Millions 'hit by toilet phobia'?
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Hiya\n\nI just came across this page while I was googling to see what coverage there's been of toilet phobia. I've been involved in the media campaign run by the phobics society this week and wanted to see people's reactions. I suffer from a toilet phobia (my phobia is that I will poo myself if I don't get to a loo on time because I have irritable bowel syndrome and often have upset stomach) and any of you wanting to get support with similar issues please either contact the national phobics society or the uk online toilet phobia group (search yahoo groups). It's a massive issue but you can get help! Tanya :-)
1041144
I have never harass anyone at the local toilet\nAnd that a sick and freaky person that do\nalmost scary if you ask me
593314
LOL ha, I do too!! it is just so plain nasty to be in public bathrooms, period, not to be hostile or anything , but Damn its so gross, I even have to flush toilets with the bottom sole of my shoes, eww gross, I also avoid previous public bathrooms whom I wasn't completely fond of, yah know? LOL
567820
You have a phobia and should seek professional help.  There are many things in today's world that will help you deal with this.  But it all starts by seeking professional help
1085876
A london sewer flusher apparently said it according to this article. \nhttp://www.slate.com/id/2139945/entry/2139950/
578671
toilets inside the house!
423000
Fear of earthquakes, flooding, water pollution - just some ideas to get you started.
936006
there are a number of things that i hate, people picking their noses, coughing without covering their mouths, spitting in the street and not washing their hands after using the toilet. But the worst thing is going to use a public toilet and it is disgusting in there. Don't people know how to use a toilet or to flush after they used it. I bet they don't do this in their own toilet at home.
808365
They say that the top of the list of phobias consists of two major fears, which most people have had at least once in their life: Necrophobia and Glossophobia; fear of death and fear of public speaking.\n\nMake room for one more and add Agliophobia to that list.\n\nThe majority of people in our world today have a generally low threshhold for pain and suffering. Whether that is caused by medicine is debatable--the reasons are many, one of which being the general sense of self-preservation that exists in most human beings. But you see the result. Most of us, at least in developed countries, are addicted to our cushy, illness and disease-free, symptom-free lifestyles. Look how much it throws us off when we get sick for any particular reason.\n\nYeah, we're addicted. We're dependant on our drug-store-trip solutions. Headache? Asprin. Fever, cold, flu? Dayquil or Nyquil (Look! You have a choice as to whether or not you konk out after taking it. Cool, huh?). Cough, stuffy nose? Mucinex. Cramps? Ibuprofen. ...And stay out of the water till you're cramp-free. And oh yeah, let's not forget the vitamins, the fifteen-million pills people end up taking as they grow older, the vitamin-C-plus-other-nutrients tablets to stave off colds and such... You get the picture.\n\nWe're so dependant and expectant of them that it's unsafe. People take antibiotics thinking it's a cure-all, then they don't take enough or stop taking them and end up making super-bugs, results of the bacteria recovering from the antibiotic invasion and "learning" to overcome it.\n\nOf course they're useful. Why else would new ones be "invented" so often? Oh yeah, the whole money thing... Ahem, well, enough about that. Some of these things ARE pretty dang useful. Take that antibiotic that some idiot stopped taking before he was supposed to, and you potentially have a cure for bubonic plague (yes, bubonic plague still exists, in case anyone had any doubts). That is, depending on the pill. Those medicines have saved countless lives. And even the ones that don't save lives are pretty great. I had a test today and wouldn't have been able to take it if not for the cold pills I'd brought with me.\n\nOf course when one pill leads to another symptom leads to another pill leads to another symptom, it's getting out of hand. And so many people have lived without taking pills in their entire life, so why shouldn't we? Really, why not? One can honestly withstand certain pains, and not everyone needs the extra years that supplements provide. And I probably could have taken that test regardless, even if it required suffering and hacking up a lung while doing so.\n\nAs you can see, the world of medicine caters to our fears. Vitamins, antioxidants, supplements--all work to extend our lives, to at least postpone death. Painkillers, antidepressants, allergy medications--they try to take away the "pain and suffering" part.\n\nNow if they could just get the public speaking part down...
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If you are talking about phobias, there are way too many, it is impossible to discuss in here. I am sending a list of phobias, pick the ones that you are interested in for your paper, write the name on a search engine, i.e yahoo, goggle and see what comes up.\n\nGood luck\n\nhttp://www.phobialist.com/
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actually i just watched a thing on t.v. about germs. they said bathrooms are okay and that although they are dirty, as long as you are not licking your hands afterward, you have nothing to worry about really.  their advice was:  always wear shoes,  go in the very first stall (less people use ones closer to the doors),  unless you can visibly SEE something gross on the toilet seat -it is OK to sit on it, even without a seat cover,  and wash your hands with soap for minimum of 20 seconds (sing the ABC's in your head while washing to do it for the right amount of time).  The germ people actually said that shopping carts from grocery stores fail more health/hygeine inspections than most public bathrooms!!! But no one thinks twice about touching a shopping cart handle.  They tested one and found all sorts of viruses and bacteria including poo. So never, never take free food samples from the grocery store without sanitizing, or your likely to get sick from it. \n\n  \nI don't mind public bathrooms unless they are really, really gross. You always hear horror stories about people who contract diseases from public bathrooms, but I think they are few and far between. I've never known (or met anyone who has known) anyone who has gotten medical problems from a public bathroom....\nIn Switzerland (i think) an artist created a fully functional bathroom on a street corner. it's walls are two-way mirrors. So people on the street just see a mirror, but from the inside you can see everything outside. So you're basically doing your business in front of everyone, but they can't see you.  Apparently no one uses it because it's so strange and they get anxiety about it. Talk about public bathrooms.... haha.
523128
Have you heard the joke about the 1000 stopped up toilets?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNevermind,it aint nothing but a bunch of crap.
870604
i HATE those auto flush toilets. has society gotten so lazy and germaphobic that they cant use a tissue to flush? \ni can kind of understand it in the handicapped stall, because someone who is disabled may have difficulty flushing\nbut you just gave me another reason to hate the dang things...cameras in there? (shudders at the thought)
315680
Yes - hygiene is important in places which handles food. It's absolutely disgusting when you go into a toilet in somewhere like that and find yourself walking through a yellow puddle with brown splats!
1052612
I vomited at a classmate's place, on their guest room bathroom's sink and it will not go down because of all the mush. Aaarrrgghhh...why o why did I not use the toilet?!?
667798
People are scared of all kinds of things.  The best way to get over a phobia, any phobia, is to try it out and  discover how irrational it is to fear something...  ...especially something as delicious as kissing.
757718
Sounds like your toilet is not the only thing full of sh1t! ;)