Why do people think it is funny to tease people about phobia's?

Seriously, don't do that. I don't want a panic attack during work
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x65943
People without phobias don't realize how negatively a little "playful teasing" can affect someone.

I guarantee whoever did it has never experienced strong claustrophobia/arachnophobia etc.
 
x65943
Sometimes it's not asking them to "tiptoe" - it's asking them to not be openly aggressive. I've seen people place spiders in an arachnophobe's coffee mug.
 
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WeedZ
I try to expose myself to any phobias I might have, just so they don't take over. exept my trypophobia. I don't fuck with that. something deep in my soul makes me want to gouge my eyes out.
 
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@x65943 Yeah that is way too far. I mean I don't have arachnaphobia but I think many of us wouldn't find it pleasant to find a live spider in our coffee
 
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x65943
I Googled trypophobia. Terrible decision. It's just a bunch of images of humans that look horribly wounded.

There's a long evolutionary history of wounded humans carrying deadly diseases. I would not call fear or aversion to such awful wounds strictly "irrational".
 
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WeedZ
People photoshop wounds to for the shock factor. it's really any cluster of holes. I almost had a panic attack because of the pattern of condensation on my water bottle. things like the center of a lotus flower and those sea frogs with the holes in their backs are the worst.
 
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the_randomizer
I should note that the word phobia comes from phobos an irrational fear or hatred of something, it can be one or the other. I don't like seeing random pictures pop up on the internet, Facebook, etc. that trigger these phobias.

Wasps come to mind, spheksophobia (wasps, hornets, yellow jackets, etc) is among my top five. Arachnophobia, any species that has potent venom scares the hell outta me, acrophobia, can't stand high locations, yeah. Oh and also have glossophobia, I hate speaking in public.
 
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RevPokemon
Personally I am just fucking freak out by the rodent family but regardless if someone really does have a phobia than I do not think you should on purpose cause reactions.
 
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Boogieboo6
I really HATE bees, but I watch Youtube videos of people shooting hives with paintball guns and stuff like that. Oh, and Japanese bug fights too! I saw one today, although it wasn't Japanese, and an Emperor Scorpion ripped the head off a Japanese giant hornet and ate it's insides! I guess I have no real phobias, just dislikes.
A question though: When does a dislike or small fear become a phobia? Such as, when does "I'm an indoor person, I don't like going outside much." turn into "I have crippling agoraphobia!"? When does "I hate spiders." turn into "I have arachnophobia!"? Is a phobia really just a dislike? Or is it an EXTREME dislike?
 
the_randomizer
All phobias and anxiety disorders are based off of irrational and illogical thoughts, i.e. via traumatic experiences and other internal and external factors; no one really knows how they stem or how people get them. I suffer from anxiety and other phobias; people just don't decide one day that they can't go outside or hate wasps, or other species of hymenoptera.

Bess actually serve a purpose, wasps are just aggressive assholes.
 
The Catboy
Trypophobia is a reasonable phonia. I didn't know I had it until someone made me google it. Now I regret having this knowledge.
 
Sheimi
When people tease ya on spiders. One person at work literally brought a spider, hanging on the web to me and I freaked out. I hate spiders.
 
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There is a fine line between laughing with someone and laughing at someone. So it's entirely possible to joke with someone about a phobia to make them feel more comfortable, but usually people are sadistic arseholes who joke at someone about a phobia to make them feel more uncomfortable. If you are trying to make them feel comfortable but make them feel uncomfortable, then apologise and never do it again.
 

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