Phobic Disorder Puns

I’m going to use my own phobia as an example:

Entomophobia

Entomophobia is a legitimate anxiety disorder: it’s the irrational, persistent, and extreme fear of insects. It’s effects also reach further than simply being creeped out by bugs.

Mental symptoms include:

• Excessive and/or irrational fear of insects.
• Avoidance; going out of your way to avoid insects (rarely visiting parks, basements, or refraining from doing anything that might put you in the presence of insects)
• ...To the point that it can impact school, work, relationships, and overall quality of life.
• Feelings of being overwhelmed; impossible to just not think about.
• Anxiety that worsens as an insect comes closer
• Inability to control the fears even though you’re aware they’re unreasonable.

Entomophobia can also cause physical symptoms, such as:

• Panic attacks.
• Rapid heart rate.
• Chest tightness.
• Sweating.
• Hyperventilation.
• Dry mouth.
• Shaking or trembling.
• Crying.

To reiterate: a phobia is NOT being creeped out or a little worried about something.

And yet, I’ve only been made aware of this very recently. This just shouldn’t be the case. I’ve heard the word “Phobia” misused literally my entire life, and I’ve never

A phobia is an anxiety disorder. It’s a legitimate mental health problem. But because of how misused the term is, nobody takes it seriously. It’s exactly akin to the way that people will say they have depression because they’re feeling a little safe or how people compare wanting to stack your books evenly to having OCD.

Usage of labels makes a big difference in how a sufferer is perceived by others. In the OCD example, it’s the difference between “Oh, you have OCD and you need some help to manage your symptoms? How can I help?”

Vs.

“Oh haha, yeah I like to have a clean kitchen too. Get back to work.”

Anecdotally, I had to do some yard work a few days ago. Yard work is inconvenient, but that’s not the problem.

It’s that there’s a MASSIVE amount of bugs in the back yard (where we were doing all the yard work). And I just can’t do it as a result. Last time I tried to mow the lawn, I had a panic attack. (It’s a really big yard.)

And today was no different. Carrying branches back and forth, crawling with spiders. All kinds of fucked up things are flying around me, and there’s a crap ton of moths (the worst bug, for me) flying around.

I can’t even focus on the task at hand, my anxiety is through the roof, every single alarm bell is going off in my

These are insights that I have derived both from formal and self-study. While, it may seem at first that I may be merely rephrasing existing theories of various psychological disorders, I urge you to please read on as you may be surprised that some parts of it which ring true . . . Depression- when a part of yourself blames and is angry with the rest of yourself, which then leads to feelings of rejection. Social Anxiety- When a part of you feels/believes others are angry with you. Munchausen Syndrome- Depression but with an anger that they are not being properly cared for by others, causing them to fake illness, in attempts to force others to give them the care which they crave. Schizophrenia- When a person, as a result of blaming themselves for things which exists outside of their control, leads them to start to project themselves onto the world via their actual sensory input, as they try (fruitlessly) to figure things out how they can solve the problem. Histrionic Personality Disorder- When, while growing up, a person feels they must change themselves in order to gain the approval of others, but, they change themselves to such a extent they start to lose their sense of self. The individual then takes on this ability to mold themselves and manipulate others socially as a form of identity. Narcissistic Personality Disorder- Reject their feelings for others but retain emotion for themselves. Antisocial Personality Disorder - Reject all feeling. These, like all mental disorders really, exist on a spectrum. I myself was actually narcissistic myself until I fell in love and found that, there, indeed, could be Infinite value in others. I know it is commonly thought that personality disorders cannot be treated but I really do think it depends on the case of severity, with Narcissists helping them to realize the value in/ not fear and reject their emotions for others but see it as a worthwhile pursuit, and for Antisocials to not fear/reject emotion in general but accept it along with all the beauty and harm it can bring.

im fucking tired of people on tik tok saying eating disorders and body dysmorphia is rooted in fat phobia. they are not. i don’t care if people are fat or not, i just care about me. i want myself to be skinny, so skinny it makes me look like a corpse. every body is beautiful except mine.

yes, people with eating disorders can be fat phobic. looking at fatspo or bullying other people for their weight is fat phobic but a large number of people with eating disorders don’t do that so can people on tik tok stop saying eating disorders are fat phobic??

