What's
Your Phobia?
by Becky Wu

Phobia, an excessive or unnecessary fear,
is an extremely common condition for the people today. Valley
Christian, too, is no exception. Let’s see what phobias Valley
staff members and students have.
“Mustard! It totally scares me. I don’t know
why I’m scared of it but it just freaks me out and makes me sick
when I think about it or look at it!”
- Senior Brittany Hendrick
“Airplane landings. The part where the plane
is going to land and you feel that little bump. Yeah, it feels
like the plane is going to crash.”
- Senior Andrew Kikuta
“I hate snakes, they are so creepy! I mean
look at it, the scaly skin and their freaky eyes are just so gross.”
- Senior Alex Fish
“Ants, definitely! They’re small but they’re
everywhere. It’s so disgusting when you see a whole unit of them.
I’m also really freaked out by heights. Especially when I go snowboarding
and have to go on the chair lifts.”
- Senior Rita Hage
“I don’t like driving, I always feel like
my steering wheel is going to go out of control and I’m going
to hit a tree or something.”
- Office Staff Mrs. McLaughlin
“I don’t really have a phobia. If I have
to name one, than it would be students chewing gum in the office
and in classes.”
- Vice Principal Mr. Lodewyk
“I really don’t like being alone, it scares
me.”
- Junior Lauren Grace
“I’m scared of needles. I’m kind of afraid
that it will poke through my fingers.”
- Junior Jeffrey Gill
“Spiders, it’s not anything unusual I know-
but I just think that they are so creepy and gross.”
- Senior Lindsey Huffman
“Darkness, I don’t really like being in the
dark. That’s why I had a night light when I sleep up till high
school.”
- Senior Diana Nuygen
What else is there?
You may have one.
- Chorophobia
fear of dancing
- Didaskaleinophobia
fear of going to school
- Bogyphobia
fear of bogeys or the
bogeyman
- Lutraphobia
fear of otters
- Ablutophobia
fear of washing or bathing
- Anglophobia
fear of England or English culture (maybe even English class)
- Geniophobia
fear of chins
- Technophobia
fear of technology
- Phobophobia
fear of phobias