Hi Kim I'm sorry your son is having this problem :-( For many people (including me) it does seem to begin at a very young age. There may be some tips to help...
Sorry about all of the spam this list has been getting. I'm able to get online more often now, so I should be able to delete posts like this more regularly....
This summer I've managed to wear a couple of blouses and T-shirts with very small butons on. Does this mean I'm over my phobia? Unfortunately I don't think so....
Hi Barbara, Yes, for me some are much worse than others. I am the opposite of you though because it seems that small buttons for me are worse than big ones. ...
Hi there, I'm looking for button phobia sufferers in Hampshire who would be happy to be part of an article in the Southampton Southern Daily Echo. The article...
Hi, My son has had a fear of buttons since he was about 3 yrs old (he's 8 1/2 now). He used to say that they smelled bad, and until recently couldn't sit close...
It's great that you're trying everything you can to help your son through this. As an mom with a button phobia and a 7-year-old son, I can understand both...
Hi My daughter has had button phobia since she was very young - and still has. Nothing we have done has made it ease or go away. At one point, when she was...
Hi, Most of us here have certain kinds/colors/materials of buttons that are grosser to us than others. In fact, some don't bother me at all, and others make me...
Hi there, I really don't want to capitalise or your poor son's misery but I've read your message and it kills me to think that this one thing can stop him for...
Hi there, I have another great opportunity to raise the profile of the phobia. Like my last request, this time the Manchester Evening News would like to write...
My 13 year old son suffers from this phobia. His school head-teacher dosen't understand any help or advise would be greatfully received. ... Win a BlackBerry...
Hi Janet Welcome to the group, although I am sorry you have this problem. My daughter is button phobic (as am I) but we were very lucky in that she went to a...
I recently came across an article that might be helpful...it was a case study on a boy with a phobia of buttons. I read it to my 8 year old son and he said the...
Hello, I've seen a couple of adverts on BBC3 in the last few days for a show called Panic Room which looks like it is going to feature a lady with button ...
Tuesday 10 April, BBC3, 9 pm. The first episode has two women, one terrified of cats, another scared of frogs. I expect buttons come later - this is the first...
The episode of Panic Room featuring a lady with button phobia is on this coming Tuesday and is repeated a couple of times during the week. Times are as...
Hi I've just finished watching the BBC programme about the lady suffering with a phobia of the disgusting little plastic things, thought I'd have a look if...
Hello Sarah! I was amazed the first time I searched for "button phobia" online to come across so many references to it - and I'm lucky, my mother shares my...
... to come ... my phobia ... Aren't you lucky :-) Or, on the other hand, I passed it on to you like the bad mother I am. (Hangs head in shame). ... channel!)...
Hello Sarah and welcome to the group :-) I haven't seen the programme yet but I feel much as you do - disgust rather than fear. Although what I would do if...
... My apologies, this is getting silly. Claire has recently started at medical school and is incredibly busy - I don't think she has had time to check the...
Maybe I've been living under a rock for the past year? But the only new posts in this group have been from spammers. Has the group moved elsewhere? Shall I...
Hello, The group hasn't moved, but there hasn't been any activity (other than the spam) for some time. The only way that I could prevent the spam (as far as I...
... The only way that I could prevent the spam (as far as I am aware) is to change the settings of the group so that I check all posts before they actually go...
Hello all, This list has now been changed to a moderated list so that one of the moderators have to approve all posts before they are sent out to the whole...
Thank you Claire for taking the time to do this. ... From: Claire Stamps <biggles286@...> Subject: RE: [b_phobia] Re: SPAM in this Button Phobia group ...
Finally have something button phobia related to post about here! Lucy Mangan (writing in The Guardian) has written a column about phobias and mentions buttons....
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