I am so happy that I am not the only one. I think my phobia is really intense. If I even think I am sitting on or near a hole in furniture I feel like I am going to have a panic attack. Everytime I go to a hotel I have to check every square inch of the bed and all of the sheets to make sure nothing is torn, ripped, or frazzled. If I do touch a hole in furniture then I start panicking and instantly start crying and shaking, almost like a panic attack. I am absolutely terrified of holes, rips, and tears in furniture, blankets... Almost anything. I don't understand why and it is quite embarrassing when I go to resturaunts. If anyone knows what to do please tell!
it's a real phobia! by: Anonymous
OMG!! I'm not proud of having this phobia, but I'm glad that I found others just like me, and I'm not crazy. Well...maybe we're crazy a little ;-) I'm 28 years old and I've had this phobia for as long as I can remember. I never shared it with anybody, not even my parents till I was in high school. I remember being a kid and dreading getting hand me down clothes and jackets from other ppl. They would always be torn on the inside and I would wear the jacket out of the house to school so my mom wouldn't say anything, but then take it off at school, and would just deal w/ being cold all day :-( My husband wants me to go thru exposure therapy because I won't go to a restaurant unless I know it's fairly new or recently been remodeled. I think about what I would have to do in exposure therapy, and I would rather live w/ the phobia!!!!! Sad, I know.
old cushions by: Erika
I'm soooo glad to know that there are actually other people out there that don't want to sit on or touch torn, dirty or otherwise imperfect furniture. Even as a child I remember dreading riding in a car that had torns seats. I would try to make myself really small and sit really still and try not to touch the torn areas with my bare skin. I would even rathe sit on the floor than torn cushions on furniture. Somebody needs to name this phobia!
not fussy by: Laetitia
Finally I have met people having the same feeling than me. My whole life I've been looked at as if I was fussy or snobish while it just gross me out sitting or sometimes looking at anything torn. I'm 23 yrs old and every person I've met so far has seen it as a form of fusiness. I'm so happy that I'm not fussy and other people seem to be living the same thing. Do you have any ideas about how to outcome this difficulty? Thanks.
Wow by: Anonymous
Ive had this problem all my life. My husband thinks its strange, and Im now 31yrs old. I cant even explain why I feel this way about torn cushions. Just the site of it grosses me out. I accidentally stuck my finger in 1 today, and I keep having flashbacks of how it felt even though it continues to disturb me. Its like an obsession about a phobia..so damn weird!
You're not alone by: Ashley
Finally I've met someone else other than my twin sister that share the same phobia! I can't sit on anything torn, burn, chipped or imperfect. I have the same reaction with the skin crawling and panic feeling. I had tried to research this but found nothing. I don't now how to handle this. It's so weird.
The tears make me sad D: by: Chevy
I cant believe I googled this and got a result! Alas I am not alone. I can't bear it and I can't understand how ANYONE sits on torn furniture. I have to put a cushion, cloth or bag to cover it if for some reason I HAVE to sit on it. The whole time I'll be trying to make myself feel as light as possible so that I don't feel like I'm pressing into the tear. My flesh feels like it's crawling even as I type this. It's so ridiculous and embarrassing sometimes because I don't want people to know why I'm sitting on the edge of a seat, or covering it, or simply not sitting when everyone else is seated. This is usually the case on public transport. Same goes for if there are stains, or cigarette burns on the seat...but that's a whole other fear altogether!! >.<
Torn Seats Phobia by: Anonymous
You are not alone. Me and my daughter have the same phobia. We can sit on any torn seats period. But it's good to know we are not the only ones.
