dave88 1,565 Posted February 8, 2017 Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 Anybody on here got any weird fears or phobias? Mine is just a fear of spiders but my step dad is scared of baked beans...yes you read correctly..baked f***ing beans! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j1985 1,984 Posted February 8, 2017 Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 Spiders here too, hate the dirty f***ing things! Met a bloke who was scared of peas once ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Barbarian1990 220 Posted February 8, 2017 Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 centipeedes creep me out, my cousin says he has a phobia of great white sharks but I reckon that's just common sense ? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted February 8, 2017 Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 Wasps. The look of them and the noise. I've only been stung once but even thinking about them is giving me a shiver down my neck. And spending money. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted February 8, 2017 Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 Loads on here have a phobia of common sense ........ 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
johnpee 214 Posted February 8, 2017 Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 I have a phobia of cows. Can be a right challenge when out mooching and I come across a cow field. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanny 21,063 Posted February 8, 2017 Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 (edited) Phobias are a strange thing and quite irrational in most cases. . I don't have any real strong phobias myself I use to be a bit skittish round bumblebees but I've over come that now and im not keen on open heights but i can manage if i have to ...that's about it really. Edited February 8, 2017 by kanny Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLATTOP 4,602 Posted February 8, 2017 Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 Coat Hangers you wouldn't believe how much they piss me off I'm not scared of them but just get a building anger when I'm near them wierd I can't explain it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanny 21,063 Posted February 8, 2017 Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 My mrs has a strange one its small holes things like crumpets or sponges freek her out ...weird 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dave88 1,565 Posted February 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 My mrs has a strange one its small holes things like crumpets or sponges freek her out ...weirdThat's called trypophobia...a very weird phobia indeed lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
low plains drifter 10,820 Posted February 8, 2017 Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 I'm terrified of running out of pasties to go with my beans Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DogMan85 722 Posted February 8, 2017 Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 My phobia is getting up for work at 5:30 this morning only to be sent home so I can work tonight, 24+ hours with no sleep whatsoever is a b*****d!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,569 Posted February 8, 2017 Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 A true phobia is, by it's nature, "weird" or "odd". A phobia is an irrational fear of an everyday object or situation..... Irrational fear... You might think, as I do, that its strange to be afraid of spiders....but if you live in Australia, for instance, that is a very rational fear ! I'm acrophobic - afraid of heights - but I make sense of it by thinking of it more as "afraid of falling". When you look at it that way, it's not so irrational. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanny 21,063 Posted February 8, 2017 Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 My mrs has a strange one its small holes things like crumpets or sponges freek her out ...weird That's called trypophobia...a very weird phobia indeed lolCheers for the heads up I never knew it had a name ...I've just looked it up and shown the wife https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypophobia she seen the picture of the lotus flower seed head and ran out the room lol now she's moaning saying why did you show me that ....well that's one way to get rid of her 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dave88 1,565 Posted February 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 A true phobia is, by it's nature, "weird" or "odd". A phobia is an irrational fear of an everyday object or situation..... Irrational fear... You might think, as I do, that its strange to be afraid of spiders....but if you live in Australia, for instance, that is a very rational fear ! I'm acrophobic - afraid of heights - but I make sense of it by thinking of it more as "afraid of falling". When you look at it that way, it's not so irrational. Maybe I should have said 'uncommon' phobiasI have a friend who lives in Queensland, she's more afraid of the ants than the spiders...she often comes across a redback in her garden but doesn't let them bother her. I couldn't live over that's for sure. I was fine with spiders as a child...my fear of them has only really developed over the last 10 or so years Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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