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Mine is the quiet, I get the heebie-jeebies.
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#1
Fear of Republicans aka Idiotophobia.
Final score:
42points
Azaria Aimable 3 years ago
I have kabourphobia (a fear of crabs and lobster)and its really rare. I'm still scared even if it's dead this started when I was 10 now I'm 25
Azaria Aimable 3 years ago
I have kabourphobia (a fear of crabs and lobsters) even if its dead I'm still scared it started when I was 10.
Emme K. 3 years ago
....I'm a Canadian conservative. Not really sure how I feel about the disrespect you Americans have for those on the opposite side of the political spectrum from you. Sure, people in Canada love to hate on our leaders if they aren't the ones we voted for, but ordinary conservatives and liberals don't hate each other like y'all do in America. You guys are interesting. Maybe it's cause Canadians are a little more laid back about politics than Americans, but you guys really need to stop hating on each other. You're destroying yourselves and your country. It's still possible to disagree on absolutely everything and still have respect for the other person as a fellow human being. This goes for Republicans and Democrats alike.
HarriMissesScotland (Submission author) 3 years ago
Let someone attack your most sacred building and see how you feel. And it was your PM that encouraged it. Have governors that go entirely against science and encourage people not to take the vaccine. Over 800, 000 people have died here. There were 6100 cases of covid in the Tampa schools last week. My governor allowed 1 million covid tests to expire in a warehouse, saying we didn't test for polio, so why test for this? His wife found out that she had breast cancer from a mammogram, but that isn't a test. Republican governors allowing district changes that will prevent the poor and people of color to vote. I could go on forever. So, please don't tell me how I should react to ludicrous laws. I lived in Nova Scotia for 10 years, and there was plenty of insult throwing between parties.
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Titas Burinskas 3 years ago (edited)
I'm sorry, but you won't make yourself look smarter by thinking that the "other side" is stupid. Note: not a republican or a democrat, I'm not even involved in your political system.
HarriMissesScotland (Submission author) 3 years ago
Then don't involve yourself now.
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MikeWheelerFan 3 years ago
Well yeah, back in those times Democrat and Republican views were basically switched.
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#2
Thalassophobia. Being in water I cannot see the bottom of. I am OK if I am in a boat but there is no way I am swimming.
Final score:
28points
Deutschland Mädchen 3 years ago
Lakes, especially muddy ones, make me extemely nervous. I love to swim, and I try to ignore the feeling, but you can bet I'll scream if something so much as a lilypad brushes up against my leg.
Talia Mclaren 3 years ago
YES YES YES I definately have this. I know how to swim (Sort of, anyway. I'm not very good) and if I an out of my depth I panic, and don't want to swim or anything. I don't even want to go in it. This is the most relatable on the whole list for me.
#3
Coulrophobia brings on feelings of fear when you see clowns or clown images. It's a specific phobic disorder that causes anxiety, a racing heart, nausea and profuse sweating. I don't have those reactions, but they make me very uncomfortable and I start imagining all the worst things - like they are serial killers or going to do something very bad to someone. Probably have watched too much TV in my life.
Final score:
18points
Tanja Jonk 3 years ago
I relate! Look at a picture of John Wayne Gacy as a clown and tell me clowns are not creepy!
#4
Musophobia. A fear of rats. I s**t my pants when there are any in my vicinity
Final score:
14points
WE DONT TALK ABOUT BRUNO 3 years ago
7 FOOOT FRAME RATS ALONG HIS BACK WHEN HE CALLS YOUR NAME IT ALL FADES TO BLACK
postboredom (Submission author) 3 years ago
Yeah, he sees your dreams and feasts on your screams... \^o^/ your obsession with this song🙌
Load More Replies... Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago
Unless you live in the Arctic or Antarctic, there will be rats in your vicinity...that’s just how it is. Chances are high you’ll never actually see them.
September 3 years ago
No rats where I live, just the extremely rare field mouse, which used to be more common but now we have feral cats everywhere decimating pretty much all the wildlife. I miss Robin's in the Spring.
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Balloons... Globophobia
Final score:
13points
Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago
I’m not afraid of balloons, but I really hate them—they’re atrociously bad for the environment.
Dachshunds #1 3 years ago
I relate to you. I hate balloon animals because one time when I was younger I hugged a doggie balloon and it popped so i cried and now I hate that.
Emme K. 3 years ago
when I was little I was deathly afraid of balloons, only because I was afraid of them popping, it made me very anxious. Just imagine how my stomach dropped when I walked downstairs on my 6th birthday to see that my mom had filled the ENTIRE HALL with balloons, like 30 of them. 😂 I'm not afraid of them any more now, but I still dislike when people pop them.
Tangee Wilson 3 years ago
Same! Mylar balloons are fine, but the others are really terrifying. Once a balloon artist stopped at our table on a cruise. Our grandchildren were 5 and 6. How could I ruin this fun for them? So I sat there, panic rising and I didn’t know if I was going to pass out or throw up. It was the worst part of that vacay but I never let the kids know.
#6
Postphobia. I'm scared of the mailbox. Sounds ridiculous, but it really isn’t. I used to have some lawsuits and even though they ended successfully, I'm still scared of mail.
