Tell You Story Through Journaling-Journal Prompt-Describe Your Greatest Phobia
Describe Your Greatest Phobia If you don't have a phobia describe your biggest fear. What is my greatest phobia, you ask? I looked up the definition of phobia to make sure I answered the question correctly. A phobia is "an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something." With the definition of phobia firm in my mind, I would say that I have had two phobias in my lifetime. The two things that have scared me the most are bees (not honey bees, I am talking wasps, hornets, and yellow jackets) and public speaking. I no longer have what I would have described as a phobia of bees. I wouldn't say I like stinging insects, but this phobia was a part of my life from my childhood into my twenties. I can tell you the source of this phobia. It was my older brother Jimmy. Jim was five years older than me, and he loved to scare me. One way he found satisfaction was in chasing me with half-dead wasps. Jimmy would somehow attach a bee to a stick and chase me as I went screami