Phobias
I have a phobia, not a dislike or hatred as the words xenophobia or homophobia would imply but an actual fear.
The closest official phobia that I could find from an extremely comprehensive list was Tocophobia- Fear of pregnancy or childbirth, this does not really describe what I have, I have a phobia of pregnant women. I appreciate their importance for the survival of the human species, but quite simply I am unnerved by their presence.
I believe I have developed this phobia relatively recently, since I have been in London. No doubt an environmentally induced phobia rather than any medical condition. It was yesterday that it sank in that I had this phobia on the journey home from work, after gladly giving up my seat for one pregnant lady (they scare me less when they are not standing up).
I have given some thought as to why it is I have this phobia and believe I have an answer;
My Journey into work.
One of the perks of living in Morden (other than the affordable living costs, low levels of crime, nice big parks, and a LIDL supermarket) is a guaranteed seat on the train. I am very conscious of this priviledge and unlike some of my fellow commuters I will give up my seat in an instant to elderly, disabled, injured or pregnant people and those with small children.
I have lost count of the times that I have stood up for a fatty mistaking her gut for actually carrying an embryo. You instantly realise that she is not pregnant when she scowls at you and declines the seat, though the odd cheeky heifer gladly takes you up on your generous offer. The result is that when faced with a borderline fatty/preggers lady in front of me I spend a good five minutes staring nervously at her midriff which makes me look like a weirdo! Pregnant commuters cause me distress and unease during my journey to and from work even when they are in fact not actually present.
Some quality phobias that I discovered on this website, (neither of which I suffer from) are;
Thaasophobia - Fear of sitting
(I think saying - 'has hemorrhoids' is easier!)
Sexophobia/Heterophobia - Fear of the opposite sex
(I know a few sufferers I call it KGNness though)
The closest official phobia that I could find from an extremely comprehensive list was Tocophobia- Fear of pregnancy or childbirth, this does not really describe what I have, I have a phobia of pregnant women. I appreciate their importance for the survival of the human species, but quite simply I am unnerved by their presence.
I believe I have developed this phobia relatively recently, since I have been in London. No doubt an environmentally induced phobia rather than any medical condition. It was yesterday that it sank in that I had this phobia on the journey home from work, after gladly giving up my seat for one pregnant lady (they scare me less when they are not standing up).
I have given some thought as to why it is I have this phobia and believe I have an answer;
My Journey into work.
One of the perks of living in Morden (other than the affordable living costs, low levels of crime, nice big parks, and a LIDL supermarket) is a guaranteed seat on the train. I am very conscious of this priviledge and unlike some of my fellow commuters I will give up my seat in an instant to elderly, disabled, injured or pregnant people and those with small children.
I have lost count of the times that I have stood up for a fatty mistaking her gut for actually carrying an embryo. You instantly realise that she is not pregnant when she scowls at you and declines the seat, though the odd cheeky heifer gladly takes you up on your generous offer. The result is that when faced with a borderline fatty/preggers lady in front of me I spend a good five minutes staring nervously at her midriff which makes me look like a weirdo! Pregnant commuters cause me distress and unease during my journey to and from work even when they are in fact not actually present.
Some quality phobias that I discovered on this website, (neither of which I suffer from) are;
Thaasophobia - Fear of sitting
(I think saying - 'has hemorrhoids' is easier!)
Sexophobia/Heterophobia - Fear of the opposite sex
(I know a few sufferers I call it KGNness though)
posted by Matt at 4:00 PM
5 Comments:
I'm not sure if I agree with your KGNness analogy there Mush. Some KGN's have no fear of the opposite sex socially. On the contrary, they hang around with them or, as you put it, 'respect them' too much. Although I acknowledge that this probably makes their KGNness worse.
Fair enough Bean, though there are sub species of KGN, i) The Best Friend KGN - has no chance because his way of getting close to the girls is by becoming their best friend, obviously pissing on ones chips if your underlying intention was to get some.
ii) The to Much Respect KGN - By having to much respect for the opposite sex this KGN never makes a move as he thinks it would be a against his 'post-modern feminist sympathising principles' and would be an embarrasing display of 'testosterone motivated neanderthal masculinity'
iii) Then there is garden variety Sexo/Heterophobic KGN
Mush, you've been in london too long - Block
I have LIDLphobia. And Stev-ophobia too.
Steve-ophobia I also suffer from that it is also known as Bombophobia! Whats wrong with LIDL you used to be in there every other day?
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