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What weird phobia do you have?

8 years ago by Chubros with 25 comments

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  • spaceghoti
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    My phobias are pretty common: acrophobia (fear of heights) and arachnophobia (fear of spiders). I'm not paralyzed by either, but I'm damned uncomfortable around both heights and spiders. I don't go see horror movies involving spider menaces.

    • Gozzin
      +3

      Heights and cockroaches...When I see a roach, I want to kill it asap.

    • drunkenninja
      +3

      I personally have a mild case of claustrophobia and arachnophobia as well. Not scared of heights but damn terrified of spiders.

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  • ActuallyBrian
    +5

    I don't know how weird this one would be, but I'm pretty terrified of open water. Swimming on the beach is fine, but if I can't see any land around I get awkwardly sweaty.

  • Zeus
    +5

    This is more of a Socially Awkward Penguin thing, but I often feel like store clerks are wondering if I'm going to shoplift and watch me closely.

    The store clerks are not watching me, but that's how I feel sometimes.

    So I start trying to "act normal" and ugh, it hurts to even think about. :D

  • beryllium
    +4

    Other people eating loudly - especially chewing gum or seeds. Close your mouths for fuck sake!

    • Gozzin
      +4

      That's not a phobia. it's Misophonia.

      People who have misophonia are most commonly angered by specific sounds, such as slurping, throat-clearing, nail-clipping, chewing, drinking, tooth-brushing, breathing, sniffing, talking, sneezing, yawning, walking, gum-chewing or popping,

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misophonia

  • amphetamine
    +4

    Things that are meant to be filled with air, even more so if they intend to be for water. I used to get panic attacks when seeing things like that, but these days I can get near them with only an elevated heart rate as a physiological effect. I get nightmares a lot about hot air balloons.

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  • BlankWindow
    +3

    Elevators, spent 18 months living on the 14th floor. So much steps.

  • spectregris
    +2

    If I hear house of the rising sun I get really freaked out for some reason. I have no idea why but it's been this way since I was little. I really can't stand old school 1960's and 70's cartoons like beatles yellow submarine cartoon art style, makes me really uneasy.

  • timbit1000
    +2

    I have a bit of a fear of heights, but it's odd. I can go up an enclosed building without issue (CN Tower for instance). However, I once tried going up a firetower that was on top of a mountain and couldn't do it. Something about the fact that it was open made me way too scared.

  • JodaMAX
    +2

    I'm terrified of playing Horseshoes because I'm afraid I'll trip, fall and impale myself on those little blunt rods sticking out of the ground.

  • imokruok
    +2

    Agora– in remission; was really bad at one point. Absolutely paralyzing.

  • jenjen1352
    +2

    I cannot tolerate the feel of my very fine hair on my face, particularly just one or very few of the buggers. I usually wear a hair but I'm rather hoping that I'll go bald. :)

  • racerxonclar
    +1

    Water on my face. I can't stand it. Be sweat running down my face, rain, tears, shower... doesn't matter. I just have to wipe it off so I stop feeling it. Have to use a rag to wash my face in the shower because of this.

    I've tried more than once to force myself to get over it, but all I do is just tense up and stress out until I quit trying. All I can guess is it's some left over stuff from nearly drowning once as a kid. Took a deep breath before I was completely out of the water... never been a fan of water since lol

    • xg549
      +2

      but how do you wash your hair without getting water on your face

      • racerxonclar
        +1

        Face away from the shower head and lean your head back. Seems really weird to a lot of people, but how I've done it for years

  • Ezi
    +1

    I often wonder if people really have phobias. It seems like they would be pretty debilitating, and people always say that they have them. Do people express their fears as phobias?