I don't think that I am exactly the type of person that you are talking about...I think that you are talking about someone that in their teen or young adult years suddenly had the phobia (correct me if i'm wrong). However, I wonder the same thing as you, because I first showed signs of this phobia since I was very young, and as I can't remember and my parents weren't looking for signs of it, I want to know how it developed. Was it a traumatic event? Was it genetic? Is it just in my nature? Is it my tendencies to be a control freak sometimes? I can remember some traumatic events but I freaked out even then...did I have the phobia before that, or did those events trigger the phobia?
I think that you're completely correct on the fact that possibly knowing how your phobia started could help you get a hold on it. Good luck!
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