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Sean Murthy<p>What's the name for the fear of people with phobias? 🤔</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/question" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>question</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/pun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pun</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/phobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phobia</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/naming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>naming</span></a></p>
Laura Manach :bongoCat:<p>I'm honestly terrified of insects. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Phobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Phobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InsectFear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InsectFear</span></a></p>
Alo Japan<p><a href="https://www.alojapan.com/1327529/japan-man-arrested-for-hiding-dead-mums-body-in-flat-for-10-years-due-to-social-anxiety/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">alojapan.com/1327529/japan-man</span><span class="invisible">-arrested-for-hiding-dead-mums-body-in-flat-for-10-years-due-to-social-anxiety/</span></a> Japan man arrested for hiding dead mum’s body in flat for 10 years due to social anxiety <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Address" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Address</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/anxiety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anxiety</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/arrested" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arrested</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/body" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>body</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Cold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cold</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/confessed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>confessed</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/dead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dead</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/DNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNA</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Evidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Evidence</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/flat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flat</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/hidden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hidden</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/home" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>home</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/hospital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hospital</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/JapanNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JapanNews</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Japanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japanese</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/limp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>limp</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Mother" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mother</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/murder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>murder</span></a>' <a href="https://channels.im/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/official" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>official</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Pension" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pension</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/PersonalInformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalInformation</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/phobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phobia</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/pretence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pretence</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Skeleton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Skeleton</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/suspicion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>suspicion</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/test" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>test</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/toilet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toilet</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/unemployed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unemployed</span></a> Police in Japan have arrested a 60-year-old man on a charge of corpse abandonm</p>
Sean Murthy<p>What's the name for the fear of not having any phobia? 🤔</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/question" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>question</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/pun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pun</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/phobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phobia</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/naming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>naming</span></a></p>
Tiggy<p>Endlessly scrolling while attempting to forget I have a dental appointment in 2 hours; it is not working.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Phobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Phobia</span></a></p>
ARP Gena<p>ARP 378 Fear of Cats is the phobia of the day. If those puff balls get on your last nerve, this short episode might give you ideas for what to do about it.</p><p><a href="https://www.anxietyroadpodcast.com/2025/04/arp-378-gatophobia-or-fear-of-cats.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">anxietyroadpodcast.com/2025/04</span><span class="invisible">/arp-378-gatophobia-or-fear-of-cats.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Phobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Phobia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Anxiety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anxiety</span></a></p>
Igor Jagec :fedora:<p>I have a serious phobia of being filmed. It's...complicated. Would starting a vlog be a terrible idea, or a way to face my fear? 😬 <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Phobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Phobia</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Anxiety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anxiety</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Vlogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vlogging</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a></p>
Longreads<p>"Five decades later, I remain terrified of walking across a moonlit lawn or even strolling along the sidewalk after dusk. Every fallen twig looks like a baby rattler." </p><p>Rebecca Burns for The Bitter Southerner: <a href="https://longreads.com/2025/03/05/here-be-serpents/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">longreads.com/2025/03/05/here-</span><span class="invisible">be-serpents/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Longreads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Longreads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Snakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Snakes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Serpents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Serpents</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fear</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Phobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Phobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Essay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Essay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Anxiety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anxiety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a></p>
Silver Arrows<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://autistics.life/@punishmenthurts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>punishmenthurts</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@pathfinder" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pathfinder</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/actuallyautistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>actuallyautistic</span></a></span> CBT worked really well for my blood test <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/phobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phobia</span></a>. By the third session, I went from panic attack at just being told I need a test to actually having a full blood draw.</p><p>Even though again, she was working on the premise that I was scared I'd bleed out or something. Whereas it was just fear at someone pointing a sharp thing at my veins haha. But the exposure therapy worked. She was the one who encouraged me to try again for autism assessment.</p>
