diff --git a/code/datums/traits/negative.dm b/code/datums/traits/negative.dm
index 23f88169..74d6ae0f 100644
--- a/code/datums/traits/negative.dm
+++ b/code/datums/traits/negative.dm
@@ -384,10 +384,14 @@
 	medical_record_text = "Patient has an extreme or irrational fear and aversion to an undefined stimuli."
 	var/datum/brain_trauma/mild/phobia/phobia
 
-/datum/quirk/phobia/add()
+/datum/quirk/phobia/post_add()
 	var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = quirk_holder
 	phobia = new
-	H.gain_trauma(phobia, TRAUMA_RESILIENCE_SURGERY)
+	H.gain_trauma(phobia, TRAUMA_RESILIENCE_ABSOLUTE)
+
+/datum/quirk/phobia/remove()
+	var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = quirk_holder
+	H?.cure_trauma_type(phobia, TRAUMA_RESILIENCE_ABSOLUTE)
 
 /datum/quirk/mute
 	name = "Mute"