Why does button phobia exist?

[mercanucaribe]

I can't think of a reason why people would be afraid of buttons. Every common phobia I can think of has a logical explanation-- fear of spiders, snakes, heights, etc could be instinctive protection from dangerous things. They could be culturally ingrained, and not biological.

So why would
button phobia be so common??

 

[imported_LoKe]

Choking hazard.

 

[E equals MC2]

My pseudo intelligent guess is that when kids are young, maybe they suffered a real shocking or scaring experience with pushing a button and hearing a LOUD SIREN or NOISE thus scaring a real crap out of them + getting into trouble by parents or something.

That + preconditioning = phobia as adult?

I cannot think of any particular examples...

 

[Savij]

My parents used to beat me with a sock full of buttons. I now panic when I see socks, bottons or rodents with three legs.

 

[Looney]

It's not a common phobia.

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: Looney
It's not a common phobia.

But it's common enough for websites to exist. http://www.avonhypnotherapy.co.uk/buttonphobia.htm

 

[Savij]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe

Originally posted by: Looney
It's not a common phobia.

But it's common enough for websites to exist. http://www.avonhypnotherapy.co.uk/buttonphobia.htm

So is anime porn, poopsocking, and the entire furry thing.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe

Originally posted by: Looney
It's not a common phobia.

But it's common enough for websites to exist. http://www.avonhypnotherapy.co.uk/buttonphobia.htm

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