Koutoumouphobia. Does anyone else have it?

Yep me too. I also feel physically sick, especially if they're loose.

I don’t have this but I do have a really strong aversion to Velcro. It’s a very useful thing and I do have to use it sometimes but I avoid it as much as possible - I think it’s mostly the sound it makes when it’s being undone. And the thought of catching a jagged fingernail in it. It is revulsion rather than fear. Sets my teeth on edge and makes me shudder.

Have you heard of hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia?

It means fear of long words...

Not buttons, but holes, and even the word makes me feel sick. Lots of them together, yuck!!! I find them really distressing

A good friend of mine from school days has it.
It used to be hilarious (for us, not her!) when we were at school. When we had to change for PE, she used to get one of us to unbutton the shirt (just top one) and she slipped the shirt on and off without any buttons touching her.
Apparently, the little plasticy ones we had on our school shirts are the worst buttons, she can just about handle very big, more decorative ones, like on duffel coats.
We're all pretty sure she's ND so that makes sense if there's a link

I'm alright with those things you mention but I cannot do labels in clothes, can't look at them, touch them and don't really like thinking about it either. When I buy new clothes I have to gather courage to cut the fuckers out and then go and wash my hands and bury them deep in the bin so I never have to see them again. If other people are wearing clothes where the label sticks out I hate that too.

I think I have a mild case of it. It put me right off Prince, the late singer/musician. I couldn't bear those tight outfits he used to wear with all those horrible buttons going right down the legs, eeewww!

I have trypophobia too. It's awful. The worst thing ever is sponge, in all its forms. But there's a hierarchy, with natural much better than synthetic. Utterly disgusting. I've no idea why I have it. Even typing the word gave me goosebumps.

Yuk….always hated them. My brother the same. Also one of my two sons. I did everything to keep it from them as babies. Being given grandma’s old button box to play with made me recoil in disgust.

Also piles of coins too, like others on this thread. I guess there is an association. It’s not so bad for me that I can’t touch them, but have to wash my hands thoroughly several times after handling them (I’ve worked in retail in the past!).

I have a slight button phobia, not quite as bad as some people. But mine stems back to button tins from when I was a child - they often had dirt and bits in the bottom of the tin and smelt. I particularly dislike loose buttons, those not sown on or on old clothes. For me it’s about cleanliness - I hate the thought of dirt in the sewing hole. Yuk.

OP. I know EXACTLY what you mean about not being able to type/see the sequence of letters! Mine is more common, but just as disabling...suffice to say its a bad time of year for me, and I have to take the vines/stalks off tomatoes without looking.
Sympathies.

Yes I knew someone with a phobia like this. Sadly, his surname was Button too.

I detest them, horrible, slimy things. I avoid them like the plague. All my clothes are pull on/over or zip up.

Yes I have this, I can just about tolerate them on clothes but loose ones are repulsive.

I also have a phobia of coins. Ever since childhood I have hated touching and handling them. Seeing loose change lying around in someone’s house makes me feel 🤢. 5p’s and pennies are the worst. I rejoice the fact that most places accept cards now.

is this a neurodivergent thing?

I wouldn’t say I have a phobia, but I feel nauseous if I see a loose button. They’re absolutely fine on clothing, but if they’re on their own I feel sick. It’s so weird 😂

I’m the same with coins. I hate coins. They make me feel sick also. If I’m eating and I can see a coin or a button (or keys) I have to move them out of sight before I eat.

I’ve always had an inkling I could be autistic, so maybe that’s it.

My DS had an intense fear of buttons as a younger child. He would scream at the sight of them, wouldn't wear clothes with them on, and wouldn't go near me/DH if we had clothes with them on. When he started primary school I had to ask the teachers if we could cut the buttons from the polo shirts because he wouldn't wear them otherwise. He has learned to deal with it, although when I asked him about it a few months ago (he is 16 now) he admitted that he still doesn't like them - particularly when they're big. He tolerates them on school shirts and then avoids them on everything else.

Don't really get trypophobia, but I hate images of bacteria all magnified and multiplying and moving about. Urgghh.

Balloons for me. The blow up rubber ones

Reading this thread has made me realise that my dislike is much stronger than I thought and that I actively avoid those things and try not to think about them. The idea of one that's fallen off a shirt rattling around in a drawer makes me feel sick. And those tops Per Una used to do with random mismatched ones were hideous.

I had a college tutor 20 years ago who was afraid of buttons. I'm not sure if it was the same nauseous reaction though. Whereas I am afraid of marshmallows in the same way that they give me shivers and make me wanna vomit. You have my sympathy.