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Originally Posted by saibot
OF COURSE the thorns are removed from the cactus! Just like the walnuts are removed from the hard shell that would break your teeth, the meat is taken out of the coconut, the pineapple is peeled, etc. Were you really worried, or was this a joke?  |
Before I ate the cactus, I winced at merely the idea of eating something that ever had a thorn on it. I kept thinking about the idea of a thorn piercing my tongue and just being really disgusted by that thought. So the idea of avoiding eating cactus was a low level phobia.
Now after I ate the nopales taco and liked it, this phobia went away here.
But I think the cactus was touching on a bigger phobia in me. Pierced tongues, pierced septums and pierced cartilage all give me the heebie-jeebies. So just thinking about someone piercing their upper earlobe cartilage always makes me wince, but I have no problem with pierced earlobes.
I am also not a big fan of needles. I always need to talk to the nurse when I am getting a shot to distract myself when I get a shot. I get shots because intellectually I know I need them and that I am in no real danger, but emotionally I don't want to do that at all.
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Some say it is mind over matter. But have your ever tried not to throw up while trying to swallow?
