How to overcome globophobia

[@emmalilley2223]

The worst thing is that people don't understand and just mock you

[@shatteredhearts.]

Okay, going through the comments, I'm actually so relieved that other people have this phobia! I've had this fear ever since I was about 4, and lots of people have made fun of me for it. This video helped, but I still hate balloons in general.

[@alanamills5369]

I have globophobia ever since I was a child. I'm quite sensitive to loud noises so people would make fun of me for it, and make me cry. I try to avoid birthday parties or any events with balloons. It's odd because when a balloon pops unexpectedly or suddenly without me seeing it, I don't react as badly, but when the balloon is there or someone is playing with it/it looks like it's going to pop, the suspense for me makes me stressed and panic. I agree with the other comments, it's really that moment of waiting for the balloon to pop that triggers my globophobia. I've gotten a bit better over the years, going to parties where balloons are decorated on the walls or high up, but I get very stressed when they are on the ground and little children are squeezing them. Even the smell of the rubber balloons triggers me. I don't mind foil balloons as I know people won't pop them (usually the expensive ones you buy in shops).

[@Zxcfs]

I relate everything you just said! So glad to know I’m not the only one who feels like this (especially around the smell of the balloons, I get that too).

[@leoviguie9637]

I’ve hade the same and I felt it like a total disadvantage because I had to escape from people and from ballons so they were asking questions and the suspense is horrible

[@lavrentii-kolotushkin]

​@@Zxcfs Sadly almost nobody could relate when I was a kid/teen

[@CelestePiturlea-zm4rw]

I can agree with everything you said...I feel exactly the same and almost no one can acept or understand it 😢

[@pyro.prime.official]

Since I was a toddler until now, I suffered from this phobia. Whenever I went to a friend's birthday party there would usually be balloons, and I felt I didn't fit in all the time because I would be the one to usually start crying or hiding myself in a bathroom when in the presence of a balloon, some people even thought I was weird because of it, I even thought I was weird, I thought I was an outcast due to the fact that I cover my ears when I hear a balloon pop and no one else did. I have improved a little bit though, I don't cry whenever I see balloons or when I hear them pop, I somehow learnt to hide the fact that I have the fear. I do hope that one day I get over my fear and be like everyone else

[@mansi4681]

Iam still suffering from this phobia pls someone help me

[@danylolysivec4779]

@@mansi4681 bro, it's normal, I also have globophobia, but I'm trying to get rid of it, so it's better to do inflation therapy and then there will be a result

[@kAtzzz697]

It’s good to know that I’m not the only one 😔 I can’t stand balloons or fireworks 👀

[@danylolysivec4779]

@@kAtzzz697 it normally

[@kAtzzz697]

@@danylolysivec4779 that’s good to know lol

[@katyrosaci3031]

I have suffered from this throughout my life and now as a Mum of 3 small children I find it debilitating. The low point was yesterday at a 4 year old’s party where I was reduced to tears because children were running around chasing each other with balloons. A video about systematic desensitisation for globophobia would be really helpful thank you.

[@TheAnxietyAttic]

Hi Katy. Can I ask if pictures or videos of balloons cause you anxiety or is it just when exposed to the real thing?

[@katyrosaci3031]

@@TheAnxietyAttic thanks for your reply. It is mainly the real thing. Pictures don’t trigger me at all and videos very mildly, but they don’t trigger the situational avoidance and physiological reactions (heart rate increase, sweating) that a real life situation does.

[@justchooming2869]

So thankful for the part in the beginning where he says there will be no popping balloons in the video! Thank you for understanding this phobia. Going to a halloween party tonight and I know there will be balloons so I am anxious

[@TheAnxietyAttic]

I know even the sight of balloon can be a trigger for some people with globophobia. So many globophobia videos on you tube contain popping balloons or make light of it. I wanted to make a serious video that allowed globophobes to learn about their phobia without any unnecessary anxiety.

[@cecilioncarmilla9891]

I have a fear with balloons when I was kid and get worst and when I get older. And when my coworker poop balloon right in my face. I always wish to get rid of this phobia coz I missed all of important occasions where balloon is around. If a grocery store or a mall have some balloons i won't come in because it's making me super stress and my heartbeat so fast and I felt like I'm gonna throw up and I feel super dizzy. It's kinda sad because people don't understand and they thought it's fun to scare someone with phobia . Sometimes other people think I'm faking it and yeah I wish it wasn't real because it's very hard to deal it's really affecting my life.

