I have Dis strange fear of rats..murophobia
Der was a nyt my gf visited me, she spent d nyt den around 2 am she called my attention to a rat crawling towards d shelf..oh I almost passed out..when she was still saying smith Smith, I just jumped out of d room leaving her with the poor rat..she later killed d rat d following night...
Also my dad woke me up one night and said ola, der is a rat in Dis wardrobe and we need to kill it..so he told me to position myself properly and also gave me a stick to hit d rat..immediately d rat jumped out, Oh boy, I picked race heen..d rat escaped and Popsy was shocked at my actions..he was bewildered. Am sure d rat will look like a hero dat day.
Funny enough, am an anatomist, so I dealt with dead human during my undergraduate time, but till date, I feel cool with a dead body Dan a rat!!!

I just fear rats...

iamjustsassy:
Mine is trypophobia...I can't stand clustered holes,makes my skin stand and I always remember them each time I close my eyes

woah, me too.. Especially if the holes are kind of wet....i even tot i was weird abnormal...

Good to know

do u hate pineapples too?

Lol I quite love crowded place buhh I hate being lock up alone I feel like something might happen and I won't be able to escape then my heart start beating fast buhh I've never passed out I just hate small space and being locked in it op what do u think I am

d33types:
OP, inasmuch I don't doubt your story,most persons on this thread confuse intense fear for phobia.
To make a diagnosis of a phobia is far more than a doctor asking you some set of questions.if the doctor isn't a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist I doubt it.

a phobia is more of a psychological problem that can be managed and overcome successfully with therapy.

Some people just want to have something to say. Most of the comments I have seen don't seem like phobia. Nobody should ever wish to have phobia of something o.

I haven't googled the name of my own phobia but I have a phobia for Bathroom Drains. You need to see me when I'm taking a bath but it doesn't seem like a big deal but I don't think drugs can overcome this even with how unimportant it is.

Although, there is this phobia I have, which I fear is going to affect my life/wife. I have a crazy strong phobia of pregnant women. I can't stand them even just talking about them and I'm male o. Then just enter Abortion talk with blood and flow..you'll see me fold like millipede that got salted. I'll almost wanna die in my head and nerves.

I have some other ones too. Phobia of eating money or paper(children stuff)/ or using my hand to touch food after touching money.

Also phobia of paper that has touched water i.e wet paper....I can't touch them...I even purged once when one kid was eating Old, Wet Paper Money(#100). God just thinking about it sef....

Another popular phobia which I have is phobia of picking the nose then eating the booger. This stuff will only leave both of us in Watery, Orangish coloured mess that erupted frm my mouth..

But I'm fine. I might see someone(therapist) about it but those Phobias don't get to me. There's always an alternative.

remioshy:


I feel you oo, I have a terrible phobia for close space, you won't catch me in a lift on my own, I have climbed 16 stories building just go avoid going in lift, or sometimes I hang around for people to go in lift with and I jump out wherever folks they get out to avoid being left alone and use stairs to complete the rest, it's a really bad condition , it limits activities and fun sometimes, even in public toilet I don't close the door, just use hand hold the door , in trains or coaches I make sure I go to toilet before boarding as I won't use toilet on board cos of too ting closed space. I hear cognitive behaviour therapy can help with phobias. I once turned down a job when I got to the building and discovered I will be going in the lift , I turned back , that's how bad it is. God Help us

amen oh. Thank God am not alone in my fears. I had imferiority complex early in my dev due to phobias.

mine is that i have this fear of meeting people, standing in front of group of people like i find it had to stand infront of my course-mate in class, and also have fear of talking to a stranger at first expecially Girls. and it seriously affecting me.

viickerz:


woah, me too.. Especially if the holes are kind of wet....i even tot i was weird abnormal...

Good to know

do u hate pineapples too?

not really

chronique:
I have a phobia for heights. I don't like looking own from very tall buildings,I don't like walking/crossing deep drainages,I don't like walking over planks placed across a canal,etc. I always have the fear of falling. Sometimes,I suddenly jerk and panic when laying on my bed. What triggers that,is that I sometimes feel I'm falling from a height(even when I'm laying on my bed). I also have a phobia for large waters(beaches and lagoons). Anytime I take a journey on a ferry,I always fear I'd fall into the water. My heart only stops beating when I'm off the boat.

