01-29-2018, 04:28 AM
(01-28-2018, 04:08 PM)barq- Wrote: I have phobias of spiders and worms. I know both are good for the environment. Spiders eat flies, which I find very annoying, but not phobic about them. Earthworms are vital for the good condition of soil. So I can appreciate them - I just don't want them anywhere near me - especially the spiders. I have a spider spray and apparently they don't like the smell, so you can squirt it onto cloth or cotton balls and then leave it in places where spiders come in or like to hide.
Here is an unusual phobia... an ex of mine had a phobia of tupperware. Tupperware as in those plastic tubs you keep leftover food it! It was a very specific phobia because if food had been in a tub made from the harder more brittle plastic that was fine. I really don't understand that, but phobias by nature are irrational.
Tupperware, that's definitely an interesting one to me. If there is something, someone is afraid of it. I have a friend who is afraid of tomatoes, but only when he can see the inside. If they are whole, no big deal, but being able to see the inside sends him over the edge. It's nice to know we all have our "things".