https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-and-phobias Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 03 May 2026 23:20:05 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-and-phobias#post-1359763 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 01:35:27 +0000 Meli 1359763@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Funny Mo- I'm the same way with orange candy. I took a whole roll of vitamin c tablets and ate them when I was in kindergarden- threw up all over and cant do orange flavored candy or vitamins or tums now lol </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-and-phobias#post-1359754 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 00:52:07 +0000 Mo 1359754@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Isabel, my mom won't eat peach flavor anymore either. &nbsp;She just had some serious vomiting after peach ice cream and that's enough association for her. &nbsp;40+ years ago. &nbsp;Obviously nowhere near the severity of your episode. &nbsp;So glad everything went right that day for you with emergency services! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-and-phobias#post-1359752 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 00:12:53 +0000 Isabel 1359752@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Columbine...that would make perfect sense ! &nbsp;I would never have thought of that.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-and-phobias#post-1359747 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 00:03:02 +0000 columbine(erin) 1359747@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, Isabel, what a story. Rambling Ann, your story made me squirm. And I liked taking an entomology class and am not afraid of creepy crawlies. However I'm deathly allergic to bee stings and black and yellow combos give me pause. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-and-phobias#post-1359741 Sat, 20 Sep 2014 23:53:25 +0000 Isabel 1359741@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, Una, but it had NOTHING to do with peaches ! &nbsp;LOL &nbsp; I feel really amazing to have survived it...and it impresses the hell out of medical personnel ! &nbsp; : &nbsp;)&nbsp;</p> <p>I actually considered myself so unbelievably lucky : &nbsp;my husband was home, &nbsp;the dispatcher got the seriousness&nbsp;right away, our volunteer EMTs and firefighters and the police got here super fast, AND though they needed to call for back up from a town with employed EMTs who could do IVs on site, the ambulance in the town over from us was available and met us en route, and they had 5 EMTs available to ride with me to treat me immediately...it goes on and on...every thing went right that night. &nbsp;Except for the fruit which got that bum rap. &nbsp; &nbsp; : &nbsp; &nbsp;)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-and-phobias#post-1359566 Sat, 20 Sep 2014 18:25:27 +0000 catgirl 1359566@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Isabel, that is such a terrible thing to have happened to you.</p> <p>My DH is afraid of anything flying randomly - moths and bats. He thinks they will fly into his face. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-and-phobias#post-1359523 Sat, 20 Sep 2014 17:16:32 +0000 Isabel 1359523@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OK...I have one developed phobia....it is peaches ( and anything that smells or tastes like peaches ). &nbsp;Yes, the fruit. &nbsp;It happened 5 years ago. &nbsp;I was drinking a peach drink ( which I used to love ) and an artery burst in my stomach. &nbsp;I needed 14 pints of blood and almost died. ( I vomited almost 3/4 of a gallon of blood ).&nbsp;&nbsp;I spent 9 days in the ICU and it took 3 days to stabilize me . &nbsp;So now I associate anything peach with throwing up blood. &nbsp;My daughter bought a peach flavored lip balm the other day and I had her throw it out. &nbsp; : &nbsp;(&nbsp;</p> <p>Phobias ( like Una's ) are inexplicable. &nbsp;Our minds are really amazing. &nbsp;DH knows someone deathly afraid of clowns and someone else afraid of butterflies because he finds their flying "random". &nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p>Bugs or snakes or patterns&nbsp;don't bother me at all for some reason....nothing freaks me out except peaches. &nbsp;( Ok....I am chuckling to my self right now . )&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-and-phobias#post-1359482 Sat, 20 Sep 2014 15:55:16 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1359482@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There are some particularly lush florals that make me uncomfortable - it's like my brain thinks they're rotting. It's rather odd.</p> <p>There are some synthetics that have such a weird feel to the hand, too - I find 70s era polyester in the thrift store occasionally that feels so strange when you touch it. I could never take wearing something like that all day; it would drive me batty. