Twenty-five strange phobias you may not know you have . When was the last time you felt terrified
Maybe you were walking in the dark and heard a strange noise right behind you, or lightning and thunder were raging all night
Or you were on that airplane ride and the weather was pretty rough
We all fear something our hearts start beating like crazy
We sweat and tremble run out of breath and sometimes even have a full-blown panic attack
It thumbs up if you're afraid of something
It's okay to admit it while most people's fears are easy to explain and they can avoid scary
Situations by turning on the light or avoiding Unleashed dogs some fears are something different
Life is much more challenging when you are afraid of buttons or falling in love
Here's a list of 25 bizarre and unique phobias you won't believe exist
number 25
Acribophobia
Acriphobia is the fear of not being able to understand what you're reading at the moment
The name of this phobia is built from two greek words a kuriboh
Akribo, which means know for sure and phobos, fear.
Sometimes it can even be a sign of schizophrenia when patients complained that the phrase breaks up into words and individual syllables
Like many other fears. We'll talk about today. This one is most definitely rooted in childhood memories
Maybe a person was often laughed at for being a slow learner
Many of us will agree it is hard to understand a geometry textbook though
number 24
hexa cozy hexa
Khanda hexa phobia those who fear number 666 the number of the beast have
hexaco see hexa, Kunda hexa phobia
Where does this name come from ancient Greek words hexaco c600?
hexa Conda 60 and
See six were put together with phobia to build it if you've seen the honking episode of Futurama
You have an idea of what it looks like
bender was afraid of the symbols 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 which stands for
666 in the binary system
Reflected in the mirror many people prefer to avoid having
666 in their address
Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy for example had their house number changed to 6 6 8 from
666 when they moved to Bel Air Los Angeles some people blocked channel 666 from their cable TV list
Others will drive around the neighborhood just to change the odometer number from 666 to
667 where does this fear come from many people believe everything happens for a reason
They find connections between
coincidental events
Maybe they rang a phone number ending in 666 and broke their leg the same day this fear might also be genetic
number 23
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
This phobia is so hard to pronounce it speaks for itself
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
Is the fear of long words
People who suffer from it most definitely failed in a spelling bee
Competition as kids or maybe something else not so terrible happened to them
Let's try to make this word a bit less scary by breaking it down in parts
Hippo means horse in Greek and Potamus means river so the first part translates as water horse
Also known as hippopotamus in the oxford dictionary a similar word
Hippopotamus is used to refer to something very large
The word monstre has Latin origin and means something that is huge or terrifying
Sesquipedalian is also derived from Latin and means
Measuring a foot and a half long
Phobia is the easy part we know it means fear if you watched Mary Poppins you probably had fun trying to repeat
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A word that has 30 four letters in it well it must have been a scary experience
For those who fear any word longer than beautiful
What would probably be a nightmare vacation for such people is a trip to this place?
You can try to pronounce it we failed somewhere between
Rajasthani and odo this place in Thailand has a hundred and sixty-three letters in its name
Number twenty-two no so phobia no so phobia is the fear of knowledge?
Gnosis means knowledge in Greek. It is also known as epistemic obeah
Knowledge is power and some people are afraid of being too powerful
They will most likely avoid visiting a library reading books at home watching TV or learning new things from the internet
Why well in many cases. They are afraid to find out about a certain disease
They might have from a medical book. They also feel scared. They won't be able to spread the word if they read about something dangerous
70% of agnosia phobes live in large cities
This phobia is also typical for feral kids who grew up outside of human society number 21
hydrophobia
Hydra so phobia is a fear of sweating and catching a cold or a fear of becoming a source of unpleasant odour
the word consists of two parts of Greek origin
Hydro, so means I sweat and phobia stands for fear in some extreme cases
Hydrophobes also fear other people's sweat those who have this phobia probably envy the birds
Rabbits and pigs why because they don't sweat
number 20 dextra phobia
Dextra phobia is the fear of objects on the right side of the body?