Final score:
11points
#7
Achluophobia or Nyktophobia is the fear of darkness. As long as I can clearly see everything I´m fine. But when it´s so dark somewhere that I began to have problems with my sight I started to feel anxious and I´m in need for light.
Final score:
11points
September 3 years ago
I live for the dark and the cold. It's said that people hide in the dark and the shadows but I find that when I cross paths with anyone at night, I meet they're more genuine self. Besides, the Marine Corps always told me that the scariest thing in the dark is me 😉😆
Bianca Küper (Submission author) 3 years ago
This Phobia isn´t about that Darkness. And also not about Nightdarkness. It´s about a darkness which can be pitch black, wehre you can´t see anything. When you can´t see your own hand before you face
Load More Replies... Bianca Küper (Submission author) 3 years ago (edited)
This Phobia isn´t about that Darkness. And also not about Nightdarkness. It´s about a darkness which can be pitch black, wehre you can´t see anything. When you can´t see your own hand before you face. As long as I can see something clearly, it´s fine and nights can be beautiful.
#8
Trypophobia, including clusters of little things, like fish eggs. And fish with missing eyes. A fish store in my city was selling piranhas with no eyes or one eye. It was so gross and creepy. Fish just disturb me. We had a piranha and a coconut convict in the same tank living in harmony for a while. I guess my dumb ex wasn't feeding the piranha enough and started eating the coconut convict, but not entirely in one meal. The damn fish was still alive when it was just it's head, laying on the bottom of the tank, looking around and bopping it's mouth. Before it was eaten it laid eggs on a rock in the tank. My ex couldn't have shown it to me any creepier than he did. "uh.... I think that coconut convict was a female. Look at the rock...." "Ewwww" and the piranha ate the eggs, too.
Final score:
11points
Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago
On the Graham Norton show, Sarah Paulson talked about having this same phobia.
ZAPanda 3 years ago
or even better... do not google "suriname toad with babies" ... hehehe
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MyOpinionHasBeenServed (Submission author) 3 years ago (edited)
I don't mind fish, in general. But it was my at-the-time boyfriend's idea to get all these exotic fishes, and he's not the kind of guy who likes to consider other people. I had just never seen fish with missing eyes before, and that was at the fish store. We got a piranha with both it's eyes, at least, but it was sure a learning experience about aquatic life. Clusters of little balls of strange looking organisms freak me out, especially when people react to them in creepy ways. Certain looks of things give me the eebie jeebies.
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#9
I'm not exactly courageous, I have many regular phobias, but the weirdest fear that I have is a fear that I have no fear in very serious situations. It irks me to the point you won't believe. In short, the realization of the absence of fear in a situation provokes fear in me. But technically it's more of an anxiety thing, where there is no object of fear.
Final score:
9points
Cécile V. 3 years ago
Self confidence maybe? That can be cured and focusing on one thing that scares painfully and think quietly about like why? when? even the time of day or night, ask questions to yourself, face it very quietly, no rush... and repeat it every time there is a problem.. The world is quite a big thing to face, especially when it strikes at a bad moment. Like not feeling too well. Just a suggestion, I do it for agoraphobia and it works pretty well
#10
my sister is afraid of faces, specifically photographs or drawings. animal or human, doesn't matter. she'll move so she can't see them, or take them off the wall, or cover them somehow. it's a trip to watch her squirm if/when she can't avoid them. it also leads to a lot of lying on her part, since she doesn't want people to know she threw their photos and drawings away.
Final score:
9points
emer the unreal (Submission author) 3 years ago (edited)
i think so too. actually, i don't think the phobia is that weird, but the way she lies about it instead of just saying, "that cat drawing is making me nervous." it seems to me that admitting it would make things a lot easier, but...that's just me i guess
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Cleithrophobia, fear of being trapped. Side effect of a trauma. You do not want to challenge my ability to leave, you will lose. Automatonophobia, fear of humanoid figures. Dolls, ventriloquist dummies, the closer it mimics humans (either in appearance, movement, or mannerism) the creepier it is. The Snuggle bear commercials from the 90s still haunts my dreams.
Final score:
8points
#12
Losing control of my legs and yeeting myself over a banister
Final score:
8points
I-am-bubbles! (Submission author) 3 years ago (edited)
Yeeting /yeet/ Verb: To throw oneself from a high space while making a great deal of noise (I yeeted myself from the 10-foot banister)
ALEXIS CISNEROS 3 years ago
nah, its slang for throwing kinda. But i suggest you look it up if your still confused. Ive been told im not great at explaining stuff like tat
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#13
i am scared of walking in the dark
Final score:
8points
#14
I don’t know what some of these are called so bear with me a I I can't be bothered to Google them. Claustrophobia Scared of quiet Silence Admitting my feelings (don’t know if it’s a real thing but whenever I go to say like I love you my brain just seizes up and I just end up not saying anything) I have social anxiety I suppose that technically counts Bridges Public transport Night time Sleeping in the dark. Yeah I am really paranoid. All these things make my anxiety go through the roof especially the dark and the quiet like both of those together make me so so paranoid
Final score:
7points
#15
EASphobia. Instant panic when I hear Emergency Alert System tones...
