What's your phobia?

mlettis

SNOW . DENTIST. BIRDS AND VOMIT

smallgarden

im afraid of sharks even in irish waters,i know irrational!

bund

did anyone hear beat fm during the week talking about phobias they said one that i thought was funny a man with a fear of pens and hasnt touched one for ears in fear that he would sign a confession to a murder that he didnt commit.

uch

Eye Snots

cathohara

mlettis wrote: »

SNOW . DENTIST. BIRDS AND VOMIT

I have always suffered from emetophobia I am 41 now with 3 kids and still not over it. I went to a psychiatrist in St John of God's in Dublin who advised me to face my phobia and go to Temple Bar every Saturday night!! Yeah right! (cant believe I paid him!):mad:

jokettle

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

Wasps, and bananas (only if they're unpeeled). I don't know why, but I think bananas are horrible and I can't be in the same room if anyone is eating them. My friends think it's hilarious.

God I hate bananas too. Why must they be so squishy?! I fell they mock me with their squisiness

Also, I've always hated wrists!:eek: Specifically the underside of wrists. They're just too delicate looking.....men's wrists aren't as bad, since they're a bit stronger looking, but I can't look at/touch my own and i can't stand anyone touching mine. Weird? Yes. Logical? .....nope.

Kelly Madeupski

spiders, i have such a phobia. i cant even sleep in any room if theres one in it

DontYaThink

I have a hugh phobia of cotton wool, wool in general and wet jumpers.
No idea why, the noise when you rub them together makes my skin crawl.

Ughhhh they freak me out. Big Time.

Yes I am weird.

Lugus

DontYaThink wrote: »

I have a hugh phobia of cotton wool, wool in general and wet jumpers.
No idea why, the noise when you rub them together makes my skin crawl.

Ughhhh they freak me out. Big Time.

Yes I am weird.

Everyone's weird in some way, just some people are better at hiding it than others:)

sazzo

Cats for me.always been cats.i have often broke down in tears if one is too close to me.

Feeky Magee

Ticklephobia. If anyone tries to tickle me, I punch them in the face, no questions asked.

Nettlephobia. Won't go near them. Unless armed with a golf club.

Meemars

Moths. Walking on surfaces that you can see through, ie wooden bridges, grates, stairs without risers, glass elevators etc
I also have another phobia that's so strong I can't even TYPE the word, you're just going to have to believe me....eeeeeeuuuuuuw!

cyning

Afraid of 2 thing:
Dogs... normal fear
Tongues... not so normal. The just freak me out with there absolutely disgusting grossness. *shiver* :eek:

plein de force

snakes
extreme fear of snakes
i can't look at a picture of them, look at them on telly or go anywhere near a place i know has them
i was in a friends house for the first time and i didn't know she had a snake, went up to her room and saw it, i ran out of the house and still will not go back

Montallie

We all understand the more usual phobias, like spiders, but some phobias sound so redicous that it must make them all the harder to bear for fear people will laugh at you. I'm thinking of shoelaces or chipped teeth or someone saying oops (all phobias I know about in others and try to be kind about).

Atavan-Halen

Ketchup. Ugh, the smell of it makes me gag and I get freaked out if I think about it touching my skin. I sometimes move away from people who are eating it.

berri_satine

People touching my knees. Uggggggh! Makes me jump a mile!

zoey

Blood. I have gotten a lot better after getting CBT, like before it I have been known to faint at someone even talking about blood.

McChubbin

Terrifyied of heights, drowing and clowns.

My God, the clowns....!

CruelCoin

i'm 24, but i still have a fear of the dark......

can't shake the fuggin thing.

i can be 30m underwater while diving, no problem.
up in the air 35k feet, no problem.
skydiving, easy!

just don't ask me to face the dark......

hot and heavy

i don't really have any phobias myself but a friend of mine has a wile phobia of peoples' wrists

aDeener

I don't know of anyone else who has this, but I have a fear of buttons. Uugh can't stand them, thank god for zips and velcro.

Clueless09

germs. im brutal. spray everything with dettol. wash hands easily a hundred times a day, bring bottles of sanitisers and sprays everywhere, cannot touch door handles, wont even use someone elses mobile. im a bit of a nightmare-mostly my partner laffs at it, sometimes i really wreck him head with it though doesnt matter what i say to myself cannot talk myself out of it.

Clueless09

Novella wrote: »

I have a phobia of butter

OMG! i am afraid of JAM- it is disgusting, i feel like vomiting if anyone is eating it near me.the very look of it makes me want to puke. I wouldnt even pick up a jar or anything in the shop, it is completley banned from the house. It is SICK.

Kdylass

birds or just feathers - I'm getting a shiver down my spine at the thought of them.

Phobia's are so unreasonable. If you were to ask me what paralysed me when I came near a feather I could not explain it.
And I can't imagine ever getting over it - especially if it meant coming into close contact with them...

roxychix

belly buttons they freak the hell out of me.

SnowAngel29

Cotton wool and being under water...to a certain degree- not really a fear i just get uncomfortable......

But my phobia...the one thing i can't stand, freaks me out to no end..... MUSHROOMS.

