re: What phobias do you have?

algebra anxiety.

it's not a phobia, but it an anxiety disorder.

i failed algebra 2 (was passed because i was an athlete) and killed Geometry and Trig for some reason and was a B student in PreCal.

Then i took my 1 class of Algebra in college required for liberal fine arts majors and was failing at mid-term so i dropped it and took Contemporary mathematics.

i think it went back to my Algebra 1 course when my teacher was the BB coach and they made a deep run in the playoffs and then started interviewing for other jobs, so he disappeared from Feb-May and we just shared answers. Just never learned the concepts.

It manifests itself in dreams that i have where my HS calls me and says we know you really failed and have to come back or we'll take your diploma away or my university says that wasn't a real math class. and then i get dicredited and lose my job and family in the dream.