🔍 What uncommon phobia do you possess that is often misunderstood by others? 🕷️
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Exploring Uncommon Phobias
Do you ever find yourself feeling anxious or overwhelmed by something that seems trivial to others? Many people experience unique phobias that aren’t widely understood by society. These fears can range from the fear of balloons popping to the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of one’s mouth.
What’s Your Unusual Fear?
1. Have you ever felt a shiver down your spine when confronted with a certain object or situation?
2. Do you avoid specific places or activities due to an irrational fear that others may not comprehend?
3. Is there a phobia that you struggle with silently, fearing judgment or ridicule from those around you?
Share your unique phobia with us and let’s unravel the mystery behind these lesser-known fears together! Remember, you’re not alone in facing these challenges. Let’s foster understanding and support within our community.
Balloons. When I worked at a restaurant that was first an ice cream stand, we had to blow up balloons as side work. The nozzle on the gas tank would point right at your face and you couldn’t move it. Well, the company got really cheap with the balloons so like 3/7 would pop right in your face during the inflation process. Ever since then I’m always paranoid balloons are going to pop when I’m near them.
Terrified of cows. They are not the bovine equivalent of dogs.
It’s probably not an official, diagnosable *phobia* but I don’t like horses. I don’t trust em. They’re too big. I don’t think a person should own any animal they couldn’t take in a fight
I’m 30 and still terribly afraid of the dark.
That I will be tortured for info I don’t have.
I have/had pretty bad tokophobia (fear of pregnancy or birth). People thought I was insane for it. I saw a psychologist my entire pregnancy and then elected for a c section
Heights.
Most people think it’s that I have a fear of falling. It’s actually the fear that I’ll make a split-second decision to jump.
I have a phobia of inanimate objects watching me, particularly pictures with humans. That or escalators (because my friend fell and almost broke her neck on one)
Mop heads. I find them very disgusting and can’t even look at them.
I don’t even know why.
microwaves. i’ve always had this irrational fear of one blowing up and every crackle and pop makes me absolutely shit myself. sometimes if i’m microwaving something that makes a ton of noise, i’ll stand on the other side of the kitchen or i’ll stay in another room altogether. i thoroughly check anything i put in one, in case there’s any metal in there or not enough pressure relief holes, and i won’t microwave any dishware even if it says it’s microwave safe. if it can’t go straight on the spinny disc thing, it ain’t going in.
i’ve never had a microwave come anywhere close to blowing up or anything, so i’ve no clue why… i guess i just have this innate distrust of the motherfuckers.
I’m afraid of big bodies of water. My family recently bought a cottage with a lakefront and I can’t seem to get myself to swim in it. The lake is deep and dark, and I know how to swim. I have no problem swimming in pools, but lakes and oceans scare me
I don’t think it’s strong enough to be classified as a phobia, but fear of slipping and falling. Examples that would set it off would be skiing, skating, walking down stairs without a handrail or going up/down slopes that may be slippery due to snow/ice/mud/wet grass. I would move overly cautiously or even lock up entirely
My fiance is terrified of fish. Doenst.matter if it’s alive or dead or just a photo. Even realistic drawing freak him out and give him nightmares
If any, enochlophobia (fear of being in a crowd). I feel like I’m choking or drowning, and I can’t breathe.
Planes taking off and landing. I had this recurring dream as a child I was on a flight and it would rumble so bad taking off and then shoot into the sun. Sometime the landing dreams are it speeding towards the runway and exploding.
Elevators. Especially the opaque ones and the way it feels like everything outside has ceased to exist. This small box is now the universe. Then you feel it moving. And the floor presses up from under your feet. Almost like it’s getting smaller as time passes.
Petrified of large dogs. Although this has improved over the years. Friendlier ones are less likely to bring up as much anxiety.
Parasites. It can be everything from fleas and ticks, leeches, mosquitos. Even pregnancy, which I know isn’t technically parasites, still makes me deeply, deeply uncomfortable beyond reason. And, especially as I am a woman, gets SO many people freaking out about me ‘how can you not want kids?!” “pregnancy is magical!”
It might well be. but considering the last time I got headlice I doused my head in toilet bleach to kill them, it’s best I didn’t have anything *internal* kthnx.
Food where the face of the animal is still attached. Can’t eat whole shrimp.
My dad died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. Even though I know it’s a prion disease and you have to eat brain or cerebro-spinal fluid to catch it, I can’t eat venison anymore because of CWD and not knowing how it was butchered. It’s irrational, but I can’t get over it.
Wet loose hair. When it’s attached to a human, it’s fine, as soon as it’s not… blehhh. Instant heebie jeebies. Cleaning out the shower or sink drain is the absolute worst.
I have agoraphobia and I’ve given up trying to explain to people that it doesn’t mean I’m afraid to go outside.
falling down the stairs 😭 people understand but they don’t really realize how serious it is
Alexas and Siri with Hey Siri enabled. Terrifying to think they’re always listening.
Not sure what the phobia is called, but I have an intense fear that everything I’ve ever lived through has been completely staged and everyone around me is in on it, and they can all read my thoughts and watch my every move, and can manipulate my surroundings and control my life in unimaginable ways.