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

[XiolaBleu]

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!

THIS!!!! Ugh... the noise and texture. I always feel so weird trying to explain this, but seriously that noise makes my skin crawl.

Stinging insect hives freak me out as well (i.e wasps, hornets, even honeycombs). It's the little holes I truly get chills, even with something as simple as the honeycomb looking beeswax candles.

I know what fizzle means. Lotus seeds creep me the fuck out.

NSFW:

Don't open if you hate similar shaped stuff.

ungh... i should have heeded your warning.

Now that I've read through this whole post I'm both surprised and amused that so many other people mentioned the exact same irrational phobias. I always found them both to be really odd and knew they were stupid but couldn't really control the reaction. I'm curious to look more into this since they both (the cotton especially) seem so random.

 

[n3ophy7e]

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.

Haha I do the same thing with running on the treadmill whenever my boyfriend is coming home from work. A few times I've been running with my headphones in and all of a sudden he'd appear at the doorway and I'd nearly fall off the back of the treadmill in shock :D
Now if I know his arrival home is imminent I'll wait until he's actually home before I start running

 

[Perpetual Indulgence]

I don't know if it is irrational and it has never happened but during the entire scaling process at the dentist I imagine her slipping with that metal hook and tearing open my gums.

 

[addictivepersona]

^ AHH! That is definitely NOT irrational, because I am always fearful of that as well! I also worry that while she's pressing on the tooth, the instrument will make a hole where the tooth was weak or somethin'.

 

[_a_A_C_c_]

so wait, people are actually grossed out by chewing on foil? i do not regularly gnaw on tin foil, but it has found its way into my mouth before. and i noticed nothing unpleasant about it. this randomly came up today at work and my coworkers we amazed i found nothing unpleasant about foil in my mouth.

 

[clownswor]

=3

Im irrationally afraid of The government, and nWo, Elite's Builderburg group. Anything that Has to do with Domination or Evil winning over Good. it make's me feel sick. and im addicted to reading all these conspericy theries due to the fact alot of them are believable. I know i shouldn't believe everything i read on the internet but i do. cause i don't wanna discredit something and then it be the thing that is happening. Im also scared of spider's. Bigger mean looking one's Small furry spider's dont creep me out. it's the one's with long skinny leg's and Fat abdomin that do it to me. If anyone wish's to Pm me to chat about my irrational fear's By all mean's please do. Im feeling a bit down in the dump's tonight and don't wanna bother my Real friend's cause they hear about it enough. Well Ty for reading this. have a good day/night.

 

[tiggerific]

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?

That is surprising how common that is, considering the amount of people who get ill, or people with babies with them being a little sick when winding them or trying new things.
never heard of phobias being genetic though, is more likely to be nurture, maybe you did not realise but learned the behaviour through hearing it being said???

 

[Mr_Fluffykins]

It's not a phobia but I'm completely obsessive compulsive about making sure the bedding on our bed is perfect. I can't get into bed and shudder even thinking about it if it's messed up, the bottom sheet is pulled up under the top, one blanket half off, etc. And I have to wash the sheets very often in hot water.. I get so creeped out laying in a bed that hasn't been washed recently.

I have no idea why I'm like this as I'm not a clean freak at all in any other way. Only the bed.

lol, my sheets have to be a certain colour /texture because if i can see my dead skin flakes or feel any grit on the bed i can't sleep in iit if its touching my skin, id like have to budle up and hope it doesnt touch my face

onetime when my parents were out of town a few years ago, my ex passed out of the bed, then wouldn't get up for a few seconds to let me fix it, i was freaking out screaming at the top of my lungs( i was quite drunk too, and shes just a cunt that drove me to that point) the cops were called, lol, couldn't tell them the real story

 

[Monkeybizness]

I have a Phobia of dirty dishes. I HATE IT. .its the musshy food every were and when its messy food like pasta even worse ewwwwws...every one makes fun of it. ..I've been working on it. . Started with cups and working my way up ..

 

[GoldenLovely]

I hate driving when someone else is in the car. I dont mind driving by myself, I even enjoy it, but when I have to drive someone else, I feel distracted and it makes me anxious and uncomfortable. Therefor if I go out with a friend, I have no problem driving to their place, even if they live an hour away, but they have to do the driving when we go out.
The bad thing is, one of my best friends is like the worst driver ever, but since I have this phobia about driving others, she usually winds up behind the wheel and I'm in the passenger seat yelling things like "You can't make a left turn on red!" and "Please don't stop the car in the middle of the road just to look for the directions!!"

