Phobia: an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation.
My whole life I have had a fear of buttons, I almost can't even type the word. I am cringing right now just thinking about them. I do not wear them...I do not touch them...I can't even hardly look at them. I do not think K is attractive when he wears them and this really offends him. I can't help it. They make me want to scream! If I touch one I have to wash my hands to get it's "yuckyness" off of me. I am trying to learn to deal with them because my husband wears them and my children are beginning to show an interest in styles that have them. At times this phobia has even caused problems in my marriage. Sometime I think Ken wonders if I'm making it up. I am finally beginning to be able to iron the boys church shirts but mostly because I really like my new iron. I have a technique that helps me avoid ever touching them and I spend very little time looking at them. I definately can not sew one back on a shirt or take one off. If there is a loose string coming from a button, I can't deal with that and I really am disturbed when someone is wearing a shirt that is missing a button or one of their buttons is undone. I hate button jars! And so many crafty things are decorated with buttons which means I can't like them because the button ruins it. I avoid any activity that requires an outfit that has buttons. It's kind of a burden. I'm very limited on what clothing I can wear. I've tried to overcome my fear, but I can't. I have been teased alot. I hate being chased with them or tricked into touching them or forced to touch them. My little sister is even catering to my phobia by not having us wear buttons to her wedding. We get to wear plain pink t-shirts!! Yeah!! Thanks V! (She's sympathetic to me because she has a fear of band-aids.) Well, guess what. It's a real phobia that other people have. I found a button-phobia support website. Cool!! Check out how many other people have the same phobia. http://www.unusualphobias.com/buttons.html Now you can all see that I am not alone in my strangeness. As I read through the other comments I could totally relate to everything they were posting. My whole life I thought I was crazy. Now I know that I'm not because there are other people just like me. I am so excited!!
Do you have an unsual phobia that no one understands?
Check out this website. http://www.unusualphobias.com/Thingspage.html
Here is a more complete list of unusual phobias
http://www.unusualphobias.com/Phobias.html
(V, there's even a phobia of band-aids! You're not alone in your phobia either!)
4 comments:
And all this time I just thought you were weird. Just Kidding! You have made my day with this post, I will be chuckling all day about it. Sorry for all the teasing about buttons. Love ya.
I am so sorry about your phobia- buttons are everywhere. Isn't it nice to know you're not alone?? I'm glad you found the site!
I never really thought about phobias to items such as these. I think my only phobia is wasps. I was attacked by a swarm as a child. I will have to look it up and see what it is called. I guess I am lucky I can run inside and hide from my phobia. Luckily for you a lot of kids clothes just have snaps. :o).
I feel your pain, Laurie!
My top 5 phobias:
Ophidiophobia—snakes, a baby snake came into my house once when we lived in Oregon. I'm so glad no one was around when it happened because I was screaming and having a panic attack. I finally got it out with the broom, and then I had to throw the broom away and disinfect the whole house!
Harpaxophobia—being robbed, started after I was robbed
Nyctophobia—fear of the dark, mostly because I can’t see very well in the dark
Agoraphobia—crowded places, only in certain situations
Acrophobia—heights, I absolutely hate elevators that have glass windows. I do make myself confront this fear often—like going into tall buildings like the top of the church office building in Salt Lake or the Conference Center Escalators or the Salt Lake Library stairs! One of the twins has severe Coulrophobia—fear of clowns—I have no idea why! The other twin has severe cleithrophobia—fear of being locked in an enclosed place!
Phobias can be effectively treated through Behavior Therapy techniques. Check with your local physician or mental health therapist. You also have to be careful that you don’t pass on your phobias to your children because they are very easy to pass on if they see your fear.
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