Globophobia, the fear of balloons
Globophobia, the fear of balloons

Globophobia, the fear of balloons

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Guest: Lucy (908 days ago)

I am only thirteen and I wonder if there is hope of getting over my phobia of balloons. Its so strange because I am ok with the foil balloons plastic ones I am so scared of. Especially if I see a small child or toddler with one, they are running with Balloons when they can bairly walk and they bit them and squeeze them and I am even queezy talking about it!!
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Guest: Taylor (299 days ago)

i'm so happy that i found this and that i'm not the only one. No one except by best friend and parents know that i'm afraid of balloons. i don't know what the foil ones are so i don't know if i'm scared of them or not but the plastic ones scare me really bad. To be continued
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Guest (550 days ago)

I'm also afraid of balloons. I'm only 14 years old, and everyone thinks it's stupid that I'm afraid. My friends make jokes by telling me that they will get me balloons for my birthday haha. Also, the foil balloons dont bug me at all. I'm glad I'm not the only one.
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Guest: Diamond (530 days ago)

OMG im scared of balloons also but the foil balloons don't bother me either and i almost had a panic attack in my sleep becuase i had a dream well a nightmare people were surrounding me with ballons and popping them and i woke up crying im only 15
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Guest (45 days ago)

im afraid of ballooooooons and your gay:)
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Guest: coolgra101 (626 days ago)

damm this aint funny, yes i do have globophobia which causes me problems in my physics class as alot of our experiments lately have involved baloons and popping them in hot water or by causing the air inside them to expand with heat. Once people at school pick up on this fact thye wont drop it. I can deal with the small/medium size baloons its just the bigger ones when they pop it makes me jump and start shaking lol. the foil ones dont scare me though they are funny
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Guest: stephy (686 days ago)

i am terriefied of balloons, but also not the foil ones. however im not scared of them popping. i actually get hapy when they pop that means they are gone.. theres something with the look of them and feel of them, and especially the sound of something rubbed against it. its not funny, at all, ill see little kids around with them and try not to run and scream and have all eyes on me, but ill start to shake and stiffen and cry. And to amke it worse ive had people who know im afraid of balloons come up behind me rub the noise in my ear when i start squenching and i turn around its in my face. ill run and cry. and theyll laugh because they didnt believe it.
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Guest (88 days ago)

yeah i jump whenever 1 pops, even when i know its about to pop,and i get really really nervous around them. and i told my friends and they laughed at first but then they where actually concerned
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Guest: Taylor (299 days ago)

I don't know what it is about them, but they just scare me to death. I start getting nervous and my hands get sweaty. I've never gone as far as shaking but i almost passed out one time when i had to endure it during class. i didn't want anyone to know i had this fear so i just prayed to God that everything would be okay. Once the class was over i bolted out of there. To be continued
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Guest: noone (430 days ago)

this is ******* slack. it is cruel. this guy is a ******* wanker. this is like vialation of human rights
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Guest: Jay (1050 days ago)

Thank u for boring me this last year... ur the best!
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Guest: Jacquelyn (981 days ago)

I think people who laugh and think it's funny at some of these people have (what may seem) stupid phobia's are cruel. No matter what the phobia, they are NOT amusing, they can ruin your life depending on the phobia. I have two friends with phobia's, one's a common one, fear of spiders. even fake ones and she'll flip out. and the other is, yes, globophobia, balloons. she just freaks when they are popped and gets real shakey when they are big and look like they are about to burst. for all those people out there with fears, I try try to do yuor best and get over your fears. life isn't about hiding, it's about living
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Guest: pooki (1050 days ago)

Lasse Gjertsen. Genius.
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Guest: ember (722 days ago)

this show is stupid. i am so scared of balloons. i was cowering when i saw this. your not meant to force people to do things like that. people who laugh and stuff are pathetic. get a life. if someone was scared of spiders you wouldnt run at them with one.
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Guest: Margaret (1032 days ago)

I have a fear of balloons, fires, fire alarms, and needles. These phobias have ruined my life. I have to make sure that none of these phobias tries to get into my house. If I had to deal with needles or the flu, I'd take my chances with the flu.
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Guest: Globophobia (246 days ago)

All of you who are afraid of balloons and want support, or people to talk to, or just to know that you're not alone, please come to my website!
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Guest (39 days ago)

