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I have a fear of walking on sand which is ammophobia. It started when I was a baby. My parents would take me down to the beach and make me walk in the sand. I would cry becuase I didn't like the sand in between my toes. When I was a kid and we would take a vacation to the beach I used to physically get sick every moening. I honestly think it is a sensory issue. Today, I have to wear sand socks in the beach becuase I still haven't gotten over this. I can be barefooted in grass and in my house and on concrete,just not sand.

I have ophidiophobia, or the fear of snakes. Almost 1/3 of adults have this fear though, so for some reason that makes me feel better. I guess it's a fault that I can admit and not feel extremely judged because it's so common. I've also learned that a fear of snakes is a survival technique from our ancestors w

Hello!

I don't know how this phobia is called, but it comes from my current health problems. I'm scared of dizziness and vertigo. Basically, I'm scared of having a vertigo attack or bring dizzy all the time for years. As soon as I feel it, I get anxious and sometimes, I panic. Lately, I've been feeling very dizzy because of a precious problem and my anxiety. I'm going through vestibular therapy, but the problem is still there and it's very difficult to deal with. I grew scared of it. Sometimes, I manage to stay calm and find a position where I feel "relaxed". Other times, I totally panic, which makes the thing worse...

I don't know if anyone can relate, but if you do, please tell me and can you tell me some advices? Even if you can't, advices for anxiety would be so helpful.

Thank you for reading!

Thanatophobia, phobia of death, it's been affecting me for a while now and I'm getting awful panic attacks very often. I just started college and that kinda opened me more to life in the city and everything just makes me afraid, how I can die from literally anything and it makes me afraid that there's nothing else afterlife, I believe there is something but I can never be sure and it frustrates me so much.

I think I would consider my phobia to be autophobia. Since my mother left us 10 years ago, I constantly worry about people walking out of my life and whether I am worth them staying. It creates this anxious feeling that the people I love (mostly friends) will find people who are better than me and I will become unwanted. The stress of getting the best job fast, getting my family's approval, and things like that have deteriorated my self image. It's hard for me to see past that one time trauma, and see the incredible things I've done and the amazing people who love and cherish me.

I have fear of being left in a room and left alone.

ive had emetophobia since childhood. I actually think it started by me not being taught was throwing up was by anyone. and then seeing another child get sick in school and having my teacher overrreact during the situation. She literally jumped up, yelled at all of the other children to go to the back of the room and turn around and then told us to cover our ears. i think thats my first real memory of someone throwing up. anyway all my life i feal like fight or flight type fear whenever faced with anyone getting sick or the sound of someone getting sick or seeing it in movies ( ive been doing better with that lately or if its too much i close my eyes but dont feel the need ot cover my ears)

lately ive been having digestion issues caused by medicine side effect and it been triggering my anxiety and emetophobia hardcore because i dont want to get sick again i fear it i dream about it and it freaks me out to think about it any time i feel any kind of nausea i feel so scared it really sucks that this is plaguing me like this again after all this time.

I was getting better i thought because i had a cat and i used to be scared of him coughing up hairballs but over time i got better with handling those situations but i guess i am back to square one.

sorry for this wall of text I'm mostly venting also hoping someone else relates

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Emetophobia, for as long as I can remember. I've kind of desensitized myself to it a little bit in the past year living with a cat who gets sick A LOT but when it comes to people getting sick, or I fear I might get sick, I lose it. I can hardly even eat in public because my anxiety gets so bad.

Social Phobia. The fear of people and social situations (just large hectic groups that is)

Unfortunately, for someone who really wants to find their special someone, this has caused a lot of trouble.