Beautiful Me

Fun Fact: Phobia

Phobia:
originated from the Greek word phobos
Meaning: a persistent, irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situation that leads to a compelling desire to avoid it.

We all have fears. Some develops from when we were young. Many have fear of darkness. Some have fear of being alone. But others have fear of being alone in the darkness. XD We all have fears, including me and you. I guess its because we are humans, because we have emotions.

There are many common fears and phobias we, humans,  share. Most of them are fear of some type of moving objects, such as animals or insects. Typically, we all know that person who is afraid of spiders or snakes (Arachnophobia and Ophidiophobia respectively). These "phobias" are the most common among humans. Some other common phobias include height and tight space (Acrophobia and Claustrophobia). There are some weird ones as well, such as fear of chickens (Alektorophobia) and fear of light (Photophobia), but they are not as common as one might think. Normally, these "fears" develop from a negative experience from when we were young. A traumatic experience results in long lasting phobias, and sometimes when the anxiety is heavily great, it leads to treatment through countless numbers of therapies.

I'm no different from all of you guys. I am also afraid of certain things. It isn't as common as the other phobias, but at least it is still ranked in the "Top 100 Common Phobias". Just like all of you, sharing these things are not a pleasant thing to do, and sometimes is embarrassing. However, I just wanted to get over with it and just share it to you guys. I am not sure if it is a phobia or if I really hate it, but there are two that I am willing to share.

Ranidaphobia. (Ranking: 53) Some of you guys may know this type of fear; it is fear of frogs. I really hate FROGS. This kind of leads me to hating all reptiles and amphibians. "Ranidaphobia is often caused by episodes from childhood." Hmm, let me see, 'episodes from childhood' eh? I am not 100% sure if this 'episodes from childhood' led me to hate frogs (or be afraid of it), but it is the only one memory I have encountering frogs from my childhood.

It's a very short one....the story goes like this: I remember that I was able to walk. I do not know if I just started walking, but one thing tells me I was about 2 and a half or 3 because my sister was already born. In one of the church we used to serve in Korea, it would spawn in frogs (as if it had a "spawner" like in Minecraft) especially after it rained. When I mean frogS, I mean there were literally many many many frogs, about 100s and 1000s of them. Picture this: From the entrance of the church parking lot to the entrance of the actual church glass door...lets say is about... 100 meters (about 330 ft). Anyways there would be frogs, croaking and leaping, covering the 100 meters space. However, I wouldn't mind them if they hadn't tried to leap on me, especially on my tiny walking feet. I would cry and run away from the creepy little things, which made me seek refuge from my parents, resulting me to ask my parents to hold me to our car in the parking lot. Obviously, this wouldn't happen in an one day experience. I wouldn't have ranidaphobia because it happened in a day; it was a gradual thing that affect me to be fearful of frogs. To this day, if I see a frog, or even a picture, I would most likely freeze, run away, or shiver. (And yes I have dissected a frog, wasn't a pleasant experience though, but it was bearable....)

Pediophobia (or Automatonphobia). (Ranking: 58, meaning it is less common than ranidaphobia) Most people might not have heard of this phrase, neither did I until I researched this specific type of phobia. Pediophobia is fear of dolls (Automatonphobia: fear of humanoid). It sounds pretty funny and literally made up (especially to you girls XD), but its a real type of phobia. I am scared of dolls. Sounds embarrassing, but let me get this clear, I am not afraid of all dolls. I am ok with some dolls, such as stuffed animals, but one type of dolls make me very anxious; that is humanoid. Humanoid, specifically mannequin, makes me a bit terrified. Now don't get me wrong, I love portraits and robots, and I am cool with mannequin in malls. I am very scared of mannequin specifically ones that look exactly like the human...ones in museums and amusement parks. This is also caused by childhood experience, but I cannot recall any experience from my childhood. I just know I was scared of it since I was a little boy. As a child, I would cry in fear when I enter the museum if I happen to see a waxed figure. Its that constant fear that feel like its going to move or something, but I see a waxed figure and I would cry and try to leave. I guess I developed pediophobia because of my dad (blame everything on dads guys, its great!!!). He tried to push me into facing these fears, since he wasn't afraid of it, and wouldn't let me go out... As a child grows, pediophobia can disappear, but in some cases, it can last even in the adulthood. Even to this day, I can't really look at wax figures, especially their face. The eyes, I guess, creeps me out. Recently, my dad and I visited a POW (Prisoner of War) Campsite of the Korean War in Korea. Now it's like a museum, but I got to see some dolls. Although I didn't cry like a little boy I used to (even though I did want to hehehehe), I was trying to avoid it. My dad told me to stand next to it to take pictures, and I thought I'd be fine, so I did. However, I realized that I am still anxious to face them. It isn't as bad as it used to be, but that recent experience wasn't as pleasant as I thought it would be, although I learned many things about the past of Korea that emerged into present day Korea.

There are many types of phobias even ridiculous ones, like fear of long words (Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia). We all have some form of fears, even I do too (comment below what type of fear you have...I want to know XD). But one thing for sure, we all have one fear that we all share: Didaskaleinophobia, fear of school.

PS: This mini chapter feels a bit like an informative essay or a speech... Still tried to continue the character I've been writing as. Hope you enjoyed this mini chapter~~