Comment on Anon is at a crossroads in life
Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks agoIt’s not so much what the pipes hold that turns me off, it’s where the pipes are. Crawl spaces and attics and other shit holes. You get paid so well because it’s not a very glamorous job.
Xanis@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I have Arachnophobia. Despite working on it in small ways throughout my life, I still get an extremely strong flight response when one is too close. I enjoy working with my hands and am decent at it. Sometimes I feel just a little cursed. A wee eight-legged dude that wants absolutely nothing to do with me and I’m the one having a freakout.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
You can work on phobias like that in therapy
Xanis@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Sure I can. How would you recommend I afford therapy for a phobia that only impacts my life rarely?
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
My bad, I think I came across judgmental. I’ve got a heights phobia myself
MintyFresh@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Arachnophobia is weird one too. It has it’s roots so far down our brain stem from billions of years of “fuck no spider!” Like flying and confinement are phobias that happen farther up the consciousness ladder. Spiders, and to a lesser extent snakes are in our like bios settings. Came with the motherboard
Zoot@reddthat.com 4 weeks ago
I am also terrified of spiders. It helps to pretend that there are no spiders where your hands are, and thats just insulation and dust… not spider webs… yep yep yep!