![]() But as mentioned before, I'm 43 now and I haven't and can't see it ever changing.” Up until two days ago, I had spent my life feeling that I was just being stupid and irrational, and that one day I may get over it. Which, in a twisted way, made me feel better. It was only because I was bored one night and after once again being accidentally touched by someone’s ring whilst giving them change at work and feeling horrid and dirty about it for hours afterwards, decided to Google the term “fear of jewelery,” and saw that this was actually a real thing and found a Facebook page and blogs where others were going through the same thing. This is an abbreviated version of her first post:Ĭurrently whilst writing this, I am 43 years of age and although have never blogged before, feel now is the right time to start and perhaps tell my story. She called it “I Have Kosmemophobia…” In three years, she has only written on it twice. Describing her kosmemophobia as “a daily struggle,” that is “very real,” “quite awful,” and “rather strange,” she felt so moved by her discovery of the word that she created a blog about it in 2017. didn’t learn of the term until she was 43. Kosmemophobia is not scientifically recognized, and many people who suffer from it are unaware that their phobia even has a name. ![]() “It made me throw up three times in one day just knowing and feeling that I had that in my mouth,” Matilda said. She got them removed in January 2020, but for a whole year she had to cope with the constant, unceasing tang of metal glued throughout her mouth. The worst experience she’s had thus far was getting braces. “It's horrible,” she said, “and I wish I could just get over it, but I can’t.” She’s also had to stop hanging out with at least one friend because the cutlery in their house grosses her out too much. When Matilda goes shopping with friends, she intentionally avoids entering jewelry shops even if all of her friends have gone inside. Sometimes kosmemophobia can make things awkward.
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