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To the Rescue: Fireworks Are Scary!
Fireworks can be very frightening to a dog . . .
Do You Have #2 Phobia?
Everybody poops, right? It may be a fact of life and the one common trait everyone shares, but I have to say I don't like hearing or talking about it one bit.
I have a friend who works in a preschool so she has no modesty when it comes to the bathroom.
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Phobias: Real or Fake?
Everybody's afraid of something. Me, I'm afraid of the moment when the nachos run out. You'd be surprised what fears are actually documented phobias.Now On Maury: Woman Afraid Of Cotton Balls
Every once in a blue moon we get a dispatch from the Land Of Weird, aka "The Maury Povich Show," purveyor of bizarre phobias like pickle phobia and peach phobia. Now another weirdo comes out of the woodwork to give us...Cotton Phobia. I love how as soon as she reveals she's had a recurring nightmare about a man made of cotton balls, Maury, naturally, brings one out.
Barbara Walters Needs Public Potty Training
Barbara has a phobia of getting locked inside public restroom stalls, so she she avoids them at all costs. But when she must journey into a bathroom, she keeps the door unlocked! Am I the only one frightened by this tidbit of TMI?
On Maury: Woman Scared Of Balloons
When he's not making everyone take a paternity test, Maury's exploring the world of irrational phobias. From peachphobia to cottonphobia to picklephobia, he's been there, done that. And the following phobia will blow your mind: balloonphobia.
On Maury: Chickenphobia!
Maury has officially cornered the market on publicly torturing humiliating "helping" people who live with crippling phobias. From cottonphobia, to picklephobia, to peachphobia, to balloonphobia, Maury's covered it. He's now found a woman who's chicken when it comes to chickens, so what unlicensed therapeutic move does Maury use to help?
Hate Trying New Foods? Blame Your Genes
If you know anyone who has a fear of new foods — food neophobia — it might not be their attitude, it might actually be their genes.
In a recent study at University College of London, scientists determined that almost 80 percent of children's tendency to dislike unfamiliar foods was inherited. Dr.
Do Tell: What's Your Irrational Fear?
So, I've got a thing about spiders -- not only am I scared of them, I'm scared to kill them. Somewhere along the way it got into my head that it's bad luck to end their terrifying little lives. Now, I know both these things are ridiculous, but that doesn't really change my experience!
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