#phobia talk

[gothy-froggy]

TW: Talk of Tokophobia (childbirth and pregnancies)

Hello everyone,

So I want to have more of a discussion on a topic that even makes me feel uncomfortable and got me squirming around in discomfort while making this.

Pregnancy. Childbirth.

A very scary thing for many, but also very beautiful to others.

Why am I talking about this? Because I find that I never met anyone who understands or feels the same way I do about pregnancy and I want to know if it’s just me or others also understand my exact thoughts.

Every time I hear people talk about the topic of phobia of birth, or any articles explaining what the phobia is (which is Tokophobia), it’s always about the pain of childbirth and the list of awful things that could happen. Which don’t get me wrong, it is part of my feelings, but no one seems to talk about my main issue?

Which is the overall pregnancy. The overall process of pregnancy.

Ever since I was a kid when I learned about pregnancy, the thought of something living inside of you, moving around, kicking you and YOU CAN FEEL IT? It actually makes me gag. Like something growing inside you and the process just makes my skin crawl. I don’t ever see this part of fearing pregnancies be talked about?

It honestly makes me feel like I’m the only one who fears this? The whole thing of pregnancy and childbirth from the beginning to the end freaks me out and I DON’T SEE THIS BE TALKED ABOUT A LOT?!

Is this a part of Tokophobia or something else? Do you feel this way? If so please talk about it under this post because I don’t have anyone who I can relate to when it comes to this.

[i-am-the-quintessential-queer]

I have 12 tags dedicated to one of my worst phobias and yet I still somehow end up seeing posts about it on my feed. I hate it here 😭

[pred-suggestions]

Hey, just I found out today that Voraphillia has an opposite: phagophobia - the fear of being eaten. Just thought I would share this interesting fact!

Yep, and that actually used to be me, for another fun fact! I used to be terrified of vore as a child. It took me a LONG time to get over that, and whoops, now I run vore blogs. XD 

-Mod Hannah 

[heysatanitsyourgirl]

Idc what any ‘professionals’ say if you try to force exposure therapy against people with phobias you’re a dick ! And deserve hell <3

[bunniesovercats]

I think i’m gonna try and push myself harder to get passed some of my phobias *n* I’ve slowly been pushing to get over the medical/blood one but its only really effective if the ‘blood’ is colored in an artsy way like dangan ronpa does it. The idea of it aesthetically is really interesting but it just makes me so queezy and sick.

[symb1oso]

tbh my biggest fear is the deep sea

heights, i have a phobia of, sure. i get panic attacks when i’m off the ground. but that does not compare to the fear i have of the deep sea. 

i used to love swimming but now i just get horribly panicky whenever my feet don’t touch the ground when i’m swimming. god knows what lurks in the murky sand.

[castrel64]

Hello friend from me (an insectiphobe) to u I am so sorry you found that bug. :c

thank you friend ;__; for ur understanding and condolences LOL

[castrel64]

med update: WELL I FOUND A HUGE (90% dead) ROACH BY MY BED SO I HAD A REALLY BAD PANIC ATTACK AND TOOK A KLONOPIN AND GOD ONLY KNOWS WHAT TODAY HAS IN STORE FOR ME

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