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Interview with [Caritas]

by [Rice]



Q: First off, thank you for taking part in this interview. As you are aware our theme for the new Herald Issue is 'Phobias and Fears'. As shown on your Elftown House you appear to have quite a few phobias. I wondered if, for the record, you could detail exactly what these phobias are?

A: Suuuure!!
1)Coulrophobia- Fear of clowns. I am totally afraid of them. Evil things...
2)Verminophobia- Fear of germs. Like... really. Do you KNOW what kind of germs there are on a floor? Blah... ewie...
3)Brontophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning. Gak!
4)Anemophobia- Fear of wind. Especially beating against something.
5)Arachnophobia- Fear of spiders. No need to explain....
6)Scelerophobia- Harmed by wicked persons; bad men or burglars(or men in general)
7)Claustrophobia- Small, confined, tight spaces.

Q: Wow, so you suffer quite a bit then. Do you have any idea what caused these fears? Maybe an instigator in your childhood, or maybe they were passed on via S.L.T by your parents?

A: Well, yeah. Most of them are from childhood. I didn't have the best one in the world, so some of the things that happened to me have now turned to in fears. Accursed things...

Q: Would you mind being specific about a few, if you don't mind? A few examples?

A: Nope, I don't mind at all!
Coulrophobia. Ahh, my wonderful clown fear. I watched a movie when I was younger once, about a clown running around a town slaughtering people into bits. Blah.... It was a gross movie. And now every time I see one, I am scared it is going to try and kill me. O_O
Brontophobia. Thunder and lightning... Well... Another one from my childhood. We had a bad storm when I was 9 and my dad and sisters kept teasing me that the house was going to blow away and I would never come back. Yeah, sappy, but I believe it.
Claustrophobia. My sister once wrapped me up in a blanket so tight that I couldn't move. Then she put my into a closest and left me there for over two hours. I screamed my way out! Haha!
Arachnephobia. Spiders...I absolutely hate spiders. Ever since I was younger. I don't now HOW I got it, exactly. Most likely from my sisters dangling them in front of my... threaten to put them in my bed.

Q: Have you ever taken part in any fear therapy to try and help you deal with your phobias? If not what do you do to try and calm yourself when the fear affects you?

A: No, I have never done therapy to help any of them. I guess I just deal. I'm not sure how I calm myself down. Usually I run and get a book to calm myself. I mostly try and get away from whatever it is that is affecting me. Even if some things are unavoidable.

Q: Do your phobias affect your everyday life?

A: Certain ones do. But not all.

Q: Out of all your phobias, which do you see as the worst and most intrusive on your life? If you could get rid of one, which one would it be?

A: Hmm... I think the worst one would be my fear of men. Every time I see some guy old enough to be my dad, I freak out... and if I could get rid of one, it would be that. I WISH I wouldn't be scared of them.

Q: Okay. On to a final question. If you could say anything to other people like you who suffer at the hand of phobias what would it be?

A: That don't let them hold you down from doing what you want to do. Yes, there are scary things, but with an effort, you can get over them. And if not totally over, not be as scared of them as you once were. There is help out there for when it is really bad. Maybe not always professional, but friends and family who can help just as much.




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