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Welcome to The Hall Of Phobias
The Hall of Phobias is a new resource for the millions of people around the world coping with phobias. Every story on the site is submitted by our visitors, and can help you realise that you're not alone. Some of them are sad, some of them will make you cry with laughter, but they're all true. Come and share your phobia with the world.
If you're new to the site check out our random phobias section to get a taste for the stories on the site, or delve into one of the phobia categories: animals, food, social fears, human anatomy, spaces, insanely abstract, little OCD rituals or recurring nightmares.
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Latest phobias
Ever since I was 10 I have to walk on my tip toes and not step on any cracks in my house. If I don't do this I know my house will break down around me killing my family and myself.
from Little OCD Rituals : General
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This happened when I was little. If I turned around in one direction, I would have to turn in the other direction. The same happened any time I moved in a circle. Luckily I don't do this anymore!
from Little OCD Rituals : General
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I am afraid of needles, when i was younger i was very very sick and i got alot of blood tests and after every blood test i would throw up and faint so now i can not have a blood test or a needle stuck in me for any reason because they give me the creeps i cant even stand to look at them so now if the doctor says that i need a blood test or an injection i always say NO!!
from Human Anatomy : Blood
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I have this major fear of shipwrecks and anything that submerges in water.
I can't stand looking at deep sea fish the ones that are in the hidden depths, because they scare me so much.
I love the sea I think it's beautiful, but things that lie beneath it's depths creep me out, so much.
I have no problems with sharks or any other tropical fish, I think they're cool.
But shipwrecks or submarines or any such shadows in the sea scares the living day lights out of me.
My friend sent me a picture of the Titanic once whilst it was rotting in the hidden depths of the sea, I was in tears after.
I realised it got worse when I was doing the dishes and a cup fell into the washing bowel, and it sunk and all the bubbles rose to the top and it just disapeared into the cloudy water, I was so scared I wanted to run away.
I'm also ashamed to say it happens in the bath too, when I drop something and it sinks to the bottom and I can't see or find it, I just get uneasy and I feel sick and have to have a shower instead.
I think it started when I played a game when I was younger, you were a scuba diver and you had to swim through the misty ocean and all these large shadow fish and shipwrecks were around and it scared me so much.
I hope I'm not alone.
from Spaces : Open spaces
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I have a fear of..snuh, uh, water deeper than 6 feet. "0.e. Its all cold..and..snuh, dark..and whirly-pooly... AAW ITS SCARY D:
from Spaces : Darkness
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One Saturday afternoon when I was a child I saw the original 13 Ghosts. Not only am I still afraid of that movie 40 some years later, I am terrified of canopy beds. I have taken apart the canopy when forced to sleep in one. I'm just afraid it will come down and suffocate me.
from Spaces : Enclosed spaces
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I'm afraid of chewing gum. I hate the sound people make while chewing it and I hate the sight of it. If I am around someone who is chewing it, I will beg them to spit it out. If they refuse, I will stick my finger in my ear and turn away so I cannot see or hear them.
from Food : General
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I have this major fear of being "trapped" in public spaces. I have panic attacks for various reasons, and I feel like I have a big, flashing sign above my head that says, "Look at this crazy lady! She's freaking out!" I feel like everyone can see me freaking out in my head, and that makes me just want to run. When I start to feel like I'm panicking, I need to be able to escape, to a bathroom stall, an empty room, etc, where people can't see me. I hate being the center of attention, and I am always locating the exits and bathrooms wherever I go, so that if I need to 'escape' I can.
from Social fears : General
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i have OCD with odd numbers everything i do has to be odd from how many bites i take to finish a sandwich, to an odd number of gulps from a drink the volume on the radio how long i cook something how many rings i wear i mean everything, i HATE even numbers. if its even ill make it odd or redo it so its odd. how many steps i take or stairs how many pieces of each food then all them combined, if i have an itch i have to itch it an odd number of times, the amount of pillows and blankets on my bed. it just keeps getting worse and worse.
from Little OCD Rituals : Counting
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I have a fear of people touching my thumbs!! i cant have a hand massage because i just hate the feeling when some one touches my thumbs!! i just think that some one will brake them!! i dont have a problem with my other fingers there fine its just me thumbs!!
from Human Anatomy : General
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