Professional Phobia Explorer Gifts

Dr Rimbone suffered terribly from 'Dentist's Block'.

"And do you, Deborah Tannen, think they know what they're talking about?"

Dead Funny

'You can't be serious! They wash you by dipping you in a tub of water! That's horrible!'

"What do you mean you can't stand to be touched?"

'Es-yay. E's-hay ere-hay ight-ray ow-nay and-ay e-hay oesn't-day uspect-say a ing-thay!'

'Life is like a trough, Mr. Fisk. How much slop you get out of it depends on how much slop you put into it.'

Id/Ego/Superego.

'Fear of getting caught is understandable but fear of water, I think, requires counselling.'

"Unfortunately, at this age I express glee and stark raving terror in the exact same way."

Reflection (with bubbles)

"Pencil eraser."

Don't Take No For an Answer

This is your brain on cartoons

(I'm afraid someone is going to expose me as a phony, a fraud, … A complete charlatan.) (Uh, oh! He's on to me!)

Because his educational background had not included training in psychology...

"You what? Well, you darn well ought to have a guilt complex"

I just can't understand Ho9w anyone could be afraid of clowns.

"I've got to go now. I've got patients of my own to see."

"So, Ms. Medusa. Let's talk about this fear of snakes you mentioned. Do you notice that it causes anxiety?"

'I'm referring you to a specialist who isn't as afraid to die as I am.'

"Mr. Carley, would you like to begin today’s session?" "Claustrophobic's therapy session today at 2:00"

What's Their Secret?

'I keep thinking I'm being watched...'

"Sad really. He's scared of heights."

"No, not us. Do something every day that scares you."

'Don't worry, I would never tell the other free range chickens you're agoraphobic.'

Rainy day despondency phobia: 'Poor George can't stand the pitter-patter of rain on his shell.'

'The worst part is I'm afraid of the water.'

"I wish I had known you have arachnophobia before I paid."

Death By Mattress

Never being able to think of the right thing to say at the right time phobia.

"And what do you think will happen if you do get on the couch?"

'Tell me again why we are afraid of chairs.'

DNA Analysis