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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

To ask what are your odd phobias and fears?

241 replies

Pricklypear12 · 05/03/2020 18:54

I'll start:
-large bodies of water (hate swimming)
-those moving walkways at airports (?!)
-large taps/plug holes

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SubordinateThatClause · 05/03/2020 19:13

Anything to do with vomit

MouseTheDog · 05/03/2020 19:13

Stainless steel toilets.

pollysproggle · 05/03/2020 19:15

I have to cut the tags and labels off every item of clothing in the house. They make me feel physically sick.
If I see a label sticking out of someone's T-shirt or clothing I have a mild panic attack and have to move away from them.

Palegreenstars · 05/03/2020 19:16

I get weird about sand under my toenails. I find it pretty all consuming at points on beach holidays.

Moomin37 · 05/03/2020 19:16

Same as @Rachie1973 (trypophobia - clusters of holes) plus every time I enter a toilet cubicle I fear that I will find someone unconscious in there. Every time.

Pricklypear12 · 05/03/2020 19:18

@qwertytrewq is it the underneath of mushrooms? Because all those grooves and crevices make me shiver a bit

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user1469104844 · 05/03/2020 19:19

@notnegan ME TOO! I have never found anyone else who doesn't find that hilarious but wet tissue is the most repulsive thing!

Pricklypear12 · 05/03/2020 19:19

@AuntieRae yeah I hate spiral staircases too

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Blingismything · 05/03/2020 19:23

The war horse puppet and the large sculptures of horses heads (like the one in Hyde Park.

Thelnebriati · 05/03/2020 19:23

Open stairs. IDK why but I'm scared my foot will somehow go right through the gap.

niceladyatthedrs · 05/03/2020 19:25

snow

SabineUndine · 05/03/2020 19:26

waterfalls and weirs, they make me dizzy

EyeDrops · 05/03/2020 19:27

Buttons 🤢🤢

Alyic · 05/03/2020 19:28

Those drain holes in reservoirs scare the shit out of me.

Butteredtoast55 · 05/03/2020 19:29

I'll just go with all of the above! Even this thread is creeping me out!

AnotherMurkyDay · 05/03/2020 19:30

Rubber gloves I don't know how anyone can bare to put their hands inside

cliffdiver · 05/03/2020 19:30

Cotton wool

Rats

RainbowBrite11 · 05/03/2020 19:30

People in costumes.
At a child's party and you can't see who's in their.
Cotton wool

topcat2014 · 05/03/2020 19:31

Trypophobic, but I LOVE killer whales..

I didn't know reservoirs had plugs till now

Toomuchtooyoung01 · 05/03/2020 19:33

Standing or sitting on the edge of things, in case i get pushed off.

CokeEnStock · 05/03/2020 19:34

Down escalators and stairwells, like the ones you have to use in a fire drill and the lift is not working.

lachy · 05/03/2020 19:36

I don't know if this counts but mine is a piece of music...Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield.

It makes me feel unsettled and upset if I hear it, it's not played often but its sometimes used in TV programmes.

lindyloo6 · 05/03/2020 19:41

Frogs

ItchyScratch · 05/03/2020 19:42

@EyeDrops

High five to you as that’s my life long phobia!!
Everyone thinks It’s stupid.

DdJames · 05/03/2020 19:44

Oven gloves, can't put my hands in them although I have no issues with rubber gloves

Men with really deep gravelly voices make me go all wobbly and not in a good way