Tell me about your weird phobias

[Paripale]

I have two that I think are fairly rare:

1. if I look at (or think about) intricate things with pointy bits on, like for example a circuit board or the ends of a fork, I imagine the pointy bits going into my eyes I and I mentally kind of curl in on myself
2. I can’t stand anyone one touching me in the middle of my chest and will freak out if it happens.

There’s no rhyme or reason to either of these as far as I know. I’ve never had an accident or traumatic experience involving either these areas - just odd I guess?
Do you have any odd phobias?

Fictional ghosts. But not real ones.
A film with ghosts in? I completely freak out. Tell me the place I'm in is haunted? I'm absolutely fine...

Bellybuttons - can’t even look at them, let alone touch my own, and when DH digs out his fluff 🙈

Aroundtheworld 😂 that’s so random!

Food on skin.

The very idea of a food fight makes me retch.

Weaning babies was the worst thing I ever did. No baby led here, gross.

Midgets, Worms and people chewing gum in public.

Kind of like your first one, sometimes an intrusive thought about spilling a drink will come into my head and I physically kind of shudder, have to screw my eyes closed. Must be some deep-rooted childhood trauma that lead to this I reckon.

Dotball - outy’s make me feel a bit peculiar so I know what you mean!

DS has this weird lots of dots phobia thing. He looked it up & it's a thing, Trypophobia. Who knew?!

Raisins. Shudder.

Museums. Ones like The Imperial War Museum give me nightmares and panic attacks.

Different colours of wood in one room. Makes me twitchy..

Fingernails, if someones fingernails are long enough to have any white showing it makes me feel physically sick, and I can almost feel them touching my skin.

Apple cores.. make me retch for some reason 🤷🏻‍♀️

Beards. I blame The Twits by Roald Dahl for that one.
People masticating loudly or with their mouth open gives me proper fight or flight and I want to cry, and run or smack them really hard. I don't do that though as it's not socially acceptable so I avoid eating with others and try not to look at people and have music on or leave the room. It's really limiting. I'm awaiting ASD assessment.

Huge mushrooms, I can just imagine the inside flappy bits moving in the sea even though they don't grow in the sea.

Feathers, I feel like that's more of a disgust thing I just think they're dirty, I won't touch them and I hate it when they are in cushions etc

I always curl up at the thought of something sharp going under the fleshy bit of your nail, my dog actually did it to me when I cut my nail too short and stabbed it with her claw 😭😭

I cannot and will not touch polystyrene. The feel, the bubbly look of it, the weightlessness, the squeak.

Underarm hair. Can't stand it.

Also abandoned/dropped facemasks. They seem to be around these days. Never want to see one again.

Cold congealed food and crumbs on the worktop - sinister bastards

Spunbodge - if I’m having a lovely conversation with a friend over a coffee, I often get an odd self sabotaging thought about what would happen if I were to throw their drink over them or slap them. I imagine their face changing from friendly and happy to shocked, confused and then finally angry! I don’t know where on earth it comes from (and of course I’d never act on it) but it’s very distracting and annoying!

Mud.
Its mild...but escalated 7yrs ago when we on a 4night stay at big outdoor event.
It rained heavy the week before And 2 days we were there, mud was up above ankles at best and to knee at worse.
It stank.
I could 'smell ' mud for weeks after we got back.
My kids arnt allowed to play in mud really, it makes me feel a bit sick.

My Dd has a sticker phobia.
You can see her go pale when she spots a sticker near her, she is fine with plasters and sticky notes...but 'proper' stickers are a big fear!

Leaf skeletons. They make me feel sick. It's probably linked to trypophobia.

Old, tarnished cutlery, especially forks with their long, spindly tines, which might curl up in your mouth.

Weird animals in adverts

Cotton wool balls