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Phobia (fo-be-a): 1.A persistent, abnormal, and irrational fear of a specific thing or situation that compels one to avoid it, despite the awareness and reassurance that it is not dangerous.
2. strong fear, dislike, or aversion.

I randomly googled the word 'phobia' and guess what i got. I was directed to "The Phobia List" webpage. I never knew there were soooooo many different types of phobia. From A to Z. You just name it, they have it. And some ridiculous ones too.E.g. If you are a afraid of Japan/ Japanese people, you have Japanophobia. Weird right? Well i guess this list is not exhaustive coz they missed out Mat-nophobia & Minahs-nophobia. Locals would understand what I mean. Heh.

Why exactly do we develop phobia? Perhaps, it's due to a past traumatic event. Yeah, I think most probably. Is there any way to cure phobia then? Phobia-factor maybe? So, if I win then I can say phobia is definitely not a factor for me! Heh. But seriously, is there any cure? Or anything to lessen the fear/dislike?

I have aquaphobia. For the dimwits, it means having a morbid fear of drowning. I hate going near the sea, near swimming pools, near reservoirs or any place that collects enough water to drown me. I seriously AM afraid. I think the reason I develop this phobia is because I almost drowned before. In the sea. It was a terrible experience, I tell you. Everything was dark, your mind goes blank, you can't breathe and you hear voices telling you that you are dying. If my darling cousin hadn't pulled me to safety, I probably would be in heaven (or hell, whichever) now. Learn swimming? Yeah right. I'm fated to be the damsel in distress. Heh.

One of my dear friends has (hmm, wait lemme check what's the name) herpetophobia. Ok, can't blame you peeps out there if you can't figure this out. It means having a fear of reptiles or creepy crawly things. For her, its specifically LIZARDS. She doesn't have to see it. Just the mention of it makes her all jumpy and uneasy. I tell you, she does her very, very best to avoid this creepy crawly. There is a sheltered walkway from the MRT station that leads to my school. And this sheltered walkway happens to be the lizards haven. Can you imagine her agony everytime she walks to and fro? Haaaha. Poor girl. She has to use the hood of her jacket to cover her head everytime! I understand your fears girl. I truly do coz I too, have my own phobia.

Its really a feeling one cannot control. Takut means takut lar... We're not cowards okay. We just can't help it.

So everybody, be nice okay. Stop being cynical. Stop saying "its just a lizard lor". It may be just a lizard to you but to others, it means another thing altogether. =)