03-05-2011, 12:02 PM
(03-05-2011, 10:53 AM)Ordinary Peephole Wrote: I don't really have phobias, I just have what I class as normal human fears.
I.e - being eaten alive by a bear, waking up in the middle of surgery, drowning etc, I don't class these as phobias just average human fears.
No these are normal human fears.
Here is the difference. I had a 5-6 foot shark swim underneath my once whilst I was snorkeling in deep water as a teenager.
I was scared. I aimed my gidgee at it and watching it swim off before making a fast swim back to my dinghy. That is rational fear.
I have a phobia of magpies. A magpie starts swooping me and I am liable to run out on a road, into a tree, off a cliff, or whatever
Phobia and rationality do not mix.
Sounds like you do not have phobias. I would not wish them on anyone.