I just came across this community. I have no diagnosis and don't seek one. But I wanted to share what has always led to my own personal interest in the subject
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You are not alone. Not so much any particular letters, but words can seem so pompous to me. And I don't know WHY I love the word syntax so much....I just do....odd really.
Do you find the words themselves frightening or the things? We are talking letters and words, though irrational fears are a perfectly reasonable tangent. I myself fear Mariachi Bands.
Gotcha. Well, this is a good tangent. Was there an event that triggered your fears? Or did you just grow up with these fears being normal to you?
With me, I had an incident when I was younger, having to get up for air while I was in my parents pool, and there were spiders everywhere. I still twitch. Now Mariachi Bands....I blame that on the scene with Jerry McGuire, where the Mariachi Bands come and mob them at dinner.
No I can't remember a time when I was not afraid of these things, so I don't believe there was any incident. My mom did tell me that when I was really young it wasn't just yarn, it was all string.
You are not alone. Not so much any particular letters, but words can seem so pompous to me. And I don't know WHY I love the word syntax so much....I just do....odd really.
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With me, I had an incident when I was younger, having to get up for air while I was in my parents pool, and there were spiders everywhere. I still twitch. Now Mariachi Bands....I blame that on the scene with Jerry McGuire, where the Mariachi Bands come and mob them at dinner.
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