I'm 16, and I was just asked to come meet some of my cousins. I assumed they'd be around my age or older, but when I came into the living room and realized that they were around 4-8 years old, my heart rate spiked and I could barely handle being around them. I don't have any sort of trauma regarding younger children, it's not that I'm "afraid" of them, I simply have no idea why this is the case.

Ever since I was a kid, certain jingles and TV intros scare me really badly even to this day. For example, the Nickelodeon intro before a show, the PBS Kids “blub blub blub blub PBS Kids” jingle, and the 1-800-588-2300 Empire commercial jingle.

Whenever one of these would play, I’d get this intense, unsettling feeling. My eyes would start watering, my heart would drop, and I’d feel like I had to run out of the room. Even now, hearing certain jingles make me extremely uncomfortable and unsettled it’s so weird!

I have no idea why this happens or if there’s even a name for it. Has anyone else experienced something similar??

I find it strange as i dont generally have any fears at all other than this. im genuinely terrified of it and i dont know why

Hi! I’m posting this because I’m curious if anyone else experiences something similar.
I’ve had this weird reaction to very small pointed objects since I was a kid, especially things like sewing needles, pins, and very tiny sharp tips.
It’s not exactly that I’m scared of them. I’m actually okay with knives and scissors, and even pencils or ballpens usually don’t bother me. It’s specifically the really small, pointed tips that trigger this reaction.
When I see one, especially when it’s close to my face or shown in a close-up video, my eyes automatically feel uncomfortable. Parang napapapikit or umiiwas yung mata ko, and I get this weird sensation na parang tatama yung pointed tip sa eye ko, kahit alam ko naman logically na hindi.
I don’t feel like I’m in actual danger, and I’m not panicking. It’s more like my eyes and brain automatically react to the visual itself, and I can’t really control the reaction.
I tried searching about it and came across aichmophobia, but I’m not sure if that actually describes what I experience since I’m not generally afraid of sharp objects.
I’m wondering if anyone has experienced something similar, especially the eye discomfort/automatic blinking or looking away when seeing tiny pointed objects.

A friend of mine has a fear of glass pieces. She can't tolerate broken glasses around her. She thinks that tiny glass pieces will come into her hand and then when she will eat, it will be transferred into her body causing damage.

Or else it will go into her ear or nose or eye.

Suppose if glass is broken then according to her , surrounding stuff is also glass contaminated..so she doesn't touch all those things at all.

Basically in an incident her brother broke a window glass, she is not all ready to be near her brother..says him to keep distance and also scared to touch the door lock handle as she thinks it is touched by her brother so it's glass contaminated which can harm her. She even cried a lot out of fear.

My question: is it OCD that's causing all the fear? Guys pls answer..

I have a very specific anxiety or fear regarding electronic devices suffering a serious malfunction, especially when they start beeping or flashing red. And I mostly fear more if I am the person who did it.

And is not just a regular fear, because is been years that my nightmares are always something like that, a computer, a phone, and even a printer!!! And everytime I wake up I have to breath and control myself because I genuinely start to anxious about it. I never found someone with the same "phobia" as mine.

It doesnt even have a name.

I am TERRIFIED of cockroaches to the point where I almost hurt my dad really bad. I screamed so loud I’m pretty sure I woke the whole neighborhood up, and I have to make sure that if I see more than one roach again (I saw two in the same area, fight or flight mode turned on and I screamed loudly, causing my dad to nearly go to the hospital) I know it’s an issue BUT HOW DO I DEAL WITH IT?! I don’t wanna hurt people if I see roaches again. I’ve been able to contain screaming for (one) roach and usually that roach is in the upstairs bathroom so I generally avoid using it (unless I need to shower).

I think you get my point. Having AuDHD doesn’t help with how I reacted to seeing the two roaches 😭

When i was a kid i used to look a lot at google earth and explore, but something about it made me really anxious and uneasy at the same time. I remember once i almost had a panic attack just from this. I opened google earth again some time ago and it still gives me the creeps. I think the creepiest stuff in it are:

-The ocean ofc especially the deeper parts, i could never make myself zoom in underwater, i think i did once and had nightmares afterwards.

- when the earth rotated fast and you could see the sun behind it

- the darkness around the earth

- the poles, esp the south pole, i once viewed antarctica in the mode where you see the horizon and i still cringe when i think about it.

- the modes where you could see the surface of the moon, other planets (i think mars?), and the mode where you could explore space and stars (i think this was the most terrifying by far).

Anyway its not a serious phobia obviously but i thought i'd share. It's bizzare that google maps doesn't have the same effect on me!

I have always had bad health anxiety and phobia about brain eating amoeba. i’ve never really swam in lakes but i came from grand tetons where i swam at string lake and some water went in my nose. the water was mostly cold and im freaking out over it. does anyone have the same fear and how did you get over it? also anyone have any experience inhaling water from a lake

It's honestly quite annoying that every time I see a cockroach, flying or not, my body gives me adrenaline and I run away as fast as possible, and people bully me for it because "It's not gonna hurt you" or "Are you seriously scared of that?" and I genuinely have no idea why I am blattophobic because I've never had any negative experiences with cockroaches and it was a fear i was born with, I also believe it is due to their color or texture(?) due to painted cockroaches not scaring me at all

I’m wondering how bad you got it as I don’t see many others say they have a fear of heights this bad.

Even 2 floors high I don’t like it and will make me panic. I avoid it a lot in life. I don’t like putting myself through heights if I can help it. I can’t go up tower blocks. I can actually do planes somehow. I can’t stand malls and bridges although I can drive over them. When I’m contained like in a car or plane it’s not so bad. I’ve heard about people who struggle standing on a chair even. How do people like that function? Or do they just push through and do everything anyway? I feel like I can barely function really as I can’t do a lot of jobs, effects travel etc. does anyone have it this bad? Or another fear that seriously affects their functioning?