Fear of open wardrobes?

stateofflux · 19-02-2013 12:36pm #1

in the last month 3 different people who visited my house spotted one of my wardrobes slightly ajar and requested that it be closed as it was freaking them out? wtf?

is this a common phobia? and if so what is it called?

My name is URL · 19-02-2013 12:38pm

wtf do you have in there?!

FatherLen · 19-02-2013 12:38pm

if it's open then whatever monster/murderer that is inside the wardrobe can see you.

if it's closed then you're safe.

jhegarty · 19-02-2013 12:40pm

Narniaphobia

stateofflux · 19-02-2013 12:41pm

My name is URL wrote: »

wtf do you have in there?!

just the usual stuff: an old rolled up rug, ironing board and other stored items

donvito99 · 19-02-2013 12:41pm

All the socket switches must be off when not in use.

Open doors must be closed.

Standby light on telly/PC must be off.

Harry Potter books must be in order.

I am not excessive compulsive.

Real Life · 19-02-2013 12:41pm

They're probably homophobic, they are afraid of someone coming out.

Boombastic · 19-02-2013 12:41pm

A common phobia, if you're 5

If you're older it's just attention seeking

Roisy7 · 19-02-2013 1:17pm

I cannot have curtains open in night time, freaks the hell out of me.

But wardrobes.... Never heard that!

jester77 · 19-02-2013 1:19pm

My gf is like that, the bedroom door has to be closed, can't be ajar, the red and blue standby lights have to have something put in front of them. I find the whole thing bizarre.

Luckily she hasn't insisted on taking the battery out of the smoke alarm yet :rolleyes:

branie · 19-02-2013 1:22pm

no axe-wielding murderers in my wardrobe, if that's what they're afraid of.

fenris · 19-02-2013 1:26pm

When we were kids, if my sister was reading a scary book she would put it under other heavier books before she went asleep, naturally it was my duty as an older brother to take it from the bottom of the pile and move it halfway across the floor towards her bed during the night.

mark renton · 19-02-2013 1:26pm

stateofflux wrote: »

in the last month 3 different people who visited my house spotted one of my wardrobes slightly ajar and requested that it be closed as it was freaking them out? wtf?

is this a common phobia? and if so what is it called?

The strangest part of this is that 3 "visitors" are in your bedroom - what sort of place u got there bud?

Shenshen · 19-02-2013 1:28pm

I used to be like that until not too long ago.
Fine during the day, but I couldn't sleep with an open wardrobe in the room.

I suspect it went back to when I was staying at granny's, she had this massive old wardrobe in the guest bedroom, and when I was little it used to freak me out no end.

I never really thought about it much, until I got together with someone who would always have their wardrobe doors ajar. I hadn't even realised up until then how much it bothered me.

It doesn't any more, btw.
And again, I'm at a loss to explain why it went away.

fenris · 19-02-2013 1:29pm

Shenshen wrote: »

It doesn't any more, btw.
And again, I'm at a loss to explain why it went away.

The wardrobe dwellers got your soul, while you were sleeping, after a while you won't even remember that you had one.

Killgore Trout · 19-02-2013 1:35pm

http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail133.html check number 9

FatherLen · 19-02-2013 1:40pm

for the people who don't get why some people have to close their wardrobes, they do it for the same reason you won't sleep with a foot hanging off the bed.

Boombastic · 19-02-2013 5:10pm

FatherLen wrote: »

for the people who don't get why some people have to close their wardrobes, they do it for the same reason you won't sleep with a foot hanging off the bed.

Fear of a cold foot?

howamidifferent · 19-02-2013 5:18pm

most likely fear of the under the bed toe munchers! :eek:

PrincessPreach · 19-02-2013 5:25pm

people with phobias and OCD are like vegetarians....they're just attention seeking whores who are pointless

3ndahalfof6 · 19-02-2013 5:29pm

PrincessPreach wrote: »

people with phobias and OCD are like vegetarians....they're just attention seeking whores who are pointless

Whores seeking attention, well I never.

PrincessPreach · 19-02-2013 5:33pm

3ndahalfof6 wrote: »

Whores seeking attention, well I never.

Whores seek the attention...the glory...the jewels...the power...getting slammed on the reg

seenitall · 19-02-2013 5:46pm

Ok OP, so if you want to keep your 'visitors' onside, steer well clear of this type of clothes storage:

http://www.google.ie/imgres?imgurl=https://www.ikeafamilylive.com/au/image/29092011105626/bedroom-open-clothes-storage-1611.jpg%3Fw%3D850%26h%3D650&imgrefurl=https://www.ikeafamilylive.com/au/room/open-clothes-storage-1486&h=650&w=505&sz=78&tbnid=jqdYoHRDSQbqQM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=70&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dopen%2Bwardrobe%2Bsystem%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=open+wardrobe+system&usg=__Cy2T4nOxAEhmiTW4yg-kamipETw=&docid=d_rT16ZATDJPXM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xKsjUYKGHJK0hAfmzIHAAg&sqi=2&ved=0CCsQ9QEwAA&dur=53

Just saying.

catallus · 19-02-2013 5:52pm

Obviously afraid you're video-recording them? Can't be too careful.

pickarooney · 19-02-2013 5:55pm

Killgore Trout wrote: »

http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail133.html check number 9

I can't believe strong bad is still on the internet

WoollyRedHat · 19-02-2013 6:20pm

Told this by someone else ages ago. This guy owned a wardrobe in his house. Now this was no ordinary wardrobe, and did not do what normal wardrobes were supposed to do. Instead, it covered a wall which had a hole in it, and led out to the back garden.. Now the owner had some dogs, and of course with the wardrobe leading out to the garden, they would let the dogs out through the wardrobe and into the garden, then close the wardrobe behind them.

