Bizarre Phobias

I have an intense fear of doorknobs... I actually have to climb in and out of my side window at home. The neighbors have called the police a number of times, yet I've explained my phobia clearly to them. Grocery day really sucks

I have this fear of my feet touching flat on the ground in bathrooms especially in the shower. I also cant stand for my hands to be wet or touch anything gross and everything has to be in like perfect order everything has to be perfectly organized. Is this like OCD and germaphobia or what I am just so confused and it seems to be getting worse.

I'm not really sure this is a phobia.
Its more of an OCD type thing. I count my
syllables when i'm talking. it is the most
peculiar thing. I do it subconsciously now.
i'll just be talking and saying stuff and
counting my syllables and if they don't fit
into an ever number or a number with a five in it i get upset. and have to fit new words into
it to make it even. yeah i'm a freak. 😊

I have, I don't know if you'd call it a phobia, but I...cannot stand to TOUCH PAPER, especially after washing my hands or being in the shower. I also cannot touch fabrics, like clothes, or carpet. This extends to my feet as well. I am 21 years old. My mom says I've been like this all my life. I have to put lotion on constantly. I always have a bottle. Always. It's the only solution I've found.

On another note, I seem to have recently developed a phobia of my nails scratching things. Certain surfaces. I used to bite my nails constantly, and now I don't. I work in a lab, and just seeing the countertops (I don't know what material they are) gets me sweating and speeds up my heart rate. Also, smooth metals, like bowls. And ceramics. I can't even think about it. It makes my nails itch to the point of pain. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated! And a name so I can put a name to this monster.

I have a fear of those things that are on paper and if you move them the image changes. Only when I am touching them do I freak out, or if someone else touches them and starts sratching their nails on it and makes a smaller and quieter sound similar to a zipper being zipped. It sends shivers up my back and I can't stand it! Even when I think about it enough it sends shivers up my back. Uhg!!

does anyone know the name of the phobia of wednesdays? as in the day...?

it's something like "mercred..." idk

thanks =]

@Dana - yes I have a HORRIBLE fear of spines, it freaks me out so much. The thought of breaking my back or getting a slipped disk is my worst nightmare!! If anyone touches my back I freak out!! Cant even get massages!!

i also have an intense fear of spines when really skinny people bend over,and of achillles tendons! i always imagine them getting cut or snapping and it just makes my insides squirm with revulsion.

i have to say that i am deathly afraid of midgets. if i see one, or someone mendtions them i cry start shaking hyperventalate and i just stand still dont do anything like i forget where i am, just know that one is around. i wish i could calm down and i feel bad, but its something i can't ever get over. i've tried watching willy wonka, didnt work. watched the wizzard of oz, made it worse. everything i try to do doesnt work. im even like that when i visit hospitals.

i am 15 and i have a fear of touching paper after i wash my hands it freaks me out touching paper would even make me scream sometimes the other day while i was in school i washed my hands and came back into the classroom to do my work but when i touched the paper i went crazy i was going around the class asking for lotion omg its like i heard the paper and the sound of it was scratching a chalk bored as soon as i touched the paper a sort of shock or something went into my body and was just like aaahhhhhhh.!!! i didnt kno what to do when i was younger i hated paper i couldnt even touch it the only paper i could use was construction paper or that handwriting paper the school gave you(the one with only like 5 lines)i couldnt bare the feeling of touching envelopes it was like if i did i was going to die..i have grew out of that a little but i still cant touch paper after washing my hands does anyone know what that is called??

hi. I have a phobia of touching my collar bone i dont even like other people touching theirs in front of me also cant stand touching tendons like at the back of your ankle, knees and writs. I also cant put any kind of paper or cardboard on my bare skin it makes me sick. Does anyone know what any of these phobias are called?

I also have a phobia of felt if i ever accidentally touch it it makes me want to peel a layer of skin off my hands.

I CANNOT Touch paper or put on pants without lotion, and I mean alot of lotion! And I CANNOT STAND looking at or touching or looking at people touching their bellybuttons! I cannot touch ANYTHING dry! Chalk,Paper,Pants, ext. ext. And Whenever I get out of the shower, even the air HURTS!! I also have fear of The Ring and The Grudge! My older sister has to turn on the TV for me ! And Whenever she does I have to be on my bed! Also , (I HAVE ALOT OF PHOBIAS) I am afraid of having my nails too short!!! And a fear of Porclean Dolls! And a fear of being FAT/UGLY! Also of Dry Lips. Also of being in LOUD room with people YELLING and SHOUTING , I get A PANICK atack. THEIRS More , but I'm running out space, BUT PROBABLY the BIGGEST 1 is That I'm AFRAID of anything being Odd ( Not EVEN) and Fair! Like if I kick something with one foot , I hve to kick it with the other one 2, and I have A PANICK ATTACK when I have to write an uneven Number!! HELP!

