MTG Phobias

Alliumphobia - fear of garlic ————————————————————————— WORD HISTORY: The prefix Allium-, is a Latin word, meaning “ bulb of garlic. ” Come to think of it, word history isn’t accurate... maybe I will call it “Word Facts” in the future; tell me what you think! ————————————————————————— A person with Alliumphobia will experience the symptoms when they are in the proximity of garlic (when aware of the garlic’s precense), when they smell garlic, or another plant with a similar pungent smell, or in extreme cases, at the mere sight of garlic. ————————————————————————— SYMPTOMS: • Dread • Shortness of Breath • Rapid Breathing • Heart Palpitations • Excessive Sweating • Nausea • Dry Mouth • Confusion • Inability to Articulate Clearly • Lack of Focus • Irritability • Shaking • Feelings of Powerlessness • Obsession • Avoidance Behaviors • Headaches ———————————————————————————————————————— THE SCIENCE: At first, I wasn’t particularly extatic about the whole science p...

I would like to officially announce the end of my hiatus. It actually will be on Wednesday, from which I will work on Thursday’s blogpost. Also, to celebrate the holiday season, give gifts. Give me your best idea for a phobia card! Lastly check out my friends’ blogs: My Friend’s Blog: http://swinehart20time5thjake.blogspot.com/ My Girlfriend’s Blog: http://swinehearts20time5thcayla.blogspot.com/

Hi everyone! I would like to announce a brief Hiatus from my blog. The point of my blog is to better myself, my viewers and... well thats all who will be benefited by such. -_-. I am benefited because I can learn about this fascinating and frightening world or fear. I also get to better my abilities at cardsmith. My viewers benefit by being able to contribute to the cards with feedback as well as to learn about fear. My Hiatus is focused mainly on the first benefit I listed for myself. I want to take a brief hiatus to brainstorm and remake cards. I need my hiatus in order to catch up on homework and to study. I will of course still be researching for my blog, but much less of my time will be spent this way. I hope you all can understand. My account will likely be much more active in the near future as I create, remake, delete, and improve upon my cards. Ranshi922

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Ailurophobia - fear of cats --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WORD HISTORY: Ailurophobia is derived from Phobos and Ailuros. Phobos, meaning fear, and Ailuros meaning cat. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS: To be honest, the symptoms are more or less the same as any other phobia. I will probably only have a symptom section every few. Comment if you would prefer for me to list symptoms every time, or just every now and then. Got it? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCIENCE: I am personally a dog person, but there are those who really love cats, there are those who don't particularly like cats, but someone with Ailurophobia is downright terrified of cats. Ailurophobia is a defensive tactic used by the subconscious to protect oneself. Many times, people with this fear, don't know why they fear cats, merely that they do and always have....

Aichmophobia - fear of needles and other sharp objects ————————————————————————— WORD HISTORY: Aichmophobia is derived from Phobos (obviously), and the Greek word Aichmē which means point. ————————————————————————— A person suffering from Aichmophobia will avoid needles or medical procedures that involve needles by any means necessary. With their avoidance of needles, at least they will never do heroin. ————————————————————————— SYMPTOMS: Symptoms of Aichmophobia occur almost instantly when in exposure to needles or other needle like pointy objects: ● Feelings of dread or panic ● Rapid and uncontrollable response to their fear, such as fainting. ● Rapid Heartbeat ● Shortness of Breath ● Trembling ● Extreme Avoidance ———————————————————————————————————————— SCIENCE: Yay Oddballs! Aichmophobia has no universally specific or accepted cause! XD There is the belief that the fear of sharp things had been somewhat wired into the human brain over the evolutionary journey ...

Agyrophobia - the fear of crossing the street. ————————————————————————— WORD HISTORY: Agyrophobia, othwise known as Dromophobia, is the fear of crossing streets. Agyrophobia is derived from Phobos, the Greek god of fear and the Greek word for street, Agyro . Dromophobia is also derived from Phobos (all phobias are derived from him, so lets just take him for granted now), and from the the Greek word Dromo , or racecourse. ————————————————————————— A person with Agyrophobia has the incessant fear that if they cross a street, there will be harm done to them, whether by a car or by some other means. ————————————————————————— SYMPTOMS: The most common symptoms of Agyrophobia are: • Feelings of dread when presented with a situation or the thought of crossing road or intersection. •Automatic or uncontrollable muscle movements in responce to their fear. Most likely something of a fight or flight responce. • Rapid Heartbeat • Shortness of Breath • Trembling and Shaking • Extre...

Agrizoophobia - the fear of wild animals The SCIENCE: Alright... This will be fun for me. Any of you who have been following my blog for a while will know that I love to dive into the ancient past of human evolution to explain away fears. Because of that, this is like Christmas come early 😆😨. For the explanation of Agrizoophobia, we will need to dive into the time before civilization; a time that was from the days of the Homo Erectus. Ancient humans needed to be careful; everything was in search of food and they were as good as any. This meant that we needed to be cautious of our surroundings, including the animals. The evolving human brain adapted and in it became the hardwired idea that wild animals are to be feared and avoided. As humans developed into the Homo Sapien, we kept out of danger by staying away from animals that were potentially dangerous. As societies developed, the main sources of food were grown crops and fish, because by farming and fishing, rather than hun...

OK guys, I am getting depressed slightly😨. This is because a) My viewers per post is going down, it was before at about 10 per on the day it comes out, but now its only 6... b) No one is commenting! I dont know if people are actually liking what I am doing if nobody comments! b.1) Noah U said you’d check out each post and comment! U aren’t! Lastly, there are still no followers of my blog. I think someone tried to follow, but they followed my google+ and not the blog. (Again looking at u Noah.(If that is the reason you haven’t been holding up on your promise, I will forgive you)) Just please! To anyone who view my blog, just please comment to let me know that you really exist! This is really weakening my self esteem, so guys (and gals), comment PLEASE! Thank you.

Agliophobia - the fear of pain Me (to me in my head): Do I really  need to explain this one? Me (I’ll call that first “Me” Me1 and this one Me2): Yes. Me1: Why? Me2: Because you already did several posts rather lazily and we don’t want to appear too lazy! Me1: Alright. Fine. That is generally what went on ion my head before I decided to actually write this post. However, I feel immensely tired at the moment and don't really feel like explaining why people fear pain. I’ll let you try to figure this tricky one out. No; instead I will explain the origins of the word, and a few exceptions, as well as when this is out of the ordinary. The word agliophobia is a mix between the prefix aglio and the word phobia. Phobia is derived from the Greek god of fear, Phobos. Aglio is derived from the Greek word Aglo, which means pain. Similar to how amaxophobia has different phobia words that mean the same thing, agliophobia has the following synonyms: Odynophobia, Odynephobia, and Od...