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Re: Fear of buttons

Hi,

Just read with great interest about your fear of buttons. I feel
exactly the same and I think it was John who said about turning
clothes over that are lying around with buttons showing. I can so
understand that. I can't even hug my wife if she is wearing
buttons. The strange thing is that it is only plastic buttons.
Metal ones aren't a problem at all. Cardigans are the thing I hate
most, when they are being worn open by someone and the big buttons
are just flopping about....arrrrggghhh...that really is sickening.

I know I am mad and everyone tells me so, so it is reassuring to
know I am not alone...Thanks

Mark




Sun Sep 21, 2003 11:52 pm

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Both my wife and 3 year old son are afraid of buttons and I'm hoping to find a way to cure them of it. My son has had it since he was 1- 1/2 to 2 years old...
petethomsen
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Aug 29, 2003
4:02 pm

Haven't heard of any treatments. I don't believe phobias can be genetic since all fears (withthe exception of falling, I believe) are learned. That's odd...
Raquel DApice
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Sep 2, 2003
11:40 am

Anyone who has this phobia (like myself) might be interested in this... http://www.bloomfield.me.uk/entries/001216.htm Loads & loads of accounts by people who...
john_a_e2001
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Feb 20, 2004
4:06 pm

I hate buttons since i was baby. The thought of B*^t*ns drives me crazy (sometimes screaming, trying to escape, vomitting can be the result)It's funny cus none...
Glenda
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Mar 31, 2004
11:35 pm

Oh my gawd. I'm 15 and I just thought I was a freak. I thought I was one-of-a-kind until I decided to google search the phobia. I've always been repulsed by...
chocohamp
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Mar 23, 2005
1:25 am

I have had a phobia of buttons ever since I can remember (I'm 33 now). I didn't actually realise it was a phobia until I was maybe 16 or 17. I had grown up...
john_a_e2001
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Sep 9, 2003
11:28 pm

To everyone with a phobia of buttons I've been reading these posts with great interest. As a person with a phobia that absolutely NO ONE else has either heard ...
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puss401
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Sep 9, 2003
11:56 pm

Hi, Just read with great interest about your fear of buttons. I feel exactly the same and I think it was John who said about turning clothes over that are...
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Sep 21, 2003
11:52 pm

WOW Cant believe Im not alone here. Im 35 and have felt the same as you since I can remember. I cannot even type the word comfortably, say it, and always ask...
paulstujones
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Sep 27, 2003
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