#actuallyphobic

[hadourhandstied]

Hey phobia-havers in my phone, I just want to say hi. For years I used this tag with very few other people consistently posting and every time I see a new post I'm so glad that we have a little semblance of community somewhere.

[humanlyimprobable]

Getting extremely fucking tired of the ableism surrounding phobias and phobic people.

[normal-with-adhd-is-a-joke]

If you're a "mental health advocate" who thinks triggering people's phobias is "funny" or "helps them get over it" I am going to punch you in the face. If you can understand why triggering someone's PTSD is bad you can understand why triggering someone's phobia is bad.

[dsm-lxix]

i think my pyrophobia may be coming back a bit and im trying so hard bc i don't wanna have so many sleepless nights again

[aegleseeker]

we find a lot that when we go into tags for phobias, we just see content that triggers said phobias instead of people with the phobia talking about it. so, idea: actually'x' tags for specific phobias.

examples: actuallytrypophobic, actuallythalassophobic

those are really long, so maybe they can be shortened? (actuallytrypo, actuallythalasso)

what do y'all think?

(i know the "actuallyphobic" tag exists, but it'd be nice to have tags for specific phobias i think!)

[sleepyducktime]

Might have finally gotten a job but it starts at 4am and in the happiness of 'job!' I forgot that 4am=dark

[selfconstructedself]

Tw bugs

I thought I was doing better with my bug phobia but I just sat down in my living room for the first time in ~3 weeks and I can't handle it - heavy breathing and itching and imagining bugs everywhere.

I miss my living room. It has my favorite chair and TV and books and guitar and it was homey and safe and now it doesn't feel safe anymore and I don't know what to do.

[autspoon]

#Actuallyphobic

Hey you all! I really think the actuallyphobic tag should be utilized more! It’s something I think we’ve all probably overlooked quite a bit, despite many of us having phobias! So I feel like we really should try to gain it some traction! I’ve been going through it, followed it, and even posted to it a few times! Because I really want this to get going. Anyway, I really think this tag deserves some traction!