Irrational phobia thread. Tooth brushing, foil biting, what's yours?

[Danny Weed]

I have a phobia of moths and most bugs and insects.

I absolutely hate the squeaking sound inflated balloons make when you rub them together, same sort of thing as polystyrene and nails on a chalkboard.

 

[badandwicked]

^ related, and one I haven't heard since I was a kid attending kids parties, but people chewing on deflated balloons. Argh.

 

[Tex@s]

Driving. Hate that shit.

 

[FiatFlux]

I have no idea why but I can't stand cotton balls.....they come in the OTC products like generic advil when you open the seal...the feel of them in my hand sends shivers down my body...weird I know!

omg i know exactly what you mean, i almost gag every time i have to pull out the cotton. the sound of two towels rubbing together irks the hell outta me as well..

one other odd and obsessive thought i have sometimes is when i am drinking from a glass (actual glass), i get the unwise compulsion to bite down on the glass as hard as i can. i never do it, but thinking about it gives me the same awful feeling as the cotton ball thingo

 

[EseFlacko708]

HIV.

Call it rational if you will. I blacked out the other night and woke up with what looked like blood under my fingernail and freaked out. I think it was dirt.

 

[Nortyy]

My biggest phobia's. When taking a poop I'm very very very scared of the splash coming up and getting on my asshole and surrounding areas...The orgin to this fear was when I was overseas we had to use Porto-jons and one day I took a solid shit and that dirty ass poo and piss filled blue water splashed all the way up to my poor little butthole and buttcheeks. I screamed quite loud.

Also SPIDERS!!! and my tounge licking like cardboard or a food wrapper. Example when licking on a pushpop and your tounge scrapes against the edge of the cardboard tube.

 

[addictivepersona]

My biggest phobia's. When taking a poop I'm very very very scared of the splash coming up and getting on my asshole and surrounding areas...The orgin to this fear was when I was overseas we had to use Porto-jons and one day I took a solid shit and that dirty ass poo and piss filled blue water splashed all the way up to my poor little butthole and buttcheeks. I screamed quite loud.

That sucks so much, but a way to avoid it: Put a piece or two of toilet paper in the bowl before you sit down.

 

[Thou]

Conversing on the phone, large crowds, heights, etc.

 

[purplefirefly]

Balloons.

When I was a really little kid my grandfather popped one behind me and it really scared me. Even to this day, when I see a balloon I get a wave of anxiety.

 

[Nortyy]

Oh I also forgot to mention riding in a car with people who refuse to wear a seatbelt. The sight of their head hitting the windshield just keeps playing over and over in my head and if your're in my car YOU WILL WEAR A SEATBELT!!!!

Also the arguement about the seatbelt trapping you in a crash and burning to death or something like that, all I have to say to them is if your in a accident where the seatbelt killed you by trapping you I can pretty damn well guess that if you wern't wearing your seatbelt in that accident you would have for sure been killed anyways.

 

[addictivepersona]

^ If people don't want to wear their seatbelt in my car, they can walk.

 

[Ryan1411]

Eh...aside from the usual bugs and heights and shit...creepy cartoon movies. Like Nightmare Before Christmas, or just about anything by Tim Burton lol. Those kinda cartoons creep me the fuck out and i don't know why. I mean if I were stuck in one of those kinds of worlds I'd kill myself instantly.

 

[Suitcase]

I have this fear when I walk around at night that I will be rolled up on and shot down in cold blood. Every now and then when standing on a corner, if I'm not facing the road, I see a stange flash before my eyes, and my body starts to tingle as if I'd just been shot somewhere in my back. Weird stuff.

Also, maintaining conversation for prolonged periods of time. My life has had the theme of brevity for as long as I can remember, and anything that marches on upwards of 5-10 minutes I feel like I've run out of things to talk about and can't bring myself to bringing up another topic.

 

[prayersfor.rain]

i have another:

i hate using the bathroom when it's dark. like even if i have to get up to pee in the middle of the night i absolutely have to turn the light on. i think it stems from having baby water moccasins come up through our toilet when i was a child.

Ugh my bathroom light doesn't work. If you turn it on it's just really really really dim, like there's a not too bright night light plugged in. I take a shower with a camping lantern. I'm seriously convinced that someone's gonna come in through the window when it's dark. I've actually cut showers short because I'd freak out shut it off and run to my room to hide from the "bad guys".

