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Posted: 05-08-2010 14:37 Post subject:

Was that your secret phobia then? Or is there another one?

Posted: 05-08-2010 15:22 Post subject:

Erm, not saying. Just don't send me to the Polish deli.

Posted: 05-08-2010 15:59 Post subject:

Posted: 05-08-2010 16:17 Post subject:

Kabanos? Long and thin slips right in...

Posted: 05-08-2010 16:41 Post subject:

Tell me more!

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Posted: 08-08-2010 00:27 Post subject:

I cannot walk over a grid/grate or other kind of metal cover plate set into a roadway or footpath/sidewalk without feeling absolutely nauseated and a bit dizzy. I always have to walk around them.

Posted: 08-08-2010 09:37 Post subject:

You're right to avoid them. I fell down one a few years ago, caused horrendous bruising. Lucky not to have broken both legs* in the 7' drop to the concrete culvert below.

I walk around them now!

A while ago there was a photo going round of a bloke who fell down a grid in the pavement while trying to retrieve a lighter with his feet. Could be you! Could be me!

*serious injury averted by my large behind jamming in the hole

Posted: 08-08-2010 13:00 Post subject:

I cannot walk on grass in bare feet or sandals etc. Even in closed in shoes I am uncomfortable with standing still for any length of time, or sitting at a picnic table if there is grass underneath me. Seems to apply to proper lawns, as I am quite fine when bush walking. I think it stems from when our poor old dog got sick when I was a child, and had chronic diarrhoea, and I couldn't walk in the backyard for fear of treading in something. Poor little Scotty had developed stomach cancer and in the end had to be put down.

To a lesser degree, if in a restaurant or cafe, I usually grab a seat that faces the door, and feel uncomfortable if I don't get one. Not sure of the origins of this one, but it pre-dates the 10 years I lived in a town with well known mafia connections.

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Posted: 08-08-2010 18:08 Post subject:

I do that too, but then I was trained to. Wink

Posted: 02-08-2011 13:29 Post subject:

There is a certain shade of purple/blue that we have on a light box at work that i cannot bear to look at it makes me feel nauseous and weirdly makes my head "fizz" !
When i was younger i also had a strange aversion to Ferrero Rocher, to the point where i couldn't even walk past them in the supermarket, just the thought of those plastic boxes opening and the smell wafting out makes me shudder even now! bleurgh

Posted: 02-08-2011 14:04 Post subject:

At a time when I was very stressed about a tough work situation I developed a very strong phobia about peanuts and tree nuts - specifically that if I ate anything that contained even a trace of them that i could have an allergic reaction and go into anaphylactic shock.
I was at home on a friday evening, eating chicken satay and the thought floated into my head

"You might have an allergic reaction to this, lots of people do..."

It was very difficult, I lost a lot of weight because I really couldn't eat very many things in case they were "contaminated" (basically anything that said "Cannot guarantee nut-free on the packaging").
The whole time this went on I knew that it was totally irrational and that I HAVE NO ALLERGIES, but it made absolutely no difference to the panic I felt.

It slowly went away (mostly) after I left the bad work situation, though it still crops up very mildly on occasion.

Posted: 02-08-2011 22:02 Post subject:

If eating something and I get either a trace of egg shell or a hair in the food I instantly gag and can't eat anything for a couple of hours afterwards. Not sure if its irrational but it is over the top.