[@TheAnxietyAttic]

This sadly is a very common story in globophobia. Where siblings and friends should be helping people overcome their fear of balloons, they mock them and torment them instead which makes the phobia worse. It is possible to overcome the phobia though with CBT or a good hypnotherapist.

[@Demonstrat]

I dont like to do that but I never do that to my brother he also has it and I know it's a threat to u guys so I dont show balloons where if someone has globophobia

[@EJT0839]

This phobia is literally the worst thing ever. Popping balloons became a huge trend in my school for some reason, when I saw 2 people inflating one and squeezing it, I tried crossing the road, almost resulting in me being ran over by a bus.

[@leoviguie9637]

School was the worst with all the children playing with ballons I was pretty ashamed of my fear and even today

[@everydayuse6329]

I despise balloons... but I especially get scared if I see a child holding/beating a balloon

[@wiktorr9530]

That's it, the worst scenario filled with so much anxiety and ending so abruptly you get a heart attack

[@Artn00b]

That’s exactly what it’s like for me, so going to places like McDonald’s is a nightmare

[@mn1012mn]

I am 21 and I am still freaking scared of balloons. When I was little, I went to bday party ans there was a game where the floor was filled with balloons, and the more balloons you pop the more scores you win...I just ran out of that room closing my ears with my hands because there was so much noise and loud popping voices...That was so scary...That IS STILL SCARY...But I do admit that balloons are pretty ❤🤣

[@FEMINISTS2005-ie3lx]

I also feet same

[@panth3r95]

I have a fear of balloons due to my trauma in the past and I associate all loud noises with danger, so fireworks, balloons are the main ones but motorbikes have also started to show up as a big fear

[@TheAnxietyAttic]

Its quite common for phobias to start to generalise. I explain this in my video on how phobias develop. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZCrZKCEmq-XhLM

[@ksmart1235]

For some reason, I've gotten over the sound of fireworks.

[@kishorsontakke6232]

Even thunder freak me out

[@philipalexander7493]

@@ksmart1235 yes I too didn’t used to like loud bangs but I found that at the start of any fireworks it would make me jump but after a while it would just become normal like for example if I went to a fireworks display it’s more about coping with the unknown and uncontrollable situation for me. I hope you don’t mind me sharing but my biggest fear was flying on a plane for the first time it was an experience that again was going into the unknown & uncontrollable.

[@liavictoria6897]

I have globophobia, And they're making fun of it:( They're scaring me with balloons

[@robertcrookall5991]

To me, the fear of popping is definitely a part of it; but it's more than just that. I simply have a strong revulsion to everything about balloons; the shape, the texture; everything. I'm actually less bothered by the type of long balloons used to make animal shapes than the more common round balloons. Very very odd.

[@ArktikAkira]

Im litterally cowarrin on the couch shaling rn While my fam Are Popping baloons near me 😭💀

[@user-vv6ej2ob8b]

Happening to me rn. Im gonna cry

[@uniquascult9340]

I'm 14 years old and I have this phobia. I don't know where did it staterd, but I remember when i was a children in the kindergarten I would run 50kg away from a Ballon, even though it didn't popped up. My classmates and teachers didn't help me either, my classmates always popped Ballons close to my hears, I imagine they could even push me to a pool full of ballons on purpose. I was very bullied by that, my classmates always thought I was a weird girl because I was always silent, was terrible in P.E and oblivious, was globophobic. (still is) My teachers didn't did anything about it, most of my teachers in the kindergarten were kind of douchebags to be honest, they never did anything about it and they couldn't even teach sometimes. Because of that, when I went to a school and there's an event with ballons I try to hide my fear as possible as I can, normally hidden in the restroom. And it's starting annoing people around me, specifically my mother and father.

[@uniquascult9340]

Just a vent.

[@hareemweryam8352]

I have this

[@Itsdasummer32]

Me too

[@mriqthefirst112]

Same

[@selenalee5894]

Same

[@bossbombboy9547]

I have this fear, I believe ot stemed from when a balloon popped right next to me while I was at a friend's house with some other friends when I was 3 or something. Turned out I had overly sensitive ears! So that turned into trauma which paired with my anxiety to start the golobophobia. Nowadays I can be around balloons and am totally ok with foil balloons but you best bet that if someone is holding a latex balloon besides me I will be stating them down like I'm in an old western movie.

