I'm working an overnight at my job and I have to say, between "bee-dog" and the "Octophobia" haiku, I have just laughed so loud I may have disturbed some of the guests upstairs!
[Image] With Halloween fast approaching, and horrorthon just around the corner, this week's HHD topic just kind of jumped out at me. In fact, I was almost certain that this topic had been done already, but I scoured the blog and couldn't find it.
Everybody seems to have at least one, and what is comical to one person can be terrifying to another. I want to keep the topic fairly broad, so anything is game, from little things that creep you out all the way to your deepest fear. That said, I couldn't help but convert the official DSM-IV definition of phobia into a haiku:
Criteria for a clinical phobia ala DSM
A. Marked and persistent fear that is excessive or unreasonable
B. Phobic stimulus invariably provokes an anxious response
C. The phobic person recognizes the fear is unreasonable
D. Phobic stimulus is avoided or endured with intense distress
E. Fear and avoidance interfere with person's life significantly
It only seems fair to start out the topic by disclosing a couple of my own fears:
I am scared of bees It's the stinging that does it Apiphobia
When I was younger I was really scared of dogs I've outgrown it now
And would you believe that early on in our relationship, AC took advantage of my confessing these fears to her and made up a story about a horrible half-bee, half-dog creature she called a bee-dog?!? [Image] Anyway, good luck and have fun!
"Haiku Hump Day: Fears and Phobias"
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I think this makes sense
Fear of worm infestation
Would scare anyone
Fear of phobia
is called phobophobia
Would you scare yourself?
Metrophobia
Is a fear of poetry
A scary haiku
Octophobia
a fear of the number eight
or fear of Jeff C
September 14, 2010 9:22 PM
I'm working an overnight at my job and I have to say, between "bee-dog" and the "Octophobia" haiku, I have just laughed so loud I may have disturbed some of the guests upstairs!
September 14, 2010 10:58 PM
I'm afraid of heights
I think it's a natural fear
since we don't have wings
Perks of being Freeek?
I really have little fear
most folks just fear me
Some bugs just bug me
centipedes and earwigs, yuck!
medieval critters
September 15, 2010 5:46 AM
No shit, FDR
All I really fear is fear
That, and crazed monkeys
September 15, 2010 6:08 AM
Fearing fear of fear
Phobophobophobia
Quite the rabbit hole
September 15, 2010 6:11 AM
Quantumphobia
Fear wormhole infestation
Ack! Dimensions! Run!
September 15, 2010 6:12 AM
I fear John Sweatpants
No phobia name for it
It's just common sense
September 15, 2010 10:40 AM
Gretchophobia
fear of waking with huge fro
and a thirst for blood
September 15, 2010 11:36 AM
Fear of cats is called
Ailurophobia, hmph
JPX has it
September 15, 2010 11:48 AM
Coworker fears fans
scared her arm will get sucked in
watched too much horror
Coprophobia
that is the fear of feces
known to say, no shit
September 15, 2010 12:07 PM
The reaper? Fuck him.
I fear hearing that crap song
Stupid BOC
September 15, 2010 1:24 PM
Clourophobia!
It's the fear of funny clowns
Not just evil ones
September 15, 2010 2:03 PM
It's true! Check Wiki
Right between claustro (yawn) and
Decidophobia
September 15, 2010 2:05 PM
Never send food back
afraid cook will spit in it
wrong food beats cooties
September 15, 2010 2:07 PM
Decidophobia
Awesome name, or the lamest?
I'm afraid to choose
September 15, 2010 2:08 PM
Fear can be helpful
Keep those star systems in line
Give em hell, Tarkin
September 15, 2010 2:57 PM
I’m dipsophobic
They say you should face your fears
Pass me the bottle
September 15, 2010 4:07 PM
Never liked spiders
Especially the big ones
When they're sporting fur
Snakes? Keep them away
They're the tool of the Devil
Nah, they're just creepy
Can't stand still water
Barefoot in a pond? No way!
God knows what's in there
Not a fan of bugs
Don't care if they're God's creatures
Squash them every time
September 15, 2010 4:39 PM
Stan mocks BOC?
I love "Don't Fear the Reaper"
It's in Halloween
Hate to have blood drawn
Must distract self to do so
Otherwise I'll feint
September 15, 2010 4:43 PM
phobias are fun
jeff, jon, and i can cure them
also create them
September 15, 2010 6:44 PM
when i was a kid
had plenty of phobias
"research is me-search"
on my fear roster
heights, dogs, spiders, small spaces
none bother me now
September 15, 2010 6:46 PM
i still have some fears
large, formal presentations?
prefer fork in eye
don't love hospitals
though i work in a big one
guess i'm not that smart
September 15, 2010 6:48 PM
Social phobia
It's true, I suffer from it
Avoid all parties
One on one is fine
But don't put me in a group
Avoid at all cost
Rather have the flu
Than walk into a party
It's really that bad
September 15, 2010 8:19 PM
I fear borderlines
I Married one - big mistake!
Can't deal with crazy
September 15, 2010 9:46 PM
It's not you, it's me
Apotemnophobia
I can't deal with stubs
September 15, 2010 10:36 PM
Heights don't frighten me
Gravity's what'll kill you
Barophobia
September 15, 2010 10:37 PM
Not homophobic
But please put that thing away
I'm phallophobic
September 15, 2010 10:37 PM
Cryophobia?
There's an easy cure for that
California
September 15, 2010 10:38 PM
You made all that shit up.
September 16, 2010 11:14 PM