To a stranger who didn't know any better though it looked liked something else, and one day he got a call from the R.S.P.C.A, following a complaint from a neighbour who had passed by and saw your man opening the wardrobe door, putting the dogs into the wardrobe, and closing the door again. There's not many people who have wardrobes that act like back doors after all.

Pumpkinseeds · 19-02-2013 11:21pm

As a child I was terrified of the wardrobe in my bedroom. It didn't close and I used to borrow/steal a tie from my dad to tie it closed. I was convinced something truly evil lived in it.

On a seperate note, nothing good ever happened in that house, quite the opposite. I can remember being in the back garden and feeling watched 1 afternoon, I looked up and the curtain was clearly moving. Nobody was in the house and all of the windows and doors were shut. It felt like I was being taunted, I was a sensitive child. I insisted on switching bedrooms after that. Thankfully we moved home shortly afterwards.

Just because you're paranoid......

ITS_A_BADGER · 19-02-2013 11:23pm

OP has skeletons in his wardrobe?

19-02-2013 11:24pm

Actually.. somewhat similar.. something that does freak me out slightly is when shower curtains are closed when you enter a bathroom. I've seen enough horror movies to know it's a bad idea to open them.

Chuck Stone · 19-02-2013 11:25pm

Things live in cupboards FFS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZPYA6LS-ZY

stateofflux · 19-02-2013 11:40pm

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

As a child I was terrified of the wardrobe in my bedroom. It didn't close and I used to borrow/steal a tie from my dad to tie it closed. I was convinced something truly evil lived in it.

On a seperate note, nothing good ever happened in that house, quite the opposite. I can remember being in the back garden and feeling watched 1 afternoon, I looked up and the curtain was clearly moving. Nobody was in the house and all of the windows and doors were shut. It felt like I was being taunted, I was a sensitive child. I insisted on switching bedrooms after that. Thankfully we moved home shortly afterwards.

Just because you're paranoid......

this was'nt your gaff was it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZtGOef5aCg

In Exile · 20-02-2013 1:54am

I remember my granny had a really old farmhouse and in one of my Uncle's bedrooms, there was a high wardrobe up in the corner of the room over the bed. It was more of a storage area than anything.

Always remember my uncle trying to frighten me one day. I asked him what was in there and he told me that it was haunted and I should never leave it open at night because ghost would jump out and get me.

I was a little sh*t head when I was younger so when he went out that evening, I messed up the bed to make it look like I was on it, climbed into the wardrobe, left the door ajar and just waited. An hour of so later the Uncle came up into the room and I could hear him bitching about the way I'd left the place. He climbed up to close the door and as he did I leaped out and knocked him over.

Frightened the sh*t outta him but gave me a fear of opened doors for awhile too! Every time I saw an open wardrobe I was sure there was someone waiting to jump me once I passed

rockbeast · 20-02-2013 3:17am

It's called were-you-born-in-a-barn-itis...

Had a dose of it myself. Took 4 Metallica records to get over it. I blamed it on the country mother and stephen king books BUT not necessarily in that order...

RB

dodderangler · 20-02-2013 3:29am

Op
Is this a way for you to tell everyone that your coming out? ( closet/wardrobe all the same)

rockbeast · 20-02-2013 3:35am

dodderangler wrote: »

Op
Is this a way for you to tell everyone that your coming out? ( closet/wardrobe all the same)

It's all metaphysics on after hours this late!

He probably just needs better hinges!

RB

ellie.yay · 09-01-2019 4:36pm

I think I have this. I literally stumbled upon this when searching for other people with the same problem...

For me, it's not really a fear and I don't freak out. It's just... I feel very, VERY uncomfortable when a wardrobe isn't closed well. And not just wardrobes, just cupboards and closets in general. Sometimes I hear someone opening the cupboard, but I don't hear it closing properly, and even though I'm not even in the same ROOM, I still stand up to close the cupboard... I don't know when this develloped, I know I haven't always had this.

No one will see this 'cause it's 2019 already but who knows.... maybe someone else has this too

ohnonotgmail · 09-01-2019 4:44pm

Is it because the wardrobe is full of zombies?

BattleCorp · 09-01-2019 4:46pm

stateofflux wrote: »

in the last month 3 different people who visited my house spotted one of my wardrobes slightly ajar and requested that it be closed as it was freaking them out? wtf?

is this a common phobia? and if so what is it called?

Maybe it was the strap-on horse coock sticking out of the door that was freaking them out.

LirW · 09-01-2019 4:50pm

It's because they fear you walk in it without putting your shoes off.

Bigbagofcans · 09-01-2019 4:50pm

howamidifferent wrote: »

most likely fear of the under the bed toe munchers! :eek:

Your avatar looks like a creature who would hide under beds looking for toes to munch

Edit: I've only just realised I'm replying to a post from 6 years ago!

Andrewf20 · 09-01-2019 5:05pm

Dressing gown hanging on the back of the door. I know some adults who find this to be a no no.

Fear of open wardrobes?

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