PsyPost<p>AI-powered study reveals brain patterns behind small animal phobia <a href="https://www.psypost.org/ai-powered-study-reveals-brain-patterns-behind-small-animal-phobia/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">psypost.org/ai-powered-study-r</span><span class="invisible">eveals-brain-patterns-behind-small-animal-phobia/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MachineLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MachineLearning</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Phobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Phobia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neuroscience</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SmallAnimalPhobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmallAnimalPhobia</span></a></p>
Rohit Farmer, Ph.D.<p>I fear using <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/wireless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wireless</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/headphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>headphones</span></a> or <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/VR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VR</span></a> headsets because I don't like the idea of having a battery pack close to my head. What if it blows up? Am I the only one with this <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/phobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phobia</span></a>, or is it a legitimate fear that others struggle with as well?</p>
Mariner<p>This is just bananas.</p><p><a href="https://bbc.com/news/articles/c30p1p2jllmo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c30p1p2j</span><span class="invisible">llmo</span></a></p><p><a href="https://stranger.social/tags/Sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sweden</span></a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/bananas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bananas</span></a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/fruits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fruits</span></a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/phobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phobia</span></a></p>
Aby--not fast, just furious<p>I had my next dental appointment today. The dentist didn't have a dental assistant (she was stuck in Sydney), so he asked me to hold the suction myself after he positioned it..</p><p>This meant that he would say things like "that's perfect, Aby.. right there."</p><p>After the appointment he was going over my treatment plan with his supervisor, and talking about my dental phobia. At one point he said "You've been SO good about this. I'm so proud of how much work you're doing in coming here.. really proud of you!"</p><p>SIR, I HAVE A PRAISE KINK YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO STOP THAT</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/dentist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dentist</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCare</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/kink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kink</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/psych" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psych</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Anxiety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anxiety</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MentalIllness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalIllness</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ocd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ocd</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PTSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PTSD</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/phobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phobia</span></a></p>
Malte<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@transworld" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>transworld</span></a></span> It's not a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/phobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phobia</span></a>, though. It's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transhate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transhate</span></a>.</p>
Ingrid Hoeben Ⓥ 🇧🇪<p>Do you have a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phobia</span></a> ?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poll</span></a></p>
DrFarrell<p>The Phobia That May Be One More People Experience: Geophobia, aka Biophobia <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/phobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/anxiety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anxiety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fear</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/therapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>therapy</span></a> <a href="https://buff.ly/4bbOlX1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/4bbOlX1</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
DrFarrell<p>The Phobia That May Be One More People Experience: Geophobia, aka Biophobia <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/phobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/anxiety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anxiety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fear</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/therapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>therapy</span></a> <a href="https://buff.ly/4bbOlX1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/4bbOlX1</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Chris<p>Kakorrhaphiophobia, which presumably means an abnormal fear of failure to pronounce "kakorrhaphiophobia" first time without stumbling.</p><p><a href="https://hostux.social/tags/phobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phobia</span></a><br><a href="https://hostux.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <br><a href="https://hostux.social/tags/pronunciation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pronunciation</span></a><br><a href="https://hostux.social/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a></p>
R S Thomas (poet)<p>‘Phobia’ - <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/RSThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RSThomas</span></a><br>(Poetry for Supper, Rupert Hart-Davis)<br><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Ffobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ffobia</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Phobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Phobia</span></a><br><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/bardd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bardd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/barddoniaeth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>barddoniaeth</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/cerdd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cerdd</span></a> <br><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/poet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poet</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a></p>
Lupposofi<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Koenfucius" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Koenfucius</span></a></span> I think Pinsof misses the point, at least if he is targeting something like TMT <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror_management_theory" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror_m</span><span class="invisible">anagement_theory</span></a>, or Becker's DoD <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Denial_of_Death" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deni</span><span class="invisible">al_of_Death</span></a>. </p><p>Also, fear should be defined and maybe contrasted with various phobias, of which there is a hilariously long list in Wikipedia, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_phobias" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_</span><span class="invisible">phobias</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fear</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/terror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terror</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/theory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theory</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/death" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>death</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/phobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phobia</span></a></p>
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