My old boss had a fear of foam, so when he was being an arse and we knew he was coming to site we used to make sure there was plenty about to keep him away
Old people are wonderful when they have so much life, aren't they? Gives us all hope, doesn't it? My mother on the other hand is a little bit of a trial, really. You know, it's alright when they have the lifeforce but Mother - well she's got more of the deathforce really. She's a worrier. She has these, well, morbid fears they are, really. Vans is one. Rats. Doorknobs. Birds. Heights. Open spaces. Confined spaces. It's very difficult getting the space right for her really, you know. Footballs. Bicycles. Cows. And she's always on about men following her, I don't know what she thinks they're going to do to her. Vomit on her, Basil says.
Do you have it in more of a Topazy colour? ;O)
It's just a bit buttery with my skin. I think I need something more more topazy, for my colouring, you know, more tonal. Have you got have you got Cosmopolitan there? Page 42, you see Burt Reynolds? Well, there's a girl standing behind him looking at James Caan. That sort of colour.
Old people are wonderful when they have so much life, aren't they? Gives us all hope, doesn't it? My mother on the other hand is a little bit of a trial, really. You know, it's alright when they have the lifeforce but Mother - well she's got more of the deathforce really. She's a worrier. She has these, well, morbid fears they are, really. Vans is one. Rats. Doorknobs. Birds. Heights. Open spaces. Confined spaces. It's very difficult getting the space right for her really, you know. Footballs. Bicycles. Cows. And she's always on about men following her, I don't know what she thinks they're going to do to her. Vomit on her, Basil says.
Do you have it in more of a Topazy colour? ;O)
It's just a bit buttery with my skin. I think I need something more more topazy, for my colouring, you know, more tonal. Have you got have you got Cosmopolitan there? Page 42, you see Burt Reynolds? Well, there's a girl standing behind him looking at James Caan. That sort of colour.
Oh you've had a busy day? what happened, did you get entangled in the eiderdown again? or did you have to talk to all your friends for so long that you didn't have time to perm your ears?
Fear of silence. I always have to have the radio on, or I'll walk around singing to myself as I really don't like silence, even used to sleep with my radio on.
Full sinks / baths that I haven't filled myself, old washing up water sitting in the sink makes me shudder
Hospitals, clinics, walk in centres, the doctors, and hospices. Basically anywhere where there is severely sick or dying people
I have a phobia about lumpy mashed potato. Makes me physically sick. The thing is I love mashed potato and have to put them through a ricer to ensure they're smooth if I'm preparing them myself... weird, I know
Coulrophobia (clowns) - like a few others on here. Scared the ever loving shit out of me since I was a small child. I've had people think it was funny to shock me with it before (dropping clowns onto my lap, sending me pictures of them via im /email etc). One look at my reaction usually means that doesn't happen again. I have screamed like a girl, cried like a hysteric and puked like a bulimic. No idea what causes it, but it's not fun.
I will never take the piss out of anyone with a genuine phobia - but it does annoy me when you see programmes on telly that show people purporting to have a 'phobia' when it quickly becomes apparent that it's just a mild dislike of something.
IMO you have to have a phobia to understand someone else's phobia. Although fear of rainbows is still amazing me. When you have a phobia, you are scared to the centre of your soul, and even the idea of a cure is not appealing, because the very thought of allowing yourself near that phobia again is too much to contemplate.
Coulrophobia (clowns) - like a few others on here. Scared the ever loving shit out of me since I was a small child. I've had people think it was funny to shock me with it before (dropping clowns onto my lap, sending me pictures of them via im /email etc). One look at my reaction usually means that doesn't happen again. I have screamed like a girl, cried like a hysteric and puked like a bulimic. No idea what causes it, but it's not fun.
I will never take the piss out of anyone with a genuine phobia - but it does annoy me when you see programmes on telly that show people purporting to have a 'phobia' when it quickly becomes apparent that it's just a mild dislike of something.
Sorry, I googled 'picture of clown' to try and scare the sh*t outta you...
Heights. Even have to hide my extreme discomfort walking up the last flight of steps to the West Upper!
Have a fear of Earwigs and Cows, but not to Phobia levels. Agree with the person who said lumpy mash, but for me just nauseating not phobia. Ditto the gristly bits of chicken
Heights. Even have to hide my extreme discomfort walking up the last flight of steps to the West Upper!
Have a fear of Earwigs and Cows, but not to Phobia levels. Agree with the person who said lumpy mash, but for me just nauseating not phobia. Ditto the gristly bits of chicken
some interesting ones on there Medomalacuphobia- what would you do if you had that one
Please tell me that list is meant to be a wind up or a joke. In most cases all that the author has done is take a greek or latin root and added the word phobia to it. There is at least one definition which apparently means that you have a fear of developing a phobia that I am fairly sure no one else has ever heard of and several that are not actually phobias but merely survival mechanisms or normal human caution.
Don't get me wrong I am not denying the existence of phobias (my 6' 5" son is absolutely terrified of spiders of any size and cannot be in the same room as one or even watch them on TV) but this kind od pseudo scientific bollocks helps no one and I suspect actually hinders research into causes/cures and acceptance of genuine conditions.
Gephyrophobia... fear of crossing bridges... but it has to be bridges going over water, and only if I have to walk across them. The whole bridge seems to move and however much I walk in the middle always feel like I'm going to fall off the edge....
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Full sinks / baths that I haven't filled myself, old washing up water sitting in the sink makes me shudder
Hospitals, clinics, walk in centres, the doctors, and hospices. Basically anywhere where there is severely sick or dying people
The noise a balloon makes when people (kids) run their fingers across it makes me cringe
Moths when they fly straight at you aiming for your mouth!
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No idea what causes it, but it's not fun.
I will never take the piss out of anyone with a genuine phobia - but it does annoy me when you see programmes on telly that show people purporting to have a 'phobia' when it quickly becomes apparent that it's just a mild dislike of something.
some interesting ones on there
Medomalacuphobia- what would you do if you had that one
Even have to hide my extreme discomfort walking up the last flight of steps to the West Upper!
Have a fear of Earwigs and Cows, but not to Phobia levels.
Agree with the person who said lumpy mash, but for me just nauseating not phobia. Ditto the gristly bits of chicken
Don't get me wrong I am not denying the existence of phobias (my 6' 5" son is absolutely terrified of spiders of any size and cannot be in the same room as one or even watch them on TV) but this kind od pseudo scientific bollocks helps no one and I suspect actually hinders research into causes/cures and acceptance of genuine conditions.
but also wet tiled floors - scared to death of slipping over