Originally Posted by Caz42:
“Phobias are certainly real, it's just Gillian who is fake.
I have a wasp phobia. I went through a stage of not even going out of the house during the summer!! Thankfully I can now go out, however I sellotape netting around all the windows in my house from April until November so I can still air the house. If one came in my house I would immediately run out and couldn't come back in until someone had killed it......and I would have to see the dead wasp too as I've had people get fed up searching for it and lying to me saying they had killed it when they hadn't!! I will not go anywhere near a bin outside and had to come home from one holiday (flamingo land) where the flaming things were in their thousands and crawling over chairs etc. If one approaches me or I even hear a buzzing noise I am so scared I can't even scream, I feel the blood drain from my face and my heart starts thumping etc etc..I could go on but you get the picture.
So, if you have a true phobia, you will go to any lengths to minimise the chances of coming into contact with whatever it is you are frightened of......so you certainly would not go to the Jungle if you had a phobia of all the things she claims........the very thought of it would be enough to send her heart racing!!”
“Phobias are certainly real, it's just Gillian who is fake.
I have a wasp phobia. I went through a stage of not even going out of the house during the summer!! Thankfully I can now go out, however I sellotape netting around all the windows in my house from April until November so I can still air the house. If one came in my house I would immediately run out and couldn't come back in until someone had killed it......and I would have to see the dead wasp too as I've had people get fed up searching for it and lying to me saying they had killed it when they hadn't!! I will not go anywhere near a bin outside and had to come home from one holiday (flamingo land) where the flaming things were in their thousands and crawling over chairs etc. If one approaches me or I even hear a buzzing noise I am so scared I can't even scream, I feel the blood drain from my face and my heart starts thumping etc etc..I could go on but you get the picture.
So, if you have a true phobia, you will go to any lengths to minimise the chances of coming into contact with whatever it is you are frightened of......so you certainly would not go to the Jungle if you had a phobia of all the things she claims........the very thought of it would be enough to send her heart racing!!”
I have the same phobia as you. I did have a few years where I wasn't too bad and could get on with my life in the summer but this year was a nightmare. I even dream about being stung by swarms of wasps
Phobias are as another poster says are a fear so strong that you will do anything to avoid the situation that gives you the symptoms of extreme fear. Gillian does not have phobias or if she does she is certainly recovering from them to be able to attack them head on in her last trial.
