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15 Fears you never knew existed
Strange Phobias
A phobia can be defined as more than just being afraid, it is an intense and often irrational fear of something that causes extreme distress and suffering when the individual is faced with the object of that fear or even the thought of it on occasions.
Symptoms include extreme anxiety, panic attacks, sweating, nausea, dry mouth, difficulty breathing, a sense of impending death, not to mention the associated embarrassment and feelings of helplessness that sufferers go through on a daily basis when trying to cope with their fear.
We can all understand why some people might be afraid of flying or of social situations, or are terrified when faced with a spider or a snake, but some phobias defy logic altogether and can be classed as particularly unusual or strange.
Here is a list of some of the world’s strangest phobias…
Allodaxaphobia - Fear of the opinions of other people
Barophobia - Fear of gravity
Chromophobia - Fear of colours
Dextrophobia - Fear of objects at the right side of the body
Euphobia - Fear of hearing good news
Francophobia - Fear of France or French culture
Genuphobia - Fear of knees
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - Fear of long words
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Ideophobia - Fear of ideas
Japanophobia - Fear of the Japanese
Optophobia - Fear of opening one's eyes
Plutophobia - Fear of wealth (I seriously can’t get my head around this one) 
Selenophobia - Fear of the moon
Uranophobia - Fear of heaven
Every phobia originates with an association or a link that sets up a pattern of behaviour, sometimes that link is obvious, at other times there is no identifiable reason or cause for the fear. In all cases, however, phobias can be treated but the all important first step is to recognise that help is available and that you can conquer your fear and of course to seek out that help. In the first instance, speak to your doctor.
Posted: 19 September 2007
Comments
Posted by nada on 02 February 2009
i have emetophobia, which is a fear of vomiting or being nauseated. i'm not as bad about myself throwing up, although i will avoid this for days. before anyone says it's impossible to not throw up - think again! the average person throws up ever year and a half. the average emetophobe vomits every ten to fifteen years. my problem is with other people throwing up. i can't be alone around children. they puke so unexpectedly. i have panic attacks if someone does throw up. i'm slowly getting better, though!
Posted by Brianna L on 26 January 2009
I am afraid of any kind of spiders. it got worse after i watched Aracnaphobia!
Posted by johanna on 17 December 2008
i am really afraid of clothing...it even has a name, it's called vestiophobia and makes my life very hard, i tried many times to get over it, but everytime i put on clothes i have to puke...
Posted by anon on 30 November 2008
Wow, i have a phobia of balloons and i had no idea that it had a name! Its nice to know another person in the world has the phobia as me. Btw, if this comment turns up near the top of the page then you will find the comment im talking about second from the bottom. But my phobia is really ruining my life. I need help, and bad.
Posted by Adam on 25 November 2008
It's weird but now i'm actually quite relieved that someone else has a fear of coconuts (starts scratching and breathing heavily) i thought i was going a little mad for a bit there.
Posted by ruhin on 01 November 2008
I'm scared of driving two wheelers n oder vehicles. I cant drive but i wannna drive, i knw its embrassin but anytime i try drivin i feel like definately i wud die while driving.so dats stop me to drive. another phobia is i m afraid of failures. i knw i cant digest it n so i never initiate for everything thou i hav so many capabilities n potential ppl say! but dunno y it all happ! ppl around me think m very confident n can do nething but something stops me! wat wud be dis?
Posted by Nikki on 22 September 2008
I also have a fear of coconut! I thought I was the only one and thought I was crazy for it! I've been searching for a name as I just read an article in "People" magazine about phobias and one was a fear of bananas! Im sure there is one out there for us!
Posted by jen on 15 September 2008
I really have a severe phobia to coconut! I know it's strange and don't know why but, even the thought of it gives me panic attacks and sweats (which i'm experiencing as a write!) :-( It's totally irrational! Anybody know if it has an actual name?!
Posted by garry on 16 July 2008
i think im getting a phobia of cooking oil
after i skulled half a glass and was nearly sick and felt like death for 2 days i cant stand the sight of it
Posted by Maree on 14 July 2008
I do not think having a dislike of something is the same as having a phobia. I think knees are ugly, too, but it does not scare me to see them. I hate the taste of both mint and coconut, but it does not mean that I hyperventilate if I have to eat something containing them.
Posted by Rachel on 29 June 2008
I also am scared of large spiders >.<
I don't mind those tiny, tiny ones, cause they look cute...lol
But those big ones, and medium sized ones....(shudder) >.<
Posted by Rachel on 29 June 2008
I'm terrified of swimming...
I can't swim. End of story. =(
I feel embarrassed...
