Fears/phobias

[violetblue]

Does anyone have a phobia that isn't of the run-of-the-mill variety (spiders, heights etc), something really unusual? I remember a woman who had a phobia about coal.

[~Wingnut~]

I went to college with a girl who had a phobia of ladybirds, it was a horitcultural course!
My brother in law has a phobia of buttons!

[chazza]

I'm scared of clowns and woodlouse (slaters)

[mycats]

I'm terrified of balloons, I mean REALLY scared. evil flipping things *shudder*

[crete]

i know a young man who is also terrified of balloons

[yinyang]

I'm scared of moths and aeroplanes exploding overhead and crashing into me.

[Cockney_si]

I knew someone that was scared of cotton wool...weird.

[~posy~]

i really don't like bananas. the smell, the feel, my skins crawling just thinking about it!! my son loves them, my stomach turns the whole time i have to touch it, i get bits of skin under my nails and want to be sick!! i have to scrub my hands after touching one!!

[whiskeysheri]

Peeled bananas!!

[ugly_bob]

phobophobia - the fear of fears!!!
and I used to work with someone who was scared of cotton wool - freak!! Apparently it was the sound of it!!

[4getmenot]

Did you see Jade Goody on Friday night project she has a phpbia of ketchup, she went mental when they showed her some

[whiskeysheri]

Ooh, Posy! x

[aka pixi]

my mum was scared of cotton wool si, we had real fun winding her up with it when we were kids

im terrified of stitches, even thinking about them makes me feel sick. I dont know if it is an unusual phobia but apparently theres no name for it, if anyone can tell me what it is please do :D

[mycats]

I am also very scared (but not quite to the extent of phobia), of:
moths
clowns
dwarves
any doll that resemble a ventriliguist dummy (sp?)

[redcrx]

My mum hates cotton wool as well. Something to do with the squeak of it or something.

[claireyfairy]

my friend has a fear of oranges, something about the texture of the peel apparently?! She really freaks out if there is one around!

[bex401]

Clowns for me too,Ronald McDonald really gives me the creeps,if he comes on an advert on the tv,I come over all funny & have to leave the room!!Plus fly-posters for the circus,that place is my idea of Hell.
Glad others suffer it too!!

[whiskeysheri]

http://www.anxiety2calm.com/Phobias.html

There's a list of all common phobias on this link... marriage is one of them! LOL! :o)

[~posy~]

my mum can't touch frosted glass, it makes her feel like her mouth is swelling up and she can't swallow!!

[Ed Strong]

Cockroaches and runny boiled eggs! And like ~Wingnut~ I have a friend who has a fear of buttons because when he was little his older sister used to threaten him by holding his hand down in their mum's button box!

[Supernick]

One of my friends is terrified of crumpets! It's the little holes that he doesn't like, and says that it's the same when he sees hot tarmac that has lots of little tiny holes in it. Needless to say, I've posted a few to him in Jiffy Bags over the years.

Another girl I knew was scared of peas.