I have acrophobia (fear of heights). The first time I started playing Batman: Arkham City I almost didn’t make it through the first scene on the rooftops. I got over that one and eventually made it through the game, even though there were a few instances of “nope, not going there” I had to conquer. And there are many, many, many places in Conan Exiles that cause me considerable discomfort. I’m unlikely to ever get so used to heights, even in video games, to be completely cured of the phobia. But at least I haven’t suffered from a “nope, not going there” moment for a long time now, despite having some dizzy spells when teetering on a cliff edge.
Now, phobias that are connected to mental traumas are another matter, and as far as I know, repeated exposure to such triggers is not going to help, because the mind is unable to process the experience, but instead gets stuck in reliving the traumatic experience. I’m sure our resident psychologist @Marcospt would be able to explain this better than I. (Sorry for invoking you, Marcospt, even though you said you’re out of this discussion. If you don’t feel like getting back to it, I respect your decision.)
If you both @Kapoteeni and @Marcospt allow me here, speaking from personal experience, the most difficult part in this game is to convince the parents that their child has an issue. The pediatricians and the teachers, most of the time find a WALL from parents “My child is perfectly fine”, “it’s not your job”, “do you have children?”, “no it’s ok I was the same in my childhood”.
This WALL eventually must come down, parents must have seminars for these issues, mandatory seminars, the children suffer our ignorance, on 2022 and we say we are civilized.
Not yet, we still have a long way to go, not yet.
Then my phobias is i think normal ones, and not at max level but actually while playing conan i dont have so much fear of worms, well still cant touch them and work at garden but if i see them i aint changing street in rain just because someone may step on them and they will go orbital fly and when falling aims staight on me… and falls inside dress and damn cant get out, like it damn happened when i was 5 and probably caused this idiotical fear.
also have fear of see my own blood or needles, so when need to take samples i just ask for sniffing spirit ( dunno in english )
But still if people has such big fear that they fears of pixelated binar code, they need medical help not playing games that improves reflexes and nerves…
By the way i had one player in server 6422 long time ago that had fear of spiders, it was damn pain in a** a bit… i mean i got that they had fears and well they were friendly so i dont want to say like so get it right …
but logic was damn kikass comparing to me
i play on low medium distance to save up resources and get bigger fps because of sturctures… so i dont see mobs who is too far but only like in range, so one day we wandered to west side of map i usually like to play as guide that shows things and tell stories about it while we were near ‘‘hobbit house um in misty mountain’’ one of them really started to scream and disconnect, i was like wtf, there is no spiders around i even knowing they had fear fookin esxplored way without them even grid where they not spawning,…
now guess for what screaming - they played on max render range, so they saw spiders that is like 2-3 grids away from mountain peak…
I mean where is logic if u have fear then i dont know, atleast use logical settings… not ultra … sure u will see also spider altar far away from mountain…
but in such cases humans need medic help not playing games…
No offense but if you’re taking mental health advice from Jordan Peterson and Ben Shapiro, you’re just gonna end up in an even worse state than you started off with
True, but I would still look for a better take on Peterson’s expertise than an interview with Ben Shapiro. Peterson is a psychologist, Shapiro is a political commentator.
Doesn’t always work. I donated blood over 20 times in 4 years while serving in the Army and still can’t get over a needle phobia. The last episode involving a reaction almost had dire consequences. The scary part is, I don’t even have as bad reaction as some.
That’s basically why I commented what I did, because people do things like that on both ends of political spectrum, and Shapiro is one of those people.
Yup! Politicians and political commentators tend to taint everything they touch these days
Just a personal experience I want to share with you guys:
I had, and still have for at least 10 years a recurring (every 2-3 weeks) NIGHTmare: snakes everywhere… Not in big piles, just on the street I see a couple, in my backyard I see a couple, in the car, etc. And literally is a nightmare, I panic in my dreams, and when I wake up, my heart rate is up. But no snakes I made contact with.
But I’m not afraid of snakes! I like them, I hold them if I have a chance (once I held a giant yellow anaconda which was twice of me (I was roughly 185 cm tall that time) - but boy that serpentine was THICC.
In Hungary there is only 2 species of vipers, and they are not deadly and are very rare, but I had the luck to meet one when I was a kid. Me and my cousin grabbed it with two strong sticks, played with it, then (please do not stone me for that!!!) we killed it, because we thought it could be dangerous to the dogs, cats and livestock - mainly chickens and ducks.
So I have abolutely no fear of snakes, I recently thought about having one, and like them in the game too mostly the big ones for their demon blood and flesh to make soup, but I still have my worst nightmares because of them. Weird.
@rolee9309
Vipers are dangerous, it is a kind of snake that attacks even if it’s territory is not “provoked”. Consider your self lucky, you and your friend didn’t have fatal end with this game.
As for the stone thing…
The one without sins may grab the first stone .
That’s sad to hear, honestly. I am sorry for him…
Sadly there are people who die from snakes labelled ‘non-lethal’ because of allergy or other factors.
A fine mod option.
This one thinks replacing Zath with a Gremlin that then drops other Gremlins like it had just gotten wet would be interesting.
Also, for those who cannot abide serpents, let us have a mod that replaces the Set avatar with Thomas the Tank Engine or the angry demonic version Choo Choo Charles.
Quick aside, for those who have arachnophobia, does web imagery also trigger the phobia?
I know someone who will see web on right… and move left to be far as possible… only to put herself into another and have a major freak out. >_>
No Spiders required.
Whats funny, she doesnt have to much issue in games, just real life… SAVE the World boss… them ******* eyes aand hairy bits make her silent as hell. And shes often not with us when we kill them. LOL
Spiders in LotrO? and base ones? No issues. I she beat down Armored Spider in Demon Souls, not a peep out of her.
People just need to get mad and say I’m gonna crush you mr or ms spider it’s TIME FOR YOU TO DIE CHARLOTTE THE SPIDER! Then arachnids fears would fall I believe in my opinion.
I actually enjoyed reading this thread, and the many diverse examples of vulnerability from people.
I have the same fear of spiders, and it took me three years to finally kill the Queen spider. ( I watched as my thrall killed her) I had a friend who noticed I did not have the badge on my steam account and kept bugging me to kill her, even though he knew I was afraid of spiders. It was amusing to him.
Also, I have a fear of falling and being on a great height gives me anxiety attacks.
I grew up in Colorado, and have rock climbed and hiked many high places, but a few years back, I and some friends were on on extreme hogback ridge near Canyon City looking at some dinosaur footprints and I was overcome with dizziness and anxiety. This was a first for me, and I do not know why, but all of a sudden I had a fear of heights.
It seems funny that it would effect me in game but it does. When I stand on a high place close to the edge in Conan, my anxiety wells up.
I like them, I hold them if I have a chance (once I held a giant yellow anaconda which was twice of me (I was roughly 185 cm tall that time) - but boy that serpentine was THICC.
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