Talk:Hypnophobia/@comment-2601:145:601:374E:F942:AAC6:C33B:D36C-20190223152535/@comment-75.169.45.76-20190714180812

I know this was posted awhile ago, but I also have this phobia - just in a completely different way: sleep is fine, but I'm terrified of the very concept of hypnosis. It's got nothing to do with nightmares, or the fear of never waking up again. I just absolutely loathe the thought of losing control, especially in the case of the manipulation which goes on. And it's so frustrating that all the resesarch I've ever done on the subject never seems to get how awful that is... So, this has been a problem for me for about two years. It's so bad that even just hearing the word can make my stomach drop. I can't stop thinking about it, because I still don't understand it. It's awful, and there's not much of a solution.

But that's completely different from what you've got going on. I honestly think the fear of sleep and hypnosis need to be categorized as two separate phobias, because they come from very different places.