Bizarre Phobias

I have one son with a phobia of his sister. He is now on medication that has helped, but before the medication he had not seen her for two and a half years. He would scream as though someone was going to kill him, even if it was only her hand going around a corner. there was no family life. They couldn't watch TV together, go out in public,and to get them to school i had to put a towel up in the car to act as a screen. My second son has a phobia of other people eating. So he hasn't had a meal with us for about two years. Medication has not helped him. Does anyone know the name of these phobias?

my girl friend has a fear of belly buttons she had a panic attack when she saw me poking my belly buttonwhat do i do !!!!!!!! what can be done

I am wondering if anyone knows the name of the phobia of 'wet wood" like popsicle sticks?

Hello. :cheese: My name is Mary and I have a phobia of people with amputated limbs. I can actually remember how it started. I was about 7 when I was watching tv with my mom and dad when "Ripley's believe it or not" came on and some girl with no arms or legs swam across the english channel or something..and I just kinda spaced out.It was the first time I saw a person like that and I just kinda shut off,mentally. That night I had a dream about it..well a nightmare really,where she just fell on me out of no where and it was completely dark and she was talking and gesturing with her...nubs. Ever since then I've been so afraid.My mom makes fun of me sometimes and I may chuckle about it,but it really is horrible. I have a huge fear of the nubs touching me...and when I think about it I kinda squirm around and I want to cry. I'm super normal,its just when I see someone with a missing limb I almost faint.I've been to therapy for it..and I can..cope but I can't have them touch me.I've had a massive panic attack and I had to go to the hospital..my heartbeat was visible through my shirt. :down: Even though I've never heard of someone with this phobia, is there anyone else who has a phobia like me?

OMG i cant stan cardboard and hate touching paper when its wet i thought it was jsut me i had to build a bed for my daughter last night in cam in soo much packahing there was a lot of cardboard i really dont care for plastic much either i had to get all of the packinging off and out of the house before i even started i tihink it has something to do with my dad over packaging christmass and birthday gifts when i was little i cant stand the feeling of cardboard when i am wet or dry the thought of my nails runs aginst it freakes me out its not that i am afraid of it but i hate it to the poin of giving me an anxiaty attack remeber people phobias arent ears they are anxiaty dissorders it would be silly to be afain of cardboard what can it do to me? but i hate it with a true and burning passion i would love to just burn it my skin and nails hurt from dealing with it so much the other day i hate it but i fiannaly did get that bed together after a martini nd my anxiaty meds and a tottall freak out i am sure the neighbors think i am a basket case but its just carboard ... 😊 and paper if i am wet and copious amounts of dust ....

Hey my name is Danielle and I am 14 years old.
I have a phobia of rubbing my hands together & I cant stand when other people do it. Jesse, we have alot it common,

i have a fear of cottonballs. it started with me just being grossed out. and slowly developed into screaming and crying when people tried to torment me with them, thinking its funny. when it's really not. it sends me into a panic attack.

I'm scared of pencils. I cant touch them. They just freak me out. I can use Mechanical Ones "Pacers" but not a wooden pencil. Thinking about them makes me anxious, Like I wanna be sick. I have no issues with lead or wood in general but pencils give me the heebie jeebies.

I have a phobia of getting my hands wet and touching something I absolutley cannot do it. When I was little I would make my hands into a fist until they dried, finally I tried lotion and it worked! I have to use it a couple of times after I get my hands wet, it works! Hope this helps.

Okay I seriously have the worst fear of my hands being wet or hands touching or anybody part that is wet touching another body Part .... Someone with a problem like this please email me . Thanks

I have the paper issue as well. It's not a fear of the paper itself, but of touching it, the sound of someone touching it, all of it. Is that also papyrophobia? Any info would be GREAT

I also have a fear if rubbing my hands together. At all times the insides of my hands where the lines are cannot touch together I get chills and cringe and when u was little, like 8 or 9 I used to cry at the thought of my two hands or feet touching together. I can't stand the sound that it makes either, and my friends tease my all the time to the point where I have to run out if the room. I don't know a name for this phobia though. I also can't stand if my hands are sweaty especially in-between the fingers. I also have a fear of bridges, boats, planes, elevators, and heights.

