Word: phobias
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...stepped into The Gilberti Family: The Movie. We abandoned the map, followed a hunch, and let go of reality. After all, that’s what it takes to get out of the ordinary. The next day my stomach recovered, but I will always blame my clean plate phobia on that episode in Italy. Sure, I have a healthier sense of who I am and where I come from, but no appetite for tiramisu for at least the next few decades...
...Lane specifically focuses on “social phobia,” which he personally believes is in reality nothing more than shyness. Criterion D for Social Phobia in the DSM is “the social or performance situation is avoided, although it is sometimes endured with dread.” If you experience dread in performance situations and “a marked and persistent fear of social or performance situations in which embarrassment may occur” (Criterion A), then you may have Social Phobia, just like an estimated three to 13 percent of the general population...
...this person had an irrational phobia of something, what would...
...have an irrational phobia of anything, and if so, of what...
...have an irrational phobia of anything, and if so, of what...