What’s your irrational fear?

[newtoyou]

Tell me about your weird and wonderful fears! And other stuff that gives you a physical reaction (ie something that makes you cover your eyes or ears - more than an annoyance)

My main one is holes, especially clusters of them (think that’s quite a common one)

I also have this weird one where I get a bit freaked out when I get to the end of a tissue box I think it comes from having had a spider come out of one once. I have to flatten the box immediately.

Other things that give me a physical reaction are people brushing their teeth (I can’t look, even at myself). It’s the froth.

And people rubbing their fingers together or wiping fingers on a dry tissue. Makes me shudder.

(I was sure there was a thread about fears but I couldn’t find it in the search box so sorry if I’m duplicating)

 

[Fofoca]

I don’t think my fear is entirely irrational. I think if you experienced the same thing you’d be scared too!

I have a fear of a certain size of tile that’s laid over an edge. So I’m ok with a flat tiled floor made of large tiles. I’m ok with tiny mosaic tiles on a wall. But mid size tiles over a bath edge or sink unit make me feel sick. Thinking about it now has made me feel a bit queasy.

20-25 years ago I was on holiday and enjoying myself in an outdoor pool - tiles everywhere. When I came out the pool I scraped my leg on the pool’s edge and the tile sliced a lot of the front of my leg off - like a big slice of ham. Blood everywhere. Oh Jesus.

 

[Londoncailín]

Adult identical twins. Especially elderly people who are identical twins. I cannot cope at the thought. Completely freaks me out.

 

[newtoyou]

Adult identical twins. Especially elderly people who are identical twins. I cannot cope at the thought. Completely freaks me out.

Are those twins in your picture?

 

[Kat5998]

I have a fear of plug holes and underneath sinks , both due to spiders

Also falling off the edge of something like a cliff or a rollercoaster, I hate rollercoasters

 

[Londoncailín]

Are those twins in your picture?

I’m ok with twins when they are children. It’s adult twins I’m uneasy with.

 

[Trixabellee9393]

I have a fear that the house will fall down when I have a bath from the weight of the water so I tend to stick to showers even tho I’d love a bath

 

[265]

Tunnels, when I travel through one I fear it will collapse and I will drown.

 

[DCICassieStuart]

Tell me about your weird and wonderful fears! And other stuff that gives you a physical reaction (ie something that makes you cover your eyes or ears - more than an annoyance)

My main one is holes, especially clusters of them (think that’s quite a common one)

Whatever you do, don't google trypophobia!

 

[holliebollie]

This was a question prompt on Hinge (a dating app!) and mine is that when I’m driving, the bottom of the car will fall out with me attached god knows where that came from but I worry every time I get in!

 

[Midgetgem]

trypophobia; fear of holes and clusters. First started with a photo shopped image online
I'm okay with honeycomb, just not crumpets and all the rest of it . Please dont google unless you know what it is. If you do google please look at calm photos after or do some meditation xx

 

[newtoyou]

Whatever you do, don't google trypophobia!

Oh I’ve made that mistake before!

 

[Mayday]

I have a lot but don't think they're entirely irrational (I blame final destination).

My main one is big trucks/lorries on the road. Even if I'm just walking on the pavement - I feel uneasy when they go by as if they're going to fall on their side or something. Its worse if they're those open-back ones and they have supplies in there.

Also chihuahuas. I don't think I've ever seen a chihuahua that wasn't barking for no reason before.

 

[Mulholland Drive]

I don't like getting into lifts/elevators because

a/ I always think the supporting cable will snap and the lift will go hurtling towards the ground at speed;​

b/ that the electric may cut out plunging the lift into darkness while stuck between floors,​

c/ when the lift gets to your floor and the doors open and you're halfway stepping out, the lift should slip and you're crushed!​

All 3 points are exacerbated further when the lift is full of people. And yet ordinarily I have no issues with claustrophobia

 

[Boredofthegram]

Bellybuttons

 

[Belulah]

I’m ok with twins when they are children. It’s adult twins I’m uneasy with.

I’m a twin (who is an adult) and when I see other adult twins working together it makes me laugh uncontrollably- there’s two of them and they are together- it really tickles me but on a deep level I can’t really explain- I hope no one laughs at me and my twin when we are out together.

 

[Glamourelle]

Stairs with gaps between them. I just can’t

 

[Mulholland Drive]

Nails down a blackboard
Contact lenses that either get stuck to my eyeballs or end up behind them!
Heavy periods that just won't stop!
Spiders - big or small, safe or poisonous, I just don't want to be anywhere near one
Balloons - don't like the texture, and the anxiety of them bursting

 

[Carmen 6]

My mother.
It should have stopped when she died, but I just know she doesn't give up that easily.

 

[under the ivy]

Baked beans. Can’t even touch a tin of them, can’t be next to someone eating them, can’t look at them. The word even makes me feel sick, found it hard to type tbh lol.
Butterflies/moths.
Balloons.
Heights, even climbing stairs makes me feel dizzy/anxious.

The one what makes people laugh is seeing boats out of water/the bottom of the boat - it just looks unnatural to me and freaks me out so much! Like you’re not meant to see that part of a boat! Titanic is my favourite film weirdly enough but when the boat snaps in half and is bobbing up and down, where you can see the bottom of the ship, it gives me the heeby jeebies