Final score:
7points
Bora Zrinyi 3 years ago
My mother had this too. It came from when she almost died and we had to call the AE and they used their syren to bring her to the hospital. It was traumatic and developed into phobia.
Emme K. 3 years ago
I hate the amber alert alarms. They creep me out. Especially when they start blaring out at 2 in the morning and you are the only one awake in the house. Its like your worst nightmare.
Emme K. 3 years ago
its not that they are amber alerts specifically, it's just the specific sound of amber alerts that are so scary, more scary than other alarms.
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I don't know if it counts as a phobia, it doesn't cause fear but instead a visceral disgust. I've only ever told two people about it in my life and they both used it against me. I told a kid in when we were both in the second grade (USA) and then I told my adult daughter about 5 years ago. Both thought it was hilarious and used it against me. My daughter claims to have forgotten, I won't be telling her again. Y'all here can't do anything though, so.... I cannot tolerate little pieces of paper or bits of garbage around me, on me, especially thrown at me! It makes my skin crawl. This applys to food containers too. If people leave garbage on their plates, inside their glasses, cups. I stay away from those people forever.
Final score:
6points
#17
Globophobia. Specifically helium balloons. I think it stems from working at Chuck E Cheese as a teen and having to fill 500 a day off the tank, with at least 50 randomly popping. Every balloon was Russian Roulette.
Final score:
6points
#18
I'm terrible afraid of roaches. It's not just disgust, seeing one really terrifies me. I love bugs in general, and even find rats and snakes kinda cute, but for some reason, roaches are one big NOPE!
Final score:
6points
#19
Emetophobia - fear of vomiting/ gagging sounds.
Final score:
5points
#20
1. Thanatophobia, fear of dying. 2. Arachnophobia, fear of spiders. 3.Nyctophobia, fear of the dark. 4.Agoraphobia, fear of large crowds. ...yeah
Final score:
5points
Bacony Cakes 3 years ago
yeah death is kinda something sensible to be scared of
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Vespaphobia: fear of wasps. The funny thing is I love most arthropods, bugs, bees, spiders, whatever you want to put in front of me, but wasps or yellow jackets? I will freeze in place until it passes or run out of the room. I once locked one in the bathroom and held it for an hour for my Dad to get home. In the summer I carry wasp spray around the house (only thing I kill are wasps and recluses) and I even keep a good distance from Velvet Ants because guess what? They're wingless ground wasps. Eeegh
Final score:
5points
Buggycas (Submission author) 3 years ago
Actually my fear stems from learned behavior. My mom was allergic so I learned to be afraid of them. But yeah, some species of Hornet and Yellow Jacket are aggressive as heck.
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i dont know what i have, but i noticed that i get super sad if i fail in a tiny thing, like not catching a ball, making mistakes in school, and forgetting something, sometimes i even cry. can anyone tell me what this is?
Final score:
5points
Inkblot Butterfly (Submission author) 3 years ago
Lol, I'm also asian, I feel ya
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Misophonia! Not technically a phobia but if I hear you chewing, slurping or any eating sounds in general it makes me want to pick up a small metal folding chair and Wack the perpetrator. Do I? No ofc not! But do I think about it………. Maayyyyybe.
Final score:
5points
Brîndușa 3 years ago (edited)
Yeap, i hate even my family members when they eat with me.And my people are eating with closed mouth, not burping etc but the sound of chewing is getting on my nerves.
Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago
Misophonia is an absolute nightmare to live with! I really hate it when people jingle the coins in their pockets or eat crunchy stuff during movies. Habitual throat clearers, people who snuck their snots, fingernail tappers. It takes every ounce of fortitude I have to not scream at them or lunge for their throats!!!
#24
Public toilets. I can't with them. They're so gross.🤢
Final score:
4points
Miss Marmite 3 years ago
i got locked in one years ago. tiny ass space with a stinking toilet. scared the s**t out of me
I stand with Ukraine! 3 years ago
So I kinda sort of well… flooded a bathroom at school a while back…
Ghost Host 3 years ago
Okay idk if I should share this story, but once I was at a mall and I had to pee, so I went in and sat down without looking at the seat and THERE WAS PISS ALL OVER IT
#25
F.O.M.O. (fear of missing out)
Final score:
4points
Kassiopeia 3 years ago
You have been invited to join the F.O.B.I.T.J. meeting
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Two things: Being out of my depth, and Strangers. I will work down a street, but every stranger I see scares me to death because I don't know if they're a murderer, or a thief, or just some weird creep. I will automatically do this without thinking or realising it, but I automatically lift up my arm and cover my chest when strangers scare me. I think it's like some natural reflex or something to protect my heart and lungs if I get stabbed, I guess.
Final score:
4points
Talia Mclaren (Submission author) 3 years ago
Yeah, I would rather get lost or waste my phones credit by looking it up than ask someone any day!
Miss Marmite 3 years ago
i thought i was the only one! i don’t cover my chest, but i get very scared for no reason. it’s not with every stranger i see, but if it’s just me and some other random stranger on a street i get so scared.
Talia Mclaren (Submission author) 3 years ago
Yeah, I feel so much safer if I'm with someone, even if it's just my little brother or one of my sisters.
