Friday, July 30, 2010

Taijin Kyofusho

Taijin kyofusho - A phobia native to Japanese culture. The fear of being repulsive/irritating/distressing to others for (imagined) reasons of body odour, social behaviour, facial expression etc.
I have this! Argh! Does that make me Japanese?
Probably not. Just paranoid.
Although if you got called weird and were often ostracized when you were younger,
then you would probably have this fear too.
Having said that, I'm getting over this fear slowly.

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