Latest comment: "wut is the namr of ur website "
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Guest: Taylor (299 days ago)

i've had this phobia for as long as i can remember and i want to get over it, but even the thought of trying to be near balloons or listen to them pop makes me shake. so i don't know what i'm gonna do. I need support though, because my mom and dad think that it's stupid. same with my cousin and sister. And i don't want to bother my Best friend with it so i don't know what i'm gonna do. i don't want to live with it.
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Guest (39 days ago)

yea i have the same fear and my friends tell me 2 get over it but i cant its the giant 1s that scare me cuz i had a really bad experience with 1. lets just say i end up being the size of violet from willy wonka and chocolate factory
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Guest: A.T.M (446 days ago)

Im frm south africa,im 15 nd as a guy wit da fear of balloons nd fireworks,ppl are not very undastanding.i wud often get teasd nd tauntd at school.i get tense nd shaky wen i see a balloon getting big nd dats wen i start freeking out,i get reali scared wen it pops.i have neva shared dis before dis year,im nt hiding anymre nd im gna get ova dis.i just nid a place 2 talk nd get support.thanks
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Guest: Jane (1054 days ago)

The one of selling AK47's on QVC is the best spoof.
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Guest (273 days ago)

i have globophobia but balloons dont scare me, they make me feel sick even just the thought of them make me gag.
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Guest: Taylor (299 days ago)

oh thank the heavens, i just found this tonight and i'm so happy. i'm 15 and i have to do a project for LA. One of the things we have to write about is our fears and i searching to see if the fear of balloons was even an actual fear. to be continued
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Guest: Guest (589 days ago)

I hate balloons, ever since i can remember, i would freak out, i have children of my own now, and hate going into Wendy's because they always try to force them on my kids! I hate going to parties with balloons, i used to think it was nuts, but not anymore!
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Guest (158 days ago)

I've had fears with balloons since the age of 3. I've had it until im 18yrs old. Now im 19 and isnt really afraid of it. Thats because i've things that pop much louder. The loudest i heard is a tire explosion. Once i heard a mechanic pump a bicycle tire until it blew up. Sounds like a gunfire. Really scary for me.
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Guest: Taylor (299 days ago)

There are so many holidays that involve balloons. i want to enjoy the holidays not spend them in fear. like for goodness sake in the mall when i see a kid with a balloon i'll avoid them, but you never know what kids will do with balloons.
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gavinGavin (158 days ago)

I understand what you've said and I blame my parents for thinking that my 'irrational fear' will just go away. My life has been spent avoiding situations and i'm very good at it now, the biggest fear was telling the wife to-be was was going on inside my head, then suffering a panic attack, (she still married me and understands i'm different). People like you, and like me are NOT alone.
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Guest: Chris (1058 days ago)

Wrong Guy Kewney is just about the best BBC moment there is.
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Guest: gladys clarkson (1218 days ago)

Yes I do. My cousin years ago was afraid of being sick, emetphobia, and whenever she saw or heard someone puking she'd scream her head off it was terrifying for everyone because she was only three years old at that time. One day at age 8 she said to me I am going to face this no matter how much the phobia throws at me. I will do whatever it takes to have a normal life. So she took a couple of lessons with her mum and now at 23 she doesn't have emetphobia anymore and now she has a job at a clinic and has two gorgeous children, grady and porscha who are five and 1 years old. and do you know what ? I am happy with her.
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Guest: Adam (201 days ago)

I can't go to McDonalds if there are balloons inside because I panic. It's a shame because I like McDonalds.
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Guest: Globophobia (246 days ago)

I'm afraid of balloons. I have been my entire life. If you are too, you're not alone. I've made a website to support people, like me, who are afraid of balloons. Please visit it, share your story, and read about my own struggle at: Freewebs/globophobia but add . com to the end of Freewebs and before the / (it won't let me put links!)
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Guest: Taylor (299 days ago)

We had a pep rally at school the other day and i left making an excuse that i had to go to the washroom. After it was over my best friend told me that it was a good thing i left because people started popping them, which i hate to. To be continued
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Guest: Eleanor (395 days ago)

Im 13 and I've had a fear of balloons for only about 6 months now but I hate it, I cant get over it. The other day a friend put a balloon on my chair - I knocked it off gently, I imagined it would pop, I covered my ears and started shaking. I hate them so much - I dont mind the foil ones but I really hate normal ones. Im not that popular at school, if anyone finds out Ill be teased for life, please tell me what I should do!
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Guest: Jennifer? (107 days ago)

Well, I have a phobia of balloons....but only of them popping. If I see one I cover my ears. But If I hear one pop I try to get to another room. I remember I was being chased by a bunch of 4 and 5 year olds with balloons. I couldent take it I pushed them and made their balloons float away. But like everyone else the foil ones dont bother me. Their harder to pop :)
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