EDIT:: i said i want to look like a corpse. this has nothing to do with how i look. i want to hurt myself, this is a slow death disguised as a desire to be “pretty”

There was a speaker who addressed aspects of diet and health in relation primarily to obesity and coronary heart disease. This was the response from my fellow ms1 student who believed the whole thing to be fat phobic. Interested in your thoughts on the letter these student wrote to the faculty. It's a long one...

Dear Foundation Phase Directors,    We are writing to you to address the content provided to us during the “Nutrition in Cardiovascular Disease” lecture on November 18, 2021. We highly value nutritional education in our curriculum to better understand health and wellbeing. However, we feel that the lecture on Thursday perpetuated weight stigma and ignored many of the socioeconomic factors that influence a person’s risk of cardiovascular disease. Additionally, the lecture was not sufficiently robust to reflect new scientific understanding. We suggest that the presentation of this material be improved for future years.

Firstly, the lecture errs in considering diet from a moral point of view. Suggesting that some diets are “good” and “bad” is too simplistic, and current psychological evidence suggests that labeling food items as “bad” makes people want them even more. Moderation and selection are much more nuanced themes that were not fully explored in this lecture. The directive to counsel patients to choose certain foods ignores the complex matrix of factors that lead to deciding what to eat. Although patients may consider the risk of developing certain diseases when choosing, they also consider factors such as convenience, cost, social pressure, culture, preference, and availability. It is well documented that many individuals, in particular, cannot access recommended food because of where they live due to food swamps or deserts. The framework proposed by the presenter lacks the nuance needed for aspiring physicians to be able to appropriately counsel their future patients who may have a history of disordered eating, a fraught relationship with food, or the inability to access recommended food.

Furthermore, evidence shows that healthcare providers exhibit weight prejudice towards patients in larger bodies and that medical students share these same biases. Patients in larger bodies report high levels of harassment and discrimination in the healthcare system. Such encounters are harmful to their health. Many studies that link higher weight to other chronic conditions, such as diabetes, hypertension, or heart disease, assume a causal link, when

I decided I wanted to be done living like how I've been living this last year - or since covid basically. Not leaving the house much, not seeing anyone, panic disorder, fear of being trapped everywhere. I've been unemployed for a while and phobic of getting an in person job. Remote jobs haven't turned out very well either..

Then the other night I just decided that this has to end. I have to force myself out of this. I've been driving around a 3 mile radius, going to stores briefly. I've been pushing myself. After interviewing I got a job offer for an in person position. Now I can't sleep. I'm up all night til 3 am with insomnia full of doom.

I've been in therapy for a year, trying to beat this naturally... but I don't know how I can. I'm at the point where I think I need medication to have the life I want. I've read so many accounts of weird side effects and I've always tried to avoid it but I think I need it now.

I thought I could push myself out of this but I am exhausted, and I have insomnia now. I'm worried if I take this job I'll never sleep again. I just don't know what to do anymore. Any advice would be great.

tl;dr: Chuck has Specific Phobia, Natural Environment type with comorbid obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. The former explains his aversion to electricity with the latter explaining his response to becoming afflicted with this condition. I don't think he has panic disorder, delusional disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder or somatic symptom disorder. I explain why,

I'm writing this as much for myself as I am for all of you. Like most on this sub, I'm a self-proclaimed diehard fan of BCS. As a clinical psychologist, I've thought a lot about Chuck McGill from a psychiatric and psychological perspective. Suffice to say, I've had a lot of thoughts about what's really going on with him and want to organize them in somewhat of a coherent and linear way. I've seen many on this sub ask, "what does he have?" I'm going to share my two cents here because (and I know this sounds arrogant) I haven't really found a psychodiagnostic analysis I really like when it comes to Chuck. So here is my way-too-long psychodiagnostic evaluation. Please note that I'm sticking with mainly a diagnostic evaluation here, although there are many, many other factors outside the diagnostic system that are critical to understand Chuck's mental health.

