lesley
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Post by lesley on Apr 17, 2016 1:31:23 GMT
Phobias are strange things, aren't they? I am petrified of wasps, the kind that I think are known as yellow jackets in the US. I know this is a fairly common phobia - those little bastards hurt when they sting. And I know a few people who have phobias of spiders, clowns, snakes or heights.
But DS's GF has a phobia I've never come across before - she is terrified of strawberries. She can't bear the sight or smell of them. She's never tasted a strawberry, and she even avoids things that are strawberry-flavoured. I'm not sure how she will manage here in the summer when we eat them almost every night. She's here every weekend from Friday afternoon until late Sunday night - it's unheard of for us to go that long without strawberries!
So what odd phobias have you come across?
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Post by chirpingcricket on Apr 17, 2016 1:33:40 GMT
The strawberry thing might be because of spirals -- what is that phobia called? Some people are scared of things in particular patterns.
I loathe interstate overpasses. Bridges are not as bad. I hate being stuck on an overpass that shakes while traffic moves on the other side. I will drive out of my way to avoid overpasses with lengthy traffic delays.
I also hate roundabouts. Those things are unnatural.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Apr 17, 2016 1:36:23 GMT
My son is afraid of peanut butter and swallowing it. He likes it and can have a very, very thin layer of it on toast but it has to be so thin that it's not really there. This is a phobia I have heard. Fear of thick things in your mouth.
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Post by freecharlie on Apr 17, 2016 1:38:02 GMT
I'm not sure how she will manage here in the summer when we eat them almost every night. She's here every weekend from Friday afternoon until late Sunday night - it's unheard of for us to go that long without strawberries! Honestly, if she has such a strange phobia, you should respect it. You wouldn't expect someone to insist you sit in a room with wasps for a weekend just because they don't mind it? I think not being able to go without something for a weekend is rude and inconsiderate. ETA: My reading comprehension sucks. I thought she was there for one weekend. I still think you should respect it, but she should also respect that you want to eat them. One of you need to be in a different area when the eating is taking place. As for my strange phobia, I will not go into a car wash when it is dark or abandoned-ish. I believe bad people will block me in with cars and kill me. My friend is very afraid of balloons.
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Anita
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Post by Anita on Apr 17, 2016 1:44:56 GMT
I have an intense phobia of alligators. I don't live anywhere near them, but I have dreams they are chasing me. I've even been eaten by them in my dreams.
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lesley
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My best friend Turriff, desperately missed.
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Location: Scotland, Scotland, Scotland
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Post by lesley on Apr 17, 2016 1:47:29 GMT
I'm not sure how she will manage here in the summer when we eat them almost every night. She's here every weekend from Friday afternoon until late Sunday night - it's unheard of for us to go that long without strawberries! Honestly, if she has such a strange phobia, you should respect it. You wouldn't expect someone to insist you sit in a room with wasps for a weekend just because they don't mind it? I think not being able to go without something for a weekend is rude and inconsiderate. As for my strange phobia, I will not go into a car wash when it is dark or abandoned-ish. I believe bad people will block me in with cars and kill me. My friend is very afraid of balloons. Oh I will respect it, I know how horrible and scary it is to be in the same house as the thing that frightens you most. (I think I'm partly venting because she is here every. single. weekend and I'm getting a bit fed up with it.) It was actually DS who was wondering aloud at dinner tonight how he will manage to go three days without them - it's one of the few fruits he will seek out to eat, so there are always cartons of them in the fridge.
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Post by freecharlie on Apr 17, 2016 1:49:38 GMT
(I think I'm partly venting because she is here every. single. weekend and I'm getting a bit fed up with it.) I was wondering why she was there every weekend. I assumed it was for a job or school or something, but I would not be happy with someone always at my house on specific days. I have kids here a lot and while I don't mind it, I also like the flexibility to not have them here for a day or two.
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Apr 17, 2016 1:49:49 GMT
I have an intense phobia of alligators. I don't live anywhere near them, but I have dreams they are chasing me. I've even been eaten by them in my dreams. We had a small freshwater stream in my very-far-north-for-alligators backyard growing up. To this day, I still have dreams that I have gone down to the stream and there's a freakin' alligator sitting on the lawn nearby.
