News of Specific Phobias

This is mostly so I can talk about this? Nobody in my personal life cares to listen, so shouting to the void of a forum works. At least I get my thoughts out.

So, I have sedatephobia. It's the extreme fear of silence. From a brief search, it seems this phobia isn't uncommon, which means there's a decent chance someone reading this could know how this fear feels.

I've been struggling with this phobia for ...

hi all! i was recommended the psychforums by a friend who used it while she was in therapy, and thought i'd use it to my advantage. i don't know if i'm posting this to the right forum board, but i thought i'd give it a shot :)

i've been struggling very, VERY badly lately. it began with tension headaches and neck pains. they were concerning to me ...

I had a very scary experience that I’m still going through actually where my immune system overreacted to the Covid infection and caused shortness of breath and chest tightness for weeks. The medical
Symptoms are ironically getting better and my PCP, very MD clinic I’ve been to in the last couple
Of weeks, and the doctors in the hospital all seem to think if I wait until my immune system
Calms down I will be ...

I have 24/7 chest pressure. I have severe cardiophobia. I have become tolerant to benzos after 30 years and also in benzo withdrawal. My life is a complete mess. I also have severe PD and GAD but can not get over the obsession with my heart. Has anyone else here got a similar problem or problems like this who would like to talk?

For my entire life I been dealing with a weird phobia of ripped/torn upholstery and bedding. I have found myself missing out on social interactions because of this fear, because I am afraid to be in a situation where I am faced with dealing with it. I can never sit in the booth at a restaurant, or sleep in a hotel that has tears in its bedding. Forget having to sit in a taxi that ...

So I have GERD (heartburn/reflux), and I experience pain from it 24/7. But I can trigger it and cause it to severely worsen by thinking about or attempting almost any kind of task (ex. cooking, talking, drawing, reading, chores, etc.). The task just feels like too much. I avoid tasks when I can because I don't want to experience physical pain, but I can't always avoid them. Could it be a phobia like ponophobia (fear ...

I'm not trying to get over my fear in fact, I have no plan of overcoming it I just want to get back to driving in my car again. To explain, I found a smallish black and white spider that was on my passenger side window. I stopped my car to shoo it away but it was too fast and escaped as it saw me coming. I don't know what to do because I did ...

just am trying to understand were my abilities and weaknesses are. Its fearful its anxiety provoking. I want to be able to do certain things but with a low intellect it will be hard or maybe possible. I don’t think my IQ is below 90 I don’t think but the possibility of it scares me to death. If I am very dull or maybe even am dull I will feel very nervous about my potential ...

Just making that title really makes me panic and think its happening to me, but for some reason this has been a phobia of mine for as long as I can remember and it's my worst one. I can't hear it, see it, etc or I just start hallucinating its happening to me. As I type this I keep like freaking out cause I can feel it happening and I want to scream. Does anyone ...

I know that most people fear pain, but I don't know anybody who fears it like I do.

To give examples: I won't wear a plaster because of the pain taking it off, I will run until it hurts (I see the glaring irony) and throw my self on the floor to escape bees wasps and ladybirds just to then start crying in pain once I hit the floor. In fact, when confronted with bees ...