Buttons have freaked me out since before I can remember. I can deal for short periods if they’re loose or on some one else but if I attempt to wear something with buttons I break down in sobs and hyperventilate. 1 reply
First off, I was absolutely TERRIFIED of balloons before. Not sure why, though. Every time I saw one, my hands would automatically come to my ears. Plus, I'd be running away so fast that I had almost bumped into anything/anyone that got in my way. When I saw people playing with balloons, I got so shaky. The fact that their hands were touching, push...... reply
Definitely.
Ranked:
1: Clowns
Failing suicide attempt (My phobias are the only thing saving me from not attempting to kill myself, literally)
Needles (on myself or close to me can be a pin needle or a needle for taking your blood)
Pyrotechnics (fire, sparks, fireworks etc) fine from a good distant but close & I start to panic, though candle light a...... reply
I've got a social phobia that i'm struggling with, it's getting worse every year and it doesn't seem to get better.
There's also my carcinophobia (cancer phobia), along with my hypochondria.
Oh and i also have agoraphobia which is the fear of open places, and scopophobia (fear of being watched) but i guess these are related to my social phobia.
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Bugs. Well I guess bugs isn't rare, as most people are scared of them. There are even certain instances that some large ones look fascinating to me. I always say that if they look like pokemon, I won't be scared to at least look at them, but I'll still stay far away. For some reason, it's the smaller ones that really freak me out. I do recall seein...... reply
The dangers of Self-Diagnosing... and the internet...
Please don't SELF DIAGNOSE yourself and call your PET PEEVE, a 'PHOBIA'. PHOBIA is more extreme than FEAR or annoyance or anxiousness... and I think that's belittling the REAL people who have REAL phobias who are struggling everyday.
A PHOBIA is an EXTREME irrational fear which is MEDICALLY DI...... 1 reply