Okay, so someone else said something about this, but it was so long ago I don't know if anyone remembers. Ever since I began watching odd (scary) movies I have had intense panic attacks. When I was younger, it was one episode of the television show "So Weird" where a paranormal animal killed people, but first, his glowing eyes were spotted in the dark. At night I would SWEAR I saw those glowing eyes. I would force myself to close my eyes, and begin convulsions (stomach muscles having violent contractions) and I wouldn't be able to breathe. This happened for a while, but when I got older I watched the movie The Grudge. This was about seven years ago. Since then I constantly feel that she is behind me, or in the ceiling corner of my room, or in my shower, or anywhere really. I hear sounds that aren't there. I see figures that aren't there. When I tell people this they say "That movie isn't real, those things can't hurt you" I am completely aware of these things, but I continue to be terrified. Last night I had such a bad panic attack my boyfriend almost called my parents to ask if I needed to see a doctor. I don't know what to do. This fear is eating away at me. My first step is to find a name for it. What could it be?

What is the fear of is Dogs called. I know that fear of spiders is called Arachnophobia.

so yeah i have the wet hands and feet phobia to i hate it my hubby goes to help me out of the bath when i have wet fingers it makes me vomit, does anyone know what its called ???

i have a fear of pubes. everytime i see them i try to rip them out and eat them and i hate the crunching sound of pubes in my mouth

this is a very informative article. i have always believed that many things may work for us and not for other people. stress and anxiety are easy to prevent if we just try to know what are the causes of these. some relaxation techniques can really help but it is still best for us to know what may really work by trying out different ways on how to prevent it.

I have a totally irrational fear of underground water...i don't know why, but it freaks me out REALLY bad...i was once in some caves, and came across an underground lake, I couldn't make it anywhere near the lake. I felt like something was in there. I wanted to kill the lake somehow... haha

Ahhh!!! i HATE! Paper! the sound of it touching and pencils or markers or highliters on it gross me out soooooooo much! i hate it its the grossest thing in the univers i hav to leave the room at school when ev we high light i spend my while day plugging my ears i only write in pen and if i hav to do charcoal art in school this month i mite die! ahh i also hav a phobia of rhianna and deer! :( help me!

I have a fear of styrofoam. I know it is weird, but the sound and the way it looks freaks me out! I don't understand it, but my skin starts crawling and I usually run out of the room. I wish I understood it or the reason for it, but I have been like that since I was a little girl.

i don't know why but i have a fear of roofs and other roofers, i just can't explain it but when i look at roofers i get the shakes.

I am doing a grade 6 report on phobias. If anyone has any information on them please post because there seems to be a lack of useful info on them. 😖 Did you know that there is a phobia called Phobophobia. That is the fear of phobia(s)

I have a phobia - almost - of people biting down on cotton, cardboard, fabric, or napkins... or things like that - ack. It just makes me tremble to even think about it. I also can't stand styrofoam, or hearing about human anatomy - how your body works or people describing problems with muscles, etc. I feel really weak and frail. I almost passed out when we were discussing tendons in class. Anyone else who has problems like that? D:

And my dad has a fear of wet feet. Whenever the floor is mopped he won't cross it unless he's wearing shoes and he just squeals (it's actually kind of funny.)

I have a phobia of standing on a wet floor in socks or bare feet! When i turn the shower off, i have to get out of the shower and dry my feet before anything else! I cannot stand on a floor that is wet, mostly hard flooring, but sometimes carpets. If something is spilled on the floor, i will not walk on the floor until it is fully dry, because i begin to shake and feel sick...
Not normal. Not normal at all :(

i cant stand eyelashes they creap me out i be thinking they bug legs growing out of my face they give me goose bumps everytime i think or so eyelashes i pull atleast 10-15 eye lashes out a day im scard they wont grow back but i cant stand them if i could pull other people eyelashes out i would whats wrong with me

I have a huge fear of... marijuana? :/ I dunno why! I think because it has caused alot of problems with my friends and stuff... but whenever people talk about it around me I start like hyperventilating.

and when someone asks me to try it, I have a mini panic attack!

