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I have an extremely bad phobia of germs and it is taking over my life. I don't know how it started or when it started, what I do know is that as years have went on, it has gotten worse. All I know about a rough start is that it happened when I was young. As a kid, schools teach you about proper personal hygiene and how you MUST wash your hands after going to the toilet, … [Read more...]

Well, where to start. When I was young, me and my family had a game night. Of course with game nights and gatherings, you get tons of food. So, me and my mom went to the store (I was about 8 years old) and I wanted to get a food that was from my past time. We got it, they were Vienna sausages, and went home. Keep in mind that this canned food has been recalled over 10 … [Read more...]

It all began as a Senior Prank I had started to walk home when 2 football players surrounded me. I tried to run, but one grabbed me by my arms and told me that this was a experiment for the seniors so I went along with it... they layed me on a round table and strapped me down like they do to people in the Horror flicks. (In my mind I’m wondering what the hell is going … [Read more...]

My worst fear is seeing, hearing, knowing of someone throwing up. For as long as I can possibly remember I have been terrified. I'm also afraid to throw up myself but mostly it is seeing others. This has stolen so many years of my life. I get severe anxiety if I'm left alone with a kid and if someone even mentions they don't feel well I go into such a panic. I remember … [Read more...]

I'm afraid of moths, I have been since I was around five because me and my family had come home a bit late at night, we walked up to the front door and there had been a giant moth on the doorknob. My older sister had the keys so she just brushed the moth off of the doorknob, it flew off and landed right on my face! I was terrified. Ever since then I can't even go near a … [Read more...]

My life suffering from emetophobia: What is emetophobia? Well, it is basically the irrational fear of vomiting. Not only vomiting, but also hearing someone vomit, see someone vomit, feeling nauseous, or being around anyone who may be sick. You yourself feel the fear every day that you may throw up... And along with that, I have an even greater fear or feeling nauseous … [Read more...]

For as long as I can remember, I've had an excessive fear of germs. Not just a tid bit here and there; all the time. It was less extreme as a kid, due to my child like mind not fully understanding the whole concept. I also took the whole "Keep Clean" thing they taught through out elementary very seriously. Yet I've always been uneasy about it and going places, such as a … [Read more...]

I'm suffering from this phobia too but my case is much worse. I graduated from University in biomedical Engineering with high grades about three years ago but I've never had something you could call a job. I only got two jobs but I got fired in both of them about three months later and since then I haven't gotten any job! That's terrible, I know! I've experienced terrible … [Read more...]

Son married. Arguments ensued. Parents did everything they could in terms of getting the couple counselling but nothing helped and irreconcilable differences prevailed. Son (poor me) immediately got on the Internet and found a girlfriend on the rebound. The girl he found was escaping her own difficult living conditions and was out to trap herself a husband. GF would fix … [Read more...]

I have been reading through different pages on buttons ever since I was around 5 years old. When I was 7 (now 11) I finally found It was confirmed that I had Koumpounophobia, Buttons Ugh I Always hated them, especially bright coloured plastic ones. Sadly I also hate covered ones and I always have to wash my hands or spray perfume after brushing or even walking past someone … [Read more...]

For the last 10 yrs I have been terrified of getting cancer. It all started when I felt a small lump on my breast. When I went to the gynecologist to get it checked out I thought well I may as well get a pap smear it's been awhile. They imaged my breast and said it looked okay. I was relieved and didn't give it another thought. Then about a week later I got a call saying … [Read more...]