All posts tagged: Phobias

So, I’m sometimes arachnophobic…this post contains talk of spiders…

*(Please note…this post is more of a long and oddly-worded question…)* Okay, hands up if you aren’t afraid of, or actually like spiders…! Good…good. Now, if your hand is up, keep it up and very slowly (but without dawdling) move to the back of the room. And by ‘move to the back of the room’ I mean check yourself…take a good long hard look at your life and realise you need to re-evaluate several things, we can’t trust people like you here. Having said that…I may or may not be joining you. I don’t know yet. See I’m terrified of spiders and as you would expect get panicky and lightheaded when I see them…except for those times when I’m not terrified of spiders, and I’m fascinated by, and will happily manhandle them. Confused yet? Ok, good. There I was minding my damn business laying on the sofa watching ‘The Good Place’ eating Nutella straight out the jar – you know, just your standard Saturday breakfast routine, when a tiny blur of motion caught my eye, …

Molluscophobia…

Nothing to fear but fear itself – except some people actually have a fear of fear so that sucks. It’s spiders for most people right? But arachnids don’t bother me – there’s one been living in my bathroom so long I’m considering charging it rent – although I admit, I’d probably be a bit freaked out if I met one of its tarantula cousins in its natural habitat. Heights, small spaces, open water, snakes – it’s understandable that some people can develop these types of phobias. But how do you develop a phobia of. See, The thing is… …I just….snails. Snails. Not so much slugs. Mostly snails. There I typed it. I believe they should only exist in the world of Oh. Hell. No. And, if just reading the word ‘snail’ doesn’t instantly trigger a shiver within you which resonates through the very depths of your soul, you’re freaky. Probably shouldn’t insult you dear reader, but it can’t be un-typed now. I understand, it’s not the strangest of phobias, but it’s also not the most …