Ugh- i just dont get it...they're a fungus?? Like athletes foot. Was eating a shop made lasagne once and found a mushroom in it- I got so sick afterwards by just the thought that i ate even a tiny little bit of one. Eweee- just the thought of them now is sending a shiver down my spine...bleh..

asomeday

Fish-all types of fish terrify me.dead or alive.they are scaly and disgusting.the smell is rank.they cause me to panic.eyes.scales.wet.slimy.slithery.disgusting

BLEH

also scared of dentists {diazepam all he way for those visits}

and heights-just since i was about 15.but only heights where i can fall-like im not scared of flying just walking on platforms and things.

failure-i am petrified of failure.panic attack central at exam time.

pixiegaga

i have two major ones...and i'm kinda shaking thinking about the first now...:(

first one is..cockroaches...

wow i typed the word...big step....had my first and only panic attack because of those guys...:( panic attacks are not funny btw if anyone suffers from them i feel for you...i only had one once and almost have a fear of having another...:(

second one may sound odd but it freaks me out...not so much terrifies me to the point of a panic attack but sometimes close..:P
its getting my own hair actually cut and seeing my hair on the ground...or else watching someone get their hair cut and seeing their hair on the ground...:o i have to book a hairdresser appt 3 weeks in advance and calm myself down before the big day :cool:
i started crying one night watching the makeovers on americas next top model because they cut this girls hair off and she had the most beautiful hair...:'(
i also freaked last week watching my friend get her hair cut at the hairdressers (havnt beeen at hairdressers in over year..stil get hair trimmed /fringe by studet hairdresser= they realise a bit means mabey 1 cm not 3 inches...:mad:) and all her hair was on the ground with a huge pile in the corner...no joke i felt sick...
my mom made me keep my hair at shoulder length til i was 10 and its taken 16 years but I now have rapunzel long brown hair that people comment on wheras before i had scraggy bangs....:O i resent her for it sometimes because now i find comfort in plating my hair or even just playing with it ....its like my saftey blanket and its mine...it dosnt freak me out as much when i see people who have cut their hair..(its more the process) but i always look at them lik how?...why?...
i think it scares me also as i watched the grudge whan i was like 11....and hair in the shower creeps me too...:O

if anyone else has this fear of cutting hair phobia can u pm me saying there are others because my friends think im mad....

pixiegaga

also have one of taking my pulse or others pulses and of feeling your head pulse after exercise.....day 1 of bio this is what we we doing i just copied my friends pulse and pretended i couldnt find mine....until she tried to take it for me...:(...i went all pale felt sick she was like does blood creep you out thats ok .....but it dosnt..i dissected a sheeps heart fine!!! i watched all the saw movies and can give detailed descriptions of all traps and what they involve and how to get out of them and the top of my finger got cut off..(it grew back!!) with blood everywhere i was fine...just cant stick pulses even watching doctor programes have to look away when they are checking someones pulse...:(

Moocawn

I've a desperate fear of being buried alive! Hate small spaces, took years to get over my fear of lifts! Can travel in them now without a bother though!

I know someone who is terrified of inside labels on clothes and has to get someone to cut them all off, random or what!

force majeure

Blood makes me wizzy and heights send me packing!!!
Honestly if I am more than 6ft off the ground I go gagagagagagaagg.:o

Baggly

Falling from any great height.

Although i sometimes wonder if its the height, the falling or the preempting of pain that i fear.

I mean i have done bungee jumps and jumped from the tops of waterfalls no problem. But before i do i almost freak out. And dont even ask me to walk along the top of a wall.

lil_lisa

Wow, it took me so long to get through all those. There's a lot and its so fascinating. I didn't realise other people shared my phobia in man holes and any other type of metal doors to the underground. I can't step on them at all.

barleybooley wrote: »

i'm terrified of balloons, elastic bands, non-vinyl erasers, rubber gloves, in fact anything made of rubber (no jokes please). they raise my heart rate considerably and cause my palms to sweat.

I have had many a panic attack over these items. My 18th birthday everyone tried to make me sit on a balloon, not a hope!

Then for another birthday someone gave me a dvd but it was wrapped up in about 200 elastic bands. Lets just say I never watched that present!

I also have a fear of slipping in the rain, I thread so lightly when it rains or has been raining, I'm terrified of that!

Bambi86

Im soooo scared of slugs and snails! Everyone I know thinks im a weirdo.... am i? or is there anyone else that has this fear!?!?!?!? Please say u do!!

mojesius

Flying, even booking a flight sets my heart racing. Tis a pain I endure for the greater good.

n_dowling

Wrists, veins, and touching my neck..

sarahpop

Scared of wasps and bees!!!:eek::eek::eek:
My friend is terrified of eyeballs

Gneez

woodlice

Als76

Hi, i am terrified of rats. I can't look at them on TV they are horrible.

Chuchoter

Dark, enclosed spaces and mobile phones. I really, really hate getting phone calls and texts. Sounds weird, but I don't like them.

Khyra24

Balloons, popping the corks from champagne bottles and metal scraping against metal

Rebel Boy

I'm terrified of most dogs. My sister has 2 Jack Russul dogs and I'm grand with them, but if I see dogs in my terrace I try to keep well away from them. If a dog barked near me I would get a big fright . People tell me that dogs sence fear, but its so hard 2 combat this fear.

DylanS09

Heights,even though I want to be a pilot!

A_Border_Bandit

Don't mind Butterflies

... but


Moths freak me out big time!

MonkeySocks24

Batteries and Bleach! They are everyone and its an extreme phobia!

cizolin

I think I'm scared of studying, I can't open a book without fear

Fago!

Spiders (any insect).... Horses... ewe.

Leg hair?

Is that a phobia or just weird

watna

Is it leg hair on men or women (or both!)?

Fago!

watna wrote: »

Is it leg hair on men or women (or both!)?

Both. Eww.