whenever I accidentally see buttons, I feel the urge to spit. If I don't, I feel incredibly disgusting, like I'm swallowing that thing. If I see a button up close, in all its detail, the disgust and the urge to spit are even stronger. I can't stop spitting until I feel a sense of relief.
This has caused me problems in my daily life, especially when I was younger (no wonder). Sometimes I couldn't hold back the urge to spit and I would do it in front of other people. Althought I found ways to spit discreetly.
I wonder if anyone else feels the urge to spit, whether or not they have koumpounophobia. The thing is, it also happens to me with other disgusting things (maggots, button-like objects such as pennies, seeing people burp).
pd: i also have p-ocd. perhaps that's the origin of this strange impulse.