Is it normal that i have an extreme phobia of knives..

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im terrified whevever someone has a knife or sharp object around me. i freak out and yell and tell the person to get away from me cus im so scared they could slip and accidentally slice or stab me. im also very phobic of blood. the smell and color makes me nausious and feel woosy. does anybody feel extremely scared when someone pulls out a sharp knife like me? iin?

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  • DannyKanes
    13 years ago

    It's not the knife you should be scared of, it's the person who's holding it

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  • AnthonySouls
    13 years ago

    I have a desire for knives- not phobia, lol- I am the opposite.
    I think this phobia might be triggered by insecurity- that the knife will attack you because of some mishap caused by you or someone else.
    For example, whenever I am in a wine bottle isle at a store- I feel as if I will bump into a shelf and cause them to fall. This could be due to the fact that I don't trust how they are stocked.
    As to it being normal, it's not normal to me.

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  • LittleLover
    13 years ago

    I HATE knoves (see I hate them soooo much they don't deserve to be spelt correctly)
    SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much because when i was 10 i was carrying my plate to the counter to be washed i accidentaly sropped my knofe and it went right through my foot. I was screaming for so long that I lost my voice. I onlly stopped screaming when i passed out. BE AFRAID OF SHARP KNOVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

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    • askmesomething
      13 years ago

      I know how you feel, I can't say or hear the word of my phobia because it scares me. It causes a physiological reaction. So I know why you say "knoves" because it is enough to not trigger as much of a reaction of fear since it is misspelled. Anyone who thumbs-downs your comment doesn't understand how serious you are.

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  • madelinemay
    11 years ago

    YES sometimes I have to take a Valium or two

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  • dom180
    12 years ago

    It isn't a phobia if its rational. And being nervous around something which could stab and kill you sounds rational to me.

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  • askmesomething
    13 years ago

    I have a phobia, but not of knives. Even the word of my phobia freaks me out. I yell out loud if I see something remotely similar to my phobia. So this is perfectly normal for a phobia. I as a very smart person have spent years trying to figure out just how a phobia is possible. One of the only conclusions I have come to is that it is possible that it's a way for our mind to vent our fears or maybe pain into something with an outlet for expression. A phobia is an "irrational" fear. It makes no sense why it is a fear, yet it is an extreme fear nonetheless. It is not necessarily based on past experiences.

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  • Evilllamas
    13 years ago

    I like knives;)
    dont be afraid of them, most people are allot more carefull than you think!

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  • CillyMe
    13 years ago

    New knives, or freshly sharpened are even worse!

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