Is it normal that i'm scared of tape measures?

I have no clue why Im scared of them, I just am. Everytime I'm near one, horrible images involving them flicker into my head x_x I cannot stand being near one! Is this normal?!

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40% Normal
Based on 112 votes (45 yes)
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  • They are sexually arousing.

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  • NotStrangeBird

    If one is not careful a nasty cut can result from the tape. Other than that I don't get it.

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  • Holzman67

    only time I'd be scared of a tape measure is if someone wrapped one around my waist to get a measurement

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  • dirtybirdy

    I like tape worms.

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  • oneofthosebeatlesfans

    Argh I hate them! Whenever someone asks me to hold one out for them I turn my head away in case it springs back.

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    • Softmint

      I've done that once, never again >_<

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  • ObsessedWithReedus

    Ugh i hate them! I've had them snap back on me too many times.... Ugh.

    Normal, IMO.

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  • Dr.Wierd

    Get the kind that don't suck in the tape so quickly.

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  • itsallgoodok

    Hey phobias can be irrational, outta nowhere, and oddly specific. No worries. Abnormal phobia, sure, but whatever, right? It's your thing.

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  • GuessWho

    See: http://goo.gl/KNxtcF

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  • flowergirl87

    Maybe one pinged back at you once? You know the way they can do that. Sorry if that description freaks you out! : / If you wanted to try and get over it you could try kind of gradual exposure therapy - so get someone to put one in the same room as you and just have it in the room, you know, just being a tape measure. Then start to place yourself gradually closer to it (rather than have someone keep putting it closer to you as that might make you feel out of control.)

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  • TheProph

    You really should have asked "Is it normal to have phobia's?" and the answer to that, as well as your specific question, is yes.

    Although tape measurer's (don't know the plural for that) is probably pretty low on the phobia list.

    But don't feel too bad, a lot of people have some form of phobia, the severity ranging of course.

    I myself have a horrendous fear of ANYONE touching my belly button, myself included. Just typing this, I'm tightening my stomach. Cleaning it is the most unpleasant part of my day, and I dread it. I think it came from when I was younger my older brother stabbed me (on accident) directly in the belly button with the end of a book shelf we had in our room, it was pointed like a spear.

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  • Avant-Garde

    "horrible images" as in flashbacks? If you experienced a trauma in relation to them you should see a trauma therapist.

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  • handsignals

    Just buy one of those laser pointer ones, there pretty cheap these day's.

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    • Softmint

      They look freaking scarier!

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  • Softmint

    @tommythecat now that you've said that...

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  • Karmasbitch

    Damn tape measures.

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  • Softmint

    Idgaf about any hate, so well done on wasting your time @gaypist

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  • Grapist

    Fucking gay

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