believe me that there was a difference between feaars and phobias. It ended with him looking up on dictionary.com and having to appologise! Thank you Dr. Grady, not often and I able to be smarter than my husband when it comes to word meanings and stuff!
I liked that one it made me laugh. Is the fear of hights irrational? I'm still wondering where that person would go...
this is way to funny he would just have to stand still and still go crazy
Tiara Winston
Developmental psyMWF200
suffering from both of these thing would be horrible i could not imagine
I couldn't imagine having that kind of fear. Everyone is "afraid" of certain things, I'm afraid of anything with a stinger, but for good reason, they can sting me! The older I get, the less I run and the more I kill! However, at the park the other day my boyfriend and I were on a bench, and he pinched my arm killing a spider that was crawling up it. He said, you better remember I only did that once in my life and it's because I love you. haha My boyfriend has arachnophobia. (fear of spiders). He's afraid of big, small, alive or dead spiders. I've heard of people who are afraid of cotton balls... strange isn't it?
Devel. Psyc
It said my comment was posted but I don't see it!
I wrote about the fact that my boyfriend has arachnophobia and I've also heard some people are afraid of cotton balls!
Allyssa Lewis
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