Weird phobias

[mp170.6]

We're all friends here so I thought this would be a good place to share our phobias without being put to shame.  I'll start.

 

I'm somewhat phobic about hugging skinny women.  My mother was toothpick thin in the years before I was born.  One day my dad gave her a bear hug and managed to break a few of her ribs.  I remember hearing this story as a kid and thinking oh crap, I better be careful about hugging the skinny girls at school.  All these years later, even though I don't think twice about hugging a woman, I still hug skinny women differently. 

 

Your turn.

[Pbonetheman]

Mayo. Hate the stuff.

[Brandon]

I am terrified of snakes. When I cook I wash my hands multiple times eve when touching the same things.....I don't like to eat with my hands, so I think it's more of a hands OCD thing as I cringe at the thought of dry or dirty hands. When I turn the volume up or down on my tv it needs to be on an even or round number. When I eat a plate full of food I eat one section at a time and don't mix anything but beans and rice on occassion. I can't wear the same pair of socks multiple times.

[eaterfan]

Birds. Beady eyes, sharp beaks, flying poop machines.

 

I do like birds that eat other birds though. And penguins.

[CaliAngel]

 I can't wear the same pair of socks multiple times.

 

This is a phobia?

[Brandon]

"A phobia is, when used in the context of clinical psychology, a type of anxiety disorder, usually defined as a persistent fear of an object or situation in which the sufferer commits to great lengths in avoiding, typically disproportional to the actual danger posed, often being recognized as irrational."

 

I believe you are assuming all phobias are scared to death situations.

[CaliAngel]

I don't like eating rotten food.

 

Is that a phobia?

 

I guess I just assumed it's pretty understandable that most people don't prefer wearing dirty clothes multiple times.

[Stradling]

I am afraid of possums, it is the dumbest thing ever, but I just am. One night I came home from work around 2am, I see what looks like a possum crossing my lawn going towards the front door. I actually backed out of my drive way and focused the headlights on the front door to make sure it was not there and it wasn't. I also remember a night where I am sitting in a chair out by my jacuzzi. My wife is in the jacuzzi and says, don't panic, but there is a possum on the wall behind you. I took one giant step, dove, cleared the jacuzzi and landed in the pool.

I live in Chino where we have a lot of weird things come into our back yard, bunnies, cats, small dogs, chickens, a raccoon once, and even the neighbors goat. All of these things have ended up dead because I have a couple of bigger dogs. I truly hate going out back with a shovel and getting rid of these things, but if it happens to be a possum, I make sure the dogs know I am proud of them. Oh, one more weird possum story that happened a few months back. I see what appears to be a dead possum on in my backyard on the side yard. I go and take a picture of it to send it to my girl friend, because that is always fun to do. About 15 minutes after taking the picture I go back out there and the possum is gone. I searched the entire back yard, it was gone. Apparently it wasn't dead it was just playing possum. So year, that is my little phobia, as silly as it sounds.

[Brandon]

If you experience any sort of anxiety, then yes.

 

I'm guessing you never stayed the night at a friends house, went camping, or under packed on a trip. The context was something like drinking too much and sleeping at a friends place. I won't wear the socks I wore the night before home. I don't put on used socks.

[Adam]

Getting the shits on a flight. I always take an imodium even if I crapped before the flight. 

Edited February 20, 2014 by Adam

[m0nkey]

Seeing acquaintances. I can't do small with them, and it becomes awkward. At least in my mind it does. I don't mind chatting up random strangers for a few minutes though

[m0nkey]

Getting the shits on a flight. I always take an imodium even if I crapped before the flight.

that's a good one. If I have a 10+ hour flight, I always force one out at the airport

[JAHV76]

At hotel rooms I always use the ice cooler ziplock bag to put around the TV remote control. Housekeeping never disinfect them I between stays. They are filled with germs.

[HaloCory22]

Spiders

 

**** them.

[CaliAngel]

If you experience any sort of anxiety, then yes.

 

Wrong. Even if it causes anxiety, It is NOT irrational to not like eating rotten food.

 

Not irrational to dislike wearing dirty clothes multiple times, either.

[Adam]

I'm starting to feel like maybe Brandon and CaliAngel aren't friends

[NJHalo]

Drinking from a dirty glass is a major phobia of mine.

Every time I take a drink, I use my napkin to wipe my own lip marks and fingerprints off before I can take another swig

[CaliAngel]

His rationale is just stupid, that's all.

 

dur I don't like wearing dirty clothes, it's a phobia durrrrrrrrrr

Edited February 21, 2014 by CaliAngel

[mtangelsfan]

Wrong. Even if it causes anxiety, It is NOT irrational to not like eating rotten food.

 

Not irrational to dislike wearing dirty clothes multiple times, either.

 

This should be a fun thread, stop making it not that.

[mtangelsfan]

Moving along........

 

I don't like crowds.  I don't like being in a vehicle I'm not driving.

[Adam]

Moving along........

 

I don't like crowds.  I don't like being in a vehicle I'm not driving.

 

Why do you feel like Black people are out to get you? 

[HaloCory22]

Idk if its a phobia or not, but I can't stand being in a motorized vehicle (car, motorcycle, plane, boat, Etc.) if I'm not controlling it. I can't stand being a passenger. I always feel the need to be in control and if I'm dying, its going to be from my own doing and not someone else's. 

[NJHalo]

Idk if its a phobia or not, but I can't stand being in a motorized vehicle (car, motorcycle, plane, boat, Etc.) if I'm not controlling it. I can't stand being a passenger. I always feel the need to be in control and if I'm dying, its going to be from my own doing and not someone else's.

Totally agree. I cannot fall asleep in a car unless I am driving it.

[AngelArcher]

I try to avoid a certain freeway when driving my wife's car. The expansion joints are pronounced enough that it causes that ping from the tires that drive me crazy. It's the same ping from over inflated basketballs and giant red rubber playground balls.

Edited February 21, 2014 by AngelArcher

[tdawg87]

I have agoraphobia in that I'm afraid of big, open spaces (and ceilings) as well as being too far away from home. It's more or less connected to having a panic disorder and being afraid of losing control and having nowhere to go. Kinda weird and I can't explain how or why I got that way.