I know a lot of people who have
phobias but I always thought I was phobia free.
I am not scared of
spiders,
snakes,
dogs,
bugs,
wide open spaces,
small enclosed spaces or
heights - at least not more than is
natural
However recently I have discovered that I do have one, although its
effects are quite
minor.
I first became aware of it
a few years ago when my
flatmate came home wearing a pink fluffy
jumper. I found that it made me
slightly nervous.
Fascinated, I tried exposing myself to a variety of
pink fluffy things and gauging my reactions. I found that my reactions were strongest with
pink fluffy bunny rabbits and especially
giant pink fluffy bunny rabbits …
no no Im serious – I seem to have
FuraRubiLapinophobia
The symptoms are quite mild – when
confronted with one ( and
it happens more than you might think) I experience a kind of weak
hysteria and am torn between faint desires to
run away,
attack it with a stick or just
point and giggle nervously.
My worst reaction was to one in a shop window in
London, due to the fact that it also had
very long droopy fluffy pink ears.
oh those horrible ears!
It doesn’t bother me – as I said the feelings are
very mild and
easily ignored, but it does make me wonder
what the hell is going on in my head