weird genuine fears anyone?

willmunny1990 · 19-07-2017 06:45PM

I have a fear of buttons since I was a child.

I remember having to wear velcro in primary school and in secondary I had no buttons in my shirt what so ever, I kept it together with a tie and kept my jumper on all the time, even in the boiling hot summers.

Its not just buttons though, it seems to be any hard small bit of plastic type thing, I get nauseous and the runs when I come into contact with them, another example would be something like the plastic caps at the end of a pen, stuff like that.

Its been pretty serious, I went to counselling when I was in primary school but it never worked and then in secondary I just managed without them in the shirt, I also never wore a shirt or a button in my life outside of school, ever. I don't know how Ive gotten away with it for so long, never went to a wedding, funeral, interview or anything in a shirt/suit in my life, 27 years old now.

The last time I would of wore a button would of been sometime in Primary school.

Jayop · 19-07-2017 07:23PM

willmunny1990 wrote: »

I have a fear of buttons since I was a child.

I remember having to wear velcro in primary school and in secondary I had no buttons in my shirt what so ever, I kept it together with a tie and kept my jumper on all the time, even in the boiling hot summers.

Its not just buttons though, it seems to be any hard small bit of plastic type thing, I get nauseous and the runs when I come into contact with them, another example would be something like the plastic caps at the end of a pen, stuff like that.

Its been pretty serious, I went to counselling when I was in primary school but it never worked and then in secondary I just managed without them in the shirt, I also never wore a shirt or a button in my life outside of school, ever. I don't know how Ive gotten away with it for so long, never went to a wedding, funeral, interview or anything in a shirt/suit in my life, 27 years old now.

The last time I would of wore a button would of been sometime in Primary school.

I hate buttons on bed spreads. Doesn't matter if it's the normal type or the little clasp ones I get a weird anxious feeling when I do them up. Funny though any other buttons, shirts or the likes are no prob.

Academic · 19-07-2017 07:43PM

valoren wrote: »

Heights. But the fear is not plain old acrophobia.
My fear stems from the notion that were I to have a moment of madness I could be dead within seconds.

The convenience of being at a height, knowing that a fall would be fatal and the thought of just thinking 'fcuk it' and suddenly jumping scares the **** out of me.

This is actually pretty common. Edgar Allan Poe wrote a short story, "Imp of the Perverse," on the theme.

mayobumblebee · 19-07-2017 08:14PM

greencap wrote: »

The G word ?

???? Which is

mayobumblebee · 19-07-2017 08:25PM

storker wrote: »

Still, though, it's someone else's problem.

My big fears are claustrophobia and premature burial. Not something I even realised I had until a year or so ago.

Premature burial is also kinda a fear I have but I reckon that's more normal to have as being buried alive to be fair I don't think anyone would want

Rubberlegs · 19-07-2017 09:21PM

I would never have classed myself as claustrophobic ever, but we have a Sprinter van converted into a camper van and I can't sleep in it. Pure panic sets in, I feel like I haven't enough room / air. The bed isn't that close to the roof either.
I freak out if floss gets stuck between my teeth, momentary fear that I won't get it out.
Also a few pairs of my skinny jeans have particularly tight ends on them and I panic when they get stuck around my ankles, I picture me not being able to get them off and them cutting off my blood supply

storker · 19-07-2017 09:52PM

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Soon as i'm home, it's off with the shoes. I can go days without them when I'm not in work, I love being barefoot (bare assed also, but that's another story)

What the hell where you doing when you realised this!:D:D

Lying in bed imagining what it would be like to be buried alive. I realised that not only did it sound unpleasant, the thought genuinely frightened me and I could even feel a twinge of panic at the very idea.

jimbobaloobob · 19-07-2017 09:55PM

What about the fear that comes with imagining forever and ever.