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Grasshoppers. Is there even a name for that?
Final score:
4points
Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago
I once drove through an area in Oregon where there were so many grasshoppers that even though it took maybe 20 seconds to drive through them, they covered my windshield and the front of my car like a paste.
#28
Clowns, ventriloquist dummies, masks.
Final score:
4points
#29
It’s not a phobia yet but I’m working up to it - I hate food touching other foodstuff on a plate. And if anyone dare pour gravy (the British variety!) over any of my food then don’t expect me to eat it. Do not put butter on my bread either. I’ve been like this since childhood so perhaps it is a phobia after all and just can’t admit to it.
Final score:
4points
Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago
It’s not a phobia per se, but it’s really likely that you are a super-smeller and/or a super-taster. Those of us who are one or the other (or—worse—both, as am I), hate most foods, and definitely don’t want them to touch each other without our making that decision for ourselves. When I was growing up, my mother made us all eat things we didn’t like saying it would save us from embarrassment in social situations—boy, did she misjudge that! After a childhood of eating things I hated, I vowed I would never again eat something I hate.
Harley Clark 3 years ago
Same here. It makes me very anxious when I see food touch. I'm scared that it will taste weird of I eat two different foods together
#30
Samhainophobia. The fear of Halloween. Whenever I see anything like animatronic Halloween decorations or even animatronics in general I get a panic attack. Non-moving ones won’t give me a panic attack but they can still scare me.
Final score:
4points
Andrei Marentette 3 years ago
this is the weirdest one, it's a fear of something that is supposed to scare you
#31
Escalaphobia, fear of Escalators. They're fun to ride yes but I can't help to feel anxiety when I'm on them. I have no control over the direction I'm going. That and I'm afraid of falling inside the machinery (thanks 911 *the show*).
Final score:
4points
#32
Peladophobia - The fear of bald people Yes, it's weird and yet I don't know why I have it.
Final score:
4points
#33
Being alone. I don't mean spending the day indoors I mean having no friends or anyone that cares again. It comes from past mental health problems
Final score:
4points
Tamra Stiffler 3 years ago
This doesn't seem like an irrational fear to me. Honestly, it seems like this is a feeling a lot of people share. If only those people could find each other, they wouldn't need to be afraid. 🙂
#34
Not sure this has a name but when I was a teenager I had an overwhelming fear when I looked at the sky that gravity would reverse and I would fall into space.
Final score:
4points
#35
Bridges. Going under or traveling on. I hold my breath when going under bridges. And I HATE HATE HATE stopping (like at a red light) on bridges, especially when you can feel it bounce/vibrate from other moving vehicles.
Final score:
4points
Maryjohn deBrun 3 years ago
I had that all my life until I was well into middle age. Then we had a wonderful road trip out to the east coast to see my brothers in Halifax and while there to see the sights. We had come up through the US along the Atlantic coast and I had never seen or experienced the ocean. We went over, under, and around and through so many bridges that I simply lost count. The one that forever sticks in my mine is the 13 mile one from PEI to New Brunswick, in the rain, with grey ocean acting oceany, on both sides. My husband just said " Buck up, if something happens to you it would be more dangerous on a fast ambulance to the mainland." THAT was what I needed at the time, because I became much calmer and just sort of went into a zone where all the grey and I were together and doing just fine. Before I knew it we were back to the mainland in Canada, and we had loads of bridges on the way home to Ontario. I enjoyed every one of them and not been afraid at all since then. Whew!
#36
Not exactly fear, but I have a great distaste of bones in/on my meat. I call it Ossophobia.
Final score:
4points
ZAPanda 3 years ago
Understandable, it reminds you that it was an animal that was put through a bandsaw and which therefore died a gruesome death. I have the same disgust.
#37
idk if this is a proper phobia but… when i was a kid i sometimes watched this show called Numberblocks? (i think that’s the right name). it was basically about numbers and about subtracting or multiplying or whatever to teach children maths i suppose not only were the numbers freaky as hell, the villains were the scariest. the one that scared me the most (i’ve forgotten his name) was this old guy dressed all in white- i think he’s called the subtracter - and he would “subtract” numbers with a big white hook. super scary.
Final score:
4points
#38
Bridges or piers where you can see through the gaps down to the water. Makes me feel dizzy and panicky
Final score:
4points
#39
Those ugly a** OTT long fake fingernails! There is just no need!
Final score:
4points
DanieLegz (Submission author) 3 years ago
They creep me out, I don't know why but the overly long ones just always have. It's prob similar to the people who don't like holes in things
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Idk if there's a name for this, but music when it is played backwards. Like your supposed to hear something in the song when it is played backwards. Makes my heart race and I feel nauseated when a song is played backwards or even if it sounds like it is played backwards.
Final score:
4points
#41
Arachnophobia
Final score:
3points
Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago
I can handle little eight-leggers (I call the teeny-tiny ones Herbies), but anything bigger than a small button and it’s all over.
#42
FOBO or koinophobia (fear of living an ordinary life).
Final score:
3points
September 3 years ago
Normal, f#ck normal! When has normal ever won a gawddam prize!? ~ Le Castle Vania - Freak
Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago
Life is more invigorating when it’s off-kilter!
