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.

Copper Coins left on surfaces, no idea why

The window breaking on an airplane and being fully or partially blown out of the plane.

Worse is when I imagine it happening to my 1 year old. It's enough to make me reconsider going on holiday this year! (I have similar fears of him going over the side of a boat)

Freak accidents in general really scare me

The sea including any images of underwater 😭 I can't even watch kids films that show underwater scenes without feeling a bit unwell. Any scenes of waves etc, I feel like they're engulfing me and I have to look away from the screen. Feel cold all over typing this 😟

Wet cutlery

I HATE buttons proper give me the ick!! Avoid most cardigans for this reason.

Hills

Large metal objects in water - like oil rigs or submarines - oh they makes me feel really odd - started with the huge chains at the pier head when I was a child - just eughhh

One of my worst is buoys. Which isn’t ideal as I’m on the sea quite regularly 🤣

In particular the chain…. going down to a concrete base 🤮

And the wind farms out at sea….

As for oil rigs, well, they can fuck RIGHT off!! 😐

Submechanophobia - like me 😃

Blimey - didn't know it had a name! Glad it's not just mad old me

Also patterns of holes in things 🤮

Underwater machinery, the stuff people are talking about oil rigs etc, not a problem, but turbines or propellers or sluice gates are an issue

Reservoirs have freaked me out since I found out about them having machinery in them

I feel your pain. Slugs are awful. Just reading about finding one in the fridge makes me feel ill.

I only found out quite recently that in our last house, we'd often had slugs in the utility room. DP and DD would take them back outside before I saw them and lost my shit. Now that's love.

Oh there is an actual word for that - Thrypophobia. Don’t ask me how I know that.

@Scooby2024 I've never heard of anyone else who's afraid of ladybirds. They make me feel itchy and stressed just thinking about them being around in the summer 😩

Also, not a phobia but the feel of putting clothes on after a shower if you're not 100% dry. Makes me feel so uncomfortable that I can't do it.

On a surface level not a lot else bothers me, but if I think too hard about what could be underneath me on a boat, or exactly how high we are in an aeroplane, I feel all off kilter and a bit sick.

Multistorey carparks , I break out in a sweat and start shaking

Wind turbines, oil rigs, submarines, cargo ships

Spiral staircases. They absolutely freak me out. I'm not too bad if they're open (though I reallydont like them), but any type of church or castle that has an enclosed spiral staircase is a complete no-go for me. I can't breathe, I get shaky, my vision goes wonky. I just have to get away from them!

I also have a really visceral reaction to stickers or sellotape. The sound of it peeling makes me heave, and if it touches me, I will absolutely lose my shit. If someone has a sticker on that's peeling at the edges, I feel physically sick.

I've never met anyone else with either.

There's a road near me and there's a sign that says "danger underwater machinery" and you can't even see any water from there. I cross the road before I get to it now

Open Drains where I want to park my car

I won't park it I see an open drain thing with the gaps in

IYKWIM so the ones with the OPEN SLITS

I am so scared of dropping my keys down them

It has never happened to me or anyone I know and I have never actually seen it happen to anyone in my life

However, I am really scared about them so don't park anywhere near them

Trapped in clothing.

When I was a child I got my foot stuck in a riding boot and it took several adults to remove it and I think it stems from that.

I once had a zip up coat that got the zip stuck at the top and it wouldn't undo and I felt trapped inside and wanted to rip the coat off. I came very close to having a full blown panic attack because I couldn't get the zip undone and felt trapped inside even though I had happily been wearing the coat for several hours that day before I knew the zip was stuck.

My daughter cut my out of it in the end which was a shame as it was a lovely coat.

KNitted fabrics. Feel sick just writing the k word.

Ferries. I have a horrible fear of seasickness after a particularly horrific crossing on the Irish Sea 20 years ago and even the thought of stepping foot on one makes me feel queasy. I just can’t do it. I’d rather swim in the sea than get on a boat.

Not me, but my sister is terrified of big, fluffy clouds.