A Word on The Diagnostic Classification System

Before I offer my diagnostic impressions of Chuck, it is worth reviewing the current thinking regarding our mental disorder classification system. When discussing diagnoses with patients, I almost always start by saying, "mental health diagnoses do a half-decent job at describing a problem area, and they do a shitty job at describing a human being." To me, this means that while a diagnostic label has some utility (e.g., guiding treatment approaches, etc.), they are not without their limitations. Many psychologists and psychiatrists out there are dissatisfied with the categorical model used throughout the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM, 5th Edition). Many, myself included, advocate for a more dimensional approach to understanding mental disorders. A dimensional approach takes into account the belief that mental illness is not black-and-white (i.e., either you have it or you don't), but rather should be viewed on continuum encompassing normal ranges of traits to clinical elevated levels of certain traits/symptoms. So my point is that Chuck's diagnoses, whatever they may be, are grossly insufficient in truly understanding Chuck as a per

CW: mentioning phobic narratives

That's one of the things I hear way too often both about GSRM and disabilities. That and weird conspiracies about why there's just a huge surge in numbers (be it coming out or getting diagnosed with something).

Some of the diagnosed things run in families, and young people stand there desperately trying to explain to their older family members that if they think symptoms or traits of a disorder are part of normal life, they should also get a doctor's appointment. Often the loudest ableist parents are the ones exhibiting signs themselves, because no one told them other people don't have to power through these things as part of normal life and they have been suffering for like 4-6 decades.

Now, remember that story about the grandma who told her granddaughter "you are not bisexual everyone thinks women are attractive"...? Then grandma came out as bisexual.

Terfy women saying puberty for girls is always traumatic and everyone has a phase when they want to be boys. Concern-trolling with "if as a teen I had this option..."

Ace people being told it's just comphet, especially from gay people of any gender who have strict and narrow boundaries around physical intimacy.

Do you remember that (not great but existing) study where homophobic straights were more likely to be turned on by gay porn than straight allies?

I guess my point is, next time when you doubt yourself because someone told you everyone feels that way... Just remember this before spiralling into mental health abyss

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Do your worst!

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

so i am spending christmas with my dads side of the family. most of the women on that side are on the thicker side, not unhealthy, that is just their body type-wide calves and power thighs with a proportional tummy. i am tall and technically very underweight. i had asked my aunt for a onesie for christmas because she makes pretty much all of my cousins' clothes. she got my measurements last year and gifted it to me this year. i wore it all christmas day once i received it. it is super comfortable, the perfect combination of soft and stretchy. i've never been able to wear a "skintight" onesie because of my proportions, only giant baggy ones. so i am really happy with the present and i was excited to show each new person who stopped by throughout the day, as it is also my aunt's handiwork which deserves recognition before i steal away back to my home state. i am happy with my body, and i don't have an eating disorder but i do struggle with disordered eating, unrelated to my personal body image. being underweight is something i would like to change, and i've been able to gain a bit of weight recently but the fact is i've always been underweight and i haven't reached a place where the pounds will stick.

i can't even count how many comments i got on my body throughout the day. aunts and uncles saying how the onesie highlights that i'm built like a stick, it's shocking how paper thin my legs are, can't believe i've stayed the same size since my aunt first measured me, etc. i'd say at least half of the one-on-one conversations anyone initiated with me started with some sort of comment on my body and how the onesie accentuated it. and like i said i love my body, being a thin person my whole life i deal with comments like these occasionally but hearing them all day made me really uncomfortable wearing something i had been excited about. i was cold still anyways so i pretty much had a blanket draped around me the whole day so people would make comments about the fact that i had a blanket cape instead of my body, which half worked.

from the women in my family, i know the comments just highlight their own insecurities living in our society with the standards that exist. from the men, i don't even want to think about where the comments came from because it made me feel sexualized by my own family members.

but i can't imagine facing this stuff in my everyday life growing up. i only have to deal with it on holidays. my dad occasionally makes comments on my body but

It really does, I swear!

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

Heard they've been doing some shady business.

BamBOO!

They’re on standbi

Hello! I am scouring the world for a friend or two! A pretty severe anxiety disorder & ill health keep me off the streets & out of the bars in which I might encounter people in the flesh. So, pen pals it is! And, as the title suggests, I have fountain pens & I know how to use them!

