Unusual triggers and phobias

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can't remember his name but some eschatologist on "coast to coast" was describing how 7 was god, 6 was the number of man, 666 was the antichrist and the upside down 6 [9] was of satan.

Thank you. But it does seems to confirm my suspicion that it was the reasoning of a radical protestant, in the same vein that an upside down cross is the symbol of Satan (instead of referring to St. Peter).

Funny you mention that. I attend St Peter's and used to wear the cross. I got many strange looks from people who thought I was an occultist.

People walking too close behind me, passing by me too closely, or walking toward me directly in my path. I think this is mostly because of my own clumsiness and slow processing, I can't maneuver around people as quickly as others can. It gets very embarrassing when someone tries to hold a.door open for me so that I have to squeeze past him or her to get through. I practically have a panic attack and often just balk and can't do it. I know it's rude and feel awful about it later, but in the moment I can't think and just react.

Also crossing the street in front of a car when they stop to let me cross. Invariably, I'll get halfway across and the driver will start to accelerate, and I'll panic and just freeze in place staring at them in terror. I've gotten yelled at and laughed at by drivers for this. I won't walk in front of a car at all anymore, but go around some other way. They get mad about that sometimes, but too bad.

Yeah, problem is that most people in the USA, Canada(?), and the more protestant countries of Europe are probably more exposed to the meaning given to it by radical protestants. Heck, there are probably even a number of Catholics who are not even aware that it is a symbol of St. Peter.

Surely! It was my petty way to annoy local pseudo-satanists to say "Oh, you're wearing st Peter's cross!"
In most cases they had no idea

When I was a kid, I was terrified of escalators. Can’t remember why. I still get anxiety around them: do I stay in one place or walk up or down? Either way feels wrong.

Women who sound like stuck-up preteen or teenage girls. Reminds me too much of being bullied as a kid.

people with stentorian drill-instructor-esque voices and commanding manner.

Seems you didn't enjoy the army.

it was #1 on my list of things never to do. but so was homelessness, it had more power so it shoved army to #2. as john lennon tartly observed, "life is what happens when you've made other plans." i couldn't think then, and can't think now, of any place where i was more out-of-place, more inept, more miserable, than the military. they didn't succeed in changing me however, i was like an indigestible but benign object that passed through that system and was excreted in the end.

Fabulous analogy (for the system's perspective). I fear the military from afar. I have difficulties with minor traffic stops and water cooler dynamics. I fear I'd be eaten alive by the military (not so benignly I am afraid). Teasing: Try Corporate America.

the uncivil service is no better.

Toilets that flush automatically
Anything to do with vomit

i don't like pointy things pointing at me.
i.e fingers, cutlery etc
(I've already harped on about that)

I feel less than intrigued by faces staring out from the covers of magazines. I always turn them over, I feel intruded upon.

Same here - I know perfectly well how irrational it is, but being "stared at" by pictures of people in print or online makes me really uncomfortable. I must look quite strange sometimes when I'm reading a newspaper or magazine, as I very often have to cover pictures with my hands or fold pages so that I can read without it being a constant distraction.

My other slightly odd one is anything to do with feet getting hurt. I can watch documentaries showing open-heart surgery or gore in horror movies without being bothered by it at all, but seeing someone stub a toe or drop something on their foot instantly makes me feel faint. I don't recall ever having any serious trauma involving my feet that would explain why only feet elicit such a strong reaction.

Most of my other triggers wouldn't be too unusual for a sound-sensitive autistic person, I think (babbling voices in particular set off my sound sensitivity). My syneasthesia can lead to pretty severe vertigo sometimes when shapes and pattern mess with my proprioception - but that's just genuine sensory disorientation rather than a fear response.

Yes. I tend to do the same. I don't really know why. It is the same like that as I used to remove all people from my toy cars.