Suffering A Fear Of Mushrooms
The official term for fear of mushrooms is Mycophobia and it is not nearly as uncommon as people may believe. Every child has been taught to avoid wild mushrooms in the yard and most wild mushrooms are poisonous. This early training to avoid mushrooms may be one of the reasons for the fear of mushrooms. Mycophobics have an irrational fear of mushrooms that goes well beyond safety or caution.
In day to day life a fear of mushrooms rarely causes more than an inconvenience for the mild mycophobes. More well known phobias such as agoraphobia or arachnophobia have definite impact on many people’s lives. Only the more severely mycophobes have incapacitating reactions to the sight of mushrooms. A few sufferers have reported a fear of mushrooms leading to screams and inability to move at the sight of a nearby mushroom.
To non-mycophobes simply avoiding mushrooms seem easy. If you have a fear of mushrooms the task is not nearly as easy as it sounds. In day to day life we rarely notice mushrooms. The mycophobe is not so lucky. A fear of mushrooms can be triggered in unexpected places. Walking along a sidewalk near a toadstool can be a challenge.
The fear of mushrooms can take many forms. The most severely affected individuals will fear the sight and touch of mushrooms and the idea of eating one is almost enough to cause panic. A meal in a nice restaurant becomes impossible without subjecting the waiter to a “third degree” about what the ingredients are in the menu dishes.
A trip to a supermarket requires preplanning. The common locations where mushrooms are encountered must be avoided. Produce aisles and even canned vegetable aisles are approached with caution.
Most Mycophobes lead rather normal lives and manage to disguise their reactions when unexpectedly confronted by a mushroom. If your fear of mushrooms has become incapacitating there are several treatment options. An internet search for “Mycophobia treatment” returned over 200 results.
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