Hi, I've just joined For years I thought that I was the only one. For years I considered myself a freak. I am astonished to find that there are other suffers ...
... Hi! Sorry you have button phobia, but glad you have joined us. ... suffers ... Me too. But here we all are :-) ... There was someone else on here who was...
... Hi, great to have a new member! :-) ... It is surprising quite how many of us there seem to be. I would love to know what has caused this phobia. If there...
In response to Claire and Barbara, Hi! No, my brother wasn't a button-phobe. He played along with me in order to make me feel better. He always did it, bless...
... this phobia are from Britain! I was born, raised, and still reside in North Carolina, USA. Maybe there's some kind of historical link? Maybe it's my...
Dont know whether its herediaty or not, my son is fine with them, no problems at all. By the way, cant stand balloons either, but I know why cos someone popped...
My mother had a button box too, passed down by my great-grandmother. I don't think I ever played with it, athough I do recount the smell of it. It was almost...
I wonder if this button phobia is related to some kind of non-conformist streak? I know I've always been very non-conformist (not just in regards to the...
I enjoy going to nightclubs. However, I notice that people LOVE wearing buttoned shirts to clubs, even if it's casual dress! (esp the icky Polos!) Ewwww!...
Oh yes, I know what you mean!!! I'm single and when I go out and get chatted up, it REALLY puts me off when a bloke is wearing a vile shirt with buttons,...
I find it bad enough when just anybody is wearing alot of buttons, (or Polo shirts) but for me, it's magnified by about 100 times when it's someone I'm...
I think I've solved the mystery of our curious phobia. The old thinking about phobias was that they were patholgies or "malfunctions" in the translation of...
Hi everyone I was watching Antiques Roadshow here in the UK last Sunday and it featured a woman who collects buttons. Not only antiques, but any buttons. She...
-Blerghhh, sounds vile!!!! Mind you maybe we should all go and visit her, thats what they do to get you over phobias, its called de-senitising (spelling...
10. Buttons 9. Buttons for decor 8. Buttons with loose thread hanging from them 7. Loose buttons 6. Loose buttons with loose thread hanging from them 5....
My button top 10 wouldn't be complete without the induction of those god-awful buttons attached to the collars of fancy shirts...you know...for buttoning the...
... those ... often ... person's ... And what about buttons on the inside of clothes so that they press against the skin - or - my personal nightmare - buttons...
Blerghhh yes!!! I know what you mean. A guy I knew wore a Stone Island jumper (it has a big collar with the dreaded things on it) with enourmous buttons that...
I'm glad someone else has the pearl problem too. I have not found much on it on the net but the button this is surprisingly more prevalent that I would have...
aye blacksun, your image of the worst button is truly terrifying, my mum ahs a loose button on her dresser, and it amkes me cringe. ... with ... a ... food ......
Somebody mentioned (I think that it was Nick) that the repulsion of buttons has driven him to love wearing sportswear. Ever since I was a child, I have loved...
... Oh yes. My mother made a lot of our clothes and I can remember her making me wear a coat with horrible brown buttons on it. Of course I had to wear it and...
... No my deepening revulsion was very mild as a child but incresed through my twenties and thirties. I'm now an art teacher in his mid forties who finds...
How ridiculous, you have my sympathy. Surely an art teacher, working daily with messy materials like paint and clay cannot be expected to wear the same sort of...
Absolutely. You have successfully made me get chills and have the urge to vomit.(okay exaggerationon the vomit part...) but like my other irrational fear of...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the b_phobia group: How many phobias do -you- have? o 0 - I'm just here to see what the fuss is all...
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I live in Alaska! I have never met anybody who had the same phobia as me. I also have an odd phobia of jewelry. I'm 15 and it keeps getting worse. :/...
... as ... getting ... Is the jewelry phobia related to the button one? For example, I know a button phobic who doesn't like pearls because they remind her of ...
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