Comments on: Simple Phobias

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:39:15 +0000

Im happy to know im not the only one with this phobia. Im a 23 yr old mom with a 30 mnth toddler. I remember sinse I was a toddler having this fear of feathers. Dont know or remember how this happened but it did. I was always scared to go to the park with my whole family.because my y mom told everyone aboit my fear of feathers and everyone took it as a joje or an excuse to tease me. Mu little brothers n cousins wod chase me around with feathers cuZ dey thought it was funny but for me I felt like ill die if they reached me. I rememeber one of my cousins plu,ked a feather of my uncles hat n chased me a block down. I went running for my life I wish I wouldnt have this fear cuz its hard for me to move on.with my life. Now we r all grown n dont prank me about.it . Also my mom haa been a bird lover wish.i hate u know why.im.scared of them also cuz dey have feathers. Cant stand to c a pigeon or anything with feathers including dusters n jewlry. My boyfriend has been the only one who.hasnt.tricked me byt.thinks its funny to threaten me with one if I dnt do as he likes how rude

By: glad_girl

glad_girl — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:38:31 +0000

im now 20..n i have been afraid of feathers n birds since i was little..i remember when i was a kid..my mum had a leafy shaped print on her skirt..im terrified to even looked or get near the skirt..anything that reminds me of feathers scares me..i hate some sort of leaf just because of its shaped..im also afraid of any kind of birds..im scared of the way they move n everything..but now im gradually cured with feathers after years of hiding my fear to other people..im afraid if they know they will use it as practical jokes like my sister did n believe me! she never stops! she only stops when my mum had an eye on her..but will continues when my mum had her eyes on other things..my mum knows about it so she never use the real feather duster..we use the synthetic type..n there werent much pigeon near our house..so i was okay most of the time since we moved to a new house when i ws 8..our old house has chickens running around everywhere outside our house so my sister had all her chance in the world to scare me screaming and crying..in order to overcome that.. i try to act like i was never afraid of feathers or birds to convince new people that i never had the phobia..i just knew that things will get so much worse n there is no turning back if they knew since most of them had no idea how bad it terrifies me..if feather or any type of birds are near..i try not to look at them just like u try not to look at ghost when u actually have a glympse of them..and if i had no other choice to look at them..ill look but hold my breath n pretends like everything is okay like its the matter of life n death..if somebody knew about this phobia of mine im forever doomed since they will force me to touch it..after a lot of practice in touching feather with my eyes closed i seems to be able to overcome it..but i never to this day are able to touched or get extremely near any kind of bird..im fine as song as they cant touch me..oh yeah and dead bird have more points in terrifying me than birds that are alive..ughh just the thoughts of it gives me the chill.. i dont know why..

By: t scassera

t scassera — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:25:34 +0000

WOW! I can’t believe I’m not alone here. I’ve never known anyone to have this fear. I am 53 years old and terrified of birds and mainly feathers
I remember as a child having peacock feathers in a huge vase. My sister and I would play with them, often. All I can recall
is my sister chasing me with one and I began to scream. This has affected me adversely all of my life. When my children were
small we took them to the park. I stayed in the truck, because of the ducks. I remember my husband taking my daughter out and when
the ducks started to circle the truck, I was screaming hysterically for my husband to get me out of there. I had to lay down
when I got home and felt like I had been beat up. Once the neighborhood kids threw a pigeon feather on my lap. I went into hysterics and it took 15 minutes for my grandmother to calm me down and get me to stop shaking. My mother talked to my pediatrician about it.
He said I would outgrow it. I guess he was wrong.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 04:13:53 +0000

I am so relieved that I have seen so many others who share my pain. The fear I have suffered all my life has been blamed on several possibilities… I used to play nearby a broom closet which had a huge osterich feather duster hanging. My mom thinks there is a possiblity that this may have fallen down on top of my head at a young age. Also, before kiddie-locks on kitchen cabinets were invented, my mom would tie an osterich feather on the lower cabinets to keep me out of the dangerous cleaning items. She recalls doing this after she realized I showed great fear at the sight of one of these very hairy, dark grey osterich feathers. Another possible reason for this fear may have been, the many birds that would fly in and out of the grape vines I would frequently play under in our yard. Mom, thinks it was also possible that a bird may have swooped down and scared me at a young age. This fear has been something I try to keep to myself and my family because when people find out about it, they love to play practical jokes on me with feathers. I realize it it a crazy fear. I can be in a room with a feather an so long as I am at a safe distance from it and noone is horsing around with it… I can go about my business just fine. However, I do need to continually check to be sure it hasn’t moved or someone hasn’t picked it up to come throw it on me. When I was in my college years… some girls who were psych majors requested I participate in a lab/questionaire session as part of one of their projects. This is where I was able to recall some of my very early memories gowing up with the fear. I do remember them back in the 70′s not having anyone else with this fear for their project. It really helps just knowing I am not alone with this… so thanks to everyone who wrote their stories here….. I hope mine helps someone too…… I must say my family thinks this is very humorous and must admit that I have laughed along with them…… Oh well, it’s what makes me!!!

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 07:05:13 +0000

I thought i was the only 1 such a relief! I used to be comfortable around feathers until i was about 12 i dont no what it was but now i cant even look at a feather without screaming or crying or having a huge panic attack, i absolutely freak out and it takes me ages to calm down. I made my mum replace my quilt because it was made of duck feathers. People think i am making it up when i start crying over a feather or just using it to get attention i also now have a bird phobia, like all birds because they have feathers , my brothers pet bird landed on me and i had to have a shower it was terrible. i would love to know if there was a cure i’m even considering hypnotherapy as it has become such a burden
If anyone has overcome this i would love to hear from them on
iluvu4eva_regan@hotmail.com
thanks