Anyone have a weird phobia?

J

Jan14

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My sister has tripophobia. A fear of repetitive patterns ie. The center of a sunflower, a pine cone etc. Her feet also start hurting when she anticipates having to drive out of town. Things seem to be getting worse as she ages. We kind of laugh about it but the fears are real!
 

Talk about weird..

How 'bout...

Anablephobia - The fear of looking upward.

Dextrophobia - The fear of objects at the right side of the body.

This one, really strange...Phronemophobia - The fear of thinking.

And, for the rest of us...Rhytiphobia - The fear of getting wrinkles.🤔
 
I'm terrified of escalators.

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RadishRose said:
I don't mean to laugh at your fear AB, but that gif is hilarious.

Do you fear it shutting down on your feet? If you place your hands firmly on the handrails, you can lift yourself up to avoid injury...maybe that will help your fear.
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When I was little my boot was eaten right off of my foot by an old-fashioned department store escalator with wooden teeth similar to the ones in Macy's.
 
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I don't have a fear of escalators, and have used them often all my life. But I won't even try to get on one of those fast-moving ones going down now. (Up is OK.) Some of the newer escalators are very long, and apparently they make them faster, otherwise it would take forever to get to the top of the bottom.

Fortunately, there's always an elevator.
 
Gaer said:
I know this is so silly!
My first (ugh!) husband used to beat me up if I didn't cook his eggs perfectly.
To this day, I panic when I cook eggs because I'm so afraid they will be overcooked or undercooked.
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It is not!
I have never been bitten by a snake but I still don't like walking through tall bushes. I'd probably never go out again if I was.
 
Gaer said:
I know this is so silly!
My first (ugh!) husband used to beat me up if I didn't cook his eggs perfectly.
To this day, I panic when I cook eggs because I'm so afraid they will be overcooked or undercooked.
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(((hugs)))...I know that feeling well...I haven't got a phobia about it, I just don't eat it, and the smell makes me heave, but as a kid I always got a hiding if I didn't eat beef stew which I hated .. ..so I understand the horror and fear you feel with regard to the eggs...
 
I have the so called normal phobias, heights etc.. but the odd one I have is the fear of driving a white car..

Ever since before I learned to even drive I've had a regular dream where I see myself driving a white car and then crashing over the side of a cliff road. I will never buy a white car, and when I'm overseas and renting a car I always strictly insist I won't accept a white rental car..
 
RFW said:
It is not!
I have never been bitten by a snake but I still don't like walking through tall bushes. I'd probably never go out again if I was.
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I wouldn't walk through bushes, either & I have no fear of snakes or any animal. It's just not wise, especially in hot weather. All reptiles are cold blooded & have to regulate their body temperature by moving in & out of shade. When it's hot, they need the shade of bushes. :giggle:
 
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