Comments on: The Fear of Fear Itself (and Other Esoteric Phobias)

By: Mish

Mish — Fri, 29 May 2009 22:54:00 +0000

I have the usual phobias of hights and anamatronics (I feel like they’re gonna attack me). But I also have the odd fear of woodlice (no idea) and cows. the phobia of cows came about when I was aged 15, and was attacked by a herd of bullocks whilst walkin my dog, although I recived a sound thrashing and many direct kicks to the ribs, I did not break a single bone.

By: jenny

jenny — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:22:00 +0000

also can’t stand barnacles, tripe and the things that grow underneath leaves…makes me wanna scratch ‘em all off….one of the worse ones is the stuff that is stuck on the Biore nose strips after it’s been used…makes me wanna throw up thinking ’bout it.

By: jenny

jenny — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:20:00 +0000

sooo…grossed out by reading this..b/c i have the same gag refelx….absolutely can’t stand dots/clusters. IE: grates with things stuck underneath it…remember playing at a park when i was younger and there were tons of leaves stuck under the drain; like a large sewage/drain type and all i wanted to do was clean it out …get all the gunk out. Ropes (the square kind that people climb in boot camp training or especially the immitation ones at the playground) drive me baserk == when i see those, i just want to untangle them…guess writing it out helps acknowledge it, but it still skeeves me out (soOo gross)…dots on google map makes me wanna separate them and pores on the face intrigue me but disgust me as well…imagine it being this concave thing and things (dust, dirt) can get squeezed out — but almost feel like i can never squeeze enough to ‘clean it out’…i’m seeing a repetitive pattern where i feel like i need things to be cleansed; perhaps it’s a reflection of what’s going on with me…soo gross and icky.

By: Fanny

Fanny — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:42:00 +0000

OMG Alana, I have the same fear of tiny clusters of holes. Just the thought makes me sick! Honeycombs, pig skin with the holes, so many different places to find them. It’s scary. My 5 sisters all share the same fear! YUCK!

By: clever nomme

clever nomme — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:29:15 +0000

i know it may seem like i’m making this up, but i’m hydro(deep sea water), achluo(the dark), agate (insanity), anthro(people), astro(stars or space), automatono[anything representing a living thing(dolls, wax figures, etc..)], and maieusio(giving birth)-phobia.
they’re all pretty dumb, but i fear them nonetheless. they’re not all that bad. only hydro, achluo and maieusio-phobia are the severe ones. if i’m in the dark for any amount of time, i start to sweat and cry uncontrolably. one time the lightbulb went out for less than a second when a ball hit the lamp and i fainted when i realized that it had been all dark. and i can’t look at the sky at night without becoming dizzy, and throwing up. don’t believe me if you like. but it’s sadkly true,

By: Marah

Marah — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:48:24 +0000

whats is it called when yoU have a fear of dropping things into the toilet???

By: anzi

anzi — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:58:03 +0000

I’ve always been given the creeping horrors by curtain-less windows at night, regardless of what floor of a building I’m on. The closer I get to one, the surer I am that someone/thing is going to pop up right in front of me. Naturally that scene in the Buffy episode ‘Hush’ nearly sent me running into another room.

By: Hawkeyegirl

Hawkeyegirl — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:06:01 +0000

Alana- I’ve got that one too, I hate tiny holes or tiny, teeming masses, like those medicine commercials that show blood cells flowing… ack! The idea that we are made up of teeny tiny cells just makes me want to hurl.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:53:02 +0000

@adrienne – I too am a chemist, and I have an extreme fear of injury/disease/death as a result of chemical inhalation or skin exposure. I always wear a lab coat, safety goggles, disposable gloves, and long rubber gloves whenever I’m in the lab, even if I’m not performing any experiments at the moment. I am also completely anal about performing all chemical transfers in a fume hood. I obsessively read the MSDS’s of everything I use, and I’ve been known to run outside and dramatically gasp for fresh air if I inhale even a little bit of something that’s not even dangerous. Just today, though, my boss commented to me about how impressed he was with my concern for safety. I guess it’s not all bad.

I also have a fear of getting pregnant. I know, that’s kind of normal amongst young females such as myself, but here’s the catch: I’m a virgin. I know pregnancy without sex is impossible (except in the case of Mary and Joseph), but I still freak out about it for some strange reason. I even take birth control pills just to alleviate my fear. Maybe it’s because I don’t want all the chemicals I work with to hurt my nonexistent unborn baby? I don’t know.

By: WickedWonder

WickedWonder — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:28:15 +0000

I just realized I’m a seething mass of phobias, after swearing up and down that I wasn’t. I’m afraid of mould like the person above… I dream about it after seeing it. Plus, I can’t see water on tv without feeling like I’m drowning, even though I actually love water and swimming. Actual bodies of water don’t bother me. (Actually, it has to be a scene shot underwater to trigger me, so that’s good, I guess.) And… I don’t like mirrors in the dark. Or reflecting surfaces like tvs. I will actively avoid looking or even cover up the surface. I don’t have a tv in my bedroom because of that. Plus, walking over grates, or wooden steps, because I could fall through!

I didn’t know everyone *couldn’t* hear a TV when it’s on. I can, but it doesn’t bother me except when I’m trying to sleep.