Exactly what happens to me.
The first time I entered speedboat,, I created a scene before getting into the boat.

floragregs:
[i]This is for those who have phobia problems. This is for those who don't even know they have it. This is for those who are not too lazy to read.




It started when I was in 100level in the university. I was young and inexperienced. I went to church with a friend, it was palm Sunday in the school's catholic church. The church was crowded there was even crowd outside (late comers). My friend and I were with the late comers. With our cross shaped palm leaves in our hands we stood patiently and listened to the priest from a very loud speaker. After the gospel reading, the doors were opened and people started rushing in (you know how students behave). My friend was dragging my left hand, urging me to hurry along with her but I was feeling something. I knew I had felt it once before but not like this. The crowd pushed forward and my friend couldn't hold me anymore. I felt choked up and very dizzy and I was gasping for air with my heart beating very fast. I didn't know what was happening to me. My friend was already inside the church when she realised I wasn't with her so she came outside to look for me. My heart was beating really fast and I was glad to see her. I just told her "Chinel, make we dey go hostel", she asked why, I just dragged her and we went back to the hostel without even blessing our 'palm cross'.
When we got to the hostel, I explained what I felt to my Chinel. I told her I could hear my heartbeat. She just rushed to the cupboard and brought out a sachet of tiny white drugs and gave me one. She said her doctor in Lagos recommended them when she had slight asthma symptoms. I just swallowed it without thinking or asking her any further questions. I wanted the palpitations to stop. After about 10minutes, I slept off. I woke up about an hour later, thanked Chinel and went upstairs to my room. But I just couldn't shake off the feeling that something was wrong with me.
I have an elder brother who lived and worked in the same city where I schooled. I called him around 4pm and told him I was sick. He didn't even wait for me to finish, he just said "ok start to come my house now now". I packed somethings and left for his place. His kids were happy to see me but something was troubling my mind so I couldn't play with them. The next morning, he took me to the Federal medical centre. We had a Doctor cousin there so it was easy for me to see him. After telling him what happened to me the previous day, he just said "you are Agoraphobic. Stay away from crowded places and lecture halls". He then prescribed a drug to control the palpitation. I was happy to have identified my problem. I did as he said, I stayed away from crowded places and halls and even market. I didn't notice when it stopped. I quit the drug and started living my normal life.
My second panic attack came when I was in 300level. I went to my sister's house in another state during one ASSU strike. We went to church one Sunday. The pastor making alter call for people with one sickness or the other. He even mentioned palpitation but I didn't want to face a crowd and experience another panic so I kept to myself. Then he told a short story of how he and his friend went to church and a pastor called out people like this. His friend who was asthmatic refused to come out so he died the next day bla bla bla. I still didn't go.
That night at home, I couldn't shake off the pastor's short story off my head. I wondered if something would go wrong. I went to bed at about 10pm but I couldn't sleep. I was thinking and I was scared. Some minutes to 12, something in my head started saying "so you refused to go out for prayers, you will die by sharp 12". The familiar wave of panic crept in. I jumped out of my bed with my heart beating very fast and loud. I knocked on my sister's room door. She came out with her husband. When she saw the horrible look on my face, she got scared and started crying and praying at the same time. I felt shortness of breath, my palms were sweaty, then the palpitation. I was having a panic attack. Why did I go to church that day? I thought. I hated the pastor for his short story. After some seconds I felt better. We all went back to bed. I slept well till morning. I felt good when I woke up, I didn't die!
When I was ready to go back to school, my sister's husband gave me a 'Rhapsody of realities' bible which contained nice and inspirational articles written by pastor Chris and his wife. These articles where inserted in between bible chapters. My sister's husband also gave me some verses to read when ever I felt sick.
My third panic attack came when I was still in 300level. We had workshop practice that Thursday afternoon by 1pm. I was already at the school gate by 12:30pm. I walking down to where we were to have the practical when I suddenly felt dizzy. I couldn't go further. I felt like if I did, I would faint. My heart started beating fast again and I felt shortness of breath but nobody noticed so I just turned and went back to the hostel. When I got my room I just cried and thought to myself "abi people for my village no want make I finish school?". Then I rebuked the thought and called my mum.
She was sick at that time and was admitted in another state about 2hours' bus ride. She told me to come over. I just packed somethings, not forgetting my bible, and left for the park. When I got to the hospital, they ran a test or two and said I had malaria. I didn't even bother to tell the doctor anything because I felt she might think I was crazy. I just let the treat malaria. They wanted to finish me with injections.
On my bed that night, I went through my Rhapsody bible and discovered an article by pastor Chris (page 654) "A very present help". It was just talking about fears, I was so happy to have seen it. I started reading psalm 91 everyday! I stayed in the hospital for 5days. I missed practical, tests and assignments. It was really bad because it affected my grade.
My brother came to take my mum and I home. I felt very dizzy, aftermath of plenty injections. I said to myself "I don't just any doctor, I need a shrink". I started browsing about phobias. I studied phobias more than my physics books. I wanted to know everything about them. We had free WIFI as at that time in my school so I always went to school with my ipod touch to browse and read about phobias. I started noticing that I didn't like being locked up in a room or being in closed spaces. I hated going to the bank because of the security door. I would say to my friends "if this door wastes one more second I might pass out". I just avoided tight and closed places, then I realised it was actually claustrophobia and not agoraphobia! Thanks to my browsing. I am sure 'Google' got tired of my search that period. Through my research, I got to know that millions of people have the same problems home and abroad. That was how I was able to conquer my fear. I haven't had a panic attack since I identified my problem and started avoiding what will trigger it. I even thought I would have a panic attack in NYSC camp because it felt like prison. Lol. But it didn't happen.

