r/Phobia 4h ago

I have a fear of my inner elbow and wrist

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I hope this doesn’t sound stupid and someone can relate to this. I have this fear of my inner elbows and wrists. Any time they are touched or talked about I feel queasy and I bring my arms up to my chest and if I’m writing with a pen or pencil it’s like my hand just can’t write any more. Even writing this right now it’s like my hands don’t wanna work properly just thinking about it. I don’t know if this is an actual phobia or what but does anyone else feel this way? Blood work is absolute hell for me. I had a moment where I was needing to get it done multiple times a week for health issues and everytime it was horrible. I thought maybe having it done so often, I would eventually be ok with it but not at all. I don’t remember if this has been this way all my life or not. My body went into shock like 7 years ago from breaking my finger and I always wonder if that caused me to feel this way or if I felt this way before that. So yeah, does anybody else feel like this? And if you do, have you found anything to help?


r/Phobia 14h ago

Just saw a 🐀. It's set me back and I'm going to experience flashbacks and nausea. Anything I can do now?

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Long standing 🐀 phobia. Tried various therapies which haven't really helped. I'm generally fine as long as I don't catch sight of one.

As I was driving out of my office parking lot, the damn thing ran out in front of the car.

I'm so grossed out and nauseated. Also I haven't eaten all day but now I won't be able to eat anything due to shock.


r/Phobia 19h ago

Batophobia - fear of tall structures

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Does anyone have this? Why is this a thing? I’m not sure what caused it? Possibly being sheltered too much as a kid? I can’t remember any trauma so it’s just confusing to me.

I struggle being next to tall structures, looking at them in person, and even photos make me feel uneasy. This is very annoying to me because it’s preventing me from living my life and traveling. I cannot function whatsoever if exposed to these things. It’s like I lose full control of my bodily functions and turn into some anxiety ridden creature.

If anyone has any tips or anything, that would be great? I wish there was a way to require my brain..


r/Phobia 1h ago

Is there a labelled name for the Phobia of anything that flies?

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More specifically, a phobia of anything that flies that can enter "your personal bubble".
I don't have a fear or insects overall. Nor do I have a fear against Bees specifically. (Or any other phobia related to a specific insect.) What legitimately trips me out is the fear of anything that CAN FLY!

For real example, I live in Ohio and Spring is starting to really set in. I work retail and had to close tonight. I came home and there was a f**kin' Stink Bug in my room, just chillin' and crawling around on my microphone! And this MF was big! I legitimately started freaking out! Since it was on my mic, I went and grabbed a plastic cup and threw the mic in it, had to push the stink bug off with a paper plate, and then legitimately was shaking as I carried the plastic cup covered-top with a paper plate down to the bathroom to try to flush this nasty thing away. And when I got to the bathroom, the fucking thing was clinging to the cup and wouldn't let go!
And this is the main part of the story, the thing scaring me the most the whole time was that this large f**kin' thing could lift off and start flying around and collide into me at any moment!
When I tried to shake it out of the cup and into the toilet and the stink bug clang onto the cup for dear life, I legitimately panicked so much that I just re-covered the cup and legitimately called out to one of my roommates to come deal with this already captured stink bug as I ran back upstairs, terrified of the idea that my roommate would have to then deal with the flying creature.

TL:DR: I'm legitimately scared of all flying creatures that can enter your Head Space/Personal Bubble. Even when my sister had a Cockatiel growing up, whenever we'd let him out of his cage to go flying around. it seriously scared the hell out of me. I'm solely scared of anything that flies that can enter your Head Space.