Anyway -.-
I'm not scared of water though, but actually lifting up my feet when they're underwater and I'm scared I might just fall and drown and die >.<
Posted by billie on 05 June 2008
i am absolutly terrified of knees and open spaces somedays i cant even leave my bed room im only 15 years old and i have whats called agoraphobia which is an abnormal fear of open spaces and i also have ans OCD(obsessive compulsive disorder)which i only recently found out that rose macgowan has the same fear and i was shocked if you read this i would love to have a comment thanks
Posted by Kegger on 30 May 2008
Absolutely detest velvet or velour *shudders*. Can't be near them, drive me insane just thinking of them =(
Posted by Tony G on 29 May 2008
I am a recovered alcoholic (12 years), and remember well phobias (heights, newly met people, failure. authority, etc. ad infinitum) plaguing my life when drinking, and in early recovery.
Proportionate fear is a natural and necessary thing, ensuring that we are aware of danger as is presents itself (e.g.crossing a busy road). In my recovery program I came to see how my ego-driven lifestyle caused natural fears to turn into phobias. By denying or drinking on fears instead of facing them they had grown into monsters.
The solution lay in surrendering ego to a higher power - God, if you will, or cosmic conscience, whatever appeals. I have made a habit of handing over my ego to this higher power on a daily basis, and as a consequence my irrational fears have abated. This in turn fostered an increasing realization that my higher power has my best interests at heart, and further, encouraged and increasing faith in that higher power.
From this I deduce the following inverse relationship. Fear = one/faith, and conversely: faith = one/fear. The more I work on my faith by surrendering ego and accepting a higher purpose the less fear impacts upon me.
Posted by What World? on 23 May 2008
I sometimes get the fear that everything is fake and that when we grow up we will be sent to another world and be a grown up there and meet our real parents, I think the people who we are with in this world are just workers. I get very up set at times, but I dont know if I can call it a phobia.
Posted by Gerard on 20 April 2008
Ditto on the faux phobias, some are real tho.
Anyway, the common denominator is fear, its a state of being, the actual manifestation doesn't matter. I was afraid of everything simply because I was afraid, afraid of life, afraid of dying, you name it. But then I found God.
Fear of good news is like fear of success, its another form of self pity, the insanity of wanting to cling to a sense of worthlessness due to fear of something as yet unexperienced, its "better the devil I know than the devil I don't know".
Its only when the pain of where a person is overwhelms the fear of what they must do (change) that progress is made.
Hence the old saying "pain is the touchstone of spiritual growth."
Posted by Kylee on 16 April 2008
i seriously have a phobia of elbow and people touching my elbows...i have had it since i was little...i saw a lotion commercial once and it had a freeze frame of an elbow and i started crying and throwing up...i couldn't help it..no one was around so it definitely isn't an attention seeking thing..i cannot help it and i wish there was something i could do about it...it drive me insane!!
Posted by Sherika on 09 April 2008
I have several phobias too, fear of crossing the street, fear of lizards, fear of strangers and my biggest fear, fear of HOMOSEXUALS.
Editors notes: That would be homophobia !
Posted by Tess on 25 March 2008
I dont understand how Optophobia (fear of opening one's eyes) work....do they walk around with their eyes closed all their lives?
Posted by Jemma on 23 March 2008
I'm scared to death of touching Velvet or peach skin. If anyone trys putting it near me I get hysterical. It's really horrible.
Posted by Yari on 01 March 2008
I have a weird phobia. I have a phobia of cars passing by. I don't like it. The cars just scare me when they pass by. I have to hold my breath when I'm in the car most of the time and the cars are just passing by. I need usually music to distract me from them.
Posted by Philip on 25 January 2008
Until recently, I had a horrible case of aibohphobia, which is a fear of palindromes.
Posted by Teal on 22 January 2008
i have a lot of phobias, but if u like funny phobias, google strang e phobias and click on funny phobias, wierd phobias, strange phobias, unusual phobias... and u'll find tuns of them :)
Posted by kimberly on 17 January 2008
i fear spiders and i cant be alone at all i hate that but yeah i'm 14 and scared of the dark still
Posted by Lala on 10 January 2008
does anyone know the name for the phobia of velvet and peach fuzz? I can honestly say I suffer from that one. It's hard for me to even type the word...
Posted by Nessa on 31 December 2007
I wouldn't say I have a Phobia but I hate elbows/ knees. I think they are the ugliest parts on a persons body.
Posted by Jilly on 10 December 2007
i like the fear of long words. i bet that makes it kinda hard explaining to the psychiatrist what your problem is.
Posted by Rachel on 30 November 2007
I have globophobia- fear of balloons. Really, you can tack on that I fear birthday parties now, cuz everyone always has balloons there. Plus my friend has a fear of plastic-wrap. People get a laugh when they hear about us two.
Posted by Iko on 17 November 2007
We live in a society of faux-phobias. Many of these are self induced phobias that are probably acted out until they become a natural part of that persons being. Seriously fear of good news? I can understand fear of anticipation of news but fear of GOOD news?
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