Load More Replies... #43
When my food touches or when I see other people's food that touch. I will use a different plate for each item I eat.
Final score:
3points
Maryjohn deBrun 3 years ago
How much of an impact does this have on your meals? Does it curtail a lot of foods? I hate it when people allow all their food to mishmash on their plate then they throw gravy over the whole mess. I can't watch them then proceed to eat it and either have to find somewhere else to sit or have to carry my food to an empty bedroom and eat in peace! Needless to say, I am not a popular guest. I try to hide the behaviour but somehow somebody says "Were you always so weird?" Easy answer. 'yes'
#44
Skelephobia. I can’t stand skeletons. Especially skulls. They give me nightmares and they really scare me.
Final score:
3points
#45
Mine is guns and elevators . Elevators scare the heck out of me like I feel that my phone is going to fall down that little crack at any minute
Final score:
3points
#46
injection. I hate them, I can say I am afraid of them. So imagine when I have to get my vaccines or anesthesia for something when I am on the dentist, for example.
Final score:
3points
Mud spider 3 years ago
Oh my god same! I legit have to take prescribed sleep pills before vaccines
#47
Stupid one because I know a lot of others have it, Trypophobia, people who don't have it don't take it seriously, so I guess that can consider it "weird"
Final score:
3points
Talia Mclaren 3 years ago
It's never stupid to be scared of something, and you shouldn't be ashamed of it. We all are scared of something, even if we don't realise it.
#48
Open car windows and mirrors.
Final score:
2points
#49
Not exactly a phobia, but when I find a loose hair it makes me feel really uncomfortable.
Final score:
2points
#50
Pharmacophobia
Final score:
2points
Luna Lovegood (she/they) (Submission author) 3 years ago
I forgot to say it's the fear of medicine.
#51
Agoraphobia. (Fear of big crowds) I once went to a trampoline park with my whole Stake Ward, the whole waiting room was full and my friend, who wants me to get over the fear, dragged me into the middle until there was no way for me to get out of the crowd without brushing past someone, because we were so smooshed together. I started hyperventilating and ended up hiding outside for the whole time. Still makes me scared to think about...
Final score:
2points
Glen MacLeod 3 years ago
I think I'd be very angry with friend. Forcing a "cure" is less than a bad idea.
~Th3lostHaven~ (Submission author) 3 years ago
I was pretty mad, but she felt really bad and hasn't forced me into those things since.
Load More Replies... Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago
Agoraphobia is technically translated as fear (phobia) of the market place (agora, Greek for market). It’s fairly common.
~Th3lostHaven~ (Submission author) 3 years ago
why would ppl downvote this? It's helpful!!
Load More Replies... #52
When I was like 4 years old, I watched that one episode of Team Umizoomi with the red roller skates, and it gave me Rollerskatephobia. Yes, that's the name they chose. And yes, I'm over it. I was FOUR okay?
Final score:
2points
#53
Ichthyophobia, fear of fish. Its just the way they look, smell, just everything about them makes me uncomfortable. I feel like they are staring into my soul.
Final score:
2points
#54
Spectraphobia-fear of mirrors-all of my mirrors in my house are covered with towels
Final score:
2points
Sabina Rosholt 3 years ago
I get scared because I think something bad will happen in my reflection. Like somebody will kill me or my family
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 3 years ago
Eisoptrophobia. Fear of mirrors and reflections. My ex had it too.
#55
Dryer lint. Freaks me out beyond words.
Final score:
2points
#56
Sawgrass, specifically Sawgrass prairies e.g., The (Florida) Everglades. But it’s not really an irrational fear, because of the possible threat of an alligator attack.
Final score:
2points
#57
Wasps and hornets, but honeybees and bumblebees are fine. I believe it's called apiphobia
Final score:
2points
ZAPanda 3 years ago
Wasps and hornets hurt and strike many times, but their poison is less vicious than our bees here. I'm much more scared of our (african) bees. Bumblebees are harmless and cute.
Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago
I have a brother who who is allergic to bee stings, so they’re not harmless to everyone. In the part of the California coast where I live, our bumblebee species is the Yellow-faced Bee
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Dogs and idk the name
Final score:
2points
ZAPanda 3 years ago (edited)
Me too. I do not understand the adoration of them. I get that they're often kind/sweet/good bois etc/ but I find them physically intrusive, allergenic, smelly, drooly, manic, and loud. Also, the third most dangerous animal by numbers of human deaths after humans and mosquitos. Probably due to having been attacked by them too often. Really do not want to be near them.
MARIAN JESSICA VILLANUEVA 3 years ago
It was suppose to be my account and my brother took my phone and do that, and also i have a fear of dogs
Load More Replies... #59
Kabourphobia, the fear of crabs
Final score:
2points
Azaria Aimable 3 years ago
Yea I like them once there maybe on TV but not infront of mr
Load More Replies... Azaria Aimable 3 years ago
Yes I had it since I was 10 even if it was dead I was still afraid but some how I like horror movies
#60
I have the fear of messing up on stage. I am a musician and play concerts, but for some reason, it makes me panic and it messes me up even more to the point I have to restart the song. I messed up on stage once playing piano and the song sounded good, but bad at the same time (like you could tell what song it is, but its so bad you don't like it)
Final score:
2points
Wednesday 3 years ago
I used to get stage fright then I hit "F**k It Mode" - I sing because it feels good, I enjoy it and that's it. Some people will love it some will hate it, most will be in between and that's all alright - because I sing for Me and I love it. Mostly the way it feels to sing. Perhaps that'll help shift your paradigm, perhaps not. :)
#61
The absolute f*cking MAGNITUDE of time and space. It's kind of a bummer.
