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I have ommetaphobia. Technically it's a fear of eyes, but more specifically I'm afraid of anything gorey that's eye-related, it freaks me out. Long story short, when I was 8 a girl accidentally scratched my eye with her fake nails. The ER experience was really traumatizing and since then I can't deal with eye gore stuff. Getting used to wearing glasses was a nightmare, I can't even consider wearing contacts, and I'm petrified whenever somebody's hand gets to close to my face unexpectedly :l
@GatoNip
i have a fear of eyes in a way. I hate when people look at me. Especially when it
@sensiblePomegranate2990 Aw dude that
I have ananaphobia (the fear of pineapples), which probably seems really weird. Ive had unpleasant experiences with pineapples in the past and now Im afraid of them. Now it kind of ruins pineapple aesthetics for me 😂
Definitely a cockroaches since I was like 5 one of them crawled up on me and it was the first ever that I ever saw. And I don't know if t's a phobia or not but I have fear of heights
I have phobias like social phobia, atelphobia, entophobia, and Ophidiophobia
i have multiple phobias. a weird one that people make fun of me for is that im afraid of bugs. any kind of bug, including butterflies, ants, ladybugs, etc. i am extremely afriad of them and i hate them w a passion. i am also afraid of dogs, the dark, heights, being alone, and dying. theres more but they are ones that basically sum up these ones
I have a phobia of heights.
I have a phobia of showers, just thinking about showers make my handss shake, i know its has to do with past trauma, but i dont know why beacuse of repressed memories.
Its been driving me insain just to figuire out what that repressed memorie could be, or even if there is one.
I have a phobia/strong fear of being abandoned, the thought of being left alone with my own mind is enough to drive me mad. I can be physically alone for awhile I dont mind, but to be left alone emotionally scares me it.
I have really bad emetophobia (vomit) it takes over everything and the meds dont do enough. Its been 11 years of this. @AlienatedHuman
@kindPerspective99 I have emetophobia too!!
@smilingcat777 I have this fear too!!
@HBEAR3 it's such a horrible thing isn't it :( but I haven't met anyone like minded before, so itdi so good to know there are lots of other people out there! Do you have any tips on coping with it? :)
@smilingcat777 I wish I had some magic cure to tell you but unfortunately I dont. There is a whole group of us on Facebook too. Ive unfortunately avoided events and people and places and foods all because of this fear. My anxiety was always specific to emetaphobia and now my anxiety is just crazy all the time. My emetaphobia is stopping me from trying any medication, including vitamins because Im so afraid of something upsetting my stomach. Like my dr was talking about sexual side effects and I was like I dont even care about any sexual side effects just promise me it wont upset my stomach!!
@HBEAR3 ahhh I see :) i'm exactly the same! It used to be just related to emetaphobia, but now it is much more general, which in a way is more difficult not knowing what is causing it :( and yeah, with medications or things which have potential side effects of an upset stomach I get so worried. It's better now than it used to be because I'm learning how to cope with it, I found that making a flow chart thing for when I'm really anxious about it exploring the worst case scenarios and showing that it's very likely that it probably won't get to that has been very helpful!
@smilingcat777 are you able to take medication to help?
@HBEAR3 I've never tried, and I've been really reluctant to because of potential side effects, have you?
How many people do you think are able to abandon you? @AlienatedHuman
@AlienatedHuman I've been looking for someone with emetophobia! I've had this since the age of about 10 or 11 and I'm now 20, it's such a horrible thing and I think that so many people don't understand just how difficult it can be :(
@AlienatedHuman
I have a fear of dying. Im afraid of a fatal death or just death in general. I lay awake at night because Im scared to lose the people I love. I dont want to die. I never do. Im afraid to go see someone about it because I dont want them to think Im stupid for being afraid of it because its a part of life. I dont know what to do. Im miserable because of the thoughts.
@AlienatedHuman i have a fear of the future. it scares me so much
Nosocomephobia is mine, its a fear of hospitals. Even seeing ambulances in public can through me into panic. I just cant shake the thought that people are in pain and its just a negative place.
Hiya. Perhaps this isn't a phobia - I'm not quite sure what it is really :) But, basically I'm scared to leave the house - if that makes sense. I experience extreme anxiety if I have to use public transport or go somewhere. My univeristy is far from my home and I spend every morning panicking about leaving my house and having to go. I often experience sleepless nights over it. Because I have my lectures online, I end up only going once a week, but in result I'm isolated and very lonely. I have no hobbies or commitments as it requires me to commit to them and leave my house and thereforr I cant handle them and end up bailing out. I was continually sick during school as the anxiety of it alll caused me to stress myself out so much that I kept getting sick. I've tried all the calming and mindfulness apps, all the anxiety exercises and all the thought analysis I could find and think of and yet I still can't get over this stupid fear. It had becoming crippling and is severely affecting my life. Am I the only one who experiences this?
@TheRavensDesk omg sounds alot like me what I'm going through . Been through so many embarrassing nerve wracking situations . Sorry you had to go through this .Always something what stops you in life but fight on easy said but please your stringer then this and not all support can help. I've tried same thing mindfulness. Wasn't for me . More exploring my emotions and talking to someone helped . Coming here has helped alot .I still feel I constantly get ignored but it's ok . People can't accept me or know I've changed so I will just be bigger person. Always have. Don't put up with crap from no one.
@TheRavensDesk it is. It's agoraphobia. I have it. Agoraphobia encompasses fear of leaving home, the outside, crowds and large spaces. I struggle every day over whether i will be able to leave home or not. In my case depression adds to the problem. People often think agoraphobia means someone has to be a complete shut-in, but the what is considered the inverse, claustrophobia, varies as well.