The Fear of Opening One’s Eyes

Yester­day I made a post about cre­at­ing new pho­bias. I did not make light of any­one who has pho­bias, we are all afraid of some­thing. But, one of the pho­bias which I noticed on the list really threw me! I can’t imag­ine how some­one would live with opto­pho­bia: the fear of open­ing one’s eyes.

I found a site that writes more about this and has ways of cop­ing with it, hope­fully mov­ing past it. But, for the sake of writ­ing, how would you cope if you were afraid to open your own eyes each morn­ing? Or what if you had them closed a bit for a blink, or aller­gies, or a bug flew in your face? How would it be to live with opto­pho­bia? It would make a very inter­est­ing char­ac­ter in a book.

Octo­pho­bia Treat­ment Options, from Alive and Well Online.

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