Final score:
2points
#62
Crickets. Orthopterophobia. We had a cricket invasion back in the 80s. My cat would chew off a leg and watch them hop in circles until they ded. All I had was a little stick vacuum. I started with the little ones, ok. A bigger one got sucked up, the machine started to smoke. I unplugged it, and IT KEPT RUNNING! Our house now has crickets outside, but the lizards eat them. Occasionally one gets inside, and hub will catch it in a cup and throw it outside. Then one day I glanced at a big floor cushion, there was a 10 inch long grasshopper on it! AAAAAAAHHHHH! Somehow hub caught it too. My hero.
Final score:
2points
Tamra Stiffler 3 years ago
The largest grasshopper I've ever heard of was 4 inches, but I'm not an expert. 10 inches seems a bit large... perhaps fear colored your estimate?
#63
My ex had eisoptrophobia, fear of mirrors. She could get really anxious when she was getting a haircut or something, and she would cover every mirror in the house unless absolutely necessary. When getting ready, she would use the camera on her cell phone instead.
Final score:
2points
#64
I have carpophobia. It's fear of the wrist, specifically the veins there. I can't wear bracelets without feeling sick, and people grabbing me there is an absolute no.
Final score:
2points
#65
Flowers. Fear of flowers. I don't know what it's called, but I hate touching plants and flowers. This one time we had to dissect a flower for biology and I did the whole thing with tweezers. They're fine from a distance, though.
Final score:
2points
#66
Most of these aren't proper phobias, but here's a list of things I'm scared of: 1. Being forgotten 2. Me or a loved one having a terminal illness, so maybe hypochondria? 3. Clowns. Hate them 4. Dolls, specifically baby dolls. Barbies are fine. I'm getting over my fear of mannequins 5. Buttons. I cannot abide obvious buttons
Final score:
2points
#67
Butterflies
Final score:
2points
Melissa Rodriguez 3 years ago
Same. I don't know if it were those awful butterfly hairclips my mom made me wear as a kid or that one episode of SpongeBob, but I panic if there's a butterfly near me. I can't even look at one in a photograph.
#69
I have several and I’ll list them in order of my level of fear from 1. manageable 2. Takes great effort to manage 3. Crippling 1. Crowds, jump scares, germs 2. Feet. Baby feet are fine, once someone hits double digits in age, I want no part of them. Don’t touch me with your feet, don’t touch mine, I don’t care if you think they are beautiful with your new pedicure, they aren’t. In my house, wear socks because I don’t want to see your feet. Worse is if your feet touches me. I will flip out and have threatened to break bones if you touch me with your feet. Balloons, everything about them but the random popping feels like my heart is going to burst. Unworthiness. Fear of just not mattering. Fear of becoming seriously ill or injured and no one cares. I’m convinced if I were to go off the grid or something terrible happens and I disappeared, no one would notice or care. 3. Lightening. I will not leave my home if there is even a chance of rain. It’s from Trauma and no amount of therapy will cure it. I’ve tried. I will avoid it at all costs and if I can’t avoid it, I go in a room with no windows and put in earplugs and take a klonopin to stop the panic… which just takes the edge off. It is truly crippling. I’m a hot mess. God bless my husband who is super supportive and loving. Life is hard y’all!
Final score:
2points
#70
I'm afraid of heights and claustrophobic but those are pretty common. I'm not sure if this is a phobia, but I have to do things certain numbers of times or else I feel that something bad is going to happen to loved ones. I'm afraid of sleeping on my back. My theory is that if I fall asleep in any position that I'd fit into a coffin in, I'll die. I sleep in some weird positions, but at least I feel relatively safe. Turning off the light in the basement and then sprinting for my life for no apparent reason.
Final score:
1point
moose man 3 years ago
Not even close. I still do this because basements (in my mind) are the home of creepy things. And during our Halloween party days, I wouldn’t go down there because I would think the decorations would come alive or something. I think that’s just anxiety tho
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Adam Harmless 3 years ago
Sounds like you have a legitimate obsessive compulsive disorder. You may want to consider bringing this up with a professional. It can be treated and overcome!
#71
Fear of........ P. H. S. E classes. Every sing le one I've been to has traumatised me for the rest of my life
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1point
Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago
Public Heath & Sex Education? I can’t think of what else P.H.S.E. might stand for.
The_fox_girl (Submission author) 3 years ago
It stands for physical, social and health education. We learned what sex is during that class. I thought that it would be during science. I was in a mixed school. And guess what? I had to sit next to a boy and I was sweating very scared. I always make sure to avoid those classes.
