Defined as:
Fear of pain.
Last Tuesday, HT who boasts she doesn’t suffer from algophobia had to be sedated to get one measly tooth out.
“Eliza Leigh, it was an impacted wisdom tooth that had to be surgically removed. Besides I asked if I could stay awake but they said no. I’d rather be in pain than not know what is going on.”
That’s got to be a phobia.
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Yeah, I’d say there definitely MUST be a phobia for that. To be honest, I kinda wish they’d knock me out for pretty much any service provided by the dentist. ESPECIALLY the bill-paying part. Is there a dentist-phobia?
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haha I believe there is… dentophobia
I was surprised my insurance covered all but a copay!
Thanks for stopping by how did you do on the #31dbbb challenge?
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This site is very imaginative and fun! i’ll have to keep checking it out.
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Interesting blog about fictional stories. Maybe someday you will put them in a book. You were on the BlogFrog posting for Day 5 just before me so I am coming here to comment as requested by the SITS girls in doing this challenge.
I hope you have enjoyed the challenge
Eileen
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Hi Eileen. I have a bunch of excerpts from Eliza Leigh’s “memoir” but still need to post them.
Thanks for stopping by.
one eye open-o-phobia is what I think it is called.
Cute post, short and sweet!
I love it. That could be applied to so many different situations, napping while cooking is one that pops into my head…