Strange phobias?

[Jax]

Oooh just remembered, I find it quite funny actually but men I dont know can freak me out. Im alright as long as they dont come upto me lol sorry guys

[janeyo]

no, he had a therapist that used to see him but they was only allowed to give 8 hours worth of help. I have kind of taken over where she began and try to make sure he goes out bit by bit everyday. The thing I always say though is I have a fab life and in general we are very happy we just have this one area that needs fixing

And I am sure with such a good positive attitude you will get there

[janeyo]

Oooh just remembered, I find it quite funny actually but men I dont know can freak me out. Im alright as long as they dont come upto me lol sorry guys

that made me chuckle as when I was a little girl my dad ran a taxi firm... when the drivers used to come round the house I would run screaming away as if they were trying to murder me! Nobody had any clue as to why this was!

[piskieinboots]

Another , not exactly a phobia, is spiked railings, I'll cross the road to avoid them.

same here with those beer cellar doors that are in pavements - I can't walk on them

[Jax]

same here with those beer cellar doors that are in pavements - I can't walk on them

Oh yeah, hadnt thought of those ones. Im the same!!!

[janeyo]

Oh yeah, hadnt thought of those ones. Im the same!!!

and me!
And I do cross them but don't really like piers with wooden slats with little gaps.

[enrich100]

When I was a very young child for several months I had a Recurring Dreams of a Witch flying over our house, for some reason the room next to my bedroom would be full of Propane gas bottles which would explode at which point I would wake up (pretty much the same time every morning (Don't ask me the logic) ever since then I avoid any houses full of gas bottles


Any dream analyzers able to explain the symbolism? as we never had any gas bottle in the house let alone a bedroom full of them, I never met a witch either well not til I met my mother inlaw anyway

[Glutton4...]

Janeyo, you've reminded me of another fear (not a phobia, luckily) open stairs. I cured myself becaus etwo flats I lived in, consecutively, had open stairs up to them. I'm OK now, but if they're tall, and open at the sides my knees turn to jelly, and I hang on to the rail like a vice!

[Creemteez]

I cannot abide the thought of crunching on something I shouldn't in food IE Egg shell, grit etch. If it happens I have to exert every ounze of control I have in order not to throw up. I also cant drink a hot beverage down to the bottom of the cup as I once swallowed a piece of "kettle fur" and it felt like it was lodged in my throat for days!
Mr Teez is phobic about ratsand burnt matches. He rekons that if a rat carrying a burnt match came near him, her would just drop dead.

[FionaH]

Cant be doing with open stairs, spral staircases are HORRID! once had a panic attack in St Pauls on a school trip cos of them. Didnt know it was a panic attack 'cos I was only 12
I can do piers now but don't really like them and fire alarms at junior school were a trial 'cos of the external fire escape stairs, lots of nasty little holes in 'em

[ailsasyl]

water, can swim but hate water over my face, had a scarey time learning to swim, first time without armbands being supported by mum's partner in a swimming pool on holiday bottom of pool had a steep slope across the middle but nothing to tell us that. We both went under and two german holidaymakers jumped in and got us out.

Heights- no particular reason why

Water and height combined not good struggle walking down the harbour as you look straight down to the water even though there is a rail still makes me nervous as does walking near a canal have been known to ask my younger cousin to walk in a bit as its makes my heart go faster.
Jetty not good for me either we have a small one in the next village up I can't go on it especially as it has a square hole in the middle

[Headfry]

creemteez.....oh yeah 'egg shell' ...horrid but what about a long hair in the mouthful you have just taken....

[jojo2910]

We found mouse droppings last night and the house is covered in traps. It has scarred me silly, literally. I am jumping at every little noise. No sleep last night. The OH is being amazing, helping me through it.

[swansea girl]

Genuphobia - (not saying it out loud but we refer to it as the middle of our leg's on my house)mine hurt when I think about them and I feel sick if somebody touches or rubs them,and could quite easily lash out if anybody touched mine! need to get up and walk around now...they feel clicky!


...and I'm really not fond of woodlice..they seem to sneak up on me uuurrrggghhh!