Strange phobias
Discussion
Now we have all heard of the usual Phobias people frightened of spiders, heights and so on, but there are allot of strange ones.
For instance I am very frightened of balloons bursting to the extent that if I see a balloon in a place where it might burst (on the ground say) I have to quickly walk away from it.
My wife has a phobia about the music from Ice Cream vans (ever since she saw a scary movie with it in as a child)
Does anyone else have a strange phobia?
For instance I am very frightened of balloons bursting to the extent that if I see a balloon in a place where it might burst (on the ground say) I have to quickly walk away from it.
My wife has a phobia about the music from Ice Cream vans (ever since she saw a scary movie with it in as a child)
Does anyone else have a strange phobia?
AlexH said:
Girlfrightened of beans...to the extent that we can chase her around with a can of (unopened) baked beans. Strange but true.
A great way to deal wih a phobia
She's not nuts. A baked bean phobia was shown on a series about such things a couple of years ago. It turned out that it was linked to the Heinz packaging; when presented with Sainsbury's baked beans (different colour can) the panic was much less. Washing the tomato suace off helped too - which just shows you how weird these things can be. SIlly to the outsider; very real to the victim. simpo two said:
A great way to deal wih a phobia
We only did it once...
I know phobias shouldn't be laughed at; don't think hers is like the one you describe though; she's actually phobic of just about any kind of beans, although some are apparently worse than others. IIRC kidney beans are the worst...
AlexH said:
don't think hers is like the one you describe though; she's actually phobic of just about any kind of beans, although some are apparently worse than others.
Well maybe she just dislikes the thought of them - which is not a phobia. A phobic will have increased heart and sweat rate, palpitationis, panic attack etc and be distressed even if there's a can of beans in the same room, maybe even take a different aisle in the supermarket to avoid walking past them.
It's important to realise the difference between a real phobia, which is very physical and can be life-affecting, and simply not liking something. Another misplaced one is 'allergic to' which now often means 'doesn't like'.
Didn't mean to chew you out, just getting things described properly
>> Edited by simpo two on Friday 7th October 10:00
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