SATSUMA · 19-07-2017 10:00PM

I have a fear of lifting up the toilet seat!!!!

jimbobaloobob · 19-07-2017 10:01PM

SATSUMA wrote: »

I have a fear of lifting up the toilet seat!!!!

Id have a fear of using it after you so!!!:D

dan185 · 19-07-2017 10:03PM

Cling film.

Getting my first tattoo was a harrowing task. The whole fuccing bed was covered in it.

Capt'n Midnight · 19-07-2017 11:11PM

ScumLord wrote: »

It's moving away from earth by about an inch every year, it's very slowly leaving our orbit. In just a few short billion years we'll have no moon to look at and brighten up those dark nights.

Nope.

What'll happen is that it will slow our days down as it moves out. Eventually when the Earth is tidally locked so that the day is a month long the moon will start coming back in again.

fullstop · 19-07-2017 11:15PM

anna080 wrote: »

Terrified of heights. But my all time worst fear is choking to death on a tablet or a piece of food. So much so that I'm unable to take tablets, I just gag when I take them and I'd hate to feel them stuck in my throat.

I used to be the same. Couldn't swallow a tablet until I was about 16, and I hate eating some foods like stringy cheese.

SimpleDimples · 19-07-2017 11:39PM

Clowns.....completely irrational but freaks me out so bad. There's something so creepy and sinister about them. I can remember going to a circus as a child and completely freaking out.

bodhrandude · 20-07-2017 12:05AM

I had a landlady in Edinburgh who could not stand snakes, she burst into my room one day to ask me to turn off her telly, it was showing a David Attenborough documentary about snakes, she couldn't look at the telly and was all stiff and rigid, so I quickly turned off the telly. Never seen an irrational panic like that before.

Summer wind · 20-07-2017 12:14AM

Maggots. I can't even look at rice without imagining it heaving:eek:

Robsweezie · 20-07-2017 01:38AM

valoren wrote: »

Heights. But the fear is not plain old acrophobia.
My fear stems from the notion that were I to have a moment of madness I could be dead within seconds.

The convenience of being at a height, knowing that a fall would be fatal and the thought of just thinking 'fcuk it' and suddenly jumping scares the **** out of me.

if im in a building with flights upon flights of stairs, i'll look down to see how far up i am and psych myself out..i always do it in shopping centres....when the christmas decorations are up with the santa hung up high on the sleigh, i used to imagine myself hanging/jumping off it and onto it like a stuntman.

Ande1975 · 20-07-2017 11:13AM

Escalators.... I can't fcuking cope. I have this constant feeling that I'll spontaneously fall. I can see myself falling backwards and I see the sharp edges. I was recently in London and I was getting the tube when I realised I was on the wrong line and got off in Holborn. Sweet suffering baby jes*s. Never ending steep escalators. I nearly had a full blown panic attack. I ended up staring at some poor fockers ar$e, my hand gripped to the hand rail that was out of sync with the escalator so I had to constantly let go and re grip. Throw in the sadastic c**ts who run up these torture stairs and I KNOW they are going to knock me over.
Thankfully I survived and walked the 5 miles back to the hotel at 9pm.

Reese Witherspoon will play me in the movie.

ScumLord · 20-07-2017 01:43PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Nope.

What'll happen is that it will slow our days down as it moves out. Eventually when the Earth is tidally locked so that the day is a month long the moon will start coming back in again.

If the sun doesn't get us first.

eviltwin · 20-07-2017 01:44PM

Milk, can't stand the taste or the smell and if any of it touches me I retch.

annascott · 20-07-2017 02:05PM

mayobumblebee wrote: »

But the actual person just there in front of you but no longer a person that is terrifying. It doesn't matter if it's someone I know or not I also get it with animals sometimes. .

I am confused. Are you afraid of ghosts or dead people/animals ie corpses?

annascott · 20-07-2017 02:09PM

willmunny1990 wrote: »

The last time I would of wore a button would of been sometime in Primary school.

Are you unemployed? How do you dress for interviews?
Have you considered becoming Amish?

