my boyfriend has a fear of cotton wool anyone else have the same?
2006-10-21 02:47:08 · 17 answers · asked by chelle 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
My friend used to have a fear of cotton wool - don't know if you could call it a phobia.
2006-10-21 02:48:33 · answer #1 · answered by Ally 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone with a similar prob had got to the root of her problem.....it was caused when she was a child and had a general anaesthetic to remove teeth....when she woke up she felt ill with a mouthful of gauze....ever since, she's associated gauze and cotton wool with a bad memory! It could be that!
Though the noise it makes is pretty horrible - similar to scraping a fork across a plate/pot, or nails down a blackboard.
An old teacher told me the noises like this make us feel uncomfortable because of a primitive reaction.....when we were roaming the earth as apes....apparently if there was danger one ape would warn the others with a horrible squeaky, screechy noise! This is embedded in our genetics and today we feel edgy with similar noises! Don't know if it's the same as the cotton wool noise but Interesting huh!
2006-10-21 11:23:51 · answer #2 · answered by Moby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I knew someone at school with a fear of cotton wool. I didn't like her, she bullied me for a long time. I got my revenge when I found out hehe.
Nasty I know, but she made my life hell for 5 years.
2006-10-21 09:48:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I know that fear of certain fabrics (i.e. cotton) is called "Textophobia" and it is quite common. This a broad term to encompass all fears of fabrics. It need not be cotton, but any textile (fabric), whether it be cotton, rayon, nylon, wool, etc
2006-10-21 09:55:19 · answer #4 · answered by M&M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Euw cotton wool feels gross and makes my arms go all tingly.
2006-10-21 18:03:24 · answer #5 · answered by anglondon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a fear, but a phobia which my g/f also has Maybe they should get together...
2006-10-23 09:06:01 · answer #6 · answered by Bob W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha, I bet his mates love that at the pub. A school friend of mine used to be scared of taking pills like aspirin in case he choke on them so he crushed them up with a spoon.
2006-10-21 09:55:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, have never heard of that.
What is it?....combo of cotton and wool?....and how did he react to that?
Just curious...lol
2006-10-21 09:50:39 · answer #8 · answered by kissmybum 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes my daughter has the same fear, its the noise it makes when its dry and rubbed together !.
2006-10-21 10:02:52 · answer #9 · answered by Richard 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apparently it is called Bambakomallophobia !!
What a bunch of namby pambies we are - Get a grip you lot
2006-10-21 09:58:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