There are so many people who go through panic attack due to phobias but they don't even know it. You are half cured when you identify your problem and know that you are not the only one who has it. I remember the immigration recruitment test last year and I shiver with the knowledge that so many of them would have been claustrophobic or agoraphobic but didn't know it!
Holly wood actress, Whoopy Goldberg doesn't like being on a plane because she is aviophobic. Pete Edochie of Nollywood hates to fly because he's claustrophobic and can't be in an enclosed place. As for me, i'm still wondering if i'll be able to fly someday. I don't use elevators. I stay out of trouble because I don't want to ever be in a cell or worse still, a Nigerian prison. It has really affected me because I prefer to take long bus rides instead of flights.
There are worse phobias. I have read about Tokophobia which is the fear of pregnancy! The thought of a child growing in them makes them panic. There is also Xenophobia which is the fear of strangers or foreigners! They just hate meeting new people. I opened this thread to create little awareness of these problems.

My name is Flora. I'm a physicist and i'm Claustrophobic. Thanks for reading.

Thanks for sharing. I have a phobia of listening to, telling of or imagining stories about human physiology. For example I got all feeling weird and uneasy when people are telling me about how a woman put to birth

What's is it called?

trendiitee:
Exactly what happens to me.
The first time I entered speedboat,, I created a scene before getting into the boat.

i can't stand it when someone is using his/her month to make that farting sound. is that also a phobia?

Me am suffering from Bathophobia and Heliophobia, normally feels like am going crazy and itches my skin especially whem am out in the sun. And scares of depth, high buildings, bridges

I knew I was claustrophobic right from secondary school so I avoided any situation that will make me panic. As I grew older, I started being more rational and so when I'm stuck in an elevator or crowd I trick my brain into believing that I'm not trapped and even if I am it's only temporary. I let myself believe that if I actually want to get out of that enclosed area it's easy. That instantly drives away the panic. Your panic attacks are an emotional reaction and you need to allow your brain control your mind not your emotions. Studies have shown that signals are transmitted to the emotional neurons first before they get to your brain which is why you panic before thinking rationally about your current situation.

