Weird phobias.

RaspberryKeytoneBoondoggle
RaspberryKeytoneBoondoggle Posts: 1,349 Member
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I used to be afraid of driving over train tracks because of a bad experience. It was weird because I thought about it every time I drove my car. I either made a conscious effort to drive over them or to avoid them. When I was starting to feel ok about trains I had a bad experience merging on the freeway because a big truck that looked like a train was headed towards me. I didn't merge for two years. Thank goodness I can now and it's all over. It really helped me to empathize with people who have phobias though.

Does anyone else have weird phobias?
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  • Sinisterly
    Sinisterly Posts: 10,913 Member
    Tiny rooms packed with tons of people. :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,338 Member
    Seeing a ship sink makes me vomit. Can't explain it, but any movie/doco/video of a ship going down makes me puke.
  • Wilhellmina
    Wilhellmina Posts: 757 Member
    Tiny rooms packed with tons of people. :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:

    That's not weird, I got that too and I am perfectly normal :bigsmile: Lot's of people in large rooms too :indifferent:
  • YoungDoc2B
    YoungDoc2B Posts: 1,593 Member
    Those huge wind turbines on the side of the highway
  • Sinisterly
    Sinisterly Posts: 10,913 Member
    Tiny rooms packed with tons of people. :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:

    That's not weird, I got that too and I am perfectly normal :bigsmile: Lot's of people in large rooms too :indifferent:
    Well, I'm fine with the large rooms and tons of people.. Even concerts.. It's the tiny rooms with lots of people where I hyperventilate and just want to scream out of the door, shrieking to the top of my lungs lol.
  • azlifah95
    azlifah95 Posts: 177 Member
    1. double decker buses. (the feeling like the bus is going to topple over)

    2. Cats, dogs, birds. Surprisingly, I'm okay with insects and stuff. They don't bother me except freaking butterflies and moths man. They suck. I like animals BUT from afar. This ridiculous phobia of mine is getting better since there are stray cats and birds everywhere where I live and I hope one day I might actually pick up a cat.
  • spirit095
    spirit095 Posts: 1,017 Member
    I really don't like seeing things with pores. It grosses me out and makes me squirm lol
  • Xxoxo
    Xxoxo Posts: 233
    Falling….

    a huge diesel truck hitting me and making me fly off of an on-ramp

    …. O.O….. also being stabbed or cut, or getting a limb caught in something *shivers*.
  • skowalska1
    skowalska1 Posts: 16 Member
    Styrofoam. hate when that stuff squeak. uggggh!
  • infinitevast
    infinitevast Posts: 875 Member
    War
  • AeonAi
    AeonAi Posts: 60
    Balloons terrify me. Inflated or deflated doesn't matter. They are rubbery and gross.
  • WolfChylde
    WolfChylde Posts: 50 Member
    Mascots....
    like the characters at disney world, or sporting events, but especially the easter bunny. I run the other way.
  • amirahdaboss
    amirahdaboss Posts: 921 Member
    I'm scared of bridges that go over water...I don't even know why
  • NH_Norma
    NH_Norma Posts: 332 Member
    covered bridges

    dead snakes (live ones too but that's pretty normal). I logically know a dead squished snake can do no harm, yet I run and look behind me anyway. If I drive over, even a dead one, my feet come off the floor of the car.

    using the shower at work after a workout in the fitness center; what if the fire alarm goes off while I'm in there??
  • Sinisterly
    Sinisterly Posts: 10,913 Member


    using the shower at work after a workout in the fitness center; what if the fire alarm goes off while I'm in there??
    Plan ahead and bring a bathrobe with you.
  • NH_Norma
    NH_Norma Posts: 332 Member


    using the shower at work after a workout in the fitness center; what if the fire alarm goes off while I'm in there??
    Plan ahead and bring a bathrobe with you.

    Your logic has no place in my phobia :laugh:
    ETA: it is a manufacturing facility, with hundreds of people. A bathrobe isn't enough of a barrier!
  • ritan7471
    ritan7471 Posts: 99 Member
    foam rubber, the kind they used to make couch cushions out of (or maybe still do). I cannot touch foam rubber of any kind but especially the bare kind that looks kind of like a sponge. Or even some kinds of sponges *shiver*. My mom never knew that and she thinks it's hilarious - my dad made me a bed, and we didn't have a proper mattress, so he cut one out of a big rectangle of foam rubber: then I had to change my own sheets on it. I never said anything about it because I knew my parents wouldn't get it and would think I was trying to get out of chores.

    Still traumatized.

    Also, shopping in any huge, crowded place.
  • tegalicious
    tegalicious Posts: 629
    That creepy little dude from Lord of the Rings. Can't watch the movies because of him. That voice. Gives me the chills and I run away screaming.
  • NH_Norma
    NH_Norma Posts: 332 Member
    foam rubber, the kind they used to make couch cushions out of (or maybe still do). I cannot touch foam rubber of any kind but especially the bare kind that looks kind of like a sponge.

    Ewwww....you poor thing!! Yes, that stuff feels gross! spongy, rubbery, sticky...blech!!!
  • cavia
    cavia Posts: 457 Member
    I'm scared of walking past gas stations. I always think they are going to blow up as I'm walking by.
  • YoungDoc2B
    YoungDoc2B Posts: 1,593 Member
    Getting my shoelaces stuck in the escalator or getting stabbed in the eye with a knife while cooking (LOL)
  • kittenful
    kittenful Posts: 318 Member
    Getting on an escalator. I have to build up my courage to step on. Down is much worse than up, but I'm white knuckled holding on the rail the entire time. I'd much rather take the stairs (which I do, if it's an option).
  • Timelordlady85
    Timelordlady85 Posts: 797 Member
    Crowded rooms and places like Zoo, Circus, clowns, getting hit while walking home in my neighborhood(they drive ridiculously careless through this tiny neighborhood). Fear of shaving my legs and cutting myself like the lady in cabin Fever did. yuck!
  • Timelordlady85
    Timelordlady85 Posts: 797 Member
    Getting my shoelaces stuck in the escalator or getting stabbed in the eye with a knife while cooking (LOL)

    ouch!
  • Xxoxo
    Xxoxo Posts: 233
    Getting my shoelaces stuck in the escalator or getting stabbed in the eye with a knife while cooking (LOL)

    LMAO!! :sad:
  • Timelordlady85
    Timelordlady85 Posts: 797 Member
    That creepy little dude from Lord of the Rings. Can't watch the movies because of him. That voice. Gives me the chills and I run away screaming.

    Gollum from lord of the rings, yeah he is a little creepy.
  • RaspberryKeytoneBoondoggle
    RaspberryKeytoneBoondoggle Posts: 1,349 Member
    I'm starting to feel normal now:)
  • Rainboots80
    Rainboots80 Posts: 218 Member
    Bats and opening doors. bats are the reason I have a phobia of opening doors though.
  • SaintGiff
    SaintGiff Posts: 3,679 Member
    Getting on an escalator. I have to build up my courage to step on. Down is much worse than up, but I'm white knuckled holding on the rail the entire time. I'd much rather take the stairs (which I do, if it's an option).

    This. I will gladly take the stairs, thank you. I spend a solid ten seconds trying to figure out the proper procedure for getting on an escalator every damned time.
  • Jenni129
    Jenni129 Posts: 692 Member
    Tiny rooms packed with tons of people. :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:

    Me too :sad:

    Also not a fan of insects or snakes.

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