Comments on: Friday (the 13th) Happy Hour

By: Becky

Becky — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:18:00 +0000

I also have that fear of dots and things clumped together like circles and stuff x I’ve always called it dottophobia x my family fink I’m crazy but it like totally makes me cringe xx

By: Khrystyna

Khrystyna — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:40:53 +0000

i also have a deathly fear of dots in a cluster, tara, and was researching whats its called!

By: Tara

Tara — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:25:15 +0000

I have a fear of a cluster of dots and small circles….what is this called?

By: greenstrawberries

greenstrawberries — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:19:24 +0000

I am rather irrationally afraid of going down flights of stairs. Especially ones that have holes in them, or have spaces in between each step. Those REALLY freak me out. (it’s something about me feeling like I could fall through the holes) Stairs that have patterns on them (like tiles) or ones that blend together are really bad too. My family has always found it kind of funny, because as a kid, I would gladly climb up stuff, but then spend forever getting back down. My best guess as to why I have the fear is that I have astigmatisms in both eyes (and BAD eyesight- I can’t read the big ‘E’ at the top of the chart without my glasses). As such, patterns and lines blend together, even with my glasses on, and so I can’t see the next step. I’ve gotten to the point where I put the arch of my foot over the edge of the step to verify that that is the edge of the step.

By: chick

chick — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 21:43:18 +0000

what is the name for being afraid of navel and what happens if someone hugs you and ur belly button accidently touches them

By: Asia

Asia — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 03:37:23 +0000

I’m afraid of people touching my belly button, too! They’re just so gross! Does anyone know if there’s a name for this?

My friend has a fear of small clusters of dots or circles.

By: Truovrld

Truovrld — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:18:31 +0000

oh, and Grackels… They’re everywhere down here. (Dallas, TX) This one is really wierd. They scare me because they look like they should have arms. Next time you see one, think about it…

By: Truovrld

Truovrld — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:16:46 +0000

Birds… specifically pidgeons! Diseased, flying rodents… and they’re too used to humans, they just won’t get out of the way. I’m always afraid I’m going to accidently kick one and it’s going to fly up in my face. *shivers*

Dentists… Thank God for sedation dentistry, a couple pills and I don’t remember a thing!

Dry things touching my teeth. I can’t even look at a child sucking on a blanket. Thinking about it makes my teeth hurt.

By: Lin

Lin — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:34:18 +0000

Similar to the twice-mentioned non-suicidal fear of jumping… “whatever you do, donâ€™t jump off the side of the building”… I fear being unable to resist the sudden urge to tip over full containers of liquid (the open nalgene bottles of total strangers, containers of rubber cement). Also, as I look at handrails in bathroom stalls or walk upon sewer grates (anything disgusting and potentially swarming with bacteria), I become irrationally afraid that someone or something will make me lick the hazardous surface.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:08:09 +0000

Can’t believe no one else invoked the spirit of Lucy Van Pelt:

“Or maybe you have pantophobia. Do you have pantophobia?”

“What’s that?”

“The fear of everything.”