The word dextro in its name is of latin origin and means to the right
the reason for this fear is
obsessive-compulsive personality
Have you ever met people who are obsessed with order at their office desk and keep all their stuff strictly to their left
In that case you have met a dextra phobe
People with dextra phobia also find it hard to move into the left lane when driving if they see a vehicle on the right side
They are often laughter because of their unusual habits, which causes social anxiety in them
number 19 Doro phobia the holiday season must be a real nightmare for those who experience dural phobia
This term is used to define the fear of receiving or making gifts
the Greek word for gifts is thought owed so this is where the name of this phobia comes from the roots of this phobia are
Again in childhood memories some families can afford expensive gifts others can't it leads to conflicts
complexes and
Reproaches some dora phobes still can't beat those early memories of being mocked and would rather avoid gifts as adults
Number 18 come boo no phobia people who have come pune phobia try to avoid clothes with buttons
for them even the thought
Mentioned or sight of buttons can cause an anxiety attack the word come boo. No phobia is of Greek origin
Kubu no means beans as the ancient Greeks used beans instead of buttons nearly one in
75,000 people have this phobia it was well shown in Neil Gaiman's horror novel
Coraline which was adapted into a movie the lead character
Developed communal phobia in a parallel world where evil characters looking like her parents had black buttons instead of eyes
yikes
Sub kids in real life may have choked on buttons
Or were abused by someone wearing clothes with buttons they grow up into adults who have to avoid weddings or proms
Just not to see all those people in tuxedos and coats with buttons in
Very extreme cases come to know folks are even afraid of writing down the word buttons
number 17 Lakha no phobia
Lakyn a phobia is the fear of vegetables the name comes from Greek?
La Hanako meaning vegetables people who suffer from it cannot stand the sight or smell of vegetables
Next time you force your kids to eat broccoli
Remember you can be the reason they develop a phobia it can also happen if they see caterpillars
Or worms vegetables kids have a rich imagination and some imagine they can turn into a caterpillar
themselves if they eat the affected vegetable number sixteen nephal phobia
Instagram with all its hashtag no filter
Sky pictures is a scary place for those who have nephal phobia
It is the fear of NEFAs clouds in greek both in real life and in photos
Over time it can take other forms and transform into fear of fog or even air
Imagine how hard it is for these people to fly or simply go out of the house
This phobia is often a result of traumatic events of the past or genetics
Number 15 home full of phobia home full of phobia is the fear of bellybuttons?
The name is built of greek words on fellow meaning navel and phobia. You must be wondering
What is wrong with bellybuttons it might look like a knot in a balloon?
But why fear them well a bellybutton is often associated with a navel string and the mother's womb
some people falsely believe that playing with their bellybutton and
Accidentally tapping it can kill you
People with this fear try not to touch their bellybutton when taking a bath
Some of them even cover it or put a plaster on it for protection and they avoid going to the beach
Just imagine all those belly buttons in one place
number 14 Umbra phobia
Rain might seem like a good meditation tool for many people but not to those who have on bro phobia
Yes, it is the fear of rain which is ambrose in greek
people who suffer from it never miss a weather report even the thought of rain or a
mention of it in the forecast makes them anxious when the first raindrops fall
They get a panic attack and seek shelter you can say it as a normal human reaction
But not everyone is terrified out of their mind at the sight and sound of rain
It probably does not make your heart beat fast
And your whole body tremble this fear most often comes from childhood traumatic
Events of that time or being told by parents that rain would get you sick can be the reason of Omri phobia number 13
Panthera phobia
Panthera phobia is the fear of?
Mother-in-law the Panthera part of this phobias name does not stand for panther it means mother-in-law
The tensions between a man and his mother-in-law might be a popular subject of jokes
But Panthera phobia is no joke for those who experience it
Related phobias are victory so phobia fear of your stepfather
No versa phobia fear of your stepmother and so Cyril phobia fear of your parents-in-law
If your husband seems to be very afraid of your mother don't blame him this fear is most definitely
Genetic or comes from seeing someone experience it on TV or in movies
Number 12 Pagano phobia Pagano phobia is the fear of beards?
