I recently was suffering of three combined phobias that cost me four jobs , three shrinks , two relationships and one life.
The first of my anxieties is called paraskevidekatriaphobia , a term derived form the Greek words Paraskeví , meaning Friday and dekatreís meaning thirteen. But being afraid of Friday the 13th isn't that serious i guessed, because it can only happen upto three times a year. Maybe it's just a superstition, but when a bunch of coincidences occur on that date you start to take it seriously until it becomes a certainty.
Then my second illness is something that affects the majority of people and it is named ergophobia.
This is actually the only word that includes ' phobia ' in its structure but is no real fear. Because translated out of Latin it means HATE/REPULSION OF WORKING, LABOUR.
And last but not least i'm overwhelmed by the fear of long words which paradoxically is called Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia-no joke. Now why in the name of all phobias would they pick this title ? Maybe just for laughs. But i'm sure it's a psychological trick which states that the first step to spiritual healing is reached by being able to spell your disease. So maybe we don't need doctors to cure all our problems , just find a grammar teacher.
But Friday the 13th is the date that cured most of my fears. On this date while being at work and googling for new jobs my boss suddenly disrupted my deep thoughts, asked me to come to his office and offered me a raise and promoted me to being his company's tourism manager at his branch located in beautiful and sunny Ouagadougou , Burkina Faso. My fears of Friday the 13th, long words and my hatred towards work just flew away in that instant. For some reason i could pronounce the capital of the African country after my first try...coincidence?
The first of my anxieties is called paraskevidekatriaphobia , a term derived form the Greek words Paraskeví , meaning Friday and dekatreís meaning thirteen. But being afraid of Friday the 13th isn't that serious i guessed, because it can only happen upto three times a year. Maybe it's just a superstition, but when a bunch of coincidences occur on that date you start to take it seriously until it becomes a certainty.
Then my second illness is something that affects the majority of people and it is named ergophobia.
This is actually the only word that includes ' phobia ' in its structure but is no real fear. Because translated out of Latin it means HATE/REPULSION OF WORKING, LABOUR.
And last but not least i'm overwhelmed by the fear of long words which paradoxically is called Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia-no joke. Now why in the name of all phobias would they pick this title ? Maybe just for laughs. But i'm sure it's a psychological trick which states that the first step to spiritual healing is reached by being able to spell your disease. So maybe we don't need doctors to cure all our problems , just find a grammar teacher.
But Friday the 13th is the date that cured most of my fears. On this date while being at work and googling for new jobs my boss suddenly disrupted my deep thoughts, asked me to come to his office and offered me a raise and promoted me to being his company's tourism manager at his branch located in beautiful and sunny Ouagadougou , Burkina Faso. My fears of Friday the 13th, long words and my hatred towards work just flew away in that instant. For some reason i could pronounce the capital of the African country after my first try...coincidence?
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