I am an almost 40yo F living in Arizona (USA), but I'd rather live almost anywhere else. As soon as all the kiddos are out (please let it be soon!), I plan to move to Cincinnati, Ohio (USA). I'm in a committed relationship with a 19yo son, two 17yo stepdaughters & a (almost) 22yo stepson (who does not live with us, thank heavens). We have 5 animals -3 rude as hell cats & 2 ornery dogs. I would have more animals of all shapes, sizes & varieties but I've been rudely & unceremoniously cut off by the family unless & until we move somewhere with more space.

I have interests beyond the family & the animals, of course. I cross stitch, a hobby I picked up at the beginning of lock down in March 2020 to avoid the inevitable insanity resulting from being squished into a tiny apartment with 3 teenagers, 5 animals & a man-baby 24/7. It's about as much fun as it sounds like. I also enjoy reading. A lot. My favorite genres are sci-fi, psychological thrillers & horror, but I'll read just about anything if it's written well and/or has an interesting storyline. I watch tv/movies sometimes, but only specific shows/types of movies. I'm not much of an adventurer in that respect.

Should we become pen pals, you will be hearing tales about all of the humans and creatures in my life because there are tales to tell there. So prepare yourself for that haha. Naturally, I will make a valiant attempt to be more interesting than that, though.

I don't have a preference on age/gender/location/home planet. All I ask for is that my pen pals not be any of the politically-charged "phobics" or "ists".

If I'm not your cup of tea, good luck in your search for the perfect pen pal for you! If I am, drop me a line either in the comments or in a DM/Chat.

31 year old Caucasian female

DX:

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Social Anxiety Disorder

Major Depressive Disorder (mild)

SCL-90-R indicated clinically significant phobic anxiety at a level that could be consistent with agoraphobia

Recent symptoms have been distressing obsessive thoughts and intrusive thoughts. Wake up in the middle of the night to make sure the doors are shut so my indoor cats can't get out and run away.

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I experience chronic fatigue from endometriosis. My anxiety seems to be more severe than my depression and has basically woven itself into my personality and severely inflicted itself on my entire worldview and day-to-day activities to a point I don't even notice how pervasive and entrenched it is.

Began Wellbutrin SR 100mg 1x a day for a 3 days and then 2x a day from then on.

Took 1st dose 8-9amish daily then 2nd dose 6pmish.

Recently was told that was wrong and to take 2nd dose 1pmish. We then began to taper Citalopram to 10mg a day and introduce Sertraline 25mg a day for a week.

I also took Fluoextine 25mg 3 times that week due to a prescription error/mistake.

During the week I started taking the 2nd dose at 1pm, I began to notice involuntary movements in my leg when I was laying in bed at night. My thighs would briefly move on their own in a jerking movement.

These jerking movements increased throughout the week to the point my neck was almost constantly involuntarily micro jerking and causing headaches. My arm once randomly splayed out in front of me.

I told the prescriber and he met with me on Zoom the next day. He had me walk back and forth on camera, show if I could extend my arm and bend my elbow, and had me open my mouth a few times. He asked some questions like if I had any stiffness in any body parts or pain in my forehead. This line of questioning went on for a while. He also asked a lot about how bad my anxiety had been lately.

He then prescribed .25mg clonozepam 1x daily. I asked him if he thought the convulsions were somatic and he said they didn't know yet. I assumed it had something to do with the Wellbutrin.

The first day I took the clonozepam the convulsions decreased by 50% though I had a significantly bad one that blew my legs completely off the bed and back down at one point, if that makes sense. As of this morning and the 2nd dose of clonozepam I feel fine and have only noticed the jerking movements 3 or 4 times in the morning before I took the 2nd dose.

I find this side effect odd. Has anyone ev

Hello all. I have a question for anyone here who identifies as a butch woman and has undergone masculinizing medical interventions. I'm not sure if masculinizing is the right term, but I mean that to encompass things like testosterone, mastectomy or breast reduction, and so on. The typical interventions for AFAB transmasculine people.

My question is, how did/does it feel? Did it eliminate or lessen dysphoria? Do you have any regrets or things you would've done differently? If you could go back in time and talk to a younger you about it, what would you say?

I am asking because I identify as a woman, but I also have long-standing documented dysphoria, especially around my chest and fat distribution/soft body appearance in general, and medical intervention is something that's been on my mind in the past year. Specifically 'top surgery' (bilateral mastectomy) and/or testosterone.

