Set in my ways? Other odd phobias people have.

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its a phobia that ive always had. im a friendly, chatty person who has plenty of friends, good social life and dh and i have lots of family between us. however, i am just not comfortable with visitors in my house. im not talking about my parents or anyone immediate, but casual friends, tradesmen, or either of my teenagers many friends. the main trigger for me is guests that turn up unannounced. i absolutely won’t answer the door if someone just ‘pops’ round for a cuppa. arggh...text me first at least. my home is my haven, i like it quite tidy, have a set weekday routine and dh and i are usually in bed by around 10. my dd’s friends turn up to get ready to go out (this takes hours!) then they sleep over and hang about the following day. i cannot relax properly knowing this. however, if i invite a guest round for a cuppa or wine, i can cope as its all pre-planned. i am not like this in any other part of my life and i get how bat shit crazy this must sound. i just see my house as my little cosy nest and when i return home, i like to shut the door and truly unwind from the outside world. anyone else have random ways that others probably don’t understand?

Yes, I hate talking on the phone. I’m fine with messages and emails but cannot stand phone calls.

I cannot stand some smells. I cannot the smell of some kinds of popcorn... yes really... it totally stresses me... I think this is my weirdest phobia... while I do like the smell of other kinds.

Cannot stand the smell of gasoline. Cannot stand the smell of germicides... cannot stand the smell of firecrackers... while I like firecrackers... and i like all Kinds of Popcorn if they do not smell too yucky.

Well I never tell people. I can cope with that lol

I can't cope with uncertainty. I like to plan or I obsess over details

Same as TheOxymoron. Absolutely detest talking on the phone. When I was at uni I had a temp job on the switchboard for a massive airline... hell on Earth.

OP, I absolutely hate having visitors. I can just about cope with my family or my husband's family coming over, but only if it's pre arranged so I can tidy and sort stuff before their arrival. I never invite friends round (not that I have any ) and feel really uncomfortable if people just turn up. We had to ring an ambulance for me last week and I was stressing about having the paramedics in my house FFS. But I think I'm like you, my home is my little haven and I don't really want others there apart from my own family. I don't think there's anything wrong with that?

Getting Nutella on my skin. Hate the stuff so I really cringe if it happens when I'm making DS something with it.

I can relate to your unhappiness at people unexpectedly in your home.

I also have a phobia of beans and lentils. They make me want to cry and even thinking about them makes the bottom of my feet itch. I hate them.

Mustard. I cannot bear the stuff - the look, the smell - Oh God the smell! - I have trouble being in the same room as mustard. The smell makes me retch and if I inadvertently eat it - well, you wouldn't believe the performance!
So fuck you Lidl and your mustard-laden cheese straws!

Me, too. The council were threatening to take me to court recently because I'd put off having my boiler serviced for so long. When my DD starts wanting to bring friends round I don't know how I'll cope.

I also will do anything to avoid making phone calls at home... but a large part of my job is taking and making calls. I still get a pang of anxiety before phoning certain people and I will write a letter rather than phone if I can, but I seem to have a different head on at work.

Cotton wool buds
The word figure
Dead Spiders.

Don't whatever you do look up tripophobia.. (I did , and regretted it).

A bit like a fear of lentils.

i don't like facial hair

im ok with a bit or stubble but beards or mustaches makes my stomach tun

ive been known to turn around or cross the street if i see a man coming my way with any

looking at it turns my stomach,even if they come on the telly with one i have to turn off or close my eyes

David Walliams. Literally makes my skin crawl. If I see him on TV, I start backing up into the couch to try and 'get away' from him.