I know that's odd... But If anyone else has that problem, you should notify me...

I can't stand to hear bathroom fans they are so annoying. I also can't stand touching just about anything without having lotion on my hands and feet and my lip always have to have chap-stick. Another thing about feet, I always have to wear shocks even to bed because of that I don't wear sandals or flip-flops. What is wrong with me? I'm I normal? My parents siblings think I act like a baby for when mention this stuff to them. Find out please!

My friend is standidng right next to me and she has a fear of Dora the Explorer. I think its crazy. But, is there a way to cure it and what is this phobia called. She runs away if she hears it!!!!!!!! PLEASE HELPPPPPPP!!!!!!! 😊

Well i have 2 really bad ones.. i cannot touch food!!!!!!! the oils gross me out so bad i start to cry and almost blackout. i always have to use forks/spoons for even hand held foods. and my 2nd one is more odd.. im deathly afraid of fish out of water? i have no idea why but i cant even be around fish out of the fear that they will end up out of there tanks im not afraid of them just them dieing from no water. please tell me why i have these weird phobias!! and how to get rid of them if possible!

okayy soo im thirteen and i think i have a wierd phobia. i have a fear of dead skin or dead skin cells. i start to freak out if someone is picking at dead skin and i just hate it. but hey we're all human, right?

I have a phobia of wooden spoons and wooden lollipop sticks, i cant touch them or worse, put them in my mouth, even watching others put a lollipop stick or a wooden spoon in their mouths makes me cringe and tense.

Please answer me!!! I woul like the name of my phobia, I am afraid of rubbing my fingertips together. Even when I think about it, or when it accidentally happens, I freak out and have to have my hands in a fist. Usually for at least 10 minutes. Again, please tell me my phobia!!!!

I have a fear of people rubbing the skin around their eyes, like when they are tired for example, not their eye ball, just the skin around it. It makes me feel really woozy and I have to look away. Just thinking about it now is making me feel a bit sick. I nearly fainted once and this was when I was just imagining it, now that if crazy. I would love to know if anyone else has this phobia and if it has a name. My boyfriend does it all the time, and he has to let me know so that I can look away.

I am afraid of posting my fears on the internet.

Stop taking the mick Joe Bayer, if that is all your gonna put, then don't bother.

I'm terrified of clowns. :( I used to love themes a kid but now when I see them I start hyperventilating and cry. I also have a fear of whispering. Every time someone whispers to me I shake all over. One time my mom was whispering to my sister and I freaked out!

I am 18 and I have this horrible fear of sticking my arm or my leg off of my bed when I'm sleeping. Does anyone know what it's called....this would be barreble if I knew what it was called.
Thanks

It's me again! And I have more phobias to add.
Fear of: under my bed (I'm a little too old for that)
Dying (who isn't? Most people. :,(
Midgets
Sleeping by closets
The ocean
3d movies

Sad, I know. :d

im DEATHLY scared of raccoons, im scared they look at me when im changing and they go on my laptop and look at my history and check if i've been looking at any porn, and tell my dad so he bends me over and hits me with the belt. HELP!
p.s i saw a picture of a raccoon with an eye patch and a turd popped out of my shorts

Does anyone know the name of my phobia? My phobia is touching wet rags, the ones to wipe down tables. I CAN'T EVEN TOUCH 'EM FOR ANY REASON! :gulp:
I barely look at them. Does anyone know the name?
I can touch rags in the shower, but, YUCK!!!!!
Thanks~

Ya, I know, more phobias. Here:
Sleeping by closets
CLOWNS. OH MY GOD. :zip:
Midgets
@ Adam : I totally agree. Sticking my leg or arm off my bed. :\
@ Lauren : I don't know about dying. It's not scary. We'll all got to heaven.
Name of phobias? THANKS~
P.S. I'm 15. -_-

okay, so I have a severe phobia of waffles. it's really bad. I can't see, think about, or smell a waffle or I'll cringe and shake uncontrolably. Pancakes are FINE can anyone identify my fear of waffles? I'd appreciate it. email me if you can tell me the name of my disease, or if you are a fellow waffle phobiac.

