Sorry, long time no post! I haven’t been much of an internet presence in the respect of publishing blog entries and the likes. However, I recently discovered something very interesting and realised a way I could represent it to the internet.
Yes, this is the latest part of my phobia series… however, I haven’t yet managed to find a word for it, but I know it is very real.
The phobia is of buttons a lot like the one shown above, the little plastic ones that are present on shirts. It involves nausea at the touch or even sometimes the sight of buttons or even talking about them can cause problems… ESPECIALLY when ‘disembodied’ (my way of trying to make “sitting on the floor by itself” sound scientific!)
So since I discovered this fascinating and unexplainable phobia I’ve wanted to show the world (or a small part of it at least) that it’s a real phobia and if you get feelings like this it’s not just you and you may actually have this phobia…
This is bad, all I can think of reading this is the Gingerbread Man in Shrek saying “no! not my gumdrop buttons!”
I have issues.
That is a really pretty photo.
koumpounophobia
Thank you, pappy
As long as I can remember I have been terrified of buttons. My family has always tormented me with them saying that I have been acting instead of actually being afraid of buttons. I hate to look at them, if I somehow come in contact with them, I wash my hands throughly with soap and water more than once. I actually get sick to my stomach.
Hey, im 16 and had a phobea of buttons (any type) from about 3-12 years old. I never knew y, all i knew is that i hate them, i’d never have worn them, and i think my fear was of eating and chocking on 1…. still, not sure, but they disgusted me 2 an extent of making me feel phisicly sick ( i don’t think i ever was though) but sure they made me gag, i recently found out that at about 3 i shoved 1 up my nose, and it was since then i had the phobea.. i don’t remember that but it adds up (had 1 in my nose) scared of 1 going down my throat. right? so… i’ve started thinking it may have been caused from that 1 tiny bad experience i had that i cudn’t even remember to make me hate them to the age of 12. I don’t know, but all i know is i’m over it know… i won’t lie, i still always prefer zips to buttons (i think it might be just because doing all the buttons up r long) but still not sure, but i definatly know 1 will NEVER go in my mouth unless it’s chocolate buttons… i never knew about the button/nose thing untill after i overcome the fear, which makes me wonder, what made me overcome it, maybe a nice top that had buttons so i thought fuk it live with it… really… i think 1 little thing can cause a phobea now that people don’t even know about… but will never be sure…
Now i’ve read some other comments, i’ve never cared of people wearing them on tv, or across the road, but if some1 wearing them was right infront of me i would shiver and my clothes, there would be NO BUTTONS! the worst part was my mother went through a few year stage of collecting ‘pretty buttonz’ and had a big box full of them and sometimes i’d go to the box thinking if i open it i would over come the fear but i’d just shit myself and feel ill and throw them.
still…. i overcame the fear in my own time, and i hope all of u will, it wasnt once i found out wot may have stated my phobea, i think it was me noticing that probably even if i got 1 in my mouth (EW) i dnt even like the thought of that now and i thought i was over it… but stil… i guess i wudnt choke and die on 1 anyway, guess ill just ave 2 stay away from the big bunch of buttons that cud kill! ha, im not taking the piss ppl, it was my phobea, i just find it extremli funny, at the time i didnt, i found it sickly disgusting, now… fuk it, i’d say i got a bigger phobea of a bug in my mouth EEEEERRRR or even in my hair AAAH or even on my clothes then a button really…. xxx