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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread THERE'S A WORD FOR IT #171036 10/30/2007 7:07 PM Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2 James Love stranger James Love stranger Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2 Is there a word for when a person's fear of something causes them to take a course of action that turns that fear into a reality? Example: Someone who's afraid that the person they love will leave them and find another lover, smothers them with attention and shows their fear through jealousy. This motives their lover to leave and find someone new. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: THERE'S A WORD FOR IT James Love #171038 10/30/2007 7:21 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh In the study of folklore, there is a tale type called the Patient Griselda where a jealous husband tests his wife's fidelity in a Job-like series of escalating torments. (The tale appears in the Decameron and the Clerk's Prologue in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.) I don't know of a generic term for this sort of thing, though. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: THERE'S A WORD FOR IT James Love #171042 10/30/2007 7:46 PM Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 9 Rintrah stranger Rintrah stranger Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 9 I don't know of a single word, but it sounds like a "self-fulfilling prophecy." Sort of like how the stock market works. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: THERE'S A WORD FOR IT Rintrah #171046 10/30/2007 8:50 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Originally Posted By: Rintrah I don't know of a single word, but it sounds like a "self-fulfilling prophecy." Sort of like how the stock market works. That's the expression that came to mind for me, too. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: THERE'S A WORD FOR IT AnnaStrophic #171056 10/31/2007 3:29 PM Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 9 Rintrah stranger Rintrah stranger Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 9 Another term for the dilemma might be "shooting oneself in the foot." It's also similar to the "Oedipus effect." Copy Link to Clipboard Re: THERE'S A WORD FOR IT James Love #171061 10/31/2007 10:47 PM Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... themilum veteran themilum veteran Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... Originally Posted By: James Love Is there a word for when a person's fear of something causes them to take a course of action that turns that fear into a reality? The word I always use is phobicautodidactictransfiguration And when I use me special word I always get ovation. When Dukes and maharajas Pass the time of day with me I say me special word and then They ask me out to tea. Um diddle diddle diddle um diddle ay Um diddle diddle diddle um diddle ay! Last edited by themilum; 10/31/2007 10:57 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: THERE'S A WORD FOR IT themilum #171067 11/01/2007 10:19 AM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Quote: phobicautodidactictransfiguration This sounds anyway far less painfull then shooting yourself in the foot. The little poem is a cure for any fear, unless you fear crumbling your coockies. Last edited by BranShea; 11/01/2007 11:10 AM. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: THERE'S A WORD FOR IT themilum #171101 11/02/2007 4:05 PM Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2 James Love stranger James Love stranger Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2 Your precociousness has me on my feet! Copy Link to Clipboard Re: THERE'S A WORD FOR IT themilum #171113 11/03/2007 1:39 AM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Copy Link to Clipboard Re: THERE'S A WORD FOR IT Hydra #171114 11/03/2007 2:55 AM Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... themilum veteran themilum veteran Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... Sure Hrdra, that's easy for you to say. But can you rub your tummy while patting your head? Copy Link to Clipboard Re: THERE'S A WORD FOR IT James Love #171125 11/04/2007 4:34 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA I do not know a single word for the situation howewver the result can be given in a word : divorce. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: THERE'S A WORD FOR IT wow #171134 11/04/2007 10:23 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Another example would be someone allergic to bee-stings who flails away at the air any time a bee comes close by. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: THERE'S A WORD FOR IT Faldage #171142 11/05/2007 1:20 AM Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 99 Hungarian Gypsy R. Eastcourt journeyman R. Eastcourt journeyman Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 99 Hungarian Gypsy Perhaps Mother Hubberdism. Bill- (Bow, wow,) Gannon- Copy Link to Clipboard Re: THERE'S A WORD FOR IT James Love #173779 02/21/2008 1:09 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania I can invent one. How about "autophoboactualisation"? Copy Link to Clipboard Re: THERE'S A WORD FOR IT James Love #173856 02/22/2008 12:06 AM Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 164 Mississippi, United States Of ... AlimaeHP member AlimaeHP member Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 164 Mississippi, United States Of ... Sounds to me as if it is a psychophysiological response or in other words the effects of "The Law of Attraction" upon one who is phobic thus causing Counterphobia ( The preference by a phobic for fearful situations.) to occur . As for an actual term which states or defines that which you are speaking of, I honestly have no knowledge of such a word. Good luck in your search though. Rev. Alimae Copy Link to Clipboard Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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