Boggan means beard in greek and fo voz is fear as we know
Has your mother ever told you to never trust a man with the beard or facial hair unless he is Santa Claus
In fact most fairy tale villains have beards take blue beard for example
It is one of the reasons kids who were scared of them grow into Pogan of Fobus adults
Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman even accused the BBC of being Pagano phobic when they wanted him to shave off his beard
number 11 Papa the phobia Papa the phobia is the fear of the Pope or
Papa in ancient Greek as it stands in the name
It is quite a rare phenomenon closely related to hero phobia fear of priests or holy things
While many people dream of seeing the Pope st. Peter's Square in the Vatican is a place to avoid for all Papa the phobes
number 10
trypophobia
Trypophobia is the fear of cluster of holes the name consists of greek Tripa meaning hole and Phobos meaning fear?
honeycombs
Barnacles corals freshly bloomed lotus pods make thousands of people who suffer from this phobia
freak out they see danger in all those little holes
trypophobia plays a key part in American Horror Story
cult Laius season the main character Allie
Mayfair Richards is scared of some holes in her souffle and a quarrel in her therapists office
She feels like they are staring at her
number nine zero phobia
hero phobia from Greek hero meaning to be pleased and joyful is the fear of
laughing in an appropriate environment for example
At a funeral that can happen when your body is trying to protect you by a manifestation of joy in a shocking situation
You might get this phobia if you were often told laughing in a similar situation is a terrible thing to do or
Punished for it as a kid
Number eight Crona phobia Crona phobia is the fear of time which is Chronos in Greek? It's the name?
People who suffer from it cannot enjoy life to the fullest as they are focused on the flow of time
We all know we cannot stop it or go back but some of us find this idea
unbearable older people and prisoners tend to suffer from chronic obeah more often
They view time differently
But it is tragical for both the most famous of all chrono phobic stories is Rip Van Winkle
He once took a nap and woke up 20 years later when all his friends and family were dead
He overcame Crona phobia as he made new friends and regained old memories. Maybe that can work in real life, too
number 7 Fela phobia Fela phobia originates from Greek filos
loving of beloved and foe voz for fear
people with filler phobia avoid falling in love or having a relationship
When they feel like they were exposed to love they try to run away as fast as they can
they also avoid watching romantic movies attending weddings and going to places where lovebirds usually gather a
Life without love must be really torturing number 6 deep no phobia
Dining out with friends is something most of us look forward to those who have deep no phobia
Don't it is the fear of dinner parties the word deep no phobia was built out from Greek deep, No
or dinner and Phobos for fear a
Disastrous business dinner a terrible setup or blind date or being forced to have dinner with intolerable annoying people around
All these events from the past might lead to death no phobia
The Internet has given birth to a whole bunch of previously unknown phobias related to gadgets and social networks can
You guess any of them click thumbs up if you think you have an idea of what we're talking about
number five
punctum o phobia
Which has latin punctum meaning point in its name is a fear of getting a message with a dot at the end
the absence of a smiley at the end of the line means that the conversation is too serious or that the other party answered
Too sharply number 4 red arrow phobia is the fear of making a mistake in a word or not noticing an autocorrect?
It comes from the Latin word red arrow meaning cross reference you have to double check what you wrote several times
By the way you can't turn off autocorrect to make your life a little easier
number three
Emoji phobia is a fear of being misunderstood using emoticons or stickers
The person in this case is frightened of the fact that the cat or a winking face. He sent was seen as something frivolous
number two
selfie phobia is the fear of bad selfies a
Person can go nuts trying to take a perfect shot of themselves in fact it can lead to sad
Consequences and accidents since people who take selfies don't notice any danger around them
Number one ignore oviya is a fear that the message was viewed
But not responded to it is now in to many of us
We think we did something wrong if the person we messaged says nothing back. Is there a way to get over any of these phobias
Popular treatment methods are all kinds of therapy controlled breathing and visualization
Remember it is much easier to handle any concern if you fully understand
Why and what exactly concerns you most of all?
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