Don't know if I have any phobia but I get depressed a lot. Was in the bus one day, then something went wrong with the bus and everybody was struggling to get down. Even thou I was in the front seat and could have easily jumped down I didnt . The driver had to urge me to open the door n try jumping.

blackbartee:
A post from last year just making FP this year.....





Who says God cannot remember someone.....

Abi o there is hope for us

floragregs:
very funny ooo. Wait o, are we the only people with phobias? Nobody else wants to share

I have fanphobia and ACphobia. I hate staying under fans and AC. Just dont like artificial breeze

floragregs:
very funny ooo. Wait o, are we the only people with phobias? Nobody else wants to share

I am fanphobia and ACphobia. I hate staying under fans and AC. Just dont like artificial breeze

Barney11:
mine is terrible,people even think that I might be possessed,I am Igbo by tribe and I can't stand loud sound ,Igbo burial place and christmass period is a nightmare for me,I am phonophobia!mine is worst cos I have tried all solution but can't get through it but I am thinking of ordering for earplug for shooting from online shop,hoping it will help me. my fingers aches during those period and I am a married adult and it is really affecting my social life .if you have any help I will be glad.

I googled noise canceling ear phones now & I think U will like the result.



Google is Ur friend bro

I have truck-phobia. I hate seeing trucks on the road

Acrophobia...I can't just look down from a high place

And i am homophobic too.

Stupedinluv:
I have truck-phobia. I hate seeing trucks on the road

Acrophobia...I can't just look down from a high place

And i am homophobic too.

Is it that U don't understand the entire phobia concept? Or U are just being funny?

I am hemophobic, I can't just stand the sight of blood, I always feel like passing out.

There was a day I witnessed an accident where a man's leg was crushed by a truck. I was shaking at the spot and I couldn't sleep well for good one week, night mares upon night mares. I dread blood plus I cn't stand animals with feathers as well especially Hens.

baeoflife:
I m as well claustrophobic. I knew sumfin was wrong all d while wen I can't afford to stay at d back of a vehicle esp dose u can't open or wind down d windows. I can't stay in tight/ enclosed places...I ll feel lyk m gonna pass out...I got to noe abt d phobia last year after watching house m.d( a medical season movie). A question I got for op is do u also v d attack just at d thought or imagination of being in an enclosed place?

yes, sometimes I even imagine we all are in a glass tube! Then i'ld panic a little

Missyetty:
I am hemophobic, I can't just stand the sight of blood, I always feel like passing out.

There was a day I witnessed an accident where a man's leg was crushed by a truck. I was shaking at the spot and I couldn't sleep well for good one week, night mares upon night mares. I dread blood plus I cn't stand animals with feathers as well especially Hens.

what abt ur period??

Tell you what? Those phobias are created by one's thoughts. For instance, some people reading will come down with these phobias, just just because they just came to know these.

bibijay123:
Don't know if I have any phobia but I get depressed a lot. Was in the bus one day, then something went wrong with the bus and everybody was struggling to get down. Even thou I was in the front seat and could have easily jumped down I didnt . The driver had to urge me to open the door n try jumping.

u need to see a shrink! U are kind of suicidal

floragregs:
what abt ur period??

Lol.....you know I have no choice, but I still hate looking at it, but it gets worse when the blood is from someone else.

CoCoLav:
I knew I was claustrophobic right from secondary school so I avoided any situation that will make me panic. As I grew older, I started being more rational and so when I'm stuck in an elevator or crowd I trick my brain into believing that I'm not trapped and even if I am it's only temporary. I let myself believe that if I actually want to get out of that enclosed area it's easy. That instantly drives away the panic. Your panic attacks are an emotional reaction and you need to allow your brain control your mind not your emotions. Studies have shown that signals are transmitted to the emotional neurons first before they get to your brain which is why you panic before thinking rationally about your current situation.

u have control over it. That's nice!

OLUJOSHINS:







Is it that U don't understand the entire phobia concept? Or U are just being funny?

What do you mean

Can the crowd thing be called phobia?
Becos i have so many people like that.
I just feel it's a natural thing and once you fall within that category, you should stay a little distant from crowded places.

