You don't know how each of us feels about our own fears. Mine cause me
nightmares and panic attacks. But because it's something you might
consider "insignificant" you dare to tell me that I am being
irrational? maybe you're being irrational by trying to tell us all
that our phobias aren't real. Don't judge us just by our fears and
phobias, please.

--- In unusualphobias@yahoogroups.com, "snowskinuk" <snowskinuk@y...>
wrote:
> It seems to me there are 2 kinds of problems people talk about here.
> One is just a fear , a general dislike of something, whatever it
> might be, whilst there are also many people here with REAL phobias -
> problems that disrupt their day to day lives.
> I don't want to upset anybody, but I think the people messaging
> here with their 'fears' are distracting from people who have a very
> serious mental health problem.
> I know this, as my own phobias cause me great distress, and have
> not been listed yet on here (doubly depressing - am I alone?)
> I still feel unable to even name them here !