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Post by bluepoprocks on Apr 17, 2016 1:56:47 GMT
I can't stand fish scales. I don't mind fish scales that are not on the fish but on the fish is just really yucky I can't stand it. It's not really a fear I just can't look at them. It must be that pattern thing someone else mentioned. I didn't know that was a thing I thought I was just crazy.
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scorpeao
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Post by scorpeao on Apr 17, 2016 1:59:29 GMT
I have the aversion to certain patterns as well...makes me feel as if things are crawling on me as I look at them. I think I learned on FB that it was a thing, and I'm not crazy after all.
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Post by lancermom on Apr 17, 2016 2:16:38 GMT
I am scared of the hooks that stick out from shelves at retail stores. Where they have a small item that may go with something. I close my eyes. For whatever reason I think they will jump out and poke my eye out! I also hate daddy long legs. And bugs that crunch when stepped on. It freaks me out, that noise is unbearable!
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Post by peasapie on Apr 17, 2016 2:22:51 GMT
I don't have phobias that I can think of. But I'm surprised at how many people have a phobia about throwing up. I know someone who fears vomiting, and recently came to realize that many people do.
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Loydene
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Post by Loydene on Apr 17, 2016 2:26:07 GMT
Birds. And bridges.
I deal with both -- but I'd prefer to not have to.
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M in Carolina
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Post by M in Carolina on Apr 17, 2016 2:38:11 GMT
Electrocution. When I was 3, I thought that a small hair barette was the right size to go in that strange little box on the wall of the hall that looks like screaming faces. I got throw across the hall.
I have a heart condition that has to be "converted". They drag the crash cart in the room while it's full of people, and if the adenosine doesn't work, they say they'll have to shock me--awake.
I get so anxious that they give me versed because the more relaxed I am, the better chance that my heart will go back to normal.
I also don't like faces looking at me on magazines, etc. My mom had a poster of Jesus on my wall as a kid. I didn't really get a choice. I wasn't happy about it, so she put it on the back of the closet door--she wasn't about to not put it up--that would be letting me be in control.
I would always shut my door because I didn't like him looking at me. That didn't get better after I was raped, either.
I will turn over the magazine--especially if I'm in the bathroom.
Dh has a funny one--he hates to watch people brush their teeth. He mentioned it to me when we were first dating, and after that I noticed how much it happens on TV and movies. I don't tease him.
I have a clown phobia. My mom was a clown when I was little. Even been beaten by a clown? I have. John Wayne Gacy didn't help. I also hated those little harlequin clowns that were so popular in the 80s.
I hate snot. My nasty brother used to pin me to the floor and drool snot out of his mouth in long strands until it would almost hit me in the face. I got really good at fighting him off. I'm surprised he had so many kids since he got kneed in the balls so often. I especially hate the sound of snot in your lungs or snorting it up. My MIL does that because of her lung disease, and I get so tense. It's all I can do to not yell at her to go ahead and cough it up already.
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Post by Freefallfast on Apr 17, 2016 2:46:39 GMT
Snakes. Needles. High bridges. G-d forbid I'm ever on a bridge with a snake with a needle in its mouth. *shudder*
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Post by maryland on Apr 17, 2016 2:49:25 GMT
Elevators! I am terrified of elevators. I take the stairs every time.
Airplanes
I never thought of this before, but when my daughter moved into her dorm she was on a loft bed. They had 3 girls in a small double so they had to loft her bed. She was up so high and she said she would take the railing off. I begged her to keep it on (and we give our girls a lot of freedom, and hardly ever nag them about safety)! She texted me the first night and said that it was high and she was keeping the railing on. So, my biggest fear for her being 5 hrs. away in college was that she would fall out of bed!
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Post by freecharlie on Apr 17, 2016 2:50:37 GMT
The material that under Armour shirts are made of. I am not afraid of them, but they creep me out. The feel of them is so gross. I can't even lion at someone wearing one.
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YooHoot
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Post by YooHoot on Apr 17, 2016 2:53:40 GMT
Spiders and the sound of clipping nails.
