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- Female, 16.
Androphobia-- fear of men.
I was physically abused by multiple people when I was a child, which turned into sexual abuse when I hit the age of 11. Ever since, I've been terrified of men. Call it stupid and pathetic but ..yeah :l
That's really sad. I'm really sorry all of that happened to you.
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Female, 17. I don't know the official name of either of my phobias.
Feet: I don't like feet at all. I'll flip if someone touches me with their feet. My boyfriend used to torture me with his until I was about to cry. I think they're gross and nasty. My own feet stay in socks almost all the time. Everyone always makes fun of me for it, but I don't see why its such a crazy phobia. Unless you have a foot fetish I don't see why anyone would be putting their feet on each other, therefore my fear of feet shouldn't be that big of a deal.
This might be where my fear goes a little overboard though. My boyfriend was joking about kissing his ex-girlfriend's feet and I almost broke up with him and wanted to throw up. If I find out someone I've kissed has put their mouth on a foot... I'll probably cry and have a mini panic attack.
Fear of talking to people/being around a bunch of people I don't know: I can't stand in front of a classroom without shaking and crying. Its hard for me to go to parties or hang out with my friend's friends or even my boyfriend's friends without getting horrible anxiety and wanting to leave. It's extremely hard for me to order at food places or anywhere that requires you to talk to a stranger. If anything ever goes wrong in a social situation I'll start having an anxiety attack.