CPTM · 20-07-2017 03:07PM

I have a fear of bringing random over-sized things like a new mop on to public transport. The awkwardness of standing in front of everyone with my newest thing, and instantly becoming "The guy with the..." Not even knowing how to stand alongside it.

I also have a fear of walking into a shop with an item that I've bought in another shop beforehand. Even if they don't sell the item I have in my hand, I wonder if the person at the checkout will think they do and cause a scene. Sometimes I think about going the whole way home to drop off the first item to avoid the whole debacle.

Professor Moriarty · 20-07-2017 04:24PM

bodhrandude wrote: »

I had a landlady in Edinburgh who could not stand snakes, she burst into my room one day to ask me to turn off her telly, it was showing a David Attenborough documentary about snakes, she couldn't look at the telly and was all stiff and rigid, so I quickly turned off the telly. Never seen an irrational panic like that before.

Me too. I've never seen a snake in real life but even a picture of one makes me sick to my stomach. Must be hereditary as I've had that reaction for as long as I can remember.

mayobumblebee · 21-07-2017 01:54AM

annascott wrote: »

I am confused. Are you afraid of ghosts or dead people/animals ie corpses?

I would say yes corpses of the human or animal veriety.

Animals alive no, Bones of animals no, ghosts no. Zombies, vampires no. Bones of humans if they were old white no. I kinda alway wonder how do we know anyone is dead. Jebus I'm making less and less sense here ...

Subcomandante Marcos · 21-07-2017 01:59AM

Fecking bears.

I've spent a lot of time in California, Oregon, Minnesota and North Carolina and every time I end up in bear country I **** bricks.

I've only seen like 4 and all from distance but I'm still convinced some day I'm going to be hiking, take a piss behind a tree and a bear will eat me.

Outlaw Pete · 21-07-2017 03:09AM

I suffer from hexaphobia. Have since I was really young.

Whenever something bad happens me in my life there are always sixes involved.

The most recent one was a TV I bought online was smashed to pieces by Parcel Motel and when it was finally delivered.... the serial number had 666 in the middle.

It's where the expression 'Putting a hex on someone' comes from.

If I get an appointment for the 6th... I'll phone up and change it.

Not a chance I'd get on the 66 bus or travel on Route 66.

In fact, remember that tragic accident on the quays when a bus killed some people on the footpath..... it was the 66.

People will say it's a self fulfilling thing and you'll notice something more when it's on your mind... like if you bought a yellow car you'd see them all over the damn place... but nah, tried to overcome it in that sense but eventually something bad will happen and there will be a whole load of sixes involved yet again...................................... so I'm back to avoiding them.

DonkeyDick1992 · 21-07-2017 03:49AM

Belly buttons, anyone go near mine and ill kill them, even someone touching theirs in front off me drives me crazy. and heights cant deal with them at all..

Recliner · 21-07-2017 10:53AM

People dressed up in character costumes. Like you'd see people dressed up in Toy Story costumes with the big fake heads. My husband has to mind me if we see any around. I have to know where they are at all times or I think they'll sneak up on me.
People on stilts.
Milk if it touches my skin.
I can eat avocados but I can't touch or slice them.
Wet food. Like if my sandwich got a tiny bit of water on it I'd have to stop eating it. Don't know how people eat panzanella. Also food in the sink when washing dishes.
Can't handle food on people's faces. Can't look at babies being fed for that reason.
Reading this back is quite worrying..I didn't realise I was so odd..

Foweva Awone · 21-07-2017 12:43PM

I can't deal with scratching, as in the sight/sound of nails on skin.

If I'm itchy myself, I'll scratch (rub) the skin with my knuckles ... or I'll scratch through clothes, scratching with clothes there in between is fine. Just so long as the nails and skin don't actually make contact.

I have to leave the room immediately if other people start scratching themselves. It makes me physically nauseous.

weird genuine fears anyone?

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