Does anyone have a phobia or a weird problem?

Question

I have a phobia of spiders (arachnophobia) and a weird wrist problem that I believe is the only one that might have it. I don't like it when my wrists are touched or grabbed. More in the sense I don't like it when something pushes on the soft inside part of my wrist. Does anyone else have a problem like this or can anyone HELP me!!!

Answer 1

I think a lot of people have little quirks like this, especially when they're young. I had some odd things that I barely remember, but when I do, it reminds me of the show Monk. I had this one thing where I felt like my hands were dirty even if they were clean, and I'd try to wipe whatever it was off, like it was some kind of invisible matter. Then when I touched things, I had to do it an even amount of times. I had other things, too, but I didn't worry about them and they eventually went away. dot ....dot ....dot...lol

Answer 2

Well... I may be able to give you my take on this. I personally used to suffer from SEVERE arachnophobia, but of the late, I have actually begun to overcome this problem. This is mostly because I have gained some knowledge on how to identify the deadly and poisionous varieties of spiders and their habitats. Which often are as far away from us as possible. Do some personal research, the information you find should very well set your mind at ease about some of the common harmless spiders that could be scaring you witless for no reason. Not that I don't still get the willies when I encounter a spider, but I surely do not "freak out", which is what I used to do. I found out that this is actually the worst thing to do, because they stand more of a chance of biting you if you spaz and are even more apt to bite you if you squish them or trap them. As I suggested before, do some reading on spiders, the local library is obviously the best place to go, once you get a grip on your fear, you'll have less difficulty dealing with it. In fact i actually like the little fuzzy black jumpy ones with all the eyes. They're cute, harmless and scared to death of me. So, as long as I just relax and let them jump away, it's all good.



As for your sensitivity with your wrists, well... that just seems personal... maybe some sort of bad experience buried in your subconcious is eating away at you and you don't realize it until someone grabs your wrists... but that is just my unprofessional "psychoanylitical" though on your sensitivity. I would say embrace it, maybe work to make yourself stronger with it... Take some self-defense courses, like karate or something, so that the next time someone makes you uncomfortable you can return the favor.

Answer 3

I can't stand anyone coming close to my eyes. My opthamologist finds this funny. I entertain him once a year. I can touch my own eyes, but anyone wanting to put in drops or looking at them with an instrument makes me start to hyperventalate.



I also can not go into a bathroom with a shower curtain is closed. I have to open it. The reason is really stupid but it's suck since I was 5. I know it's irrational, but I still have a weird feeling.....KISS is behind the curtain. It started after I watched KISS and the Phantom of the Amusement Park in the 70's. I'm such a geek!

Answer 4

I used to have a really bad phobia about being followed, but it's not too bad now. The years of meds and psychotherapy have definitely helped. I feel nervous on escalators, but not elevators, which is loopy to me, because one time I got locked in an elevator during a fire for over two hours. But escalators make my heart race every time I get on them.



I used to have horrible social phobia, and I read a book Dying of Embarrassment that helped a lot. It had a lot of activities called exposure therapy where you immerse yourself more and more in the situations that make you phobic until they don't bother you as much because you're desensitized to them. It helped a lot. I used to flip out when I drove until I had a minor fender-bender and then I wasn't so scared. I don't advocate wrecking cars to get over phobias, but you kinda see what I mean--doing something that freaks you out can show you that it's not so bad and you can get over it. But if phobias really plague you, definitely get some help. Books, support groups, therapy, meds--don't let phobias paralyze you because it's not fair to go through life with fears that are disabling to you.

Answer 5

I cannot sleep with any part of my body off the bed or out from underneath the covers. I am deathly afraid of snakes. I dont like being in the dark because i had a dream one time that i woke up and went to get out of my bed and there was like a stalker standing at the end of it. It was a man and my aunt had previous experiences where this actually happened to her. I also do not like it when people grab my neck, i will freak out.. i guess its kinda like im chlostrephobic.

Answer 6

I have a fear of heights, and any type of bug. I wouldn't say I had a phobia of someone grabbing my wrist, but to dislike it is not an abnormal reaction. I think that is a perfectly normal way to feel.

Answer 7

Agoraphobic here. Haven't left my home and gone outside since 1999.



Do a Google search on your particular phobia and you will find find others who have the same problem. If you are looking for relief those would be the people who would have best ideas on how to cope.