I've developed a fear of driving. Weird because I used to drive for a living. Now I get anxiety while walking through the parking lot to my car. I was sick from it for an hour after I got home.

I am convinced that monsters and bad people live in the dark. If I am home alone I'll turn on every light before I enter the room.

I don't like doors on closets. People can hide in them. I took the doors off the closet in my room and if there's a closet anywhere where the door isn't all the way closed, I check inside for bad guys and then shut it all the way.

I absolutely WILL NOT ride the elevator at my work. I have no problem with other elevators but the last time I got in my work elevator I was pretty sure I was gonna die and almost had a panic attack.

 

[addictivepersona]

Ugh my bathroom light doesn't work. If you turn it on it's just really really really dim, like there's a not too bright night light plugged in. I take a shower with a camping lantern. I'm seriously convinced that someone's gonna come in through the window when it's dark. I've actually cut showers short because I'd freak out shut it off and run to my room to hide from the "bad guys".

Do you have an outlet in the room? If so, get a floor lamp. Beats showering in the dark!

I am convinced that monsters and bad people live in the dark. If I am home alone I'll turn on every light before I enter the room.

I don't like doors on closets. People can hide in them. I took the doors off the closet in my room and if there's a closet anywhere where the door isn't all the way closed, I check inside for bad guys and then shut it all the way.

Yeah, I hear ya about the dark thing... When I'm letting the dogs in from outside late at night, I have to have the door locked before I shut off the outside light. Then sometimes I'll almost run the twenty feet to the living room door. I worry someone's in the backyard and is gonna come through the window (that's locked, that has security glass, that is behind a huge desk. Yeah, totally gonna happen. *Rolls eyes*). And I have to be partially in the living room door before turning off the spare room's light, unless my dog is behind me.

As far as the doors on closets: If you can see the entire closet, I'd take the door off, but I don't like corners you can't see around--Someone could very easily hide there even with the door off. Not to cause you more worry, but that's what I worry about, which is why I'd rather have the door firmly closed.

 

[prayersfor.rain]

^^great idea on the lamp! next payday I'm buying one.

I can definitely see everything in my closet. I agree though, if I couldn't, I'd keep the door on.
I remember when I lived with my parents, I had no bedroom floor. I figured it was safer if someone broke in they'd trip over all my shit and injure themselves.
Haha now I have my boyfriend to get rid of my (usually imaginary) bad guys!!

 

[Lady Codone]

My phobia is vomiting and I've had it since I was 2. It's only gotten worse with age and shows no signs of going away. I have intense, long-lasting panic attacks when someone is sick and usually end up over the toilet myself with diarrhea and severe upset stomach from nerves.

As a child, I spent nights barefoot in the snow or sleeping in cars whenever a family member was sick. My mom used to give me Xanax just so I could stop pacing. Afterward, I usually have a feeling of wanting to die just to never have to feel that scared again.

My paternal grandpa, aunt and dad all have the same phobia in different degrees (grandpa hasn't puked since the early '70s!) which suggests a genetic link. I certainly didn't learn to be scared by seeing anyone else react that way...

I recently found out my phobia has a name (emetophobia) and is the 5th most common fear. Who would've thought?

 

[slowpoke1967]

ewwww i thought of a good phobia of mine besides spiders and bugs.
I would definatly have to say head lice......makes my skin crawl......

 

[fizzle]

LC, that sounds miserable! Interesting that there is a genetic link though. I had never heard of that phobia before, and have never really considered the idea of phobias being genetic. I find that really interesting.

I thought of another one for myself, I wouldnt call it a phobia but I HATE being startled. I hate movies that are meant to be scary but are just things always jumping at the screen trying to startle you, I hate the haunted houses where the people jump out at you, and I hate being startled by other people (friends and family included) even if its unintentional it can make me a bit snappy towards them after... not on purpose, I guess it just sort of puts me in a bad mood for a few min while I recover. Thankfully I tend to always be very aware of my surroundings, so it doesnt happen often unless its intentional (which then really makes me snappy if I know they did it on purpose! )

 

[AmorRoark]

I don't think that's irrational fizzle. I purposefully don't vaccuum or dry my hair when I don't know exactly when someone is coming home due to the fear of being startled.