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Tell me a weird fear/phobia you have

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WhimsicalMoth · 10/03/2024 21:51

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.

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CarterBeatsTheDevil · 15/03/2024 04:48

MrsAvocet · 11/03/2024 13:18

Mugs with black interiors. I find it really difficult to drink from them. I don't like coloured insides in general but I can tolerate paler or brighter colours just about. But if someone gives me a cup of tea in a black mug I will physically struggle to drink it, and I love tea!
Actually, come to think of it I feel similarly about coloured crockery in general, but mugs are the worst. In an ideal world for me all crockery would be white and virtually no food would be.

I don't know that I have a phobia but I really dislike mugs with dark interiors and will always choose a light one if I can.

JMSA · 15/03/2024 18:11

Lolly49 · 11/03/2024 08:13

Paul McCartney can’t stand the sight of him makes me feel sick.

Hmm, that's an interesting one.
I wonder if it's his hooded eyes and whether you'd feel the same about others with hooded eyes.
He reminds me of an owl.

ToWhitToWhoo · 15/03/2024 18:29

Distorting mirrors, or looking into any curved metal surface that gives a distorting reflection.

My birthday, and especially being wished a happy birthday.

ToWhitToWhoo · 15/03/2024 18:31

IHateLegDay · 12/03/2024 23:44

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

Having a phobia of the Daily Mail is not weird; it's totally rational!

ToWhitToWhoo · 15/03/2024 18:41

Babla · 11/03/2024 00:56

Long escalators in tube stations

Me too- in my case, not totally irrational as I have co-ordination disabilities and am in some danger of mis-stepping and falling when getting off an escalator,

MagentaRocks · 15/03/2024 18:59

Not a phobia but I hate my bare feet/lower legs touching each other. It makes me really uncomfortable. I have a sheet that I wrap around them when I am in bed so they don’t accidentally touch.

PumpkinPie2016 · 15/03/2024 19:07

Feather dusters! They creep me out so much because they get cobwebby and I have a fear of spiders hiding in them.

I can't stand to be in the same room if someone is using one!

PumpkinPie2016 · 15/03/2024 19:09

@CarterBeatsTheDevil my mum is exactly the same with mugs!

KarmaCaramello · 15/03/2024 19:14

I hate when two mirrors are facing each other and have infinite reflections. Creeps me out

KarmaCaramello · 15/03/2024 19:15

Babla · 11/03/2024 00:56

Long escalators in tube stations

Me too. Especially the ones with round ceilings. Make me feel really dizzy and like my head is tipping back.

PickledMuffin · 15/03/2024 19:21

Oranges, I can't be near them. not so bad whole but when cut I want to run away and be sick. Same with satsumas etc 😞

canttellyouwhereorwhatido · 15/03/2024 19:25

My ex BIL had a button phobia .. it's even got a name

www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwielur3_vaEAxWAVkEAHYgXAnwQFnoECFUQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FKoumpounophobia&usg=AOvVaw1WW3AFk6e-4r-dC3B5Q6Ra&opi=89978449

For me (quite normal dead bird phobia ) this was quite out there .. although my absolute favourite was a fear of submarines ... which meant the sufferer could never go to the beach ... just in case ...

Northernsouloldies · 15/03/2024 19:45

3d geometric patterns really make me feel ill.

beckycharlie · 15/03/2024 19:51

Escalators! I fell over on 1 when I was little and now really struggle and will take stairs or a lift over them any day

laloue · 15/03/2024 20:03

Hair brushing against me , so if a child with long hair brushes past my bare arm for example. Just horrible.

Waitingfordoggo · 15/03/2024 20:08

Not really an all-out fear, but strong, visceral dislikes:

Discarded plasters. 🩹🤢

Also quite unnerved by sloths and bats.

Waitingfordoggo · 15/03/2024 20:08

Oh God, and revolving doors. Can’t deal with those.

BartiRum · 15/03/2024 20:14

DistressedDamson · 10/03/2024 22:04

Thankfully you don’t see them too often these days (did years ago/my childhood though😨)- toilets with high up black cisterns😦

yep! Reminds me of horror films!!

EEvermore · 15/03/2024 20:17

buttons (like shirt buttons)

BashfulClam · 15/03/2024 20:30

StopTheBusINeedAWeeWeeAWeeWeeBagOChips · 10/03/2024 21:54

There's a certain actor I have a real, physical reaction to, he makes me feel ill, I can't look at photos of him, I have never seen a film of his, even writing this is making me feel queasy.

No idea why at all, he's the only person I feel like this about, and he's probably really lovely, I just can't read anything about him to find out 🤣

I have this with two actors…they both make me feel ill.

GoodnightAdeline · 15/03/2024 20:32

The idea of lying down on the floor while a massive building - like a skyscraper- is hovering in the air 1cm above my face.

GoodnightAdeline · 15/03/2024 20:32

BashfulClam · 15/03/2024 20:30

I have this with two actors…they both make me feel ill.

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Grannyhasthemoozles · 15/03/2024 21:13

When two forks are stuck together by the prongs and you have to pull them apart 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

labamba007 · 15/03/2024 21:53

The gap between the train and the platform edge. I hate it. Get shaky stepping over it. Definitely something from childhood!

labamba007 · 15/03/2024 21:55

ALPHAFEMALESINCEBIRTH · 11/03/2024 17:03

i have pogonophobia(Excessive and irrational fear of beards)
its not a fear for me as im not scared but its a extreme disgust

i physically heave if i see a man with one, i even do it walking past in the street

the longer the hair is the worst it disgusts me

i automatically make a sour face then start retching

been like is since birth but didn't discover what it meant until 2021 when i saw a tiktok post

all the men in my family know not to go 2 days without shaving as i cant look at them

my ex (we were together 22 years) shaved every day

i also cant tolerate loads of chest hair or any kind of back hair

legs and privates don't bother me

What does it mean? What did the TikTok post say!