Tell me a weird fear/phobia you have

[WhimsicalMoth]

I don't meal like bugs, heights, death ... I mean something strange.. unconventional.. something that might need a bit of explanation.

I'll go first -

Water towers ... the thought of them makes me shudder.

How do you cope wiping your bum?

It’s not a phobia… more a revulsion, but SNOT! I was with a vulnerable client who needed to blow their nose today and my stomach nearly couldn’t take it. ( obviously I offered a tissue)

I have a real phobia of tissues. When women (it’s always women) hold a scrunched up tissue in their hand, it makes me feel nauseated. Or if people use a tissue then put it in their pocket, or paper napkins in pubs <shudder>.

but proper huge flowers like sunflowers/big tropical things....no way can't go within feet of them.

Oh I'm glad I'm not on my own with sunflowers! What IS it about them? Freaky things,my skin is crawing just thinking about them!

Crocs (the shoes, not the animals)

Admin / paperwork / printing anything off.

Causes real anxiety.

Oranges, Prawns. Euucchhh! It’s a smell and texture thing with the oranges and a texture and taste thing with prawns

Whales... no idea why but they just freak me out! 😅

Belly buttons.

Anyone coming near mine makes me want to run!

Dreading pregnancy and the potential of an outside 😆😆

Mine is windows, seen from indoors, in the dark, without curtains or blinds, so that if you walk by them, you can see a ghostly version of your reflection. It freaks me out so much that I get nervous and shaky just thinking about it. I always close all blinds and curtains about half an hour before dusk. Also mirrors in dark rooms/low light, can't look in them, such a weird, vague, dimmed reflection, that I fear that one night might not actually be me looking back. 😱 😭

My other "phobia" is buttons; I hate them, horrible, slimy wee things; can't bear to touch them. All my clothes are either pull on or have zips.

Stickers..especially if they separate/peel/roll/have fluff on them.

Unexpected textures...bit of egg shell in an egg sandwich for example.

Binoculars

Mr Blobby.
I've been terrified of him for as long as I can remember 🤷‍♀️
Also, fuck the daily mail.

I've always been terrified of submarines. When I was little, my parents took me on a trip around a boat museum and there was a real submarine you could go inside (out of the water) and I remember being frozen to the spot and refusing to go in. My mum took my hand and tried to walk me in but I freaked out so much that she gave up.

Also sinking boats. There was a video on instagram of one and my blood ran cold.

Sharks. Which isn’t that unusual. But I’m scared of them in the swimming pool. I love swimming but will sometimes stop in my tracks in an empty pool and look around because somehow I’m convinced I’m about to get chomped.

I had this fear as a child. No idea where it came from. Sharks and alligators in swimming pools. I am terrified of the sea. I like looking at it but wouldn't get in it. My daughter has a terrible phobia of baked beans. It's quite disabling at times.

I find it such an absurd phobia I won’t let it stop me going swimming. But I still can’t stop myself from checking in the middle of a lap!

I also go in the ocean but am actually a bit wary about that. A few years ago I went kayaking on Monterey Bay in California and the next week I read this:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-surfer-reveals-dramatic-details-of-his-brush-with-a-great-white-shark/

I haven’t been back.

God he was terrifying. Those googly eyes and weird voice.
Also, fuck the DM.

it's how horribly big they are, and their huge giant heads, and all their horrible little seeds and the way you can SEE them turning to face the sun throughout the day as though they were conscious 🤮

There's a sunflower field near me and people go frolicking through it taking photos for the 'gram...nightmare fuel.

@Tarkan I've never met anyone else who's weird about knees! I absolutely hate people touching mine to the point I get almost hysterical. This is extremely outing but when I was a teenager, my dad kept grabbing my knees as he found it funny when I freaked out so I broke his nose

Pylons
Electrical substations
Cooling towers
Wind turbines

I think it's from the 1970s kids telly series called 'The Changes'
It terrified me then and continues.... I am nearly 60!

Mannequins and dummy's are terrifying.

Spitting Image use to horrify me. Still does whenever I see the image of Maggie Thatch.

I take it he didn't do it again after that though?

Quite a few people in my family are the same with knees thankfully so it's not an issue there. DH learned early on in our relationship that touching my knee or tickling me were complete no-nos. He apologises like crazy if he forgets and accidentally touches my knee, I just need to look at him and he realises.

Thankfully no nose breaking here but I totally understand how you got to that point!

I was going to say salad cream! Also sandwich spread. My mum loved them and I found them totally hideous. Weirdly, I like mayonnaise.