My brothers bison Has a Phobia of escalators ,but only fears the downward ones.?
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I had a llama with a similar problem. I taught him how to parascend, using a length of bamboo and 48 hand stitched fruit bats. Hey presto... problem solved.
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I think hes scared that a brother is going to come along and take your sweet ass away from him ;)
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get an airhorn: like the type for boats.  whenever they laugh, send a blast their way.  i trained my neighbor's dog (that barked 24/7) that way.  aversion therapy.
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There are several ways she can overcome this. One way is to try hypnotherapy, psychotherapy or a hypnotist. You have explained how the phobia has developed, so if she can come to turns with that frightening experience as a child, she may be able to overcome the phobia. Another way that Psychologists have helped people overcome their phobias is through 'facing their fears'. I recommend that she seeks a professional to help her with this though. Basically they will gradually introduce her to small dogs, and then bigger dogs. This has shown to have a longer lasting success rate, than hypnotherapy, although both methods are highly successful. There is a very recent method of treating phobias, where people can face their phobia virtually. It has helped arachnophobics. They use virtual reality to make the person confront their fears.
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The fact you used to love them shows that this is a learned fear.  There are three ways in which people can learn to fear something.  The first is called CLASSICAL CONDITIONING and it is where one neutral stimulus (in this case, a thunderstorm) becomes associated with another stimulus that produces fear or terror.  Maybe you once got injured during a thunderstorm, or you associate something bad happening with thunderstorms?  Soon the neutral stimulus produces the fear or terror all on it's own.  If this is the case, you need to learn to associate thunderstorms with something positive.  Perhaps you could invite some girlfriends round on a night where it's scheduled to storm and you could have a slumber-party or play Twister or something - then, when it storms again, use the lights and noises as a trigger for the pleasant memories of that night in. The second is called OPERANT CONDITIONING, which works on the behaviour that if a behaviour is reinforced it will be repeated.  So maybe you've displayed a fear of thunder storms and a friend or relative has said something along the lines of 'Oh yes, thunder storms are terrible, it's right to be afraid of them!' so you continue to be afraid.  In this case you should reward yourself for positive behaviour (for example, after a thunderstorm when you've surivived the night, give yourself a pat on the back, maybe buy yourself a bar of chocolate or something) and ignore negative behaviour (e.g. if you display extreme fear, neither congratulate nor punish yourself).  The third is called MODELLING, and is where we learn to fear something because we see other people being afraid of it.  Psychologists have showed that monkeys can develop a fear of snakes just by watching other monkeys showing fearful behaviour of snakes.  Maybe you've seen other people being scared in thunderstorms and so have presumed that it is right to be afraid of them, to protect yourself from harm.  This is okay -- it's an important natural defence that we learn from people other than ourselves to prevent us all making the same mistakes.  Remind yourself that their fears are unfounded - going out in a thunderstorm is unlikely to result in any injury - it's nature at it's finest and it's nothing to be afraid of!  \n\nHope this helps!
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hey i guess i'm not the only one going through this!! i'm in high school and i just got enough courage to talk myself into asking him to our winter formal, but i still have to do it and my nerves are driving me insane because i am deathly afraid of him saying no because i absolutely love him. so in your case just start talking to him like in a more flirtatious way and (this is what i did) if you know at least one of his friends ask them to mention something about you and see what he says. this is something my mom just recently told me. i have always been terrified of roller coasters and a few months ago for our graduation we took a trip to 6flags and was convinced into going on one even though i nearly had a panic attack. but once it was all over i had enjoyed it immensely and i now look forward to any school break since we bought season passes, but i cant believe it took me 14 years to get over my fear, anyways. she said that like the roller coaster situation you just gotta hold your head up high and do it or else you will never know and it may turn out that he will say yes and it will be such a huge relief. but if he does say no, realize that it isn't the end of the world and that there are so many other guys out there for you. i wish you the best of luck and hopefully you will wish me luck too!
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fear of long words... which itsself is a long word... has hippo in it but I cant remember the rest.
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Is he really that scared?  If you don't make a big deal about it, chances are he won't either.  Kids usually take a que from their parents, and then act on it.
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I never used to have any fears when i was young.  As im getting older i seem to have loads.  I tend to be too overcautious with life nowadays!  It seems mad but crossing a bridge and looking over the wall to see the ducks in the rivers water is more of now a nail-biting experience.  The only thing i can suggest is a slow step, by step to conquer the fears.  It hasn't yet worked for me, the river that is by that bridge i dread, brings alot of insecurities for me.  A friend died near their from hypertherma and think its a case for me digging up the griefing part of things..  You never know but there could be a reason behind the lift you dread to take to fifth floor.  Theres a lot of emotional tree branches that our brain tend to keep a lock onto...!  Release the locks with the keys you hold in your hand.
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Animals don't have phobia's.  A phobia is an irrational fear.  An animal may and should have a rational fear of an enclosed space, such as fear of the unknown, why are they stuck there now?  But an IRRATIONAL fear?  No, they don't have the brain capacity for it.  Most of their response are learned behaviors, such as someone lunging at them and pulling back, gives them a flight response when someone comes near, etc.  But all of these responses are again, learned.\n\nhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-25352,00.html\nThe above website is a list of animals that learned phobias from being hit with cars, or fear of heights, etc.
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You shouldn't have to get over your fear of roller coasters.  Your ages play an important part in answering this kind of question. Younger people feel the pressure to partake in their friends activity's while as you get older you are not as intimated to ride that roller coaster.  If you feel you must ride then ask him to start you off on a small one that doesn't look too scary, then build from there. That should help out.
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Just take a few deep breaths and realize he is probably just as nervous as you are.  He is just another person, no one to really be afraid of.  And remember, if you say somehting wrong/silly around him, he will probably just chuckle and forget about it and that's all you can do too
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He is a wierdo. maybe he cant get it up
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Hes afraid of turning into a has been, and turned creepy~
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Fear of fear - Phobophobia
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i am extremely claustraphobic. fear of confined spaces. its so bad that even hearing about people in spaces make me queesy.. my boyfriend came home from work yesterday telling me about him having to crawl 50ft under a house in a crwl space the was less that 2 feet high and i started to hyperventalate.
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some wildlife "experts" consider themselves to be very knowledgeable of the creatures they are around. they do have mishaps, but generally if you're calm and careful nothing will happen. if anything he gets hyped up on adrenaline doing what he does.