I panic when someone visits me unannounced. Especially when its a girl

Stupedinluv:
What do you mean

U listed things U hate. Not things that literally affect Ur health when U come in contact with them.

floragregs:
[i]This is for those who have phobia problems. This is for those who don't even know they have it. This is for those who are not too lazy to read.




It started when I was in 100level in the university. I was young and inexperienced. I went to church with a friend, it was palm Sunday in the school's catholic church. The church was crowded there was even crowd outside (late comers). My friend and I were with the late comers. With our cross shaped palm leaves in our hands we stood patiently and listened to the priest from a very loud speaker. After the gospel reading, the doors were opened and people started rushing in (you know how students behave). My friend was dragging my left hand, urging me to hurry along with her but I was feeling something. I knew I had felt it once before but not like this. The crowd pushed forward and my friend couldn't hold me anymore. I felt choked up and very dizzy and I was gasping for air with my heart beating very fast. I didn't know what was happening to me. My friend was already inside the church when she realised I wasn't with her so she came outside to look for me. My heart was beating really fast and I was glad to see her. I just told her "Chinel, make we dey go hostel", she asked why, I just dragged her and we went back to the hostel without even blessing our 'palm cross'.
When we got to the hostel, I explained what I felt to my Chinel. I told her I could hear my heartbeat. She just rushed to the cupboard and brought out a sachet of tiny white drugs and gave me one. She said her doctor in Lagos recommended them when she had slight asthma symptoms. I just swallowed it without thinking or asking her any further questions. I wanted the palpitations to stop. After about 10minutes, I slept off. I woke up about an hour later, thanked Chinel and went upstairs to my room. But I just couldn't shake off the feeling that something was wrong with me.
I have an elder brother who lived and worked in the same city where I schooled. I called him around 4pm and told him I was sick. He didn't even wait for me to finish, he just said "ok start to come my house now now". I packed somethings and left for his place. His kids were happy to see me but something was troubling my mind so I couldn't play with them. The next morning, he took me to the Federal medical centre. We had a Doctor cousin there so it was easy for me to see him. After telling him what happened to me the previous day, he just said "you are Agoraphobic. Stay away from crowded places and lecture halls". He then prescribed a drug to control the palpitation. I was happy to have identified my problem. I did as he said, I stayed away from crowded places and halls and even market. I didn't notice when it stopped. I quit the drug and started living my normal life.
My second panic attack came when I was in 300level. I went to my sister's house in another state during one ASSU strike. We went to church one Sunday. The pastor making alter call for people with one sickness or the other. He even mentioned palpitation but I didn't want to face a crowd and experience another panic so I kept to myself. Then he told a short story of how he and his friend went to church and a pastor called out people like this. His friend who was asthmatic refused to come out so he died the next day bla bla bla. I still didn't go.
That night at home, I couldn't shake off the pastor's short story off my head. I wondered if something would go wrong. I went to bed at about 10pm but I couldn't sleep. I was thinking and I was scared. Some minutes to 12, something in my head started saying "so you refused to go out for prayers, you will die by sharp 12". The familiar wave of panic crept in. I jumped out of my bed with my heart beating very fast and loud. I knocked on my sister's room door. She came out with her husband. When she saw the horrible look on my face, she got scared and started crying and praying at the same time. I felt shortness of breath, my palms were sweaty, then the palpitation. I was having a panic attack. Why did I go to church that day? I thought. I hated the pastor for his short story. After some seconds I felt better. We all went back to bed. I slept well till morning. I felt good when I woke up, I didn't die!
When I was ready to go back to school, my sister's husband gave me a 'Rhapsody of realities' bible which contained nice and inspirational articles written by pastor Chris and his wife. These articles where inserted in between bible chapters. My sister's husband also gave me some verses to read when ever I felt sick.
My third panic attack came when I was still in 300level. We had workshop practice that Thursday afternoon by 1pm. I was already at the school gate by 12:30pm. I walking down to where we were to have the practical when I suddenly felt dizzy. I couldn't go further. I felt like if I did, I would faint. My heart started beating fast again and I felt shortness of breath but nobody noticed so I just turned and went back to the hostel. When I got my room I just cried and thought to myself "abi people for my village no want make I finish school?". Then I rebuked the thought and called my mum.
She was sick at that time and was admitted in another state about 2hours' bus ride. She told me to come over. I just packed somethings, not forgetting my bible, and left for the park. When I got to the hospital, they ran a test or two and said I had malaria. I didn't even bother to tell the doctor anything because I felt she might think I was crazy. I just let the treat malaria. They wanted to finish me with injections.
On my bed that night, I went through my Rhapsody bible and discovered an article by pastor Chris (page 654) "A very present help". It was just talking about fears, I was so happy to have seen it. I started reading psalm 91 everyday! I stayed in the hospital for 5days. I missed practical, tests and assignments. It was really bad because it affected my grade.
My brother came to take my mum and I home. I felt very dizzy, aftermath of plenty injections. I said to myself "I don't just any doctor, I need a shrink". I started browsing about phobias. I studied phobias more than my physics books. I wanted to know everything about them. We had free WIFI as at that time in my school so I always went to school with my ipod touch to browse and read about phobias. I started noticing that I didn't like being locked up in a room or being in closed spaces. I hated going to the bank because of the security door. I would say to my friends "if this door wastes one more second I might pass out". I just avoided tight and closed places, then I realised it was actually claustrophobia and not agoraphobia! Thanks to my browsing. I am sure 'Google' got tired of my search that period. Through my research, I got to know that millions of people have the same problems home and abroad. That was how I was able to conquer my fear. I haven't had a panic attack since I identified my problem and started avoiding what will trigger it. I even thought I would have a panic attack in NYSC camp because it felt like prison. Lol. But it didn't happen.

