Funny Phobias

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Most of the people in the world have a fear of one kind or another. While most people suffer from pathophobia (fear of disease), monophobia (fear of being alone), glassophobia (fear of speaking), algophobia (fear of pain), taphephobia (fear of being buried alive), and many more, there are also some less popular phobias. There are many people in the world who suffer from polyphobia, which simply means to have more than one fear. Not so common, people may suffer from antinomial phobias, for example: there are some people who live with vestiophobia (fear of clothes) and gymnophobia (fear of nudity). Another example is achluophobia (fear of darkness) and photophobia (fear of light). The newest phobia in existance today is called cyberphobia (fear of computers). In mild cases, people may be afraid to use a computer or an ATM. Phobias can deeply impact a person's life. A person with chaetophobia (fear of hair) will most likely be bald, have no eyelashes, no eyebrows, etc. A person with cibophobia (fear of food) usually hasn't eaten in weeks, and could easily be anorexic. Not to be unsympathetic, but I still find it hilarious, though, that these phobias exist, especially since someone must have experienced these fears so that they could be valid phobias. Below is a list of fears that I find amusing. Ablutophobia ~ fear of washing or bathing. Aerophobia ~ fear of swallowing air. Ambulophobia ~ fear of walking. Anemophobia ~ fear of wind. Anthrophobia ~ fear of flowers. Arachibutyrophobia ~ fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth. Arithmophobia ~ fear of numbers. Aulophobia ~ fear of flutes. Auroraphobia ~ fear of the Northern Lights. Barophobia ~ fear of gravity. Batophobia ~ fear of being close to high buildings. Bibliophobia ~ fear of books. Blennophobia ~ fear of slime. Bogyphobia ~ fear of the bogyman. Cathisophobia ~ fear of sitting. Catoptrophobia ~ fear of mirrors. Chionophobia ~ fear of snow. Chromatophobia ~ fear of colors. Clinophobia ~ fear of going to bed. Cnidophobia ~ fear of string. Dendrophobia ~ fear of trees. Didaskaleinophobia ~ fear of school. Eleutherophobia ~ fear of freedom. Eosophobia ~ fear of daylight. Epistemophobia ~ fear of knowledge. Geliophobia ~ fear of laughter. Geniophobia ~ fear of chins. Genuphobia ~ fear of knees. Graphophobia ~ fear of writing. Heliophobia ~ fear of the sun. Helmintophobia ~ fear of being infested with worms. Hemophobia ~ fear of blood. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia ~ fear of long words. (how cruel lol) Homichlophobia ~ fear of fog. Hypnophobia ~ fear of sleep. Ichthyophobia ~ fear of fish. Ideophobia ~ fear of ideas. Kainophobia ~ fear of anything new. Lachanophobia ~ fear of vegetables. Nephophobia ~ fear of clouds. Namatophobia ~ fear of names. Octophobia ~ fear of the number 8. Ommetaphobia ~ fear of eyes. Oneirophobia ~ fear of dreams. Ophtalmophobia ~ fear of opening one's eyes. Ostraconophobia ~ fear of shellfish. Panophobia ~ fear of everything. Selenophobia ~ fear of the moon. Siderophobia ~ fear of stars. Triskadekaphobia ~ fear of the number 13. Verbophobia ~ fear of words.