i decided it was time to look up the specific name of my unusual phobia...
telephonophobia -- this is not the fear of the telephone, but rather the fear of making and/or answering the phone...
while looking at the gigantic list of phobias, i came across a couple of others that i have...
Anthropophobia (fear of people or society: mild, but growing stronger every day); Claustrophobia (fear of confined spaces: mild, but heightened when other people are in the small space with me); Decidophobia (fear of making decisions: mild only when other people are effected by my decision); Doxophobia (fear of expressing opinions or receiving praise: mild on expressing; strong on receiving); Glossophobia (fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak: strong when i am not familiar with the people; strong with larger crowds regardless of familiarity; mild with small groups; mild to none existent with children and teens); Iatrophobia (fear of doctors: strong, but mainly because i am a hypochondriac who would rather not discover if those ailments are real); Monopathophobia (fear of definite sickness; mild, as long as i don't think about dispelling my hypochondria); Social Phobia (fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations: impairing and growing stronger everyday)
those were the ones on the list that really stood out to me. there were definitely some interesting ones. can you believe there is actually a fear of phobias (phobophobia)...
it wasn't necessarily a complete list...so i can only ponder what others i might have...
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