Answer 8

Monkeys...I hate monkeys. I also don't like bugs...especially spiders and roaches...oh and scorpions too!! My worst physical reaction to a fear is getting my blood drawn...I freak out and have panic attacks. I also don't like swimming in water that I can't see the bottom...oceans really scare me. I also can't touch my eyes or have them touched. Oh and I hate someone touching my belly bottom. Ok, I'm done...enough phobias.

Answer 9

I'm pretty fearless, BUT I do have a weird phobia of large statues. Not like total freak-outs, but they definitely send a chill up my spine..ie-Lincoln Memorial, Statue of Liberty. Weird, huh?

Answer 10

Haha I freak out when people start talking about or touching the insides of my wrists...



And I HATE it when people touch my back or shoulders.

Answer 11

hey you think that's bad?! I am allergic to wheat! I get REALLY sick when I eat it.



for the other problem with the wrists...I really don't know...



but I have a phobia of big bugs. I start twitching.



good luck! =)

Answer 12

I hate snakes, and for some reason am deathly afraid of the ocean. Not the lake, but ocean. It just freaks me out that there's a whole other world under there, and that people that get lost stay lost.......it just freaks me out.

Answer 13

I can't kill bugs as much as i would like to, there's this weird pressure feeling inside my ears and i just can't touch them even with a tissue or whatever

Answer 14

yea i have a phobia to play soccer

a few years ago i was playing and totally fcuked up my knee and ended up getting surgery, i had dislocated it like 6 times before that but kept playing. i mean i love soccer.. it was my life but im just too afraid to play, i missed my freshman softmore and junior year to play.. this is my last year to do it but i just cant

Answer 15

I can't sleep with my hands or feet off the side of the bed. I don't like it when someone touches me under my chin. (like the way a parent does to a child)

Answer 16

I am afraid of deep water at night. I can swim and even own a pool with deep water, but I'm afraid of swimming in it at night!! I have no idea why. I also get claustrophobic in little rooms with no windows. lol I'm odd, aren't I?

Answer 17

I have a huge fear of getting lost while driving which is why I only go to places I am extremely familiar with.

Answer 18

Oh I'm definitely arachnophobic.



What really creeps me out, though, is imagining spiders crawling anywhere on my bare skin.

Answer 19

when i was younger i used to be afraid of animals. but now im not because i got a pet and i love him very much. now im comfortable around animals. i think if you face your phobia than you feel better and more comfortable.

Answer 20

Hehe my phobia is blood,sharp things.And i dont want people touching my lap cause i get this feeling that dont seem right lol..

Answer 21

im afraid of spiders too. I also used to be afraid of the dark, some things you have to get used to.

Answer 22

dont know how to help you. But I am deathly afraid of internal parasites. I would cut my own stomach open to get it out. Seriously.

Answer 23

The hospital, It makes me sick and I can't ever get comfortable. Plus I hate the smell.

Answer 24

Flying roaches and spiders.

Answer 25

im a trichotillomaniac. I pull my hair out and eat the root. yum!



and im a kleptomaniac. if i see something i want and i dont steal it voices in my head make fun of me



....im serious.

Answer 26

Sure women hair styles they scare me allot

Answer 27

i am haphephobic. (a fear of being touched.) it sucks. i flip out when ppl touch me. i have other phobias too. but i won't get into that... go to phobialist.com it's cool.

Answer 28

i am so scared of going in the dark alone and I also freak out when I see any type of bug or rodent (dead or alive)

Answer 29

i have a phobia of running water in river.

Answer 30

yea me to im sooooooo scared that of spiders adn forever scares the crap outta me

Answer 31

i have a fear of morbidly obease people cuz i think ill get sucked into the flab or eatin

Answer 32

I fear needles, but I have a friend who is deathly afraid of balloons.

Answer 33

I feel just like that. I was told if ur cut under ur palm u die.

Answer 34

my friend has a "weird problem" where she hates seeing blood veins - hers or anyone else's

so i know what you mean, dont worry

Answer 35

I have a fear of large roaches

Answer 36

I have a fear of pink elephants

Answer 37

fear of stinging insects and spiders

Answer 38

rats

and i don't like my nose to be messed with

Answer 39

moths

Answer 40

i have a phobia whith getting the back of my neck rained on, dunno why but gives me the chills.

Answer 41

...I have xeneophobia which is a fear of Aliens.

Answer 42

I fear stupid people. dumophobia.

Answer 43

no

Answer 44

i Have No Fear ... i am HEMAN!!

Answer 45

NO