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Sunday, 6 September 2015

50 Strange and Interesting Phobias

1. Haphephobia




This is a phobia which causes people to feel afraid when touching someone or being touched by someone else, and it may even include people whom the sufferer knows well.



2. Autodysomophobia




This is a phobia in which a person is afraid of vile odours, and smelling bad.



3. Nomophobia




This is a modern phobia in which the affected people are afraid of losing their mobile phone contacts.



4. Sociophobia




Sociophobia is a phobia in which those affected are afraid of being judged by society.



5. Syngenesophobia




This phobia involves being afraid of all of your relatives. Sufferers of this must hate Xmas and family gatherings.



6. Ecclesiophobia




While in movies, evil cannot enter a church, sufferers of ecclesiophobia don’t fall too far behind seeing as this phobia causes the sufferer to have a fear of going to and entering church.



7. Ornithophobia




While some people are afraid to be blessed with good luck by birds, sufferers of this phobia are primarily afraid of the birds themselves.



8. Anthophobia




While many people suffer from hay fever, those who suffer from anthrophobia suffer from the fear of flowers.



9. Heliphobia




If it’s one thing that vampires and sufferers of heliphobia have in common, it’s the fear of sunlight.



10. Spectrophobia




The story of Snow White would have been very different if the Evil Queen would have suffered from spectrophobia which is the fear of seeing your own reflection in the mirror.



11. Gelotophobia




This is the fear of being laughed at. I guess that a job as a stand-up comedian isn’t such a good idea anymore for sufferers of this phobia.



12. Selenophobia




While werewolves and other creatures of the night seem to love the moon, sufferers of selenophobia definitely do not.



13. Asymmetriphobia


This if the fear of having mismatched items such as earrings and socks and other asymmetrical objects. Losing a sock in the laundry basket must be scarier to some than to others.



14. Ereuthophobia




This is the fear of red lights which may be due to the colour warning of dangers such as red traffic lights, stop signs, and laser beams!



15. Automatonophobia


This is the fear of man shaped figures such as wax figures, dummies, and animatronics.



16. Aulophobia




This is the fear of flutes, because who knows when that scary Pied Piper will show up again!



17. Dextrophobia




Sufferers of this phobia do not like having objects situated to their right.



18. Linonophobia




While string is very useful for many things, sufferers of linonophobia are not too fond of seeing it.



19. Papyrophobia




Sufferers of Papyrophobia are scared of paper in various shapes and forms from rolled up balls of paper to paper sheets which they can relate to dangers such as injury, cuts, and a paper airplane to the face.



20. Tachophobia




Sufferers of tachophobia are those who are afraid of speed. They may be afraid of riding vehicles such as cars and trains.



21. Arithmophobia
  

This is the fear of numbers, but it can also refer to the fear of maths, certain numbers, and calculations.



22. Hagiophobia




In movies, the dark unholy creatures of the night usually have a fear of holy crosses, figures and other holy things and ideas, but this is also the case for people who suffer from hagiophobia.



23. Ablutophobia




Although washing and taking baths or showers is a good way to keep clean and relax, those who suffer from ablutophobia sadly don’t enjoy this much due to having a fear of washing and bathing.



24. Agyrophobia




Although it’s always good to take some extra care while crossing the road and looking both ways to make sure that you are not going to be hit by any cars, people who suffer from agyrophobia may still be fearful of crossing the road, even if there are no cars present.



25. Ergophobia




This is the fear of work or functioning, but sadly we all can’t use this as an excuse to take a few days off of work.



26. Mageirocophobia




Cooking can be a source of fear and anxiety for those with mageirocophobia.



27. Scriptophobia




Although it is fairly reasonable to understand why many people are scared to talk in front of people in public, people with scriptophobia are actually scared to write in public.



28. Sitophobia




People who are afraid to eat suffer from sitophobia, this can become dangerous and may lead to serious health problems.



29. Ephebiphobia




People who are scared of teenagers suffer from ephebiphobia. 



30. Iatrophobia




Although most of us rely on, and trust doctors to make us feel better when we are ill, those who suffer from iatrophobia are actually scared of them.



31. Coprastasophobia




Constipation isn’t the best of experiences, but those who suffer from coprastophobia are terrified of it.



32. Didaskaleinophobia




If you have run out of excuses to say for every time that you miss class, you should tell your teacher that you suffer from disaskaleinophobia, which is the fear of going to school.



33. Lipophobia




Those with a fear of becoming fat suffer from lipophobia.



34. Sesquipedalophobia




Those who suffer from this are actually afraid of very long words.



35. Pteronophobia:




Those who have a big fear of feathers suffer from pteronophobia.  I guess a pillow fight is out of the question?



36. Optophobia




Sight is something that we shouldn’t take for granted, but sadly, those who suffer from optophobia are scared to open their eyes.



37. Turophobia




Eating pizza won’t really be much of an option for those suffering from turophobia, which is the fear of cheese.



38. Somniphobia




Those who suffer from somniphobia are afraid to fall asleep, and this may be caused by things such as the fear of constant nightmares, the fear of losing time while sleeping, and even the association of sleep with death.  Insomnia is bad enough for many people.



39. Coulrophobia  




Those who are afraid of clowns suffer from coulrophobia, and it is a very common phobia, especially with small children.  Clowns in movies also have a reputation of being evil and scary, especially since they have strangely painted, smiley faces that disguise their true feelings underneath.



40. Hylophobia




Sufferers of hylophobia are scared of trees, wood, and forests.  This fear may have been caused during childhood by watching movies where forests were depicted as dark and ominous places.



41. Uranophobia




People who believe in heaven, usually think of it as a nice and peaceful paradise where everyone who is good in life goes to when they die, but those who suffer from uranophobia fear the sky and the heaven, possibly because they are scared of being judged when they go there.



42. Triskaidekaphobia




Many superstitious people associate the number 13 with bad luck, but those who suffer from triskaidekaphobia, have a great fear of the number, and they try to avoid it as much as they can.



43. Alektorophobia




This is an unnatural fear of chickens.



44. Batrachophobia




People who suffer from batrachophobia have a big fear of amphibians such as frogs and salamanders.



45. Chaetophobia




Those who suffer from chaetophobia have a fear of hair.  Some people fear humans and animals with an excess amount of hair, while others only fear detached hair, and many of these people can also fear the hair on their own bodies.



46. Globophobia  




This phobia causes people to have a great fear of the loud sound which is created by balloons popping, or they can fear the balloons altogether.



47. Oikophobia       




People who have this phobia, are scared of all of their household appliances such as their freezer, oven, and microwave.  Being a chef may not be an appropriate profession if you suffer from this.



48. Domatophobia       




This is the fear of houses, and being inside a house. 



49. Chronophobia




People who suffer from Chronophobia are afraid of time. 



50. Phobophobia






This may arguably be the worst phobia of them all.  People who suffer from phobophobia have a fear of phobias or a fear of developing a phobia in general.

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