I have a phobia of PVA glue. The thought of touching it or going near it makes me scream :S

In reply to Ian on page 3, the website you sent out didnt actually have my phobia there :/

When i was younger i had a dream where i stuck my hand out the window in the car and my hand got caught on a picker bush.. Ever since then i cannot touch any fabric after i cut my fingernails. I am just looking for the name of the phobia.

yup, i have a fear of kneecaps (genuphobia) AND wet wood, paper or (worst) tissue paper. havent found a name for that one yet...

ok, to the sarah girl in canada and for everyone else... i absolutley 100% afraid of napkins!!! it's not like i'm afraid of them but i juss hate the sound wen some1 uses them or wipes there hands or anything.. my body gets goosbumps ALL over my arms! and lke the thot of some1 getting a napkin and putting it between there teeth and grinding on it!! i HATE it!! when i hear it i yell STOP! or take it away and throw it somewhere as fast as i can!! and i'm tearafied of clowns!!! i hate to look at them or anything!!!! the 1 thing i hate the most about them is there eyes... theyy always look like there looking at you or something and i juss freak out.. i literaly tell a clown like at the mall or something to get away from me!!!! BUT I FREAKIN HATE NAPKINS!!

When some one rips fabric it makes me grind my teeth and I have to get out of the room as fast as I can.

I have a fear of touching something that was touched by someone who might not have washed their hands! So with all my phobias adn other stuff I do together I think I have OCD!!! But its weird because my grades aren't super HIGH and my room isn't super CLEAN! But I know how you feel Kristan from USA when people do that with their teeth! UGH! Help me people , am I OCD or am I CRAZY ?!

I can't believe someone else out there is also afraid of lotion! And I'm sorry to all of you who are afraid of little people - but Dr. Loveless wasn't one in Wild Wild West, by the way, Jdsmom. He was in a wheelchair... hope that doesn't turn your phobia upside-down!

I have this awful problem with touching paper towels with wet hands and not being able to rub my fingertips together let alone let someone rub there fingertips on mine, I feel like I can feel every ridge of there fingerprint and the same with the paper towels. I get goosebumps all over and it makes me shiver and then I usually act on instinct and yelp and drop or let go like it's actually hurting me. I have to tell friends because when do you not have wet hands and almost every where has paper towels but the worst is my ex's trying to rub my hand ,they think I'm nuts when I tell them I can feel there fingerprint.LOL!!!!

I AM TERRIFIED OF MIDGETS.

KHUZDOPHOBIA ITS CALLED?

I CRY AT THE SITE OF THEM...HAVE PANIC ATTACKS AND THEN USUALLY PASS OUT.

NO IDEA HOW THIS FEAR CAME TO BE BUT I WANT TO BE A NURSE SOMEDAY SO HOWS WILL I TREAT MIDGETS?

nanosophobia
if you watched the wizard of oz as a child, i probably came from that... 😊

Good to see other people with the midget/dwarf phobia!! It's always been a joke between my mates, i'll have a bit of a laugh when I'm with mates, but they don't know how deep it goes. I'm 24 now but from a kid i couldn't watch charlie and the chocolate factory. I can't "do" oompa loompas! It makes me cringe just writing it! Dwarfs in person freak me out but i can handle it and not be to obvious though.

I have the fear of people touching my feet! I cry! Also I have the fear of stuffed animals staring at me at night, also the fear of windows. I can't look out them or i freak! also the fear cleaning supplies

Does anybody know what a fear of people touching your head is called? I won't lett anyone touch my head and i can't go to the hairdressers or anything like that. yesterday my grandma was showing us this thing u put on your head that's supposed to relax you. when she put it on my head, I screamed SO loud. you wouldn't believe

I have come across a couple of people who are afraid of being
alone. What do you call that kind of phobia?


eve

I have a fear of two things; waterproof material and dry hands. My dad constantly rubs his hands together and I get goosebumps and shiver. With the waterproof material it's the same and it aggrivates me when I touch it and when I hear it.

I blink too much. It started like a week ago. I kinda noticed but it wasn't a big deal. It's just gotten worse. Now I blink too hard, blink so much and double blink a lot. It's wierd an I feel like I don't actually open my eyes. If I concentrate on this it kind of works but not always. What's it called I'm trying to find a natural cure.

Well I used to have the same thing with blinking but I noticed I only blinked even or common numbers like 2,5,10, etc...so I just focused myself on the odder numbers like (i know it's not odd but it's hardly used lol) 4,6,7,11, etc...so maybe the next time you blink so much count how many times and if it's even then focus on odd numbers. I hope this helps a bit! 😊

I have the fear of lotions and creams. Any idea what the proper name for it is?

