Wow, I can't believe there are so many others out there that also have Bambakophobia or Sidonglobophobia. I didn't even know there was a name for it until today. I read over the past comments and I guess some people have it worse than me. I don't get sick when I touch cotton balls, but I do break out in goosebumps and get the shivers. Even seeing, or thinking about cotton balls makes me cringe. I can not touch cotton balls at all. Q-tips are pretty bad too, but I can use them as long as I get them wet first. Cotton clothes don't bother me like it does some people, but the heavy cotton blankets are a NO-GO with me also.
I'm not a freak! by: Anonymous
Ok, i'm so glad i found this site. my parents have been calling me weird for the fact that i can't touch cotton balls, or clothing that it 100% cotton. I cringe and get nauseous. I'm very picky about my clothes, and i can hardly wear socks because they make me feel like i'm gonna get sick. it almost hurts in a way. glad to know i'm not the only one!
cotton and gloves by: Anonymous
Everyone things its weird that I won't touch cotton. I get this weird feeling in my fingers and then I start to cringe. I absolutely will not get a piece of cotton out of a medicine bottle. If I have to touch a cotton ball and (off subject-SOS pads) I have to put on at least 4 pairs of gloves. I am glad that I don't have this fear alone.
I'm with all of you by: Anonymous
As long as I can remember I've had a phobia of cotton balls. It has actually progressed to the point that I can't buy the more expensive brands of toiet paper or paper towels. It may be genetic because my grandmother had the same phobia and I've met one other person who also did. I did a little research and found one article that said it was a brain defect caused by some cross wiring in the brain and could only be cured with brain surgery. As much as I am afraid of cotton balls I think I'll skip the surgery..
cotton fear by: cheli beli
my friend made me touch cotton balls and i couldnt take it and started rolling around on the ground crying and screaming it was embarrassing and at my church i help out with vbs and the kids in my group have to play a game with cotton balls and my job is to set the game up over and over again but i dont think i can do it... i dont want what happened with my friend to happen in front of all the little kids =( *tear* *sob* *waaaaaiiiiilllll*
I can't stand them! by: Anonymous
I don't like cotton balls. I hate the ones that come in the medicine bottles. I get sick when I touch them. I feel this strange feeling all over my body! I even lose my strength from my hands. It feels horrible! I thought I was the only one. My friends and family don't believe me!! Glad to know I'm not the only one!
Cotton Ball Cringe by: Anonymous
I have this too... even reading about cotton balls makes me cringe.
I only have two phobias and this is one of them.
ES Savannah
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just thinking about cottonballs and the way they feel makes my hands and fingers go crazy and i start grinding them together in an attempt to get rid of the gross, squeaky feeling thats stuck in my mind. even now, it makes me cringe. even thinking about it. people find it funny, but its really not..its something only some people will understand. if someone brings any near me, i scream and want to cry. its discusting.. sometimes its clothes.. i can only physically touch clothes with my hands for a short amount of time. i can't wear cotton gloves, or the toe socks because the gross feeling in between them. jdsoaivnhjasdklvaewml yuck.
sqeeky coton wool by: Anonymous
yuk gives me goosbumps it sqeeks i allways had this phobia i think their is a name fore it cheril cole girls aloud has it
... by: Normada
My phobia isn't about fearing of cotton, But I couldn't find something similar to it so ... I can't stand touching scratchy towels when my hands are dry. first I must wet my hands with water and than touch and wipe with it. it's so ... exhausting . wet my hands ,touch towel , wet my hands touch towel ... sometimes I feel like a crazy person. but ok Google consoled me , I'm not the only one =)
Amazing by: Anonymous
This site is amazing! My friends all make fun of me because of this but even just reading the comments on this site make me want to vomit. I can't stand to think about cotton balls. My worst day is when I have to get Tylenol or some pills that have that awful, disgusting cotton in the bottle. Thanks for letting me know I'm not the only one!
OMG me too by: nicole
Even reading the other comments make me cringe. I swear pure cotton/cotton balls has a sound that when i see it it pierces my ears and i feel it in my teeth (i want to grind them) and i get chills. I totally freak out. oh and the worst is a bottle of pills, some come packed with cotton on the top, no matter what i have my husband open all pills in fear that there might be cotton in them.
