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Do you have any phobia? (psychcentral.com)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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What is a phobia?

Phobias are persistent and intense fears of a particular:

object

person (like a doctor or clown)

situation

activity

If you have a phobia, you may experience severe anxiety and panic attacks when you’re:

exposed to the object or situation you’re fearful of

thinking about the thing you’re afraid of

anticipating an encounter with the item you’re scared of

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[–] emptyother 4 points 11 months ago

game developer hastily taking notes

To give us options to hide our phobias from your games, right? Right?!