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1. Shaking my head, I sit up, only to find myself in a small dark place. I feel the walls all around, but find no way out. The only thing I can remember is my name. Everything else is a blur. I try to push the fuzzy things out of my mind and remember my name. "Superfan123," I say out loud. Suddenly I shriek and gasp, somehow afraid of my own name. What is the phobia that could have possibly gripped me in that moment?
2. At last, I find a small exit out of the cramped, uncomfortable cave. After navigating towards the light, I walk out of the cave to find myself in a jungle. The wide, broad leaves block the sunlight, and the area is almost as dark as the cave. I see a beam of sunlight in the distance and begin to run towards it. I look up towards the sun in the beam of light, but I become really scared. My eyes almost burn from the light--but that's not why. I'm not normally afraid of light alone. Which of these phobias is the real reason?
3. After I take some deep breaths to calm myself from the sunlight, I stand up and try to walk forward. My legs are shaking as I walk, but I force myself to continue. I take small steps, avoiding the beams of sunlight percolating through the leaves. Suddenly I hear a slight creaking noise, and I look up to see a tree swaying. Without warning, it tilts over and begins to fall. Landing an inch away from my feet, the tree crashes down heavily. I look around and see the trees all around me, and I scream. Which of these phobias would NOT be a cause of making me scared of these big plants?
4. I kneel down and begin to crawl. I try to stay in the edge of the shade so that I am not too close to the trees, yet I am not in the sun. I come across a patch of dirt with a bit of mud it in. Scooping the mud with my hands, I pour the mud into my mouth in order to quench my thirst. Suddenly I see a slight movement, and an earthworm pops out. My heart skips a beat as I stare at the small creature. Yelling for help, I scramble away. Which of these phobias is responsible?
5. I shake my head and try to get the foul taste of the mud out of my mouth. I continue to walk around the edges of the shade, and I hear a sound of running water. After a bit of maneuvering through the jungle, I find the source of the noise. A wide river is running through the jungle. As I bend down to sip a drink out of it, I jerk back in fear. Which of these phobias would NOT cause this?
6. Suddenly a disgusting smell wafts into my nose. The air hurts my throat as I breath in. The air is visible and looks darker. Suddenly I recognize it. Smoke! And where there's smoke, there's fire. I feel the area becoming unnaturally hot. Flames burst to the left of me, spreading rapidly. I run away, fearing that the flames may engulf me and burn me to the bone. Being scared of fire is normal, but I have an extreme phobia of it. I know that pyrophobia is a phobia of fire, but what is another one that could have taken a hold of me?
7. Finally, I make it out of the jungle and escape from the fire. I look forward, and a blast of sunlight hits me. I screech and run away under a lone tree in the clearing. I look up into the tree, and the sunlight is stuck on the leaves, unable to filter through. I breath a sigh of relief until I hear a noise. Looking up again, I scream at what I see, as I have ornithophobia. What did I see in the tree?
8. I run away quickly, and hear a distant sound of waves crashing. Determined to find shelter, I run wildly in that direction. There is not a single cloud in the sky, meaning the sky is clear and all the sunlight is crashing down on me. At last, I reach the edge of the ocean and look around. There is a small area of shade under a rock sticking out of the ground. A wall of rocks are piled up from the sand, and I run into the shade. As I look at the salt water, I realize I never escaped my phobias. All of these phobias affect me except for what?
9. I see a little hut nearby, and my memory snaps back into my mind. I was going on a journey with my friend. We had walked through the jungle. We entered the cave, only to hear a loud noise, and then I passed out. Shaking my head, I walk up to my friend's hut and knock on the door. "Oh, hey!" he says as he opens the door. "You okay?" I shake my head as I walk in. He asks, "What's wrong? How about we go on another journey?" "No!" I shout. "I have too many phobias." He chuckles and replies, "So you're afraid of your own phobias." I can vaguely remember the correct name for the phobia of phobias, which is what?
10. My friend looks a bit concerned but only says, "Do you want a drink from the refrigerator? You look as bedraggled as a hippopotamus. And your apparel is extremely tatterdemalion and dilapidated. You look just like my old friend, who suffered from pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis after that volcano explosion we went through in Hawaii." He had no trouble pronouncing that long word, but I shiver and step back. "No more long words... please!" Which of these would be the correct name for the phobia that made me say that?
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