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Post by gar on Apr 17, 2016 2:53:58 GMT
I don't like heights or dark moving water but my *weird* phobia is that a fish will jump into my mouth....well you did ask!!
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Post by ilikepink on Apr 17, 2016 2:54:23 GMT
I freak out a bit with birds. But my odd one is manaquins I did part time work doing in-store inventory. We had to count the clothing on them. Could.not.touch them to get to the tags. Never knew it was an issue until that job.
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Post by 950nancy on Apr 17, 2016 2:54:40 GMT
Mine was only recently acquired in the last few years. At the gas pump, I have to make sure two or three times that my car door does not open or close while I am pumping gas. Even after I have the nozzle returned, I cringe a little. Somewhere I saw a car go up in flames at a gas station from the friction and I am just sure it could happen to me. Now snakes, elevators and needles are fine. I like creepy crawly things in moderation.
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Post by melanell on Apr 17, 2016 3:02:25 GMT
I'm afraid of stepping onto downward moving escalators. (I fell stepping onto one when I was young---probably 6 or younger---and it has really stuck with me.) I will use them, but I have a routine of sorts that I do and rules that I have made for the situation in order to be able to do so.
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Post by AussieMeg on Apr 17, 2016 3:08:17 GMT
Dh has a funny one--he hates to watch people brush their teeth. He mentioned it to me when we were first dating, and after that I noticed how much it happens on TV and movies. I don't tease him. I hate snot. My nasty brother used to pin me to the floor and drool snot out of his mouth in long strands until it would almost hit me in the face. I hate both of those things too, but it's not a phobia. Just a pet hate.
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Post by mymindseyedpea on Apr 17, 2016 3:10:02 GMT
Stagnancy and consistency. They give me that same experience when you loop your mind in thinking about how long forever goes.
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M in Carolina
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Post by M in Carolina on Apr 17, 2016 3:13:24 GMT
Dh has a funny one--he hates to watch people brush their teeth. He mentioned it to me when we were first dating, and after that I noticed how much it happens on TV and movies. I don't tease him. I hate snot. My nasty brother used to pin me to the floor and drool snot out of his mouth in long strands until it would almost hit me in the face. I hate both of those things too, but it's not a phobia. Just a pet hate. Dh will gag and feel like he's going to vomit. I do that with snot. I have lost my appetite at my MIL's.
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Post by krazykatlady on Apr 17, 2016 3:19:15 GMT
Don't ask me to sit with my back to an open room . If I can't sit in a booth or my back to a wall ... will. not.happen.
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Post by AussieMeg on Apr 17, 2016 3:20:53 GMT
I hate both of those things too, but it's not a phobia. Just a pet hate. Dh will gag and feel like he's going to vomit. I do that with snot. I have lost my appetite at my MIL's. Watching other people brush their teeth makes my stomach heave too. I have to leave the room. Or change the channel if it's on TV. I totally understand! At the moment we only have one functional bathroom (the other one is going to be renovated). The kids have to brush their teeth in my en suite. I have to get far far away, but then I have to yell to remind them to make sure they rise every last bit of toothpaste spit down the drain before I come back in. Blech! Same thing when DS takes his mouthguard out after playing football - I feel like I'm going to puke at the thought of all that spit.
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Post by dulcemama on Apr 17, 2016 3:26:54 GMT
I have this weird thing when I have to deal with sharp things like pins or needles...I get afraid that I will uncontrollably stick them in my own eye. I have no idea where this came from.
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Post by freecharlie on Apr 17, 2016 3:31:37 GMT
Don't ask me to sit with my back to an open room . If I can't sit in a booth or my back to a wall ... will. not.happen. I am fairly close to this. I am not that harsh yet, but there are some seats that I get the heeby-jeebies if I sit there.
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Post by cherrie on Apr 17, 2016 3:33:00 GMT
Mine is so ridiculous....strands of hair in the bathroom. I will open the shower curtain and check for hair before I will get in, even though I clean the shower and walls after showering. I also hate it on the floor and of course I have white tile that shows every strand of hair!
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