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The A-Z of Weird Phobias

by Guest Author

Here’s a nice orderly run down of some of the strangest fears to have gained acceptance in the medical world as fully fledged psychological conditions;

Ablutophobia – Fear of Washing or Bathing

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A hygiene freaks worst nightmare, ablutophobics take soap dodging to a new level…

 

Barophobia – Fear of Gravity

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On the plus side barophobia provides constant motivation to fulfil that childhood dream of becoming an astronaut…

 

Counterphobia – The Preference by a Phobic for Fearful Situations

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Well, people do often say you should face your fears. I’m not exactly sure how you face up to having counterphobia though…

Dextrophobia – Fear of Objects at the Right Side of the Body

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Driving in Britain is hell for these guys…

 

Euphobia – Fear of Hearing Good News

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They’ve found a cure for euphobia, they just can’t tell the euphobics about it…

 

Febriphobia – Fear of Fever

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Luckily, it’s not catching…

 

Gelotophobia – Fear of Being Laughed At

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Unfortunately, most people find this condition quite funny…

 

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia – Fear of the Number 666

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As long as you steer clear of Iron Maiden and the later stages of the Bible, you should be OK…

 

Iatrophobia – Fear of Going to the Doctor

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I wonder how the medical world actually found out about this…

 

Japanophobia – Fear of Japanese

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A bit of a bigoted one I’m afraid, but there aren’t many phobias begging with “J”…

 

Kinesophobia – Fear of Movement

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OK, so it’s generally quite a debilitating condition, but, if you’re faced with a T-Rex or a game of musical statues, you’re golden…

 

Laliophobia – Fear of Speaking

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Unfortunately, little is known about this condition. There seems to be a veil of silence over the subject…

 

Mnemophobia – Fear of Memories

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You know you’re in a bad way when amnesia looks attractive…

 

Nomatophobia – Fear of Names

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Nomatophobia is the proper word for the fear of names, but try telling that to a nomatophobic…

 

Optophobia – Fear of Opening One’s Eyes

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Sadly, many optophobics are blind to their own condition…

 

Panophobia – Fear of Everything

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The daddy of them all, panophobics aren’t fussy when it comes to freaking out!

 

Quadraphobia- Fear of the Number Four


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Not to be confused with equally frightening Quadrophenia, a film featuring the fatal combination of Sting’s acting and music by The Who…

 

Rupophobia – Fear of Dirt

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The perfect partner for ablutophobia…

 

Sesquipedalophobia- Fear of Long Words

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The worst part is telling them what they’ve got…

 

Tremophobia – Fear of Trembling

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Attacks of Tremophobia can be so bad that sufferers literally shake with fear, which hardly helps…

 

Uranophobia – Fear of Heaven

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There’s no pleasing some people…

 

Venustraphobia – Fear of Beautiful Women

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Can easily be developed by listening to competitors for the title of Miss World talk about politics and geography…

 

Wiccaphobia – Fear of Witches and Witchcraft

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Wiccaphobia wasn’t responsible for the killing of countless women in the middle ages, that was stupidity, a much more wide spread condition.

 

Xanthophobia – Fear of the Color Yellow or the Word Yellow

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To be honest, I find xanthophobics a little, well, yellow….

 

Yogaphobia – Fear of Flexibility

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Ok, so I made this one up, but it’s not my fault there aren’t any real phobias beginning with Y, is it?

 

Zelophobia – Fear of Jealousy

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Luckily, I don’t think many people envy zelophobics…

 

About the author: Andrea Potcovaru is a fearless writer herself, which why she tackles all sorts of issues when writing articles for UK Net Guide.

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