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The Hall Of Phobias

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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.

When you're done reading this site, why not read Patricia Pearson's new book: A Brief History Of Anxiety, available in all good book stores, or read a sample chapter here.

 

Latest phobias

I have a nightmare that I've experienced for the past month, and wihout fail I remember it. I wake up in a cold sweat, I shake, I lose sleep. In the nightmare, there's nothing; no sound, no light, I can't feel anything.

Anonymous
from Recurring Nightmares : General

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I have a phobia of fruit that is cut by other people or that I don't know where it came from. Even if my mom cuts up my fruit I refuse to eat it but if I cut it up I'm fine.
I also have to make sure I have a glass of water next to me before I go to bed, I always have to have my seatbelt on in a car, and I hate it when I rub anything dry together like cotton socks that come out of the dryer.

Ummm Dot Dot Dot
from Little OCD Rituals : General

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I have a very strange fear of my tongue getting a paper cut. I don't know why though it makes me cringe just thinking about the sound and texture of the paper cutting my tongue.

Noah
from Human Anatomy : General

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I have a fear of honey comb shapes/clusters. I can't look at something like a beehive. The other day I saw a box of honey comb shaped pasta at the grocery store and it really creeped me out. I remember first realizing this when I was a kid. I saw some paint in a very tiny corner on some stairs that had slightly bubbled into a cluster of 3 little bubbles and just feeling almost sick and scared looking at it... The smaller the cluster, the creepier it is to me.

Kat
from Insanely Abstract : General

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I am terrified of grapes. I am not scared of choking or food poisoning or anything I'm just scared of the actual fruit. I can't even be in the same room as someone who's eating grapes and I won't go in the fridge if I know theres grapes in there.

Jenna
from Food : General

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It seems I can hardly ever finish the last bite of anything solid or bread-like like a sandwich without feeling nauseous. I think it's because I feel like the last bite is the wrong size and I am afraid of swallowing air along with it.

Anonymous
from Food : General

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I have a severe phobia of vomit-- if I even see someone gag, I freeze up. The sound of retching makes my arms shake and the actual sight of vomit causes my legs to tremble violently, usually causing me to flee the scene.

I am often extremely nervous eating around other people, though for me it's the social equivalent of being naked; I can only do it comfortably in front of immediate family or very close friends.

Finally, a less severe phobia is my aversion to Friday the 13th. All throughout the day, all my senses are on high alert for the presence of a demonic being or possessed persons. I often imagine the pupils of other people's eyes dilating, a common sign of demonic possession.

May
from Social fears : General

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I have a phobia of kitchen cabinets, particularly putting food in cabinets. It makes me sick to see food items in the pantry cabinet. I have trouble looking at it, let alone taking those items out and attempting to prepare or eat them.

It's something about the cold, dark cabinet shelf that totally grosses me out. I hate the thought of food (or dishes) sitting in the cabinet. I always think there are little creepy crawly things that run over the food or plates and it turns me off.

Whenever my girlfriend comes over there's always tons of things sitting on my kitchen counters and she ends up putting those things in the cabinets...we then argue because I can't stand that!

Anonymous
from Insanely Abstract : General

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I have a phobia of sitting in corner booths at restaurants. There's just something about being in the corner or next to the wall and seeing the dirtiness/dingyness of the corners of the table up against the wall just makes me absolutely sick.

The corner always seems like the nastiest place to sit and I just can't stand thinking about it while I'm trying to eat.

My girlfriend and I went out to breakfast a couple of weeks ago and the waitress sat us next to the wall. I could barely eat. I had to force my food down and it only made me more sick by the time we were done.

Anonymous
from Insanely Abstract : General

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I freak out when people touch my cheese!! lol as crazsy as it sounds. I can handle it if i see people with gloves preparing my food.. but if im at home and someone tries to make me a sandwich or some thing i freak out. jus the thought of the dirt on someone hands being on my cheese makes me sick to my stomach.

Megan
from Food : General

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