People with any kind of preexisting phobias can develop phobophobia, the ultimate culmination of a cycle of fear and anxiety, and the fear and anxiety induced by the prospect of another episode of a panic attack caused by that preexisting phobia. Yes, this is probably the weirdest of the lot, but some people actually fear the pope. This article is about weirdest phobias which people have. Mar 17, 2015 this article is about weirdest phobias which people have. There are other phobias that are just plain bizarre. There are people who are scared of bubbles, vegetables, big objects, belly buttons, the number of the beast. It sounds strange, but it got a lot worse after i came across a picture. We all have some strange phobias be it fear of height or phobia of loneliness.
The most metastructural entry in this list, phobophobia denotes the fear of fearing. Lets take a look at some of the weirdest phobias in the world. Its a great tool in our emotional arsenal that helps us appropriately deal with danger or threat. Venustraphobia 16 weirdest phobias pictures cbs news. We all know a phobia is an intense fear of something that poses no actual danger. From the fear of clowns to the fear of yellow thousands of phobia sufferers are tormented by the most unusual things. As you may notice while you browse through this list, most specific phobias fall into one of four major categories. The phobia may be related to the fear of saints or holy men. Jul 10, 2014 while we all get annoyed when our phones dont work, i dont know that i would have a nervous breakdown the next time my signal drops. Mar 28, 2014 40 weird phobias you may not even know you have. Turophobics have an irrational fear of all cheeses.
Taphophobia taphophobia is the fear of being buried alive. What are some most bizarre phobias that exist in the world. While not comprehensive, this phobia list offers a glimpse of the many phobias that can have a serious impact on an individuals life. Oct 12, 2010 there are many weird phobias, from ephebiphobia, which is the fear of teenagers, to pteronophobia, which is the fear of being tickled by feathers. A food phobia is not an eating disorder, its an anxiety disorder, emily roberts. The sufferers of the below phobias certainly wouldnt agree, it seem. It is also a known fact that some lives are are virtually debilitated by their fears, which is not a good sign of living a healthy and normal life. Tea bags, tree roots and midgets are other terrors discussed in britains weirdest phobias, broadcast on tuesday at 8pm. Listed below are some very bizarre, weirdest phobias which people are actually scared of. No, the weirdest phobia by far is the phobia of turning into a pumpkin. Youre afraid of insects even though 99% of them are harmless and youre a bajillion times their size. Phobias are irrationally extreme fears of simple, normal, routine things. The top 10 weird phobias from around the world a lot of us have similar hangups that give us the heebiejeebies, whether we freely admit them or not. White, black, red, green, blue, yellow, magenta, cyan.
Topping the list for bizarre and unusual phobias is the modern affliction, nomophobia. Sufferers of trypophobia sometimes cant stand basic household items like bread, crumpets bubble bath or peppers, but few people have ever heard of the phobia. Dec 29, 2015 the seven weirdest phobias known to humanity. Here are very weird phobias that you probably never knew existed. The fear of darkness, the unknown, heights, water and insects are pretty normal and we might think that these are the only phobias known to man. Jan 10, 2009 in modern day, everybody makes them up, just give it a long complicated name ending in phobia and theyll buy it. The top ten weirdest phobias 1 hydrophobophobia fear of hydrophobia hydrophobia. This is one of the weirdest phobias you might not be aware about. Ten completely bizarre and completely weird phobias. Hole of dried lotus seed for medical image test trypophobia phobia coffeekaigetty images plastic chair. Being very afraid of something or fearing the outcome of a particular action is known as a phobia. Nov 08, 2017 we all have some strange phobias be it fear of height or phobia of loneliness.
Mac and cheese with onion and bell pepper munaty cooking. Britains weirdest phobias include a fear of peas and. Statistics be damned, a fear of careening through the air at 600 mph inside a long metal tube is as logical as it is debilitating. From a fear of wind to the fear of peanut butter getting stuck on the top of your mouth, these ten weird phobias are strangely real. I can just about deal with the little wispy ones with thin legs and a small body, but a proper, black spider i cannot deal with. Aug 22, 20 some of the phobias at the back of my mind, you may have but never knew. But people can be phobic to some offbeat and unusual things too.
From the fear of clowns to the fear of balloons, thousands of phobia sufferers are tormented by the most unusual things. While awareness that the fears are irrational, phobics often find that facing, or even thinking about facing the feared situation brings on a panic attack or severe anxiety. For people without this phobia, fears associated with going to bed are more likely to be about not being able to fall asleep or get a good nights rest. The evil little kid from the omen would give anyone the creeps, but people with pedophobia have a fear of children in general.
