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Being made to go there is one of my worst fears, coz of the pigeons.
or waking up in a coffin, drowning or being buried alive.
Some different ones as well like being a failure and alone.....I thought they wouls all be spiders or birds!!
but i avoid going out because of it, and i get really paranoid when im out alone
If it interferes with your daily life then it is a phobia.
A phobia has 3 defining characteristics:
1. Anxiety in particular circumstances
2. Avoidance of such cirumstances
3. Anticipatory anxiety when there is the prospect of encountering such circumstances
You can have a phobia and it not interfere with daily life. Likewise a rational fear is not necessarily a phobia.
Sounds like ballerina is describing generalised anxiety rather than a specific phobia.
What, like, next to you in bed mate?
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