There are a lot of factors that make this complicated for me, so please hear me out.

I am

- legally still a minor (I live in Canada, so legal age is 19)

- disabled: I am autistic, struggle with speaking, and I have a genetic disorder that makes my joints and connective tissues weak and unstable

- a full-time university student, and unemployed (though money is not a barrier to medical transition because of Canada's insurance policies)

- living in an unsupportive, though not outright abusive, family who would most definitely vehemently oppose any medical steps I would take, possibly to the point of a legal battle if I'm being honest, but I feel confident I could sue for emancipation or a transferred guardianship if it really came to that

- Being treated for anxiety and on medication for it. I've been treated for this since age 7

-Someone who was raised in a strict evangelical household and strongly sexist, homophobic and transphobic church

- A survivor of abuse

- Recovered/ing from a restrictive eating disorder that was caused by a combination of autistic sensory issues and rigidity, plus my desire to have a flat chest. I’m doing far better now and have been at a healthy weight for several years.

So I guess my main question is, do you think pursuing medical masculinization would be a good idea for me? Are there any pros or cons I’m not thinking of?

Right now, I want to. It looks like it would improve my quality of life. I know I’d be able to get it if I so desired. For better or for worse, medical transition is easily accessible where I live, and neither

Pilot on me!!

*Please remove if not appropriate*

I recently saw a tik-tok that stated if you struggle with an eating disorder you are fat-phobic. As someone who is still going through the motions of recovering from their eating disorder, which has plagued my life for years, this really left me with a lot of questions about myself.

I wanted to open up a discussion on this topic not to disagree with the statement but to hear someone else's perception of fatphobia when struggling with an eating disorder. I personally have never considered myself fatphobic as I love all body types, just not my own so coming across this tik-tok has really left me reflecting on myself.

I would love to hear about your body positivity journeys and how you feel fatphobia is intertwined with eating disorders or if you disagree with the tik-tok! Just want to discuss this with others who struggle or who have recovered and might have a fresh perspective on the topic!

EDIT: This discussion is in no way promoting fatphobia or minimising the damage that fatphobia inflicts on individuals. This is meant to be a discussion that can help us understand a concept that is intertwined with eating disorders and help us all grow through our recovery, whatever stage that is!

Christopher Walken

Nothing, he was gladiator.

I know my father was diagnosed with depression and social anxiety. He has constantly talked about it my entire life and it is very visible. He trusts no one, evident by the very few relationships he has. He rarely leaves the house, even if it is something considered important. He said he'd rather have us live on the streets than in an apartment complex if we get kicked out of our house. I have social anxiety disorder myself and it's obvious he has it too.

The problem is recently I've realized he uses textbook narcissistic tactics when we have serious conversations, Gaslighting by telling me things never happened or i never said certain things, even if i just said it. It worked for awhile because i started to doubt if things really happened or if i made them up to victimize myself. But i know that my memories aren't made up, i remember them clearly, especially the ones where i built a lot of courage to talk to them or was very important topic for me. It definitely doesn't work when i'm told i didn't say something when i literally said it a few sentences ago. Whenever he says something to me that is insulting or something i can't agree with, i immediately point it out and he feigns ignorance and looks me dead in the eye and tells me he didnt say it. It's so convincing because he talks and acts as if he actually doesn't know.

The other is the word salad. I go in to ask a question or for permission. I just want an answer but i never get it. He always takes an opposing stance even if it contradicts his previous stances on issues. After 5 minutes of talking about the topic i brought up it immediately shifts to other topics. He loves making up hypothetical situations. It's apart of social anxiety, making up made up scenarios all day in your head. So i am bombarded with hypotheticals that never happened and usually never happened but if i refuse to go with it then i'm just refusing to listen and take advice which makes me disrespectful and selfish. But if i get sucked in it turns into a few hour long argument full of tens of topics and the first topic never got closure. Obviously ten minutes in i'm already exhausted and get irritated. So i end up getting angry and frustated and it gets used against me. Or i walk away but that always gets used against me next time i try to talk.

A few years ago in high school i asked if i could see a therapist for my issues. It took me a lot to open up like that and how i feel. Even my doctor recommended us a therapist for me be