PistolPackingMomma
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Reminds me of a song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY4Q6SDFUhk
Lol, that reminds me of Roger Whittaker's "Nasty Spider"
Reminds me of a song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY4Q6SDFUhk
"However a debilitating fear is irrational and pathological"Says who? And when did anyone here suggest it?
A person with a debilitating fear who carries a gun could well be thrust into a situation where their particular phobic stimuli could present, with potentially dire results. Do I want eamelhorn to stop carrying a gun? Not remotely. I do want him to stop thinking his ophidiophobia is funny, and take action to eliminate it, because he is a danger to himself and others in his current state. Let's review what he said:
Again, the sufferer already knows that it is irrational.
Throw a Garder snake on me im dead in half a second, if im not dead in the frist half of second, your dead the within the rest of that second, LOL, I'd scream like a girl and fall down dead of heart failure, cant stand the thought of even touching any kinda snake. If they rattle there a rattle sanke if they dont there a copper head, (in my mind),
ya think?Some people take things waaaaaay to seriously...and that is what has happened to this thread.
I consider the conditions of
to be mutually exclusive.
- Being an adult possessed of the personal responsibility, self-control, and mental discipline necessary safely and appropriately to carry a firearm; and
- Being possessed of a mental disorder which induces debilitating fear, yet not actively working to eliminate that mental disorder as quickly as is feasible
EDIT: So that there's no misunderstanding: "phobia" does not mean "fear". One may be afraid of something, and actively avoid it, without possessing a phobia of it. There's nothing wrong with being afraid of things. Being afraid of something in such a way that one's rational and emotional faculties are impaired is not okay; it's pathological, and it's called a "phobia".
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Diagnosis
The diagnostic criteria for 300.29 Specific Phobias as outlined by the DSM-IV-TR:
- Marked and persistent fear that is excessive or unreasonable, cued by the presence or anticipation of a specific object or situation (e.g., flying, heights, animals, receiving an injection, seeing blood).
- Exposure to the phobic stimulus almost invariably provokes an immediate anxiety response, which may take the form of a situationally bound or situationally predisposed panic attack. Note: In children, the anxiety may be expressed by crying, tantrums, freezing, or clinging.
- The person recognizes that the fear is excessive or unreasonable. Note: In children, this feature may be absent.
- The phobic situation(s) is avoided or else is endured with intense anxiety or distress.
- The avoidance, anxious anticipation or distress in the feared situation(s) interferes significantly with the person's normal routine, occupational (or academic) functioning, or social activities or relationships, or there is marked distress about having the phobia.
- In individuals under the age of 18, the duration is at least 6 months.
- The anxiety, panic attack, or phobic avoidance associated with the specific object or situation are not better accounted for by another mental disorder, such as Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (e.g., fear of dirt in someone with an obsession about contamination), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (e.g., avoidance of stimuli associated with a severe stressor), Separation Anxiety Disorder (e.g., avoidance of school), Social Phobia (e.g., avoidance of social situations because of fear of embarrassment), Panic Disorder With Agoraphobia, or Agoraphobia Without History of Panic Disorder.
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Or, it may be that they avoid high places where their pathologicalnessness will not manifest itself, therefore it does/will not interfere with their daily lives.....blah....blah....(no disrespect intended)....blah....
Many people have acrophobia (fear of heights), but they are NOT pathological, as the condition doesn't interfere with their normal, daily lives.