[@TheEloise653]

I've always had a fear of balloons, mine is the fear of them popping, I would cover my ears, my heart would pound and I would panic, I still don't like them till this day but it's have got better with it, one day would love to get over of the fear of loud bangs.

[@gollymissmolly2547]

Have a deathly bad phobia of balloons. When I was a kid I had this babysitter pop balloons in my face. Been afraid of them ever since. I’m almost 26. My godsons birthday party is in a few weeks and his mom wants his birthday ballon theme. She bought this expensive balloons tank. I don’t know what to do Im so lost. I really don’t wanna go. But I will be made fun of by her family if I’m not there for her son. .

[@sgnjamcitydevteam6913]

*I used to be fine with balloons but now, I run for it if someone’s about to pop one* *I can live with foil balloons yeah. Rubber ones? NO*

[@oliverbeerthanksplease6772]

I had this fear .. it eventually turned in to a fetish I very much love

[@darlingdanceee]

???? WHAT

[@mikeb9618]

@Martin Burridge: THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!! For me I dont feel afraid...but just an insane amount of anxiety. To the point I feel that I'm going to have a heartattack :( I wonder if anyone else is the same? Would love to see a video or correspond about desensitizing. Please let me know!

[@eitoprujfm5349]

My only problem with them is the pop, I can be in a room filled with balloons and people playing with them, I wouldnt be 100% comfy, but I can do it, but popping a balloon its just so hard to me

[@earendel_cdrama]

My girl got panicked over balloons... this is my first time knowing globophobia exist, thank u for the info 🙏

[@Idcolusa]

I always loved balloons but hated when they popped because the fun was over. I can’t stand when people around me have balloons because I don’t know if their intentions are to pop them. I try to save the balloons from being popped because I try to quietly deflate them

[@labradorableretriever4490]

Yes I also have this and then my father try the it’s just rubber and air so you can squeeze it yeah that didn’t work. I tried blowing one up it wasn’t even very big but it popped in my face so it got worse that was when I was 12. I’m 34 now still afraid of balloons. Hey and guess what so was my guide dog when she was alive. So that made two of us.

[@Itsdasummer32]

I was scared of balloons since I was 5

[@MeyvelerSilahi]

i loved balloons in my early life but when i got globophobia when i was about 2-3 the fear grew because of cruel kids and bullies to this day i can't even look at a small air inflated water balloon

[@sunnydayz12-w7n]

I am afraid of balloons have been since I was 5. My mom tied a balloon to the end of my bed during a hot night and I woke up in the middle of the night to the half deflated balloon bouncing in my face. Been deathly scared of them ever since. I have no drive to cure this phobia because balloons are harmful for the environment and there is really no use for them anyways 🤷‍♀️

[@summer951]

Me watching this while popping lots of balloons, im actually crying, shaking and i feel anxious rn😭

[@TheAnxietyAttic]

Desensitisation has to be done very gradually otherwise it can reinforce the fear.

[@echastee]

I'm like sort of over this but honestly I just avoid balloons. I still feel panic and like get all weird around them. It goes back to childhood. My mom and some family thought it was hilarious how scared I'd get when they would pop balloons. I like barely remember it but they just kept popping them in my face and I have felt uncomfortable around balloons my whole life. I don't tell anyone anymore because in Middle school kids teased me with balloons And I just don't trust people not to try and freak me out. Unfortunately people think it's hilarious.

[@Shivansh816]

I too fear balloons and fireworks. It makes me feel uncomfortable and scary. Please tell me what can I do to overcome this. And the worst part is my parents think I am just a scaredy cat😭. Maybe for them its just nothing, but for me I just loose my confidence and noone to understand me.

[@aisitti]

I have this and when me and my friends we're having a birthday party and there were so many balloons outside and my friends called me to go outside and they said let's pop balloons, I said no but they said just try so I tried popping and I was so scared, I hope this will be gone

[@farha3652]

I have this fear

[@mortisvendieta3769]

I have this fear... I'm 29 and I avoid balloons like there guns pointed at me and I walk away from them I can't touch them 😅unless there deflated 😅 if someone blows them up I close my eyes or ears and put distance between me and it, but it literally makes me feel like I ran 50kms 😢 it's everything about them being near me the only ones I tolerate is foil balloons

[@Volkansrt]

I have this phobia since I was a child and now I am 20 years old, because when I inflated the balloon, the balloon burst in my face and made me very afraid of the balloon. Because of this issue, I am very shy and timid in social relationships and it has caused my self-confidence to drop, the worst of all is that others scare me with this fear for a joke, and I really feel that I am becoming a mental patient. 🥺🥺🥺

