Word of the Day: Macrophobia

[JonSR77]

macrophobia - fear of prolonged waiting

(yes, it is a thing)

https://phrontistery.info/m.html

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My macrophobia at the DMV got the best of me.

 

[Lavinia]

According to my dictionary, macro means large, so macrophobia would seem to be a dislike of anything larger than average.(!)

 

[Lavinia]

(I suppose the opposite would be microphobia).

 

[OneEyedDiva]

The DMV will cause just about anyone to get macrophobia! LOL

 

[Kaila]

I can see that there are often multiple reasons why stress and anxiety levels can go way up, at the sight of a very long line, in many different settings.
The anxiety can begin at arrival, and increase during the long wait, rather than decrease.

Banks, offices, voting places, store checkouts, fitting rooms, and so many other locations, would induce and exacerbate any tendency toward macrophobia.

 

[Kaila]

(I suppose the opposite would be microphobia).

That might possibly be me.... ....At the times when I get busy making a mountain out of a molehill?

 

[Jace]

Along, with Doctor's (any medical) appointment
Also creating "white coat syndrome"

 

[RubyK]

I am suffering macrophobia caused by the DMV in Minnesota. I renewed my driver's license on November 11, 2021 and still have not received it.
Seven months and counting!

@Jace - I actually have white coat syndrome!

 

[Pappy]

I get macrophobia at the dentist, waiting for the novocaine to work while waiting to get a tooth pulled.