Is it normal that i extremely fear pine trees?

well ever since i was born i have an extreme fear on pine trees, cypress trees, and trees else like them. I feel very disgusted when i stand close to them and i even have nightmares that they touch me with their disgusting leaves and i feel VERY TERRIBLY itch and they swallow me.... but so far theres no one i know has these symptoms... is it normal? does any of you have similar symptom?

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  • howaminotmyself

    They don't have leaves...

    But don't ever visit the Pacific Northwest, you might freak out.

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    • suckonthis9

      Incorrect.

      Both pines (Genus: Pinus) and cypress (Family: Cupressaceae) do have leaves.

      Pines have four types of leaf:

      Seed leaves (cotyledons) on seedlings, borne in a whorl of 4–24.
      Juvenile leaves, which follow immediately on seedlings and young plants, 2–6 cm long, single, green or often blue-green, and arranged spirally on the shoot. These are produced for six months to five years, rarely longer.
      Scale leaves, similar to bud scales, small, brown and non-photosynthetic, and arranged spirally like the juvenile leaves.
      Needles, the adult leaves, which are green (photosynthetic), bundled in clusters (fascicles) of 1–6, commonly 2–5, needles together, each fascicle produced from a small bud on a dwarf shoot in the axil of a scale leaf. These bud scales often remain on the fascicle as a basal sheath. The needles persist for 1.5–40 years, depending on species. If a shoot is damaged (e.g. eaten by an animal), the needle fascicles just below the damage will generate a bud which can then replace the lost leaves.

      <a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine#section_4" rel="nofollow">http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine#section_4</a>

      Cupressaceae, the cypress family (order Pinales), 30 genera with 133 species of evergreen ornamental and timber shrubs and trees, distributed throughout the world. The leaves of these plants are opposite or whorled and usually paired or in threes. Adult leaves are narrow, scalelike, and pressed against the branchlets, which themselves are often flattened. Awllike juvenile and transitional leaves are often present on mature trees. The male reproductive structures are borne at the ends of short twigs; the female structures (cones) are terminal, with opposite or whorled scales, consisting of both a fused bract (modified leaf) and a scale. The cones, usually woody, have erect ovules.

      <a href="http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/146723/Cupressaceae" rel="nofollow">http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/14672...</a>

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      • howaminotmyself

        I guess I never really considered leaves and needles the same thing. But technically, pine needles fit the definition of a leaf and are classed as such. I learned something today. "Leaf" has a really broad definition. But I don't typically hear people refering to the foliage of conifers as leaves.

        And thanks for the copy and paste. But could you have explained this in your own words?

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        • suckonthis9

          I do not think that I could've explained it better, but please see my comment below, under 'Avant-Garde."

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          • howaminotmyself

            That's a shame.

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  • ns1604txz

    Bruh, its definitely normal, its called pefkophobia or christougenniatikodentrophobia (not sure if the spelling is correct). And just to let you know, I have this too, since I was born. I know how it feels bro.

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  • Kura

    Christmas is a rather frightening time for you,huh?

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  • OswaldCobblepot

    Brine are weird. Perhaps see a doctor? A BRAIN doctor.

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  • michaels4p5

    red-pine makes me sneeze

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  • wigsplitz

    I don't fear them but I don't like them. I don't like the 'noise' they make. I don't like the feel of them.

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    • dirtybirdy

      And now Deep Thoughts.......by Jack Handy.

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      • wigsplitz

        lol! I love Deep Thoughts!

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        • dirtybirdy

          I thought of the one that's something like if trees could scream would we be so cavalier about cutting them down.

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          • wigsplitz

            We might be, if they screamed all the time for no good reason.

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    • Avant-Garde

      What noise do they make? Do you mean the sound they make when they bend in the wind?

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      • wigsplitz

        Not the bending, it has something to do with the density. They have this heavy wet feel. When the wind blows through them it makes this heavy sound and feeling. When I hear it it feels claustrophobic almost. Also, when walking through a pine grove the ground has a weird feel that I don't like.

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  • NotStrangeBird

    So what are your (OP) feelings on hardwood trees?

    Is it full blown dendriphobia?

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    • dirtybirdy

      Is this supposed to be some sort of joke?!?! Full blown hardwood? What are you saying mister??! Is that all you ever think about!! You'll learn when you get a case of firewood from that floozy with the filthy foliage :p I crack myself up sometimes...all the time. Ok fine I'm going jeez g'bye.

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      • NotStrangeBird

        You silly wood duck.

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        • dirtybirdy

          Aw don't de coy with me.

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  • Avant-Garde

    Pine trees don't have leaves. I think you study up on their construction.

    Its a phobia and I wouldn't be surprised if there's a official name for it.

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    • suckonthis9

      Incorrect. Please see my comment above.
      The mature foliage or leaves (needles) of pines, are anatomically 'rolled up' splayed leaves.

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      • Avant-Garde

        Thank you.

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        • suckonthis9

          Il n'y a pas de quoi.

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          • wigsplitz

            Elle ne parle pas francais. Décevant.

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            • suckonthis9

              N'est-ce pas «avant-garde» française pour "vanguard", en anglais?

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  • dirtybirdy

    I second that they don't have leaves....and don't visit my hood then either.

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    • suckonthis9

      Please see my comment above.

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      • dirtybirdy

        Why haven't you been subtracted from this society yet?

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        • suckonthis9

          Very well,

          This Society
          Minus: You
          ________________________
          Equals: {This Society - You}

          Do you feel better now?

          Did you read about the leaves?

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          • suckonthis9

            Better if I had have stated it this way:

            Where: S = This Society,
            and where: Y = You

            S
            -Y
            _________
            = {S - Y}

            It's all so algebraic, my friend.

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            • dirtybirdy

              Zip it. I can google too dude. And no I do not feel better now. You stimulate my gag reflex and I don't really enjoy upchucking on myself. Its got nothing to do with your '9ism' either. Now go eat shit please.

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