I wish i could get over this fear, any ideas. i have a new baby and it seems like cotton is used for everything, i need to be able to assist baby.
its not just the cotton wool by: Anonymous
i've had this phobia of cotton wool balls and wet wool as long as i can remember it only seems to be when i compress it down between my fingers to the core where it squeeks and makes me want to vomit, my teeth are itching just thinking about it. in the last 20 years or so i found another issue with the feel of the squeek in fresh snow as it compacts under your feet and walking bare footed in very dry sand. whilst trying to be rational about this i belive its some kind of nerve thing and i'm not sure if its related but in my life i've had a lot of problems with the nerves in my teeth and its my teeth that start to feel funny with the thought of cotton wool. Your not on your own
cotton balls!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by: bryon
I had to google to find out if I was a weirdo or such and it is good to know I am not a crazy freak!!!!! everyone laughs and does not understand why the thought or touch and feel of cotton balls makes me tingle and I have to lick my fingers, it sends chills up my spine!!!!!!!!!!
I hate cotton balls!!!!!!!!!!!!
im in shock thought it was just me by: new orleans rose
When I think about cotton it gives me chills and goose bumps. Like someone is scratching on a chalk board. I hate cotton even though I wear it! When I get my nails done I tell them don't use the cotton honey! That's one thing people don't know about me..I hate COTTON ewwwwwww.
Ugh I HATE cotton balls by: Anonymous
I can't stand the feeling of cotton balls. The nucleus bothers me the most.. you all know what I'm talking about. The mere thought of it gives me the heebie-jeebies.. So glad to know I'm not the only one who feels this way. Cotton clothes, towels, etc are fine. Flannel sheets bother me a little bit too I guess. I swear I'm a totally normal woman! But ick. Cotton balls freak me out.
Cotton will be the death of me by: Robert S.
Ever since I can remember, I've had a fear of cotton. The noise it makes and when I touch it, my heart beats faster and I get chills with goose bumps across my body, but the worse is that I start to lose my breath, I never understood why. I thought I was the only one so I kept it to myself. Just for kicks I googled it and it brought me to this site and found that I am not alone. Happ to know I'm not crazy :)
yeah by: Anonymous
Yeah, I can't stand cotton balls either. Cotton fabric is OK to me, but cotton balls, and especially the cotton that is stuffed in the top of pill bottles, I just can't do. The texture just really bothers me to the point that I'll make someone else take the cotton out for me. Keep in mind, I'm a 30 year old man. Same goes for cotton candy, the texture just makes me cringe, like getting tinfoil on a tooth filling. I can't believe other people have this same problem.
I thought I was the only one... by: Amy P.
As long as I can remember I have been unable to touch cotton at all. Even thinking about it makes my teeth hurt and makes me want to flick my fingernails across the bottom of my teeth. Totally weird, I know. When I got my wisdom teeth pulled, all the drilling and pulling didn't bother me too bad, but when the dentist tried to pack my mouth with cotton I grabbed his hands and freaked out and they had to pack my mouth with paper towels. Good to know I'm not the only one with this weird phobia.
Chills by: Coach Gonyea
Just the very thought of cotton balls sends chills up my spine and I get nauseated...
it's a terrible disease by: Kaya
Hello fellow sufferers. I believe my problem with this abonation of a substance is derived from my uncle as he is also a sufferer of this tragic and disturbed ailment. The pillow I sleep on is not made out of cotton but latex. I frequently have nightmares of eating cotton drowning in cotton and having cotton shoved down my throat. I hate the way it feels looking at something harmless and feeling hopeless. I would rather die than touch cotton. Dead true. I hate the spongy feeling of it and thinking about it makes my heart beat faster. It is disgusting I never use it and I had a panic attack when someone threw it at me. Xx to all out there who know what it feels to b ruled by a fluffy piece of white fabric the only known cure is brain surgery
yuuckk by: Anonymous
okay. this might sound wierd, but whenever i see/feel cotton it makes me sick.. sometimes it only makes me feel sick, but other times i actually get sick. just reading this stuff about cotton is making me feel a little sick.
ME TOO! by: Chase Harvey
I also have the weird phobia of cotton balls. Im 13 years old and at school working on projects I refuse to work on them! is there a cure?
cotton by: Anonymous
From the time I can remember, I can not touch or even be in the same room with some one that is handleing dry cotton. If i think about it or even see someone touch it. My teeth start to hurt. I know it sounds crazy, but im glad to read that there are others as myself. I have yet to find out why and or what the phobia is called.But I cant open an advil bottle without someone taking the cotton out.
eww yucky cotton by: Anonymous
oh gosh everyone always teases me about this.... ever since i can remember i have hated cotton when u touch it, it makes this squeaky disgusting sound and the feel is so horrible its almost like ur squeezing a baby bird.... oh gosh my throat is tight explaining this.... i remember when i was young my family wrapped a present for me with cotton it was horrible! meanies! ok i must stop my hands are getting sweaty and i feel grossed out... im happy to know there are others out there like me :)
ewy! by: teresa
i have a fear of cotton balls to me they're disgusting. i gag when i touch them or even when i touch a bag. i can handle them wet but other then that i get chills or goosebumps. i'm glad im not alone cuz my friends laugh at me and touch me with them...EWWWWWY!!!!!