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The_fox_girl (Submission author) 3 years ago
Physical, social and health education
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I couldn't find it but... I have this irrational fear that certain...entities from my dreams will escape into the material world - and of course, society would collapse and chaos ensue.
Final score:
1point
Bacony Cakes 3 years ago (edited)
On a scale of A fluffy bunny to Cthulhu, what kind of entities?
Wednesday (Submission author) 3 years ago
well, it's the human monsters I fear most because they are plausible.
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Pretty sure this doesn't have a name but it's strong enough to be considered an irrational phobia but I have an intense awareness of drinks spilling. Drinks that do not have covered tops cannot be left near ledges and I'm constantly watching people's hands when there are drinks served at the table to see if they're going to knock any over. I always push the cap back onto any bottles and if I don't I physically can't let go of it. I have a similar thing about things actually catching fire from candles but the drinks thing is definitely the most irrational
Final score:
1point
Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago
I used to burn candles when I bathed, but then one morning, I woke up and found I’d left all those candles in my bathroom burning overnight, at which point, I never burned candles inside again. Ironically, months later there was a fire on the roof of the apartment building, and it was right over my apartment. It’s was a flat-roofed building in San Francisco, and the building manager allowed people to have barbecues on the roof, and one night after one such BBQ, the coals—which had been dumped out into a pile on the roof, didn’t go out as anticipated, and eventually burst into flames when the wind inevitably picked up. I was napping because I was feeling funky, and I’m suddenly awakened by the sound of stomping feet running into the courtyard and shouting “GET OUT! GET OUT! GET OUT!” I jumped out of bed, grabbed my cat, shoved her in the bathroom, shut the door, found her carrier, went into the bathroom, shoved her in, grabbed it, and ran out the door.
Mary Rose Kent 3 years ago
I did not take my keys, I did not grab a coat, I grabbed Vera and ran. Outside I was treated to a crowd of people standing across the street watching my apartment go up in flames like it was somehow amusing. I’m happy to say, I had renter’s insurance, so Allstate paid for me (and Vera) to stay at a decent hotel, paid to have my clothes cleaned by people who specialized in smoke removal, paid to have my belongings moved when I found a new place. IF YOU RENT, GET RENTER’S INSURANCE! It’s relatively cheap, and if you never need to use it, be happy that you don’t need it—this is so much better than having to cope on your own after a traumatic situation.
Load More Replies... ZAPanda 3 years ago
mm seems rational to me, people knock drinks over all the time. You must be a parent?
Jennifer .S (Submission author) 3 years ago
Actually no, still a uni student! Just an anxious mess unfortunately
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Houseflies. I will RUN from a housefly, but stand next to a bee. Flies TOTALLY skeeve me out.
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1point
#75
Kakorraphiophobia
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1point
#76
The sound of Sharpies. It actually makes my skin crawl and break down in fear.
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1point
#77
Homophobephobia. I’m afraid of homophobes, wait no I think that’s just a working brain. Or just trauma from the years of hiding in a game invaded by homophobes every 5 minutes. We’ll never know 😞
Final score:
1point
Tamra Stiffler 3 years ago
I wish we lived in a world where people didn't have to live in fear of just being who they are.
#78
I have a fear of the ocean- pools and creeks are fine. But OCEANS damn. (I recently made a post about why I’m afraid of the oceans) and blondes… they scare me because almost every blonde I meet is abnormally nice or a complete asshole. I’m also terrified of all animals. But I still love them so much!
Final score:
1point
#79
Toothpicks. Someone dropped one on a carpet and it got shoved up in the bed of my toenail. Had to have it surgically removed. I now get cold sweats every time I see a toothpick.
Final score:
1point
#80
Swallowing pills. For some reason my brain tells me I'll choke on them.
Final score:
1point
#81
When I was very young I thought all women became pregnant by a certain age and they had to make sure they were married before it happened. As I aged and learned how babies are made, but I still had a fear of immaculate conception or parthenogenesis. I had this fear of just becoming pregnant until about my mid-twenties. Then it just faded away.
Final score:
1point
#82
I'm afraid of birds. From far away they are ok but close to me? Brr. I find them gross, the feathers are disgusting to me, their eyes are empty and on each side of their face which I think it's greatly disturbing. The bigger they are the scarier I find them. Seagulls are a nightmare and I think if I saw an ostrich in real life I would die. I could go on and on and on about how I hate them and how they frighten me... And it's a struggle because they are EVERYWHERE :(
Final score:
1point
#83
Forgetting
Final score:
1point
#84
For me it's parasites. Like the little worms that will invade you skin and see crawl under it. Certain rivers in Africa where one can swim up your penis.... YIKES!
Final score:
1point
#85
Crazy as it sounds... my navel being poked. all because of a Far Side cartoon, lol!
Final score:
1point
#86
I don't know if this is a phobia, but I get queasy when I see a messy living space, even if it's not my own. My reaction is proportionate--a bit untidy, I feel mildly uncomfortable, but in a place that is completely wrecked, I start to feel my scalp tingle, my stomach surges and I can go into a full-blown panic. The reason I'm not sure if this is a phobia is because this is not irrational, it is a learned behavior. My parents would beat my siblings and me when we were kids if we made a mess or didn't do our chores.