Google yahoo and ask have no idea 😊

I am terrified of wet napkins, tissue, toilet paper[even tho i have to use it], cotton balls, wet paper...and cats and dogs. Everytime some one accidentally puts a wet napkin near were i am i start to cry..or worse yet i start to hyperventilate..i really hate it because people thik i am wierd..but i just cannot help it..its so disgusting!

Hi

I have two main phobias
1- of certain materials like wool, cashmere and carpets. i always have to wear shoes or at least socks if i walk on a carpet. i especially freak out when standing on the little green carpets you find at the supermarket in the fruit and veg section

2 sometimes i become very aware that the pavement that im walking on is filthy. particularly if its raining and panic about finding the nearest place to sit down so i can elevate my feet off the floor.

i did a little searching and apparently "textophobia" is the term for the first issue. does anyone else feel like this? because my family think im overreacting but I feel so panicy aand uncomfortable, i would feel so much better knowing im not the only one

I can not find the word for, or even some one else who feels the same way, but I'm afraid of pillow cases. I'm afraid there gonna cover my nose when I sleep and smother me to death. Anyone know anything about that?

my frend has a fear of frogs.. she heard one croaking and she like started to hypervetilate and freak out 😊

I have the fear of scratching paper. :\

Oh wow, finely someone else feels what I feel with chalk, ITS HORRIBLE, I actually cant stand the thought of touching it at all and now im thinking about it I have to keep rubbing my finger nails on my thumb between each word for some reason lol, I took art as a GCSE and it was very hard to even be sat near people using chalk D: I get it with charcoal too and anything powdery that scrapes on paper or something EWW :L

I have an irrational fear of baby corns. I cannot be around them, look at them, smell them, nevermind EAT them. I don't know what it is about them but it is the scariest thing to me, as well as wet paper I have to leave the room. It's so bad, and it's such a shame because most people don't take me seriously on either of these phobias.

I have a very strange phobia. It is of rough or eneven things. Like sandpaper, chalk and scratchy trousers. Things like that really creep me out. I have to touch something smooth or think about something smooth to calm me down like plastic.

I can't believe I've found other sufferers with the 'touching paper' thing...but, quite bizarrely, I have the exact opposite fear....touching paper with dry hands. I have to slap lots of moisturiser on them first, or wet my hands slightly, otherwise I simply cannot touch paper. It is an intense form of heebie jeebies if I do. It is quite debilitating, as I come into contact with lots of paper. People think I'm a freak.

i'm glad there are some people with my phobias, people never take me seriously when i say i have a phobia of soap, i still use soap, im a clean freak, but i rinse my hands for ages afterwards and cant leave a single bit on my hands,one of my tutors at school let me use the bathroom, then didnt let me leave the classroom again coz i'd left some soap between my fingers (the worst place for me) so i ran outta the room and then came back afterwards and got put in detention =|
i also can't stand oils, lotions, washing up liquid or creams and i have eczema as well =|

oh i forgot to mention i have an extremely strange OCD as well...
with potato waffles they come as 5x4 squares, i have to make them 4x4 then cut 2 sides off to make 3x3, i dont know why i just can't eat waffles if they're not even

I HATE the sound of pencils or markers on paper. It makes me crazy. I used a pencil without a tip the other day and thought I was going to die. The sound it made when it dug into the paper still gives me goosebumps just to think of it. I also hate the sound of markers on paper or when someone folds the paper and rubs it together. Or even touching paper. I have always had this problem but I don't know anyone else like me. People laugh at me when they find out and do it more but they don't understand how much it hurts me. I would much rather hear nails on a chalkboard.

i am only 12 and i cant stand the feeling of styrofoam it gives me bumps on my arms and my ears foled in its a scary feeling even when i hear it it scares me my parents and famiely members think i am wiered and i just had to let it out my brothers get me so mad when they push styrofoam at my face i cry sometimes my parents didnt know what i had so i found this place thats so cool to let out what i am feeling.

Does anyone here have a fear of your feet being looked at or a fear of touching bald heads? Does anyone know what either of these fear might be called, other than Podophobia?

hi,i also have a phobia of being tickled,it scares me even thinking about it,what is it called?? not being tickled by feathers just tickled in general.can i be cured??

i am afraid of soap Anybody else???

I have an fear of lotions and creams, but not soap or germ-x, or shampoo, I also have a skin itching condition, so I can't stop it with the cream, the lotion make my skin crawl as well as sand paper and nail filers, anyone else?

And the fear of midgets is the most common phobia, they kind of creep me out, but I don't FEAR them,....

I fear bridges especially crossing them. I have the unresonable fear that they will collapse as im crossing them or that someone will throw me off. If someone is walking with me they have to cross the bridge in front of me otherwise I wont cross. the higher the bridge the worse the fear. I am also afraid of being hated or being chewed out,this has all but ruined me for working.