Michelle Goodman
LifeWire
Carol Ann Carnese never considered herself an anxious person. Except when it came to wet wood.
"If I saw someone lick a wooden spoon, I had to turn away," says the 41-year-old massage therapist from Portland, Oregon.
"I'd break out into a sweat ... and I'd just get sick to my stomach. I could not even look at someone with a toothpick in their mouth."
It wasn't just looking at wet wood that freaked her out. It was touching it, too.
"I could not eat Popsicles to the end," Carnese explains. "As soon as I got close to the end, I would give it to my kids. I would not even own wooden utensils because I could not wash them. Not even in the dishwasher because they would still be damp when they came out."
| Annie Kate |
October 6th, 2008 7:37 pm ET I have bad claustrophobia – so bad that I can get panic attacks from just thinking about it. This has been a problem with some medical tests so my doctor knows about it and he prescribed some anti-anxiety pills. It helps but well, the phobia is still there. Annie Kate |
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| Kent, Illinois |
October 6th, 2008 8:19 pm ET McCain is the man made of wood.............but I've never seen him in a rainstorm............ |
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| EJ (USA) |
October 6th, 2008 8:57 pm ET Anti-anxiety pills are the best. |
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| Michelle,fonthill,ont, canada |
October 7th, 2008 10:11 am ET Wow some people and thier phobais .I can't imagine living in fear and having to deal with daily gross or simple things that would literaly make you sick like that . I'd get some therapy or tough it out and deal or something just ot btreak the chain of being quirky afraid. |
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