I Have a Phobia...
By: Eno Thomas

What does phobia mean? A phobia is defined as a ‘persistent fear of an object or situation in which the sufferer commits to great lengths in avoiding despite the fear, typically disproportional to the actual danger posed, often being recognized as irrational.’

In this article, I’m not gonna talk about the usual phobias like heights, the dark, spiders or blood. I’m gonna talk about some really weird and rare phobias.

Social Phobias

1. Venustraphobia: is the fear of beautiful women. This may happen when men have low self-esteem and confidence or when they put too much pressure on their appearance.

2. Anthropophobia: is the fear of people, or the fear of having company (Emos?).

3. Aphephobia: is the phobia of feeling afraid when touched. Epic, no?

4. Autodysomophobia: if you have a bad odor, it may trigger the people who have autodysomophobia.

5. Deipnophobia: Dinner parties, dining and dinner conversations are all off limits for people who suffer from this phobia.

6. Nomophobia: is the phobia of losing the cell phone contact.

7. Soteriophobia: some seriously independent-minded individuals may have soteriophobia, or the fear of becoming dependent on someone else.

8. Sociophobia: is the fear of being judged by society.

9. Gamophobia: is the fear of getting married. Yes, it’s not an excuse but a fear.

10. Syngenesophobia: Cinderella had this fear, Snow White too! This is the fear relatives give you!

Zoophobias

11. Ecclesiophobia: is the fear of going to the church.

12. Ornithophobia: is fear of birds, especially pigeons.

13. Lutraphobia: is fear of otters. What.

14. Equinophobia: is the fear of horses.

15. Zemmiphobia: is the fear of The Great Mole Rat.

Natural Enviroment Phobias

16. Aerophobia: is the fear of drafts, air swallowing and airborne diseases or germs. People with this fear may wish to wear face masks, especially in public.

17. Pteridophobia: is the fear of being near ferns lolFernDavant

18. Anthophobia: Some people are happy to receive flowers, but for some it’s a serious phobia.

19. Ancraophobia: is the fear of wind.

20. Heliphobia: is the fear of sunlight. Edward Cullen was not a vampire, he was just afraid of sunlight.

21. Auroraphobia: is the fear of the Northern Aurora lights.

22. Chionophobia: is the fear of snow.

Personal Phobias

23. Spectrophobia: is the fear of looking at their reflection in the mirror.

24. Athazagoraphobia: is the fear of being forgotten.

25. Gelotophobia: is the fear of being laughed at and having to evaluate social situations for signs of laughter or ridicule.

Physical Objects

26. Selenophobia: is the fear of the moon.

27. Asymmetriphobia: is the fear of asymmetrical objects, for example: mismatched socks

28. Aurophobia: Most people love finding gold, but some others have a fear of gold.

29. Ereuthophobia: is the fear of red lights.

30. Genuphobia: Knees, as a body part, cause great irritation, and some people fear them.

31. Automatonophobia: is the fear of human-like figures, like dummies or wax figures.

32. Atephobia: is the fear of ancient Greek or Roman ruins.

33. Aulophobia: is the fear of flutes.

34. Dextrophobia: is the fear of having objects on your right side.

35. Linonophobia: is the fear of string.

36. Papyrophobia: is the fear of paper.

37. Domatophobia: is the fear of houses and being inside houses. I dunno. Where do these people live?

I hope to have impressed you with this list of weird fears or phobias. Some of this was really weird and hard to believe, but, in fact, they are all true.