[@frickjonota2298]

I have a fear of balloon because one blew up right in front of my face and flew into my eye when i was small, i overcame this fear just today because at a event i was blowing a lot of ballons for the games and i realized the balloon popping doesn't hurt me at all😂 and i was popping alot of balloons after that😂

[@ImmenseJ-tard8253]

"No bursting balloons shown in this video" 0:42: *It seems like they lied*

[@radicalelectricmotorcycles]

I honestly can't tell if people are being serious in the comments or not

[@ZenoSamaOmniKing]

i dont fear much with popping ballon , the thing is someone popping them and if i am blowing ballon

[@jamunadahal8330]

So this was the reason I was unable to pop balloon on anyone's birthday

[@Bacon_MM2official]

I love fire alarms but I am so scared for balloons to pop it’s so weird

[@coffee1814]

I have had this fear since I was little and it got better but it came back again so I’m still working on it

[@FRX_mapping]

00:50 it is 💀

[@dariusandrade5801]

I have had that fear of balloons for 17 years!

[@dariusandrade5801]

Since I was 5 years old in 2006

[@mannamedisaak3316]

I used to have it I help people with the fear overcome it and similar fears

[@yhsingh4210]

I am afraid whenever I try to burst a ballon

[@TheAnxietyAttic]

Its good that you can hold the balloon. To overcome the fear of the bursting get someone else to burst it at a distance, then over a few days or weeks burst it closer. This will help you desensitise. Watch your body language though. Try not to let it look like the balloon is a danger or it will reinforce the fear.

[@thesurvivorstudioagain4726]

i like it if the balloons are just from a video. But when i see it in real life i tell the people with the balloon to hide it and i cry when it pops even if i am 10yrs old

[@Arias_Voice]

I honestly don't know if I fall under this category. Yes, I have a fear of balls and balloons, but not because I'm scared of them popping, but because I'm scared of the long time overtime deflation process that everything that has air in it goes through. I don't like it when balls and balloons get the con caves in them. Is there a fear for that. I'm also afraid of the hissing sound of the air coming out of a ball or balloon that is deflating either naturally, or because it's been punctured. I've had experiences in my life were balls that I have cherished have been punctured by various trees or different things, so perhaps that was a major contributor. Does anyone have any thought on this?

[@TheAnxietyAttic]

Im not aware of a name for this but there are many phobias and variants of each. The principles for the cause and the treatment are the same though. Any emotional distress in childhood that is not naturally extinguished or is reinforced can develop into a phobia. Any therapy that involves desensitisation can reverse the fear.

[@Arias_Voice]

@@TheAnxietyAttic thank you so much for your wonderful help!

[@ammielesteban8396]

Omg same here,... When I was in grade 8 my phobia get worst but after it's just disappears like when I saw balloons,balls,tires or anything inflated I just don't care bet when pandemic start and my phobia came back

[@Beautifulolivetree]

I have fear of ballon and balls 😢

[@rf791]

I never used to be afraid of balloons, until as an adult I was near some and the sudden realisation that they could pop at any time gave me anxiety and panic, so I got away from them as quickly as possible. Now I struggle to be near them so I'd appreciate some desensitisation videos. I also hate it when kis rub them and make that horrid sound - its a mild sensory nightmare...

[@perfectbrunnetdoll]

I hated balloons popping and fireworks as a child. As an adult, I am still weary of those thin unsturdy balloons as long as I see them popping then it's fine. It's when a balloon is popped and I didn't see it coming is when I don't like it.

[@khalidbinwaleed5072]

The main problem is because humans have evolved to naturally have fears of loud noises

[@TheAnxietyAttic]

Yes. Fear of loud noises and fear of falling are the only fears that we are born with.

[@k1ng.jack_music]

I'm a fellow individual who is afraid of balloons and clowns. This all started when I was seven years old, I attended a Halloween party with my friends, the theme was "haunted circus", so, of course, the haunted house was a circus tent. I was walking through the circus tent, and then next to me I saw a clown bursting balloons one by one in my face. I ran right out the haunted house, and I ran across the parking lot without even looking for cars. I was also screaming and crying, and my friends kept telling me to stop making so much noise, but I couldn't help it. This phobia is so bad that every time I go to a party or hang out with friends, I have to tell the organizers to not lay out balloons. Globophobia is paralyzing and debilitating, and if you think I'm exaggerating about this fear I want everybody who reads this comment to watch a clip of a woman named Yvonne from a phobia episode on the Maury Povich show. The show was called, "My Fear of Mustard and Pickles Is Ruining My Life!" (the other guests were afraid of birds, mustard, pickles, and dogs), and you'll NEVER, EVER see the look of sheer terror the way you see on these phobia episodes. Yvonne Globophobia Maury Povich: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpmYoX59fJ6kbNE

