🌙 * ― 𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐁𝐈𝐀 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒 ( a collection of reactions to common phobias. feel free to adjust pronouns and wording as needed )
𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐍𝐎𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐁𝐈𝐀 ( 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒 )
❛ it’s gone behind the __ ! ❜ ❛ just squish it! ❜ ❛ get it out of the house! ❜ ❛ don’t bring it closer! ❜ ❛ it’s got too many eyes and way too many legs. ❜ ❛ i don’t care if i’m bigger than it! it’s still creepy! ❜ ❛ there’s so many cobwebs in here… ❜ ❛ i’m not going in there! there’s spiders in there! ❜
𝐎𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐃𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐁𝐈𝐀 ( 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐍𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐒 )
❛ what’s that rattling sound…? ❜ ❛ there’s a snake in the grass! ❜ ❛ don’t get too close to it! ❜ ❛ we should call a snake catcher to come deal with it. ❜ ❛ what if it bites me?! ❜ ❛ it’s staring at me. ❜ ❛ i don’t want to hold it. ❜ ❛ just grab it! ❜
𝐀𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐁𝐈𝐀 ( 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 )
❛ oh, no no no, this is way too high! ❜ ❛ ‘don’t look down’? oh! great advice! ❜ ❛ there’s no way in hell i’m going up there. ❜ ❛ that looks so unstable. we are not crossing that! ❜ ❛ i’m getting vertigo… i’m going to be sick. ❜ ❛ can you sit next to the window? ❜ ❛ i’m good standing here, far far away from the edge. ❜ ❛ that doesn’t look safe… ❜
𝐍𝐘𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐁𝐈𝐀 ( 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 )
❛ walk faster! walk faster! ❜ ❛ do you have a light? ❜ ❛ i swear i saw something moving in the darkness… ❜ ❛ i don’t like this, it’s way too dark. ❜ ❛ this is how people die in horror movies. ❜ ❛ no ⏤ keep the light on. ❜ ❛ i know logically there’s nothing in the darkness but i still don’t like it. ❜ ❛ what if something gets me? ❜
𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐂𝐇𝐋𝐎𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐁𝐈𝐀 ( 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐃𝐒 )
❛ let’s just wait until later, when it gets less busy. ❜ ❛ there’s too many people here. ❜ ❛ let’s just… stay in. ❜ ❛ i don’t want to go there. ❜ ❛ i want to get out of here. ❜ ❛ can we go somewhere quieter? ❜ ❛ how busy is it going to be? ❜ ❛ i… i can’t go out. ❜
𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐁𝐈𝐀 ( 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐒 )
❛ it’s too loud. ❜ ❛ can you get my weighted blanket, please? ❜ ❛ just, hold me? until it’s over? ❜ ❛ sorry ⏤ it just triggers some unpleasant memories. ❜ ❛ turn the music up louder? i want to drown out the storm. ❜ ❛ i’ve been struck by lightning before… ❜ ❛ i need to get inside, now. ❜ ❛ it’s not safe to go outside right now! ❜
𝐀𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐁𝐈𝐀 ( 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑 )
❛ i’m not jumping in. ❜ ❛ i can’t swim. ❜ ❛ no way! it’s ⏤ it’s too cold! ❜ ❛ i think i’ll pass… ❜ ❛ the ocean is terrifying. ❜ ❛ i almost drowned last time. ❜ ❛ the water is too deep… ❜ ❛ there are so many unknown horrors in the ocean. we know more about space than we do with our oceans. ❜
𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐁𝐈𝐀 ( 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐒 )
❛ let me out! let me out! ❜ ❛ i can’t breathe. ❜ ❛ i need to get out of here. ❜ ❛ don’t shut me in here! ❜ ❛ i can’t get out! it’s locked / stuck! ❜ ❛ break it down! i don’t care. just get me out of here! ❜ ❛ nonono don’t! i’ll be good! don’t lock me in here! ❜ ❛ that’s too small. i’m not going in there. ❜
𝐏𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐁𝐈𝐀 ( 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐃𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐒 )
❛ i swear it’s watching me. ❜ ❛ they’re just… so creepy. makes my skin crawl. ❜ ❛ oh, i hate that doll. ❜ ❛ who collects all these creepy dolls? ❜ ❛ if it moves, i’m out of here. ❜ ❛ it moved! i swear it moved! ❜ ❛ nopenopenope, not going in the doll room. ❜ ❛ who thought that doll was a good idea? ❜
𝐓𝐑𝐘𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐁𝐈𝐀 ( 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐋𝐄𝐒 )
❛ don’t wave it in my face and i’ll be fine. ❜ ❛ just do it. quickly. ❜ ❛ get that thing away from me! ❜ ❛ don’t touch me! ❜ ❛ sorry ⏤ i don’t like needles. ❜ ❛ don’t tell me what you’re going to do, just do it. ❜ ❛ i ⏤ i don’t think i can do this. ❜ ❛ i’m not going. ❜
𝐇𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐁𝐈𝐀 ( 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐃 )
❛ i think i’m gonna throw up… ❜ ❛ oh god, that’s a lot of blood… ❜ ❛ don’t show me! ❜ ❛ i think i’m gonna faint… ❜ ❛ please cover that up. ❜ ❛ oh god the smell… ❜ ❛ i can’t look at blood. ❜ ❛ i’m not good with blood… ❜
𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐁𝐈𝐀 ( 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐍𝐒 )
❛ a circus? no way. not going. ❜ ❛ horror movie? ….does it have clowns? ❜ ❛ if they have painted smiles on their faces, then why are they so creepy?! ❜ ❛ why would anyone have a clown at a birthday party? ❜ ❛ there’s no good clowns. ever. ❜ ❛ i hate the way clowns look. ❜ ❛ don’t leave me alone with them! ❜ ❛ it’s the makeup. the makeup is what makes them so creepy. ❜
𝐍𝐎𝐒𝐎𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐁𝐈𝐀 ( 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐒 )
❛ no ⏤ no hospitals. ❜ ❛ what if i don’t wake up from surgery? ❜ ❛ it’s all so… clinical. i hate it. ❜ ❛ hospitals freak me out. ❜ ❛ i’m about to sign an ama if they don’t hurry up. ❜ ❛ i want to leave, now. screw what the doctors say. ❜ ❛ where are my clothes? i’m leaving. ❜ ❛ i’m not staying here the night. no way. ❜

















