o/t Irrational fears or dislikes

Not a phobia as such, more a bit of OCD, but I cant settle or sleep if i haven't gt a spare tube of toothpaste in the house
 
I have a fear of heights, unless it's solid ground.
O.K. I've been to the top of the World Trade Centre in NY, something I said I'd never do, bit I did. 😮
I've been up Blackpool Tower, but that was in 1946 before I started to dislike heights. Also Eiffel Tower, but not to the top.
I like my feet on solid ground, (except when flying of course).
 
I'm with Davepick, the older I get my fear of heights has got ridiculous.
They had to stop the big wheel in Manchester at Christmas a few years ago because I swore blind it was about to drop off it's hinges as my daughter started spinning the carriage around.....I'm in hysterics thinking i'm going to die....everyone else is in hysterics.....laughing....I crawled out of the carriage in tears

I cant watch videos where people are on the roofs of tall buildings or climbing radio masts......I went into breakdown watching some guy jumping between some girders on a high rise block in Russia......I literally had to stand up and walk away.....from the sofa...I was shitting myself........

I do have to ask.....M61Exile........Is it your wife's' belly button or 'other' peoples belly button that she's afraid of?
And what does she think is going to happen......I need to know!!!!
 
Rollercoasters. Bashed my nose on the zipper dipper as a kid and won’t go near them any more
 
I don't have a phobia but I despise cats.

Why is it acceptable to let them out to shit at will in my garden? If a dog owner did that there would be hell to pay.

Meanwhile they sit there insolently having a crap in my garden, daring me to open the door, knowing they'll be back in next doors kitchen before I get it unlocked. When they're not having a crap they're slaughtering the birds. 26 so far this year.

They should only be allowed out on leads and the owners made to pick their infected shite up after them, like dog owners have to.
 
Wizaard said:
I don't have a phobia but I despise cats.

Why is it acceptable to let them out to shit at will in my garden? If a dog owner did that there would be hell to pay.

Meanwhile they sit there insolently having a crap in my garden, daring me to open the door, knowing they'll be back in next doors kitchen before I get it unlocked. When they're not having a crap they're slaughtering the birds. 26 so far this year.

They should only be allowed out on leads and the owners made to pick their infected shite up after them, like dog owners have to.
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Yep, they're the biggest killers of wildlife.
If they could breed cats that only went for mice and rats, fine.
But even David Attenborough thought they should wear bell collars to stop them killing birds.
 
I don't really think it's irrational but going down one of these gives me the willys, just looking at the picture is bad enough. Ginny Greenteeth keep away from deep water put the fear of god in me as a kid, rightly so!!

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Standard fears? Yes. Heights, enclosed spaces and wasps.

Irrational fears? Buttons. I'm OK with them if they're attached to a shirt, coat etc but when they're loose and alone I can't go near them. Can't look at them never mind pick the little psychopathic bastards up!
 
BobHatton said:
Standard fears? Yes. Heights, enclosed spaces and wasps.

Irrational fears? Buttons. I'm OK with them if they're attached to a shirt, coat etc but when they're loose and alone I can't go near them. Can't look at them never mind pick the little psychopathic bastards up!
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Gather you never watched Cinderella as a kid then Bob 😉
 
Mines not a fear , and it’s a little more than a dislike, and it’s a Clown.

I don’t have coulrophobia.... it’s not any clown but ONE in particular.🤡

The one in Pasaje del Terror on the corner of the pleasure beach.

I was volunteered by our little gang at the start of the walk to initially knock on the door to be let in...I’m not normally scared of things like what I was about to endure, so happily took the lead.
Wasn’t bothered by much ( just a little dark in places so took it steadily ), until things went a tad dark, and being in front I slowed right down so I could find my way.
Then that idiot jumped out right beside me.....to say the least I 💩 myself.
 
There are some weird and wonderful fears.
Some people fear long words, so to be sympathetic to the cause they called it Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia 😬
 
BobHatton said:
Standard fears? Yes. Heights, enclosed spaces and wasps.

Irrational fears? Buttons. I'm OK with them if they're attached to a shirt, coat etc but when they're loose and alone I can't go near them. Can't look at them never mind pick the little psychopathic bastards up!
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A contractor friend at work ex submariner is also freaked by buttons much to our amusement, there’s been a lot of piss taking. We could get reported for buttonismn I guess 🙄
 
Wizaard said:
I don't have a phobia but I despise cats.

Why is it acceptable to let them out to shit at will in my garden? If a dog owner did that there would be hell to pay.

Meanwhile they sit there insolently having a crap in my garden, daring me to open the door, knowing they'll be back in next doors kitchen before I get it unlocked. When they're not having a crap they're slaughtering the birds. 26 so far this year.

They should only be allowed out on leads and the owners made to pick their infected shite up after them, like dog owners have to.
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Have you ever seen Don’t fuck with Cats?
 
I used to be terrified of that Clown that walked around the old Co-op that is now Asda.
 
Snakes. Went in a house once that had a snake in a glass housing I legged it out. I'd have gladly jumped straight through the glass in the front window
 
Sooty59 said:
A contractor friend at work ex submariner is also freaked by buttons much to our amusement, there’s been a lot of piss taking. We could get reported for buttonismn I guess 🙄
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Apparently Steve Jobs had the same phobia of buttons. It's actually called Koumpounophobia.....
 
Another one for fear of heights. Unfortunately I am drawn to mountain tops as well, which is not a great combination.
Some times up there I am OK and I never know when it is going to kick in.
Several times I have had to head back down on all fours out in the wilds of Scotland or somewhere until I know it is safe for me to stand up.
I am OK with buttons though.
 
M61Exile said:
My wife has Omphalophobia .. a fear of belly buttons!

Any others?
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Exile I'm so glad it's not just me! I'm not scared of bellybuttons as such but they make me feel physically sick. One of my mates once put his finger in his own for a laugh right in front of me and I was sick in my mouth 😕

Me and your wife could form the smallest, weirdest support group 😄
 
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Angierine said:
Exile I'm so glad it's not just me! I'm not scared of bellybuttons as such but they make me feel physically sick. One of my mates once put his finger in his own for a laugh right in front of me and I was sick in my mouth :(

Me and your wife could form the smallest, weirdest support group :D
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I have similar. My belly button is totally out of bounds in terms of anybody touching it, cannot tolerate it at all, on any level 😢
 
Building on the heights, its not the height that scares me but i always worry that when i lean over a fence or wall at a great height that its just going to break away from me
 
I love heights in terms of mountain ridges. I once stood on Sgurr Dearg in the Cuillins on Skye, one foot on each side of the sharpest ridge with a 2000+ feet sheer drop into the Corrie on the south side. Loved it. Best climb in the UK that I’ve done. But balconies? Especially on high level buildings? I get an irrational thought that... “There’s no one here who could stop me jumping off to my death. Should I do it? I could, you know”. Scary, and gut-wrenching if I think too hard.
 
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It would be interesting to see if all these people who say they are scared of heights are actually just scared of falling?
They’re two totally different things.
 
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