There are so many people who go through panic attack due to phobias but they don't even know it. You are half cured when you identify your problem and know that you are not the only one who has it. I remember the immigration recruitment test last year and I shiver with the knowledge that so many of them would have been claustrophobic or agoraphobic but didn't know it!
Holly wood actress, Whoopy Goldberg doesn't like being on a plane because she is aviophobic. Pete Edochie of Nollywood hates to fly because he's claustrophobic and can't be in an enclosed place. As for me, i'm still wondering if i'll be able to fly someday. I don't use elevators. I stay out of trouble because I don't want to ever be in a cell or worse still, a Nigerian prison. It has really affected me because I prefer to take long bus rides instead of flights.
There are worse phobias. I have read about Tokophobia which is the fear of pregnancy! The thought of a child growing in them makes them panic. There is also Xenophobia which is the fear of strangers or foreigners! They just hate meeting new people. I opened this thread to create little awareness of these problems.

My name is Flora. I'm a physicist and i'm Claustrophobic. Thanks for reading.

Claustrophobia is a very very bad phobia. I don't know if it is hereditary. My two elder sisters and myself are claustrophobic. What keeps me going is identifying my triggers and avoiding them. I can't travel for long distances on a bus. I can't stay in a car or on a bus with the windows shut. The AC in a vehicle is my biggest trigger. I can't sit at the back of a bus, only if the bus is empty and all the windows closed. The moment I feel and see people sitting and blocking the exit, I get attacks. If I must travel by bus, I must sit in the front and I must open the the windows. I can manage the seat behind the driver's seat and I must have the windows open. Elevators are my worst nightmare. The very thought of flying sends to the pharmacist.

Last year Xmas, I travelled from Lagos to Asaba and it was the most horrible day of my life. The passengers would not have a bearded young man open the window while they enjoy their glorious AC. I had to buy an earpiece on the way and download jazz music to force myself to sleep most of the journey. I was going to my friend's village for a funeral last year and took an old bus to Owerri. We got stuck in traffic and I was doomed to sit at the back. I became hysterical. I was shouting and was about to faint. I jumped out of the bus right there and had to beg them to give me my bag that I wasn't traveling anymore. For some time now, I've not had any attacks and I never took any medication. I simply avoided crowded places else I have some distractions.