Triskaidekaphobia
By Disha Singh
@ThatDisha (4010)
India
August 13, 2021 11:26am CST
Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of number 13.
People suffering from Triskaidekaphobia are scared of number 13, as they start believing the superstitious beliefs around number 13 too much, such as 13 room number might be haunted, Friday the 13th is unlucky, basically 13th of anything is unlucky for them.
Arnold Schoenberg, an Austrian composer had this phobia and ironically he died on Friday 13th at exactly 12:13 am and he was born in 13th of September.
Do you believe in the superstitious beliefs around Friday the 13th?
(Just to remind you today is 13th of August, Friday)
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12 responses
@DaddyEvil (174590)
• United States
13 Aug 21
Tall buildings here don't have a 13th floor. They go from the 12th floor to the 14th floor. 
No room number 13, no table 13 in restaurants here, no hospital room 13,... etc. 
No room number 13, no table 13 in restaurants here, no hospital room 13,... etc. 4 people like this
@moirai (2948)
• Philippines
13 Aug 21
@DaddyEvil
I suppose, a truly superstitious person who knows how to count would still try to avoid the 14th floor of that building, or the room 14, or table 14...
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@DaddyEvil (174590)
• United States
13 Aug 21
@moirai I don't know. I've never given it any thought. But I'm also not superstitious, either.
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@moirai (2948)
• Philippines
13 Aug 21
I am the opposite, lol!
I like the number 13. Because I think it was good to me, somehow. 
When I was young, in elementary and high school, I was class number 13 several times. And I believe, in my last year in high school, I was ranked #13 in the graduating class of around 90 students in my school.
So yeah. I think the number 13 served me well. 
I like the number 13. Because I think it was good to me, somehow.
When I was young, in elementary and high school, I was class number 13 several times. And I believe, in my last year in high school, I was ranked #13 in the graduating class of around 90 students in my school.
So yeah. I think the number 13 served me well. 3 people like this
@sjvg1976 (42727)
• Delhi, India
13 Aug 21
@ThatDisha you cannot change your date of birth. If tou could have changed I bet your parents would have done it.
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@ThatDisha (4010)
• India
13 Aug 21
I too do not believe in such things
I was born on 13th of June 2003, friday
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@ThatDisha (4010)
• India
13 Aug 21
True sir...i do believe that time/date do not matter.. only our devotion towards doing good matter
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
13 Aug 21
I was surprised to know that in the US, many hotels and tall buildings don't have any room number 13 or 13th floor. They are so superstitious.
And you can find a few posts here today on Friday 13th.
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@DaddyEvil (174590)
• United States
13 Aug 21
The building designers are either superstitious here or the people paying for the building are superstitious... Or, possibly, they don't want regular people to avoid the 13th floor here. *shrug*
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
15 Aug 21
@DaddyEvil I was surprised and shocked. Till I didn't stay in the US, I thought it was just something limited to Hollywood stories.
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
14 Aug 21
LOL... it seems that I must have that phobia!
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@anya12adwi (10292)
• India
14 Aug 21
Nope, but my father and maternal uncle do feel 8 is unlucky number and generally avoid doing any serious work on those dates!
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@Bullshark (3477)
• Netherlands
14 Aug 21
In Italy, 13 is considered a lucky number. I wonder if there are (many) Italians who have Triskaidekaphobia... 
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@asianlady (2692)
• Ireland
13 Aug 21
It's a choice to believe it or not. Whatever you are comfortable, then go for it. But, I don't believe it.
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@Butterfingers (66603)
• India
22 Aug 21
We Indians don't have any fear of #13 because there are other things to keep us scared
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@ThatDisha (4010)
• India
22 Aug 21
Yes
Black cat thing or sneezing before going out
Black cat thing or sneezing before going out1 person likes this
