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weird fears unite! I've had escalaphobia (fear of escalators) since birth. comment your weird fear, no judgement pleaseApr 27, 2025
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It's not that weird i guess, but i have emetophobia--fear of vomit and the act of vomiting.
I usually have to close my eyes and plug my ears in movies where characters throw up on camera. Ironically, several of my favorite media have scenes where characters throw up on-camera, which I might be okay with because it has helped me deal with the fear better by exposure therapy. I still struggle to even look at barf irl though and I'm terrified of having food poisoning
I know nobody is expected to LIKE looking at upchuck but I can't even bring myself to clean up my cat's hairballs without putting together a makeshift hazmat suit. I definitely am weirder about it than most people I know.
I usually have to close my eyes and plug my ears in movies where characters throw up on camera. Ironically, several of my favorite media have scenes where characters throw up on-camera, which I might be okay with because it has helped me deal with the fear better by exposure therapy. I still struggle to even look at barf irl though and I'm terrified of having food poisoning
I know nobody is expected to LIKE looking at upchuck but I can't even bring myself to clean up my cat's hairballs without putting together a makeshift hazmat suit. I definitely am weirder about it than most people I know.
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I have a fear of door alarms and fire alarms. If they sound, which often for a false alarm, I get all shaky 
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Those spiral thingies people use to hypnotize you, idk I always thought the concept of hypnosis or mind control in shows and stuff to be genuinely TERRIFYING, like especially if the characters actually AWARE the whole time, but are unable to do anything as they slowly feel their consciousness being stripped away and see the people they care about get hurt.
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•I'm scared of being on small boats (rowing boats, kayaks, etc), partly because of the risk of falling into the water (I also don't like lakes or most other natural bodies of water a lot) and partly because of a rowing elementary school trip where one kid got injured and his whole hand was bleeding and they made me take his place in the boat, I was scared the whole time I'd get hurt too
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i have a fear of sudden things even tho i expect it, like i always hide outta the living room whenever i try to turn on my ps4 or my old tv
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never found a name for it but im really scared of large machines that dont work properly. slap an out of order label on an arcade cabinet and ill literally run away. was at the mall and one of the escalators wasn't working (not even the one i needed to use) so i decided to stay on the ground floor entirely
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I hate long tight sleeves. Absolutely disgusting. It makes me panic because of the texture and tightness. I hate clothes that aren’t oversized on my arms. I think it’s a bit of cleithrophobia and my sensory issues
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Really cramped elevators. The ones that are really small and don't look safe. I'm always paranoid when going in one like that.
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I’m generally afraid of most things, but I have a really big fear of planes and raw meat. Both send me into fits of panic…. 
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