Technically, ex-boyfriends would take the top five….count’em….top five spots, but I want to talk specifically about the sights, sounds, smells, and physical sensations we have as humans that illicit a very unpleasant visceral response Though some things people do (( or don’t do) will undoubtedly make the list as well.
Some, I’ve had since chilfdood, others I’ve just recently discovered I had.
- I hate the feeling of having my nails filed. i Ivan file them myself with a mild case of repulsion. But a file in the hand of soneome else’s on my nails and I’m reaching for a Xanax.
- I hate lying on a corduroy pillow and hearing movement on the other side.. It could be something as innocent as a slight move as mybarm underneath the pillow but when the sound is scratching, I go crazy. Hearing this will elicit screams of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre variety.
- People who chew and talk with their mouths full of food.
- People who who cut their meat with their with their fist fully wrapped around the knife handle and held straight up.. So interesting. I’d love to meet the wombats who raised the people.
- Using a toothpick after eating a meal, then making this insipid sucking sound made when when the toothpick finally dislodged pay dirt.
- Dirty fingernails. Males, females infants, I’m not picky.
- Lines of makeup foundation along the jaw line. Blend, people…..blend!!
- Poor grammar…..”He ain’t got no money…”lHe done took it with him”. “They’s coming for vittel’s at 8′
- Eyebrows plucked to 1/16 of an inch. What’s that all about?
- People who don’t say please or thank for even the smallest kindnesses
- Fanny packs. Lots of people don’t like these things, handy and convenient as they might be. Wearing one could be fatal.
- A dead tooth. The gray ones. You can’t help but stare at it. If money is an issue, I’d glue a big white Chicklet to the offending tooth if I fad to.
- Visible earwax in an ear.
- Sneezes that stink. Someone people don’t cover their faces when sneezing and your forced to smell their pulmonary innards. Not pleasant.
- Clumps of irregular holes….such as in a lotus pod. Tt actually has a name called Trypophobia. It actually prompts a visceral response. Here’s an example if I can find the strength to look one up and post it.
Now, I’m kne far from perfect and I got more flaws than I can count. I just felt like sharing some things that bother me, get me…ot freak me out.
I know someon who breaks into tears at the mere picture of a clown. One good friend recently told me she has a phoba of the pointed ends of fingernail scissors. Regular sized scissors are no proble, just fingernail scissors. She couldn’t explain it. I can’t explain my phobias. Very people can.
. I would imagine few offer any explanation because most phobias are considered to be completely irrational.. Some in the psychiatric community have. mixed feelings about theirvlegitimacy. But Ive read read recently that more and more shrinks aren’t poo-pooing phobias it as they once dig. A fear has to begin somewhere.
So,ifbyiu would, please feel to share some of your phobias.. I’m fascinated by the odd little things that cause so much mental and at times, so much physical discomfort.
Thanks,
Laurie
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