Although I have had a button phobia my whole life, this is the first time I realize that there are others out there who are equally freaked out! i have to admit, mine has gotten slightly more tolerable the older i get, but some buttons still succeed in making me sick. Particularly those eith the eye-shaped indent in the middle - usually pearl white. and I totally agree with the collr butotn thing! and crafts made of buttons. I hate even tyoing the word.... and the most ironic part is that I am a therapist.... yeah, someone with such an irrational and bizarre fear.... not something I tell my patients though..... this cyber connection is still not really confirming for me that others understand this.