Koutoumouphobia. Does anyone else have it?

I am OK with shirt buttons, but anything much bigger gives me the boak.

Wobbly buttons are the worst, you know the ones on blazers etc that are sewn on by a loop on the back rather than through holes.

And let's not even mention if the stitching has come undone and there's a button hanging by a thread

Bobbly cardigans also give me the boak and if I see a bobbly cardigan with big wobbly buttons then I am likely to 🤮🤮

Yes my daughter does. She has done since she was tiny and she's 14 now! No idea why or if anything triggered it. We have to be mindful of what clothes we wear in our house!

I have it too. Any size, any style (but the ones with holes are the worst), attached or loose. Loose are the absolute worst.

I'm very good at hiding it, like when I have to cope with the kids' uniform. I feel like I have to wash my hands after.

I don't want to have therapy because I can't stand the thought that I might become OK with them, I hate them that much.

I think it’s to do with the bit of your brain which gets disgusted by things getting a bit mis-wired as a child. You can re-wire it but I think it takes a fair bit of effort once it’s ingrained.

I think they have shown people in MRI scanners who have this phobia the same bit of their brain lights up as other people looking at insects or blood or similar.

interesting to learn about a new phobia - ah the weird old human mind hey!

I have a very specific phobia of very dry cracked earth, you know when it's a sort of repeated almost hexagonal pattern of broken parched earth.. wonder now whether that may be a type of trypophobia!

Yes, I have a friend who has this. Can cope with them on garments, but hates them loose. Has to screw up her courage to replace or sew on one.

I was told a workmate has it. I have a lovely skirt I like with huge ones, but have never worn it at work, because if it's true she has this, why upset her?
I dislike little fiddly buttons on my clothes, but that's not a phobia, so I can't say yes to your question. I would only bother if it's badly affecting your life (I'm thinking sleepsuits etc, if the poppers upset you), same as I'd only bother getting help for any phobia if it actually interferes with life, Say if it's flying for some people, but they never want to travel abroad, why spend time and money? But if it does affect you, you can get help, just because it's an unusual phobia doesn't make it less genuine than a fear of heights etc.

YES !! I'm not the weirdo everyone thinks I am. There are others too

Hate the wretched things.

This is absolutely fascinating I've never heard of it...although I must admit I've got an aversion of belly buttons the thought of someone touching mine or anyone else's makes me want to vomit 😂 but no problem with actual buttons

I actually love buttons so you phobic people can send them to me if you like. I do find it very unusual though and would love to know why this might develop.

Yep, me 🙋🏻‍♀️ they make me want to gip. I don't really wear shirts (well, I have a denim shift with poppers).
I can do a button and zip fly, I'm OK with cardis that have buttons.
Could never ever wear a button skirt or dress.
Have cards/designs that have random buttons. And immensely dislike 'button boxes' in sewing kits. Yuck!

My daughter did as a baby! Shes 20 now and seems fine with all fastenings…

My dc does; dc is ND, so not sure if that may have an impact. Nightmare for school.

Re duvet covers, Cloudyberries, I have one with ties instead of poppers or buttons.😀

Just to add ….ive just remembered, He was worse in junior school, but once in seniors they had to wear polo shirts as part of their uniform. Now I realise why he came home on PE days with the shirt wide open!!

Yep, my son! He’s got better as he’s got older but as a teenager he used to retch and break out in a sweat if he touched one!

I dont have it, but whenever phobias are mentioned it ALWAYS comes up so I dont think its as unusual as some are saying.

I don’t have a phobia but I don’t like them particularly.

I never buy anything with decorative buttons on it because they look stupid to me, & there’s something really creepy looking about people with the top button done up on a polo shirt. Other shirts too but polos especially.

At the same time I know very well that it’s irrational.

A pearly king and queen - my worst nightmare 🤢😩

Yep me too.
I can just about cope with some buttons on clothing but if they're loose I head for the hills. I feel quite sick, it is odd I know. Husband does the bedding, cause that has these huge cloth covered feckers and they give me the heebs.

My family and my best freind know and will tease me every now and then. When the kids were little none of their clothes had buttons on. They do their own washing now so can wear what they like and I donlt have to touch them!!

We're a zips on hoodies family !

I think it came from primary school when we did gym and had these bean bags that were full of buttons not beans and one burst all over me.

My DD has this phobia. When she was a toddler I always wondered why she wouldn’t hug DH when he was in work clothes. Learned years later it was the buttons on his shirt!

Interesting, I love corduroy as does my autistic sensory seeker DC. Udon noodles OTOH, ugh. Normal noodles fine, giant ones really wrong. Ditto giant couscous.

Aren't brains bizarre?

I'm not bothered by buttons, but corduroy..... 😱

If I know someone is wearing it, I can kind of steel myself to be in the vicinity, but if I'm rifling through a rack of clothes and touch some by accident, bleurggh. Awful.

Jumbo cords are the worst, and I am so glad they are not fashionable at the moment.

I can relate. Though frankly I lack glamour so I was probably a Victorian cushion in my former life.

It seems surprisingly common. I do wonder it has a common root to trypophobia, even if people tend to have one and not both. I would love to know why it's so common. I'm only trypophobic which is much easier - no one tries to put bunches of tiny holes on everyday jeans and shirts.

Poppered duvet covers seem to be getting harder and harder to find. I wonder if all you b-n phobic people are now driving the sales of coverless duvets.