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.

That Sanex advert gives my mum the heaves, too. I also found it gave me odd feelings to watch. I'm not trypophobic but I'm guessing the Sanex ad tapped into an extreme, instinctual version of that? Some of the trypophobic ai images aimed to shock are bit near the edge for me.

There's a name for the big buildings/planes etc thing. DH looked it up for me. I also find the ocean a touch sinister with no land in sight!

I have ARFID - not really a phobia as such, although I do have a phobic reaction to some foods, and not that rare I know.

Ketchup, especially remnants on a dirty plate.

Stickers.

Tattoos. Small ones don't really bother me but big ones do. Sleeves really make me feel sick and so do tattoos on legs.

May I ask the obvious question then as to what do you do when....bidet?

Yep. Me too.

Vomit and germs

It's fun having kids🫣

Bare feet. Mainly, people displaying the undersides of their feet. Certainly cant watch Gogglebox!

seeing other people brush their teeth

Bits of wood/metal poking out of the water. Drawn to it like others are to cliff edges. Is this a phobia?

Edited to add "of"

I can see having read more of this thread that I'm not the only one who is unhappy with objects in water.

God, they're quite big aren't they!!

Thank you! Everyone I know thinks I'm massively weird! I swear I can even smell them sometimes. Ds2's had a wormery in it's main room back in the day - I couldn't go in there to collect him 😔

I suspect from your name that a worm phobia isn't all we have in common!

Same! I can’t look at or think about them or I feel queasy (it will take me some time to forget about them now 🤢)

Same! I can’t look at or think about them or I feel queasy (it will take me some time to forget about them now 🤢) and must cover mine with my sleeves whenever I do.

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

I have a phobia of hulls of boats and I’ve just googled submechanophobia and I think I have it! I never knew it had a name.

I also can’t look at big ship anchors and massive propellers. I remember going to see Speed 2 at the cinema and I was freaked out by the underwater scenes to the point of nearly screaming. Everyone was like….jeez, it’s not that exciting!

When I was younger I used to be terrified of the grate in the bottom of the swimming pool. There were 2 in the deep end and I couldn’t swim over it without panicking. I used to dream that the grate would suck me
down and I’d get stuck and drown. Very irrational but I still don’t like seeing them or swimming over them

I was on a sailing trip trip recently and swam behind the boat on a very gentle wind day. Knowing there was a few hundred metres of water below me and me being unable to see anything was a very disconcerting and invigorating feeling! Was convinced I’d be the first great white shark death in Greece.

@RicePuddingWithCinnamon. Out of interest, have you watched Saltburn?

Yes I fast forwarded that bit 😂

Yes! I don’t think I opened the fridge for about 48 hours. Then, approached with caution for a long while afterwards

Morris dancers make me feel embarrassed