General Chat

What is your Phobia? I'm petrified of butterflies & moths. if there is one in a room I have to be really sure its gone before I'm settled. Have no idea why. I'm 34 now and have always been frightened of the little bleeders, makes summer a soddin nightmare!

Darren, Mine is balloons, fireworks, party poppers, champagne corks, cap guns or anything else that goes bang. I am terrified of anything that makes a loud noise. I detest November 5th and large gatherings. Viv.

hi - this is going to sound really crazy - but BUTTONS- absolutely terrified of them - if the are attached to clothing i can just about cope with them! - most of my clothes dont have buttons! - i didnt realise this till my husband noticed! but loose ones - terrified! - my son bought one to me the other day as he had found it & put it in my hard - scared me half to death!!! they just really turn my stomach!! another strange 1 - my mum has a phobia of cotton wool! she doesnt like the noise it makes ( noise?/ not sure on that 1? but apparently it makes a noise!) i guess we are just odd!!! - spiders snakes, etc fine - put a button in my hand & i ll be screaming at you!!!!!

darren i hate moths and butterflies anything that flys really can handly a bird if its in a cage but that is at a push tracey

Very boring I'm afraid - spiders and crane flies (daddy long legs). Hubby once thought I was being murdered when he came home - I was screaming "die you ba***rd" at the top of my voice while spraying a HUGE spider with wasp killer - tears pouring down my face in the meantime!! I had thought it was dead and gone to pick it up on newspaper - THEN IT RAN !!!! aarrgghh!! Funnily enough I am fine with moths and butterflies - can even pick them up and transport them to safety if necessary! Am also terrified of heights. Very bravely took daughter up 530 steps to top of St Paul's 2 weeks ago! Maz. XX

Im frightened of clowns...I think its maybe becasue they wear so much make up and i cant see their faces. And of course the usual stuff like spiders,,Not afraid of thundrstorms though,,i went on a storm chasing trip in Oklahoma a few years ago,,,brilliant,,!!

Oh yes I forgot - Laurel and Hardy!! My daughter Charlotte cannot bear the Rugrats!! Yes we are wierd!! Maz. XX

I am just one big walking phobia, I have so many. Insects, all of them - flyers, crawlers, etc. Snakes Aeroplanes (really loud ones) heights small spaces lightening cotton wool and custard powder (the noise and feel of it! I know what I mean!) I'll let you know when I remember the rest. M.

Wasps!!!!

Moths (but not butterflies strangely), wasps, daddy long legs, deep water, heights - but the ones that can turn me into a wreck just thinking about them are spiders and flying. I'm getting a right panic on now! And yes cotton wool does make a noise. I can't bear it on my face. Jeanette

i glad other people are scared of strange things! my mum will be pleased when i tell her that other people think cotton wool makes a noise - we used to tease her !! he he

My 17 year old daughter has the weirdest phobia in that she cannot touch a wooden spoon or wooden handled knife unless it is wet, same with cotton wool. Mine is clowns, even ornaments of them give me shivers. Ughhh Yesterday I was at the butterfly farm in Edinburgh,and loved it, guess that would be a lot of you on heres idea of hell!

I can't stand the feel of velvet sends shivers down my body My fingers are tingling now just thinking of it Love thunder and lightning but Joe my son hates loud noises Chris

Wet wool sets my teeth on edge,moths,heights,the sea and having my photo taken! How do you define the difference between a phobia and a fear? Sue:-)

Sue a fear is usually reasonable and a phobia is an unreasonable fear of something.

Thanks Christine Sue:-)

spiders!!!!!!!! i am terrified of them hubby has often arrived home from work and found me sat on the back of the sofa (with my feet well away from the floor)crying my eyes out and shaking:( i cant even bear to look at them susie

Samantha My friend Karen is terrified of buttons too. She thought she was alone and no-one else could have a phobia about such an everyday object. I will tell her about you when I next see her. My phobia is birds. I can't stand them especially pigeons when they're walking around you. I'm always petrified they will fly up to me. My grandson takes great delight in chasing them just to make me scream! The little darling! If one of my cats ever bring a bird indoors I am hysterical, even if it's dead. It's very strange because my Dad used to breed budgies when I was a child and I would walk into the aviaries with no problem at all. Sue

Mine's a bit wierd. I am terrified of wiring or pipes in dark places (eg wires runnng along the floor of the loft, under a car dashboard, or pipes on the inside of underground train tunnels). In fact, until I was in my 20s I couldn't sit in the front seat of the car because my feet would be below wires - even though they were behind moulded plastic I knew they were there and in a dark space. I've conquered the phobia to a certain extent now through sheer willpower, but if I come across pipes/wires in dark places unexpectedly (as I have this week because workmen removed a ceiling panel near my desk at work overnight, exposing some pipes) I get a funny turn. Angela

im glad someone else is scared of buttons - you can reassure your friend she is quite normal - EITHER THAT OR WE A BOTH COMPLETLY LOOPY!! the kids think it hilarous- but to me it is relly scary! my son had me in tears one day because he was a baby & had put one in his mouth - where he got it from i dont know! & i had to reach in his mouth to stop him swallowing it. it was only when i pulled it out i realised it was a button & i started screaming & crying!!! lol lol still - you have to laugh dont ya!!