Final score:
1point
#87
Dunno if this has a name, but I have an crippling fear of giant hogweed. They're just so big. I can imagine falling in amongst a whole bunch of them and getting pulled into their midst...*shiver*
Final score:
1point
#88
White powder, like corn starch, corn flour, chalk dust or plaster powder. I just can’t stand the “squeaky-ness” of it. Regular cooking flour is only ok once I have actually touched it. I have no idea where this has come from!
Final score:
1point
ZAPanda 3 years ago
I have the same issue with dry undersides of coffee mugs and chalkboards. So i understand the link between dry/white and squeaky.
anna baggoley (Submission author) 3 years ago
Yes yes yes!!! All terrible!!!
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Whoever it was who commented please can we form a support group?
#89
Coulrophobia- the fear of clowns and Swineophobia- The fear of pigs
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1point
#90
If the (80L) boiler would fall down on me, while I am below it showering.
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1point
Reka_H (Submission author) 3 years ago
No, in these 100 years old buildings in Budapest every flat owner has it in the bathroom, you manage your own warm water.
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#92
Fear of those tiny little midges you get if you walk near fields that land on you in their 100s! So small you can barely see them but you can feel they’re there!
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1point
#93
Flour, cornflour, chalk, and so on. Just the thought of touching flour gives me the chills. It’s linked to sensory processing and my autism. I am happy with icing sugar though.
Final score:
1point
#94
I am freaking tearrified of butterflies but I love snakes. Ikr I'm damn weird🤣🤣
Final score:
1point
#95
Catoptrophobia and Spectrophobia but like combined? The former is a fear of mirrors and the latter is a fear of ghosts, demons, etc.
Final score:
1point
#96
Webs. Not the spiders that make them, I like Spiders. But the Webs they make, just nope. Don't even think about it. Horrible.
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1point
#98
Two things. Roller coasters for one - I am convinced the cars are going to fall off the sides and the riders will all hit the ground and burst apart like watermelons. And the second is dirty sugar. A sugarbowl that somebody has got coffee in makes me want to puke.
Final score:
1point
#99
Mine is styrophobia, I cannot handle styrofoam rubbing together. Nails on a chalk board no problem, foam egg containers opening or removing foam packaging from a box just kills me.
Final score:
1point
#100
I have Chicken phobia. I'm afraid to be near to chickens, ducks or birds (except penguins). Even looking at their pictures or videos disgusts me. I also don't eat chickens, ducks, or any kinds of birds.
Final score:
1point
#101
I used to climb up the ladders in caves and loved it. But now, if I see a photo of like a glass bridge or freaking spooky bridges I get a panic attack! Fear of height's. I went to this one women's camp and went for a walk and came up to an old trestle. I got about five feet into it and I just froze... I could not move at all.
Final score:
1point
#102
I dont know if it has some official name, but i have working fobia. It sucks.
Final score:
0points
#103
Ketchup. It's disgusting. I am terrified of it getting on me or accidentally ingesting it.
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0points
#104
I don't have any phobias. If I "discover" something "scares" me, I make myself do it until it doesn't bother me. Of course there ARE things that are dangerous that I do not do, but just "phobias" nope, I refuse to be my own prisoner.
Final score:
-2points
#105
This isnt really a scientific fear but… My BIGGEST fear is that Camilo wont be in the Encanto sequal
Final score:
-4points
Camilo Is best (Submission author) 3 years ago
Come on, someone has to agree with me! He's the coolest
ThEboRedEsTpANdA 3 years ago
True! I don't know why ther's so many downvotes
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What do you think ?
Knights Dagger 3 years ago
Necrophobia, I fell into a dead deer corpse when I was ten, haven been able to do science dissections due to panic attacks.
Jackie Lulu 3 years ago
Seriously, fear of heights. I will not go up in a tall building. Have never been in the Empire State building, the World Trade Center, or any other tall building. Can't be near the edge of anything more than 15 ft up. Also fear of roaches and stinkbugs. Clowns and antique dolls really creep me out.
Jasam Nitko 3 years ago
No one mentioned podophobia, fear of feet. I can barely stand touching my own feet and try to imagine that people around me don't have them.
ALEXIS CISNEROS (Post author) 3 years ago
oh my god same, they are just so gross!
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Elizabeth Molloy 3 years ago
Marching bands. I've always been terrified of them. Maybe something happened in my childhood, but I have to run away!
Knights Dagger 3 years ago
Necrophobia, I fell into a dead deer corpse when I was ten, haven been able to do science dissections due to panic attacks.
Jackie Lulu 3 years ago
Seriously, fear of heights. I will not go up in a tall building. Have never been in the Empire State building, the World Trade Center, or any other tall building. Can't be near the edge of anything more than 15 ft up. Also fear of roaches and stinkbugs. Clowns and antique dolls really creep me out.
Jasam Nitko 3 years ago
No one mentioned podophobia, fear of feet. I can barely stand touching my own feet and try to imagine that people around me don't have them.
ALEXIS CISNEROS (Post author) 3 years ago
oh my god same, they are just so gross!
Load More Replies... Elizabeth Molloy 3 years ago
Marching bands. I've always been terrified of them. Maybe something happened in my childhood, but I have to run away!
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