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-and-phobias#post-1359341 Sat, 20 Sep 2014 07:47:29 +0000 Hil 1359341@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am not sure if this counts but have a bit of a sensory issue with certain fabrics - corduroy, velvet and chamois make me cringe - can't bear to touch them. </p> <p>I've seen those pod pictures and they are rather disturbing! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-and-phobias#post-1359333 Sat, 20 Sep 2014 05:52:20 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1359333@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your story made me squirm, RA. I can't think of any fashion phobias that I have, thank goodness. <br />I'm with Gigi, hoping I don't have bug nightmares now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-and-phobias#post-1359247 Sat, 20 Sep 2014 02:18:55 +0000 Staysfit 1359247@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have to stop reading this now! I might act like Lucy and charge for professional advice </p> <p>I'm in the "I have to check my shoes for spiders club" by the way. My niece encountered some sort of poison spider in her shoe, and it was pretty bad. Since then I always check. M </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-and-phobias#post-1359224 Sat, 20 Sep 2014 01:00:56 +0000 Gigi 1359224@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OK, if I have bug nightmares tonight, I am blaming all of YOU!</p> <p>When I was in college, I remember one night where I woke up in the middle of the night and walked down to the bathroom in the dark. While doing so, I stepped on something that felt large. I was curious as to what it was, so on my way back from the bathroom, I turned on the light. It was a huge beetle of some sort, about 1.5 inches long. I almost got hysterical, because I had just stepped on that thing in my bare feet! A couple of days later, I found another one, even longer. And when we were cleaning to move out, I found a dead one, just as huge, under an end table.</p> <p>It took me a very long time to be able to walk barefoot to the bathroom again after that incident. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-and-phobias#post-1359100 Fri, 19 Sep 2014 20:52:41 +0000 texstyle 1359100@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>NOT looking at that link. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-and-phobias#post-1359099 Fri, 19 Sep 2014 20:50:29 +0000 catgirl 1359099@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's awful. The reaction I have is almost like an allergy - I get hot and light-headed and itchy and panicky. Fortunately it's lessened with time and is hardly a serious condition! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-and-phobias#post-1359094 Fri, 19 Sep 2014 20:28:34 +0000 Mo 1359094@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Got it. &nbsp;I have to admit the fake pics freaked me out more than I thought they would and for longer than I would have imagined. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-and-phobias#post-1359090 Fri, 19 Sep 2014 20:24:22 +0000 catgirl 1359090@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mo, it's not an issue with non-organic things (like the back of a computer or chain link fence). It's almost like a vestigial reaction to something that looks diseased.</p> <p>Oh, another huge trigger is the Surinam toad. *shudder*. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-and-phobias#post-1359037 Fri, 19 Sep 2014 19:18:45 +0000 Alexandra 1359037@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ugh, roaches! And palmetto bugs are not oversized roaches, I get it, but they are much worse. I felt my heart stop when one of them flew up and into my face (back then I had no idea they could fly). So big hug to you and thank you for sharing your story. Here's hoping that talking about it helps you separate the bugs from the sandals. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-and-phobias#post-1359026 Fri, 19 Sep 2014 19:02:57 +0000 Beth Ann 1359026@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We are all unique, aren't we?&nbsp; I can certainly understand your phobia, but I'm so sorry your toes don't feel the freedom of a great pedi and a magnificent pair of summer sandals!&nbsp; Still, as far a limitations go, you're quite fortunate!&nbsp; Who would ever know after all, and it has the side benefit of making certain your feet stay warm! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-and-phobias#post-1359004 Fri, 19 Sep 2014 18:33:17 +0000 Rambling Ann 1359004@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>you gals are cracking me up. I imagine people get wigged out by all sorts of things: zippers, claustrophobia from turtlenecks, stiletto heels. I don't even like to look at vintage brooches on ebay that are supposed to be bugs and bees. I'd be trying to flick it off my clothes&nbsp;all day if I wore one.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-and-phobias#post-1358998 Fri, 19 Sep 2014 18:20:29 +0000 Laurinda 1358998@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting link. Now I understand why that photoshopped hoax with the lotus pod was making its way around facebook, claim is that trypophobia is hardwired! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-and-phobias#post-1358997 Fri, 19 Sep 2014 18:20:22 +0000 Mo 1358997@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The link is safe, but googling further is not advised &nbsp;Una is right, they have created fake images of this to gross people out. &nbsp;Likely using the lotus pod seeds image she mentioned, photoshopping it onto people. &nbsp;If it makes me squirmy I can't imagine what it does to true trypophobics. &nbsp;Not a nice way to harness the internet I'd say. &nbsp;<br />So do the popcorn open weave sweaters fall under this for you Una, or are those fine? &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-and-phobias#post-1358974 Fri, 19 Sep 2014 17:51:32 +0000 abc 1358974@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I refuse to click on Mo's link based on the 2 replies of this thread! &nbsp;Don't need to give myself any phobias, thank you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-and-phobias#post-1358973 Fri, 19 Sep 2014 17:51:25 +0000 Susie 1358973@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh that makes me shudder just thinking about it. I lived for a summer in FL and we had huge Palmetto bugs. And they are WORSE than roaches because they can FLY. </p> <p>Like Joy, we can have the nasty spiders here. I've been warned to not keep boots or shoes in the garage or to shake them out before putting a foot in them. </p> <p>I hate all creepy crawly things. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-and-phobias#post-1358970 Fri, 19 Sep 2014 17:48:09 +0000 catgirl 1358970@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mo, can't believe you remembered!&nbsp; Mine is not a fashion phobia, just a plain old phobia.&nbsp; It's a fear of certain repeating patterns or holes, usually organic.&nbsp; Honeycombs, coral, and especially lotus pod seeds give me the heebie-jeebies beyond belief.&nbsp; </p> <p>There's even a name for it, trypophobia - I'd post a link, but if I google it and see any images (because people have even created images around it to freak people out) I will have to claw my own eyes out.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <p>ETA: I see you made that mistake.&nbsp; So sorry.&nbsp; It's horrible, isn't it? Even the word "embedded' makes my skin crawl.</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-and-phobias#post-1358923 Fri, 19 Sep 2014 16:31:10 +0000 Mo 1358923@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's roach phobia, not fashion! &nbsp;And I can relate. &nbsp;I was walking last night with the BF when I realized a manhole cover was the escape hatch for some 'palmetto bugs' in the middle of the street. &nbsp;I couldn't scurry away fast enough. &nbsp;<br />Actually Una has a fashion phobia she has mentioned. &nbsp;It's circles repeated in a certain shape. &nbsp;Can't remember the precise name. &nbsp;Maybe she'll chime in.&nbsp; </p> <p>EDIT: okay, I found it. &nbsp;but be warned, do NOT search for images of this or you will see awful skin pictures with embedded pebbles or some such thing. &nbsp;I don't have the phobia but the images made me squirm. &nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypophobia">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypophobia</a></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-and-phobias#post-1358822 Fri, 19 Sep 2014 13:08:01 +0000 Anonymous 1358822@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That sounds disgusting! No wonder you have a fashion phobia.<br /> I live in an area that has brown recluse spiders and have known a woman permanently debilitated by a bite. I am especially careful with clothes I haven't worn for awhile, shaking them and turning inside out and washing everything washable stored for the season or doing Dryell in the dryer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-and-phobias#post-1358820 Fri, 19 Sep 2014 12:58:32 +0000 Rambling Ann 1358820@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've never told this story before. I&nbsp;was 17, dolled up for the midnight showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show at a swanky old&nbsp;art theater on Balboa Island. I don't remember what else I wore, but the sandals were cute, cream linen with an ankle strap.</p> <p>I have somewhat of a phobia for bugs, especially cockroaches.&nbsp;It's gotten better as the years pass, but at the time, the sight of one made my stomach churn. SoCal can grow 'em big, 2" or more. Houston, where I lived for a while, it's even worse.&nbsp;They call them palmetto bugs but I don't care, they are disgusting roaches. Ugh.</p> <p>In the middle of the film I felt something tickling the bottom of my foot. I shook my leg and an enormous roach jumped out from between my foot and sandal. Somehow I did not scream. But just typing this, my feet are squirming. I spent the rest of the show huddled in my seat to&nbsp;keep my feet off the floor and trying not throw up.</p> <p>I have seldom worn sandals since.&nbsp;</p> <p>Please tell me I'm not alone with a fashion phobia. </p>