Friday Bunny #30 – Somniphobia
30. Somniphobia – Fear of sleep.
(There is also hypnophobia – fear of sleep or of being hypnotized.)
Blog Archive
Friday Bunny #29 – Thalassophobia
29. Thalassophobia – Fear of the sea.
Friday Bunny #28 – Hypsiphobia
28. Hypsiphobia – Fear of heights (or Altophobia).
Also:
Batophobia – Fear of heights or being close to high buildings.
Aeroacrophobia – Fear of open high places.
Friday Bunny #27 – Leukophobia
27. Leukophobia – Fear of the color white.
Friday Bunny #26 – Neophobia
26. Neophobia – Fear of anything new.
A phobia (from the Greek: φόβος,phóbos, meaning “fear” or “morbid fear”) is an irrational, intense and persistent fear of certain situations, activities, things, animals, or people. The main symptom of this disorder is the excessive and unreasonable desire to avoid the feared stimulus. When the fear is beyond one’s control, and if the fear is interfering with daily life, then a diagnosis under one of the anxiety disorders can be made.
Most phobias are classified into three categories:
1. Social phobia– fears involving other people or social situations such as performance anxiety or fears of embarrassment by scrutiny of others, such as eating in public.
2. Specific phobias – fear of a single specific panic trigger such as spiders, snakes, dogs, water, heights, flying, catching a specific illness, etc. Many people have these fears but to a lesser degree than those who suffer from specific phobias.
3. Agoraphobia – a generalized fear of leaving home or a small familiar ‘safe’ area, and of possible panic attacks that might follow. May also be caused by various specific phobias such as fear of open spaces, social embarrassment (social agoraphobia), fear of contamination (fear of germs, possibly complicated by obsessive-compulsive disorder) or PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) related to a trauma that occurred out of doors.
If you are interested in this matter, here is a phobia definitions list.
White chair redesign project
In the beginning, this charming little chair was not at all very appealing.
It was old, scratchy, dirty and lonely.
This kind of “projects” attract many assistants by the old principle of “Tom Sawyer and the fence”.
Some white paint, decoupage glue, nice paper serviettes motives and enthusiasm and that’s the result:
I kinda like it, even if it is far from perfect.
It was fun to make and it makes me smile when I look at it now.
Probably every house can make a good use of one of these. It’s comfy when you are putting on your shoes, you could use it to reach most of the shelves at home, and it’s priceless if you have children to play with it.
His name is Enrico…
…and he is one of the few people that I will gladly call my friends. Not just some people that I know, but friends indeed. Enrico likes to sing and he do this with passion an pleasure. It was not easy to convince him to let me publish some songs here, because he was worried they are not perfect. It was his first record in studio (friend’s favor) and he was a bit embarrassed to admit that he couldn’t hear well the sound in his headphones.
You may not like his singing, or to feel your fine hearing a bit scratched by his Italian accent. Surely, not everyone will be able to listen this with his heart the way I do. But I really thought that it’s worth to share some of the songs he recorded.
He is just a man, who lives in Italy. His life is not the one he could probably have if faith has not decided to give him a wheelchair. But make not mistake, Enrico is everything but a disabled one. The true handicapped people are the ones that walk around with souls, robbed of tolerance and empathy and minds, damaged by vanity and greed or full with self-pity. Luckily, he is not one of them.
Enrico is a sunny, bright person. A guy which I have the rare privilege to know. His existence is enough a reason to me during the last years to keep me believe that true people are still not extinct on Earth. He reminds me that there is still a lot to be grateful for in this life and that we should value more what we’ve got.
(Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here):
[Flash player with embedded audio of Enrico Trevisan.]
(Just The Way You Are – Billi Joel):
[Flash player with embedded audio of Enrico Trevisan.]
Once he was the reason for me to make my first big travel abroad alone. I’ve met some old and new friends on the road and I found many important things about myself to be true. I could go and do this again and again, because for one real friend everything is worthwhile – even to cross the world.
Here is a video he made in 2007 as a Christmas greeting to all his friends. :-)
Lovebirds – making of
Става въпрос за тези малки птички:
It’s all about these little birds:
Yes, I know that like the meerkats, the lovebirds also look better without the final varnish, but still cannot find a better way to preserve them.
Hand-made brooch
What can you make with some ribbons and the tape of some nice frnech champagne bottle?
Brooch, for example.
To remind me of the first real champagne that once celebrated our first year together with Michel. :-)
Lovebirds
I made them as a gift for a nice couple – good friends of mine.
The tom-tit fell in love with the robin and they decided to live together.
They chose a branch of floating wood from the sea, to remind them of all the travels they dream to make.
(I was looking to upload the photos from the process of making, because I thought it would be interesting, but when you postpone something for too long, it’s getting hard to find it…)