Hello , 😊
just a couple of questions i was wondering about phobia's... i don't really have any other then the fear of walking outside alone in the dark & the fear of death and being alone , but i would like to know if anyone has any of these if they could let me know 😊

does anyone know what the fear of crayons , pencils , sticks , fans , tv's , love , relationships , being single forever , sleeping , washers , dryers , bbq's , grass , rodents, toes, death , toungs , underwear , skin, glass , paint , dogs , cats , electronics, pokemon , old people , dolpins , sharks , hockey , soccer , sports , & water called?


thanks alot 😊

Hi i'm Maddy and im 12.
For the past few years I have been deathly afraid of scratching anything, even my skin. I have to scratch backwards, and sideways only on my skin. I clean out my fingernails a few times a day, and always have nail clippers by my side. I also have some kind of OCD that whenever I scratch something I have to scratch backwards on it and whenever I rub against something I have to rub against it in the other direction, twice, five, ten or twenty times. I am obsessed with those numbers and I hate it...
If I touch something I have to touch it again or else I think I am going to "Die".

Also, I am afraid of barnacles.
They make me cringe and get goosebumps.
My other phobias do the same. I am also really afraid of towels touching my teeth. The vibrations and noises it makes freak me out!!. Also, as you can see, I have to have periods at the end of every sentence or I think I am going to die. And if I write an a or d they have to be completely closed, no gaps, or I am going to die.

Glad to see I am not the only one with a paper fear. I hate when someone rubbs their fingers along paper. It gives chills up my back and down to my toes.

Its that feeling of dry paper rubbing against skin. Ahhh! I have to lick my fingers constantly when trying to read a book. Wet paper is fine with me. lol

I have a very bad fear of napkins. I'm 16 years old and I have always been distant from them but during this year I have developed a strange phobia. If they're wet napkins, I don't mind. But I won't touch them if they're dry. When I even think about them or see my family using them at the dinner table, I freak out. I get goosebumps, my teeth start grating, I get cold, and shake. I can't stand the feeling or the sound. I also hate the feeling of towels, clothes, etc, right after I wash my hands and dry them. And the sound of the material of napkins or towels rubbing on my fingernails aggravates me alot. Sometimes it's hard just to take a shower because I hate the feeling towels, clothes, etc, so much... I don't know why i'm so scared though.

My names McKenna. I'm 15 years old and I have a type of water phobia. I love swimming and taking showers...but I hate getting my clothes wet. My friends tease me about going on water rides at amusement parks and dancing in the rain. I just wont get wet. It's not because I care about what I look like, it's because I have anxiety when my clothes are wet. Ever since I was little I've hated getting my clothes wet. My mom would splash a little bit of water on my from doing the dishes and I'd immediately change clothes. Or I'd spill a drop of food on my clothes and my mom would get a wet rag to get the spot off, and I'd go change. I just cant stand getting wet and I don't even know what the phobia is called. I'm tired of telling people that "I have a type of water phobia" cuz no one believes me!!! Please help me out!!! I have to end this madness!

I have a few phobias that included thunder and lightning, the flash and noise freaks me out, I always plug my ear phones in, I can't watch anything that involves clowns, the painted smiles freak me out and shouting, I can't be near someone shouting or have someone shout at me, I start feeling uncomfortable and my heart rate speeds up, I was never afraid of shouting up until 1/2 a year ago when I started arguing with my ex and he would shout at me a lot also there has been an increased amount of arguements in my family recently which has involved a lot of shouting.

I have a fear my rubbing my fingertips together, ESPECIALLY when they get pruny after a shower/bath, or anyone elses pruny hands or feet, and I also have a fear of touching cotton, or Q-tips, and touching my jeans whenever my hands are dry, touching wet wood, (wooden spoons when washed), cotton, tissue, or any cloth being in my mouth, I have a big fear of my jaw getting stuck open, (Had nightmares of this), razor tops, and spiders or any other crawly bug.