We all have fears and phobias that are rational to us but irrational to many but these phobias are an extreme level of irrationality and weirdness. All of these can be easily explained by looking back to our ancestors and noting some of the immediate threats in their environment, hence the relative frequency of these types of excessive fears. The seven weirdest phobias known to humanity unilad. Agyrophobiafear of crossing the streetagyrophobics have a fear of crossing streets, highways and other thoroughfares, or a fear of thoroughfares themselves. Panphobia, also called omniphobia, pantophobia or panophobia, is a medical condition known as a nonspecific fear. Please dont ask me about curing phobias because i know little about them.
Check out this handy list of phobiastheyre some of the most common and some of the strangest. Have a look at the most weirdest phobias actually known to the medical world. While we all get annoyed when our phones dont work, i dont know that i would have a nervous breakdown the next time my signal drops. It correlates the abject fear of any kind of phobia, of any kind. This, of course, makes it very difficult to live com. All the phobia names on this list have been found in some reference book. When it causes so much anxiety that it interferes with normal life, fear becomes phobia. Wild animals like black bears, coyotes, and boars are reclaiming nature. Pepper and candy and initially refused to eat after.
Whether we want to or not, you have fears that you cannot control. We explore 8 weird phobias, from a fear of clowns to a fear of swallowing, that many men suffer from. Heres the science behind the worlds rarest and weirdest phobias. Generally speaking, theres nothing wrong with fear. The english suffixes phobia, phobic, phobe occur in technical usage in psychiatry to. I thought id answer this as i have a couple of unusual phobias. Top 10 most bizarre phobias if you thought you knew some weird phobias, then think again, as these are the 10 strangest phobias around. One could argue that there are many reasons to fear reality star kim kardashian the selfabsorbed conspicuous consumption some think her show represents, for example. But i think the weirdest one is the phobia of freedom. Watch silly stories about odd phobias you may encounter. Keep reading to learn about the weirdest phobias out there. Heres the science behind the worlds rarest and weirdest. If youre looking for a phobia name thats not on the listim afraid i dont have it. Agoraphobia is the fear of not being able to escape easily from a place or event, and people who suffer from this phobia most often avoid open and public spaces.
As fears go this has to be the weirdest, whats cheese supposed to do to you. Some phobias are well known, such as agoraphobia, which is the fear of being in an open area or in a large crowd, and thanatophobia, which is the fear of death. What phobia fear of do you not have but consider to be reasonable, while others. These fears go beyond a typical dislike of an objectthey can result in panic attacks when people are confronted with their unusual phobias. Sep 06, 20 of the most unusual phobias from the fear of clowns to the fear of yellow thousands of phobia sufferers are tormented by the most unusual things. In modern day, everybody makes them up, just give it a long complicated name ending in phobia and theyll buy it. Phobia is, as described by the oxford dictionary, a strong unreasonable fear of something. Some of the phobias at the back of my mind, you may have but never knew. Film phobias arachnophobia the fear of the tangled web 1990. It sounds strange, but it got a lot worse after i came across a picture online, where. Few common phobias people suffer from are acrophobia fear of heights, ophidiophobia fear of snakes, astraphobia fear of thunder and lightning, social phobias, etc. Sufferers of xanthophobia may fear anything yellow, including the sun, daffodils and yellow paint. Here are some horrifying facts about the fear of clusters of holes.
These weird phobias in the world are unusual afflicting people in our society. We all know the meaning of phobia and how it makes our lives miserable. It is an integral part of the discipline that is clinical psychiatry and, while it extends to fear of normal objects and concepts such as fear of. May 07, 2018 keep reading to learn about the weirdest phobias out there. Take a look at this gallery to find out the most bizarre phobias and fears and learn more about that can torment a. Sure, they associate with scary carny folk, and yes, they cloak their emotions with makeup that gives them the pallor of the undead. In comparison, people with somniphobia have a fear of falling asleep. A new study suggest that phobias may actually be inherited, passed down by distant relatives.
We all have heard of common phobias, like the fear of being bitten by a snake and. Here is a list of phobias that may seem weird but are very much existing. These are some of the weirdest phobias in the world. It falls into a category researchers term natural environment phobias, which also includes hurricanes lilapsophobia, snow chionophobia, cold cryophobia, and wind ancraophobia. Oct 09, 2015 phobias affect roughly one in 10 people worldwide, and you certainly know all the most common ones spiders, snakes, heights, and blood. Phobias are exaggerated, irrational fears, and theyre considered a type of anxiety disorder.
Trypophobia might not be a real phobia, but its real af. Aug 18, 2016 this feature is not available right now. Someone with an irrational fear of meat is called a carnophobic. Heres a look at the weirdest phobias affecting people around the world. Hole of dried lotus seed for medical image test trypophobia phobia coffeekai getty images plastic chair.
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