Things that give you the willies

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Inspired by another thread, what are things that give you the willies?

My biggest one is houseboats.

desperately hoping other people get the willies too

I'm old enough to remember when everyone used cotton handkerchiefs. The sight of a child standing there chewing one always made me want to SCREECH...…..

'Weetabix on the Go!' and bits of food in washing up water.

urrrgggghhhh!

I forgot one.....

...when you get a fork out of the cutlery draw and its prongs are caught in another forks prongs, and you have to pull them apart!

...sorry!

It’s been mentioned already, but for me it’s space. It’s too vast. You can’t imagine it. Freaks me right out.

thighofrelief - so being burnt alive is better?...no I'd rather be buried alive!

The endless vastness with no edges universe. But it has to stop somewhere, right?! I feel like I'm someone who thinks the world is flat, but I don't,but I just can't get my head around something that goes on for ever. It really gives me the willies.

That, and the eye needles,Trump, Putin, brexit, and female penises.

Another vote for back to front teeth. Even thinking about it has me on the verge of retching.

Clowns. Bleurgh.

And Michael Gove - blergh!

Mirrors at night time.

thighofrelief Jane is yellow and buttery.

Hedgehogs. Can’t stand them.
Traffic cones used to block off one lane of a dual carriageway as I get an urge to just plough in to them.
Dolls of any kind.
Raw meat especially chicken.
The soft spot on a baby’s head.
The absolute worst one for me is lockets for sore throats. The thought of when you bite it and the sharp pointy bits in your teeth omg I’m cringing at the thought. In fact anything to do with teeth. Grinding / the thought of root canal and thinking of the nerves being pulled 🤢

And that trip back to the bedroom from the bathroom in the night as I always feel someone is in the hallway.

Its been about 18 hours since i googled trypophobia

And i STILL feel really scared and quite ill. I wish i never done it.

People touching belly buttons

Ooh. How can i forget the main one.
When they show people brushing their teeth on tv. Toothpaste foam and all 😷
It makes me want to be sick.
I cant be in the bathroom if DH is brushing his teeth.

Related to the belly button one- I’ve got two kids and each time their cord stumps came off it gave me the willies.
When a train comes in to the station very fast (regardless of whether it stops or not) I’m on alert for someone pushing me in front of it. Totally irrational given the chances of this!
Jumping spiders or those ones who live in little trap door holes and spring out NO THANKYOU
Daddy long legs - it’s the way they move so drunkenly and at any time could drop into you after bumping into the ceiling
Hearing people chew with their mouth open - I have to leave the room
Blood tests. I know I have lots of blood to spare and they don’t take enough to do any harm but I can’t look at the tubes afterwards, makes me feel faint. Am fine with looking at sanitary products just before I wrap them up to bin them though (luckily!)
Plane turbulence
Cycling along a canal path and having to overtake a slow cyclist by going closer to the water - I always imagine wobbling and falling in

The feeling of brushing velvet the wrong way. Open backed staircases. Walking past gates at night time; I'm not scared of doors, just door-sized gates and what could be behind them.

The sea, even at ankle level. I hate not being able to see/feel what's under my feet clearly.

Card tags with string, specifically white ones (Think like a body tag). Even the thought makes me feel ill. I had a nightmare involving them as a child; I can't even remember the dream but ever since they make my skin crawl. I refused to touch them when I worked in a shop

The fens. I get thoroughly creeped out driving through them, such a barren and desolate landscape. Also, the Moors at night. Driving across them at 1am from Sheffield to Manchester was incredibly creepy.

Also yes to cotton wool and sub stations.

Yes Yes tony I HATE turbulence and have to fly quite a bit for my job and to see my son, who lives abroad....it freaks me out BIG TIME!
fish scales under my nails - it makes me feel sick
deep water - err no thank you
cats and dogs licking their bits - I love all animals but not good with this, and cats always seem to get really stuck in - I keep imagining lumpy crusty bits....

Wet tea leaves, especially if one touches my hand.

@BunsOfAnarchy I can't believe you googled. I've been scared of holes since I was very young and only found out it was an actual thing last year. I've always just thought I was really weird! They terrify me to the point I get a tight feeling in my chest and I think about it for hours after I come across something that classes as groups of holes, crumpets, sponges even Cheerios aren't allowed in my house.
I feel sick even just thinking that you looked at the photos 🤮

Oh I remembered another, when a duck/goose puffs out it's feathers and you can see the lines and rows of bare skin in between, makes me shudder.

Clowns,not scary Pennywise/Twisty type ones,they don't bother me.
Just plain,old circus clowns.
Fuckin hate them.Ronald McDonald gives me nightmares!!