Cotton ball . by: Anonymous
i absolutely hate the way cotton balls sound ! people may look at me like im stupid , but that noise makes me shudder and get the goose bumps . your not the only one out there !
me too by: Anonymous
I thought it was just me too. Although I read this book called "This Book is Not Good For You" and they said one of the characters had the same problem but it was not a phobia but a nerve disorder. What ever, at least i am not the only one.
COTTON BALLS by: DROCK
I hate them as well thought i was alone
Bambakophobia by: Ivy Gray
WOW. for the longest time i have been called a freak for not being able to tollerate cotton balls. they give me a queezy feeling in my tummy. i also have to get the very hard q-tips. they cant be loose woven, i made that mistake of buying those one time and when i put it in my ear it made that horrifying noise. it made me sick. ewwww. well its good to know im not the only one.
yuck by: Anonymous
My daughter and I both have this phobia, me to the point in my profession that I have to double glove when needing to use it!! ick!
Glad I'm not alone by: Anonymous
I thought I was all alone in my "fear" of cotton balls! Like most people here it's only cotton balls that I simply cannot stand to touch. Q-tips or even wet cotton balls are ok. I can stand to have them placed on me only when getting shots, when the nurse puts one under a band-aid. All my friends think I'm a total freak, and some have told me they think I'm making it up. Just the thought of touching one or hearing one being pulled apart makes me want to crawl out of my skin. I wouldn't say I'm scared of them, but that I have an intense aversion to the texture of cotton balls. It's so comforting to know that not only are there others like me, but many others!
No kidding by: Super Chicken
I'm 54. And have had a tough time with cotton for as long as I remember. How about a sweater coming out of the dryer. One of my sisters is the same. Also one of my sons.
yikes! by: Anonymous
i cant touch them either!!! EWWW! like fingernails on a chalk board!!
Same Fear by: Anonymous
I recently explained this fear or dislike to friends. I explained it as the same sound a thick snowpile of snow makes when you step on it...
I have a hard time bringing myself to touch dry cotton balls and in no can "tear" one from the package, pull them apart etc as the sound and feeling is too much for me to take. I also can handle wet / damp ones as the sound and feel is dampened.
To test me, me wife even pulled a cotton ball apart as I had a blanket over my head, I not only recognized the horrible sound but it was like pain / being tickled at the same time. I could not tolerate the sound at all.
Apparently your daughter and I are not alone in this strange fear.
Glad to know I'm not the only one!!! by: Anonymous
I am 14 and I also have this fear. It is not as severe as some cases, but I absolutely cannot touch cotton balls, and I can't stand the sound they make when you rub them together. For the longest time my parents didn't believe me when I said I was afraid of cotton balls. Cotton clothing is okay, and I can use Q-tips, because the texture is a little bit different, and they don't squeak, but the thought of cotton balls gives me goosebumps. I was thrilled to learn that I am not the only one with this strange fear. My friends think that it is really funny, and try to tease me with the cotton sometimes. So, it was nice to know that I am not alone and that there is a name for this fear. Nice to know I'm not crazy!
cant shack the feeling by: vchri92
every time i think of cotton i clench my teeth and i tense up, i think that the cotton will get caught in my nails or teeth and pull them out, i cant explain why i fear something so rediculouse but i do and i cant shack it no matter what i do, i once tryed to get rid of my fear by stuffing cotton balls in my shirt and i freaked out so much i riped the shirt off and actually hurt myself because it caught on my arm.
I'm just so relieved by: Anonymous
No one understands this. My mother has been calling it a phobia for years, but really, I know what a phobia feels like, and this isn't it. It's not that I have an irrational fear, it's that I HATE them. I hate touching them, and LISTENING to them, and I hate thinking about them. They're terrible, and there's nothing irrational about hating something that hurts every nerve in your body when you use it. I don't hate cotton clothing, or q-tips, but cotton balls and cotton pads are the WORST.
get them away from me by: Anonymous
Lke everyone here I have bambakophobia. I at least know where it started. When I was little my mom put on a circus with her class. They made fake cotton candy and ....I forgot it was fake and took a big mouth full. It's pretty bad I can,t wear anil polish because you have to take it off with cotton balls. I can manage but it is hard.
