Reader Stories

I'm 21 years old, and I live with Agyrophobia or the fear that crossing a road will result in bodily harm, as well as PTSD. It started when I was about 16 years old and was hit by a driver who was blind in one eye while crossing the street. I was crossing legally at a crosswalk after the car had already stopped at the stop sign. But they were blind in one eye and turning … [Read more...]

I am a secret sufferer of Ornithophobia - the fear of birds, but I recently came to know about it. I am still researching it, trying to gather as much information as possible to cope with it for the next years of my life. So as mentioned before, I have Ornithophobia. I may not say it is medically claimed by a professional, but I get panicked and have a racing heartbeat … [Read more...]

When I was about 5, I got really sick with a fever. My mom gave me some medicine, I can’t remember exactly what it was, but it was strong, and unknown to her. I hadn’t eaten anything prior to taking the medication and it really messed me up. Shortly after taking the medicine, I started getting hallucinations. I don’t remember all of them, but the one that is still crystal … [Read more...]

Hello, I'm a teen girl who has multiple phobias. I didn't really notice the first one until two years after the incident that caused it. I won't say much but let's just say that I had the window open at night, and I saw a murderer (not in action, just the person). That was when I was 8. I guess at that age you're just too innocent, and things don't psychologically affect … [Read more...]

Hi all, I am a 66 year old married female with chronic health issues incl. autoimmune thyroid disease w/hypothyroidism which is being controlled with thyroid medication, LDN (Low Dose Naltrexone) and diet & lifestyle interventions (eg. avoiding known personal intolerances such as gluten/dairy/soy, etc.) My husband of 37+ years & I moved summer of 2019 from a city … [Read more...]

Hello readers. I hope I don't come off as complaining, my life has been nothing but filled with love from my family. I just have issues I want to get off my chest, but I become disheartened to change because I feel like at 20 years old I have no one to relate to. I am a 20 year old junior in community college who has not gone out much. It is funny because as a child I used … [Read more...]

I was twelve years old since I hated the word memories. I hated taking pictures with my friends and even with my family. I don't know if it's normal or what. Then I started withdrawing with my friends who are involved with that past memory. Later on I started having nightmares, popping in and out of that worst memory, then I cry a lot, I have mood swings, and sometimes I … [Read more...]

Hello! I’m a sixteen year old teen girl who has recently entered the world of phobias. It has been very helpful for me to understand what phobias I have. Talking with other people that have them and learning how to avoid triggering them has kinda been my quarantine pastime. I have found out that I have mild Trypophobia (holes) and extreme Submechanophobia (hard to explain, … [Read more...]

Hallo world. I’m a teen with a decent amount of phobias. It started with ailurophobia, or fear of cats. That one is really mild, so I don’t mind it. It’s kind of funny, actually. It doesn’t really bother me, and I even cat sitted for my friend a month ago or so. It’s just that cats freak me out lol. I’m okay with that phobia, it’s just part of me. That was back in 5th … [Read more...]

Hello, my name is Mia. I experience Aphenphosmphobia and Philophobia (Fear of Touch/Intimacy and Love). I used to be super depressed from the ages of 8-13. The reason for this was because I was bullied and also bullied others, mostly my best friend. I used to hate seeing her smile, which she rarely did, and told her that I would kill her once she hit 16, making every day … [Read more...]

Hi, I wrote another post on here about my social anxiety (medically diagnosed) but you probably didn't see that so I'll go over who I am. I am a 15 y/o high school freshman and I don't know if a name for my phobia exists yet. I have an extreme fear of large metal things in my mouth. If you've been to an orthodontist and they took a mould of your jaw with that nasty putty, … [Read more...]

Hi, so I'm just about to turn 15 and am a freshman in high school. I know it's going to sound like I'm self-diagnosing and I'm just a teen who is being dramatic, but I'm really not. The first part of this post is going to be about my social anxiety. I have an unrealistic and crippling fear of being judged, unaccepted, betrayed and people leaving me. I have been to a … [Read more...]

My phobia is Sedatephobia, also known as the fear of silence. It has effected all of my high school classes in which I feel like throwing up every hour. Ever since I was in a quiet place in seventh grade I could not accept myself. Like I started hating myself for being able to have anxiety, feeling anxious and nervous. I have feared many other things but Sedatephobia is … [Read more...]

My name is Alicia Daly and I live in county Cork, in Ireland. I am eleven years old and I suffer from foniasophobia, which is the constant fear of being murdered. I usually avoid websites such as Facebook or Twitter as I am scared that a murderer will track me. It sounds ridiculous but I can't help feeling that way. My fear has led to my avoidance of as many people as … [Read more...]

Hi, my name is Natalie and I am 13 years old. I have so many phobias and fears I don't even know what to do with all of them. On the list of 100 phobias on this website, there are at least 70 I'm afraid of, plus several more that were not on the list I can think of. I've always had a fear of the dark, needles, and of sharks and pretty much the entire ocean, and A LOT of … [Read more...]