 

[addictivepersona]

^ I hear ya. When I'm driving, I get so nervous that every little flaw I see in my driving is so blatantly obvious... I have one "friend" who holds on to the door whenever I make a turn. *I* don't think I take turns *too* fast... Workin' on it though, lol.

 

[Monkeybizness]

I have not driven in a long time. .my bf drives me around everwere , the city I live in is very busy with lots of traffic and let me elaborate here LOTS OF INEXPERIENCED MIGRANTS DRIVING some ppl who have never even seen a car till they got to the U.S. .... yeah its pretty bad I get nerve recked if I drive. .

 

[calmAnimal]

warm toliet seats. i like them to have that cold clean feel but warm means someone was talking a shit there right before me and that grosses me out.

 

[slushy muddy water]

opening a cardboard box with dry, dusty hands is not a good thing. gives me the same reaction as tin foil in the mouth. come to think of it, i hate dry hands in general to the point where i carry a small bottle of lotion with me where ever i go. at work it's awful because im constantly handling dirt and water which dries them out fast. ill even dip them in a puddle for temporary relief.

i cannot STAND for someone to touch my ears. i think it might have derived from several intense ear infections as a young kid but sweet jesus sticks i hate it. i can touch them occasionally if i dont think about it but if someone else does i flail.

 

[Graceful Mess]

cotton wool, it is the devils product.

 

[tambourine-man]

A very random thing that makes me very uncomfortable is sort of hard to explain, its like empty honeycomb texture... ...I guess repetitive holes of a similar size and shape... the best description I can think of is empty honeycomb... just looking at things with that kind of pattern and texture sends shivers up my spine, its like nails on a chalkboard, but for my eyes.

I actually cleared out a 5ft wasps next from our porch roof a few weeks ago.

It didn't stand a chance against an industrial vacuum cleaner! :D

When a car is turned off before the windscreen wipers are all the way down and they're stuck half-way (or any way) up the windscreen. I feel my skin crawling, i squeeze my eyes shut or at least make sure i don't look at the windscreen. Even if they're almost in the off position, it still freaks me the fuck out. The wipers look like insect legs, or claws... i find it really hard to write about it succinctly - i really can't explain it. It fills me with complete dread. I've actually caught myself frozen and whimpering when i've been in the car by myself - and had to really dig deep to turn th car on again to get the wipers in the off position.

lol :D

(sorry)

Anyway...

Spiders (childhood experience of waking up with one on my shoulder, reinforced in later life)
The word 'potter' (don't ask... although the prevalence of the Harry Potter films has cured me somewhat)
Doors/cupboards being ajar (a monster or similar ghoul might pop its head out)
The nylon/plastic strip that's often wrapped in bands around cardboard boxes (I tied one to a tree when I was a kid... then slid down it)

^ I feel queasy having just written that.

 

[tambourine-man]

...but there is one footbridge i intentionally avoid. it's quite high and i've noticed that it sometimes bounces a little. even the really bouncy suspension bridges i crossed trekking in nepal made me feel more secure than this thing.

for sydney people, it's the one behind the powerhouse museum.

...lol, that rickety piece-a-shit that comes down near the monorail at Paddy's?

 

[jannerfish]

I have a real problem with dressing gowns (or robes), pyjamas and, to a lesser extent, slippers.

I certainly don't like wearing them and don't like to see people in them. They incite a horrible feeling in me, like nails on chalkboard or using new brillo pads.

I'm not sure exactly why. I think it might have something to do with being too comfortable, or some kind of latent fear of domesticity.

 

[TINK]

hearing someone cut their finger nails or toe nails. Creeps me out. Its not the act of cutting your nails, its the sound it makes.

and chickens - they scare the crap out of me. When I was little, we lived in the country and the little old lady next door would pay the kids to round up her chickens so she could cut their heads off. She would clean and cook them or freeze them or whatever. I have no clue cuz I was too little to do it. But, after she would chop off their heads they would still run around for a while and they would always chase me. OMFG it was awful.

 

[Samadhi]

I actually cleared out a 5ft wasps next from our porch roof a few weeks ago.

It didn't stand a chance against an industrial vacuum cleaner! :D

lol :D

(sorry)

Anyway...

Spiders (childhood experience of waking up with one on my shoulder, reinforced in later life)
The word 'potter' (don't ask... although the prevalence of the Harry Potter films has cured me somewhat)
Doors/cupboards being ajar (a monster or similar ghoul might pop its head out)
The nylon/plastic strip that's often wrapped in bands around cardboard boxes (I tied one to a tree when I was a kid... then slid down it)

^ I feel queasy having just written that.

No need to apologise, it's completely irrational! :D

I cringe when i hear the word squat (*shudder*) - I just find it a really offensive, yucky word.