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When you don't like someone and have a physical reaction to seeing them / them getting close to you

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eheheheh · 02/12/2024 05:54

Does anyone else have this ?

I was explaining it to my husband yesterday and he didn't really know what I meant.

Some people just give me a bad feeling and I don't want to be near them. The feeling is physical. I just feel uncomfortable, slightly sick and anxious as soon as I see them and it just intensifies when they come closer and try to talk.

I don't start out this way with people. It's usually because I've got to know them and then something they've done or said to me has put me off.

Like mother in law, we've had quite a few arguments over the years and I have that with her now. I always need to take a deep breath before she comes near me and I have to override those feelings. I have the same thing with a mum at my daughter's school who is always condescending and superior and I just don't like her. I try to not talk to her, but sometimes she'll come over and I just feel so uncomfortable physically.

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LozzaChops101 · 02/12/2024 05:58

I get this, same as you with people that I’ve got to know. I always assumed it was normal so I’ll be interested to see what other people think!

Jumell · 02/12/2024 05:58

Yes I can sort of relate OP.

it’s unpleasant

Back in 2010 someone on Facebook brought up an incident that happened in school that was very uncomfortable for me. My reaction was physical - horrible !

verycloakanddaggers · 02/12/2024 06:01

It's worry/fear/apprehension, some people feel it more than others and some feel it physically.

People who find it easy to be direct tend to worry less about how interactions will go, because they are freer to respond assertively.

Jumell · 02/12/2024 06:02

verycloakanddaggers · 02/12/2024 06:01

It's worry/fear/apprehension, some people feel it more than others and some feel it physically.

People who find it easy to be direct tend to worry less about how interactions will go, because they are freer to respond assertively.

I SO wish I was more like this

Soñando25 · 02/12/2024 07:34

Yes, I feel like this, but only with the handful of people that I particularly dislike. Makes me sound awful, I'm honestly not!
However, there are, well, just 2 people who I cannot avoid seeing from time to time. They have really upset me in the past and I do not want them physically near me. If they come too close, I experience a clenching in my stomach, I guess, a gut reaction, it must be the fight or flight response- I just want to run away!!!

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