[@H_B_R]

my 7 months never heard a balloon pop how is it possible that he flinches, cry and turn his head around in proximity of a balloon i even played with it to show how harmless the balloon is made me think this could not be due to a past traumatic event but genetically programmed brain that is scared of a weightless big object (big for the baby) but this is only true for certain babies but in contrast it is like how generally most babies are automatically scared of snakes on first encounter edit :his 35 yr old uncle not on my side of the family is also scared of balloon but he allegedly admit that it is due to the possibility of the balloon popping, now i am skeptical if that is really the case

[@b2rmallfoy822]

I Have This Too 😣

[@Dark4White]

Ever since i was 10 until now i still have this phobia and im glad there's no bursting balloon in this video

[@Diggnuts]

I had to confront this a couple of years ago when I was suddenly without warning surrounded by balloons. Fight or flight took over and fight it was. Afterwards the globophobia was a lot less, but eventually it just returned like a involuntary reaction to balloons. I don't think this can ever really go away.

[@TheAnxietyAttic]

It is possible to get rid of a phobia. Its not easy because you have to go through the densitisation process but it is possible to retrain the brain so that it does trigger the fight or flight response.

[@Diggnuts]

@@TheAnxietyAttic Well, of all the possible phobia's to have, it isn't a bad one. Not going to spend time and money on something is in quite manageable in daily life.

[@TheAnxietyAttic]

I understand. Many people live with phobias all their lives and you are right there are much worse phobias. Balloons are generally quite easy to avoid (although I should add its the avoidance that reinforces the fear).

[@Diggnuts]

@@TheAnxietyAttic Not having kids makes the odd occurrence of balloons in my vicinity very unlikely. The few times it does happens, it often is a funny reminder to myself of the irrationality of the human brain and basic lack of control over it. I kinda cherish my phobia at this point. Makes me feel human.

[@philipalexander7493]

Hi my fear of balloons started when I was about 4 or 5 when my so called friend popped a balloon in my face! As I got older and went to more birthday parties I missed loads of party’s & my mum had to tell the parents of the child about my fear, and if I got any party bags and there were any balloons I couldn’t even touch them & she would have to cut them up before I felt safe. I remember once being at my uncles birthday party which was in a pub and at the end of the evening them popping all the balloons in the pub which for me sent me into panic mode and had to escape to get away! If I was out anywhere I was allways wary about balloons popping until one day when I was older trying to relax when I was near balloons which helped with the anxiety but they still made me jump if they were popped. I remember one day visiting a relatives house and they had inflatable boats or other inflatables and I overheard them saying that I wouldn’t like it because they were similar to balloons which I now know is not true, so when I got home after a while I started collecting inflatables which I felt safe around knowing they would not pop. One day I tried to overcome my inflatables phobia and got some balloons from somewhere at first I couldn’t pick one up and could not stop shaking from the fear of the unknown but as my confidence increased I gradually became more confident around balloons. Yet still to this day I still can’t brake the fear of popping balloons even though I turned my globophobia into a fetish.

[@danylolysivec4779]

bro, I have a similar story, I also now have this phobia, but blowing up balloons has become even kind of cool

[@frankg3rd1]

Ive graduated from balloons to anything that pops. As a guitar player....restringing my guitar is a nightmare. Thunderstorms Im first seeking shelter.

[@TheAnxietyAttic]

It is quite common for phobias to generalise. You may be interested in my video on how phobias develop and can be reversed. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZCrZKCEmq-XhLM

[@frankg3rd1]

@@TheAnxietyAttic Thank you...Im following your lead !!!!!!

[@khalidbinwaleed5072]

Good video

[@TheAnxietyAttic]

Thanks

[@Cheezyeggbits]

I loved balloons when i was a child but this one moment i started hated them, i was playing with a balloon and i am having fun with it when it poped i am traumatized of the unpredicted sound, and it hurts bc it also hit my foot, the balloon was big and it hurted so much that i started crying. I still dont like balloons tho but thanks for the advice

[@dripdaddydolluz2856]

@bertkreisher