AHH!!! by: Hayley
AHH is how I feel when I even try to think about a cotton ball. The thought of squeezing one makes me cringe. I get goosebumbs and feel like I can feel the hair on my head grow. This fear of how things feel is the worst. It comes when I least expect it. Like shopping and I touch something and I get the urge to vomit. I can't even touch paper sometimes if my hands are dry. I have the same thing about how some food feels in my mouth. I don't know what's wrong with me!! My friends think I'm nuts.
EWWWWWWWW!!! by: AnnaBanana
omg they hurt to touch its like screeching on a chalk board but 100 times worse. All i have to do is look at it, think about it or shake the medicine bottle when i know its in there. It has a squeeky sound horrible. I talked to a psychic once and she told me that i worked on a cotton farm in a past life and it was the crossing over of the past life. She said i exsperienced so many horrible things (i wont go into them for time sake) that i couldnt let go of. I wanted to remember always, and so not to let such ignorance repeat itself. well who knows. I cant even touch wet yarn yucky
cotton ...please help by: Jess
I'm twenty and i also have this "phobia".I'm not scared of them asi in fearing them...i just cannot stand the sound or feel of them..i cringe when thinking of ppl putting a cotton ball in their mouth.It once go t so bad as a teen that i wouldnt even eat cotton candy. i have to let it sit in mouth for a sec so its not as "cottony?".When i get out of the shower and i have a towel on my head i freak out if someone brushes the towel against my ear!!!!some times b4 i can even touch a towel when getting outta the shower i have to put lotion on my hands to kinda make it better..i thought i was the only one until about a year ago when my aunt said she also has that fear!!!! ive been trying to look up cures and more info about it...but im not sure if its a phobia as much as it is a sensory thing....plese help me to understnd this or understand why im like this...i have 4 siblins and none of them have this
Meee toooo!!!! by: Anonymous
I also have this phobia, and so does my mom, and my my maternal grandmother had it also.
I can touch qtips, because they don't squeak. But cotton balls, cotton gauze, anything like that.. eww. I have to use tweezers to get the cotton out of pill bottles.
My dad used to tease us by chewing on a cotton ball. I could hear is sqeaking in his mouth and my stomache would churn, and I felt like I was going to throw up. It's horrible.
Bambakophobia by: jamie
i am 22 years old. i have had this fear since i was a small child. I remember making cotton ball lambs in kindergarten and it made me sick. I hate touhing anything that feels like cotton balls i feel sick. I get goosebumps just thinking about it. I have bad dreams about drowning in a bowl of cotton balls. My husband this its funny to tease me with cotton balls. But i am truely scared to touch it. I never knew there were other people out there that suffered from the same fear. does anyone else know where there fear started?
Someone else 2! by: Shelby
i'm 11 and i have this 2! i can't stand them my mom thinks i'm like kidding or something i just get freaked out by them
bambakophobia -fear of cotton balls by: Anonymous
I thought I was the only one! I told a friend about not being able to touch a cotton ball because they "squeak" and they would make me shiver and my stomach would feel " bunched up" she laughed at me and said that I was crazy!
Bambakophobia by: Elizabeth
I recently saw a therapist to help me with my lifelong phobia of certain fibers, including raw cotton and wool, and she had no idea how to help me. All she could do was refer me to other psychiatrists, none of which were taking new patients, so now I am on my own trying to figure out what to do. I am terrified of the idea of getting over this phobia by being around it, but I don't think medication will really solve this unusual problem, either. I know the phobia stems from childhood when I would dream about grinding cotton balls in between my teeth. I decided to try and get help because it has started to effect my everyday life, including school, and I hate having to explain it to people when there's a situation. When I recently had surgery, they had to wrap my foot in gauze and I nearly went insane. Taking off the cast and the gauze made me have an anxiety attack. Now I have to explain to my university why I can't take a class because of this phobia and I don't know what to do.
i have this phobia too! by: CHLOE
i am 22 years old, a female, and have always had this phobia. the verfy word sends chills thru my body and my eyes tear up. i felt crazy and alone growing up and just kept it hidden away until someone would bring it up and ruin everything. my email is tynybubz 2 yahoo.com so anyone wants to talk more that's cool.
FEar of Cotten by: TVMusic
My daughter has this phobia... if she touches cotton in a bag or cotton balls, she immediatly starts to gag uncontrollably..... Only the feel of cotton does this. If I try to fool her with something different she does NOT react at all to the substitute,.....
I find this phobia amazing.....and would love to talk to others who have it
Lanzaman at aol.com
Bambakophobia by: Anonymous
I have this same phobia , its called Bambakophobia which is a fear of cotton balls or cotton.
