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

Cornishman

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Most people I know can't stand watching someone bite on tinfoil, but that really doesn't bother me.

I just can't stand watching people brushing their teeth/scrubbing stuff with wire brushes.

So what's your irrational phobia?

Remember, flying and heights, etc don't count in this thread - it's all about the stuff that can't harm you, but really hits those nerve endings.


Perhaps we could make a list then add a poll?

1. People scrubbing stuff with brushes
2. People biting on tinfoil
3. scraping on a blackboard with fingernails
 
Wooden utensils. I hate the feel of them in my hand. Strangely, the bamboo utensils I have don't bother me--Just the wooden ones.
 
Clowns & snakes. I cannot abide the sight of these fuckers whether they are IRL or on the tv. I had to take my kids to the circus once. I was a mess :( Luckily snakes aren't much to worry about here, but the thought of them makes me shiver.

I can't touch womens tights/stockings either, so lingerie night in chez cletus is a bit of a let down, but I manage find something else to wear instead ;)
 
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.
 
bridges and tunnels. they can harm me if they structurally fail while i'm on/in them, but the chances are unreasonably low for me to have such an uneasiness around them. my fear doesn't stop me in most cases, 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.
 
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. :\
 
My one phobia is quite odd.

I am petrified of (even the thought of) ocean water where I can see the bottom. Like even if I'm in a boat and I can see rocks and seaweed through the water, it really freaks me out.
Even just thinking about it now has raised my heart rate and I feel very uncomfortable.

If I'm floating around/swimming in deep ocean water where I can't see the bottom I have absolutely NO problem.

And snorkelling is okay, once I've acclimatised to it. If I can see stuff through the goggles when I'm actually IN the water, that's fine.

But looking through the water from above and being able to see stuff on the bottom completely freaks me out.

I also HATE it when I can touch the bottom of the ocean with my feet. Wading is okay, like knee deep, that's fine. But if it's more than chest-deep and my feet can touch the bottom I absolutely HATE it and it makes me panic. As soon as I can I always pull my feet up and float around whenever I'm swimming at the beach :)

Basically, the deeper the water, the better :)

Impacto Profundo said:
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.
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Yep, I know the one.
 
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!
 
Stink Bugs
Mind you i am not freeked out about other bugs I am perfectly ok with mice and snakes too.
but those darn stink bugs give me the willies! :\

I get shivers just thinking about them while posting this
UGHHH the worse darn bug ever brought in to the USA.

Oh and i do not like the metal thing either or a fork or knife on a aluminum foil pan UGHHH!
 
chair lifts!
i'm generall a bit afraid of height, but there's nothing worse than a chair lift. cable cars or airplanes are perfectly fine with me, but as soon as i'm not in a enclosed space when at great height the fear sets in.

another irrational phobia i had for a long time was the fear of Tipulidae. i'm not that afraid of them anymore, but they're still foul creatures.
 
Nail filer or w.e its called, when i hear my mom using that it makes me cringe.
 
This is a weird one, but i hate the texture of car seat belts, especially if i accidentally scratch them with my fingernails.. sends shivers through my entire body.
 
theotherside26 said:
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!
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i have this too. i hate cotton. i hate even saying the word cotton. even thinking about it now gives me the itchy teeth feeling - sorta like the feeling you get when someone scratches nails on a chalkboard.

i also hate the sound of squeaking styrofoam.

i don't think it's a phobia so much as a weird recoiling reaction.
 
Doors/cupboards that are left ajar, or doors/cupboards that are open that are usually closed. I can't stand them and get really worried that something is wrong and that someone is where they shouldn't be (i.e. an intruder). This isn't just in my house: In other people's houses, if cupboards/drawers are left open, it creeps me out.

I know exactly what this stems from, but still can't stop the feeling: When I was 4 or 5, we were walking into the house (mom first, then my brother, then myself). I was only in there a split second since my mom turned us right around when she noticed what had happened, but I saw every single drawer, cupboard, door, pantry, ...basically anything that could open, was opened. Turns out we had gotten broken in to by our neighbors down the road. They didn't take anything--Just wanted to scare the shit out of us.
 
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