I didn't know about the possibility of phobias having a genetic origins. I am happy to learn new things every day ;)
I have a personal weird phobia that concerns eyes. As soon as things such as a finger or a needle get close to an eye, I become totally stuck. This is of course completely irrational, but this is what a phobia is at the end of the day, as you phrased it.
Cheers and happy new year!
Do you remember a movie called Saturn 3 with a menacing robot removing a splinter from a woman's eye?
https://www.avforums.com/articles/saturn-3-in-proud-defence-of-an-sf-cult-classic.9591
I didn't see that movie, and I don't want to click... ;)
Hi @lemouth,
I tried to find a name for this fear...closest I came was ommetaphobia. This isn't exactly what you describe but it does have to do with fear of eyes, or eyes being injured.
I think the statistics for phobias are higher than what the research shows. lot of people I know say they have a phobia. I definitely have on: fear of cliffs (cremnophobia). It may have genetic roots, but none of my sibling has phobias, as far as I know and I've never heard about a second degree relative that has one. I think in my case it might be very directly connected to the fact that my brothers tossed me off a cliff (yes!) when I was very, very young. They offered me the option of swinging from a vine or falling into an abyss. Has to be connected, don't you think 😄?
Thank you very much for stopping by and commenting. I very much appreciate it!
I had to look on Google about ommetaphobia. Yes, this is close to what I meant, but still a bit far. I don't have a phobia of eyes, but only of the fact other objects are getting close to an eye.
Is it only cliffs, or is it related to some fears of height (which is actually well spread if I am not wrong).
What?! Kids are sometimes... well... you know ;) But this clearly explains your phobia (who may not be genetic at all).