In modern day, everybody makes them up, just give it a long complicated name ending in phobia and theyll buy it. The evil little kid from the omen would give anyone the creeps, but people with pedophobia have a fear of children in general. Britains weirdest phobias include a fear of peas and. Have a look at the most weirdest phobias actually known to the medical world. Aug 18, 2016 this feature is not available right now. The seven weirdest phobias known to humanity unilad. Phobias are exaggerated, irrational fears, and theyre considered a type of anxiety disorder. Dec 29, 2015 the seven weirdest phobias known to humanity. These weird phobias in the world are unusual afflicting people in our society. A food phobia is not an eating disorder, its an anxiety disorder, emily roberts.
I thought id answer this as i have a couple of unusual phobias. Agyrophobiafear of crossing the streetagyrophobics have a fear of crossing streets, highways and other thoroughfares, or a fear of thoroughfares themselves. Lets take a look at some of the weirdest phobias in the world. 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. We all know the meaning of phobia and how it makes our lives miserable. While not comprehensive, this phobia list offers a glimpse of the many phobias that can have a serious impact on an individuals life. These are 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.
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. Generally speaking, theres nothing wrong with fear. Here are some of the weirdest phobias known to man. 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. 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. 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. Someone with an irrational fear of meat is called a carnophobic. 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. Phobia is, as described by the oxford dictionary, a strong unreasonable fear of something. There are other phobias that are just plain bizarre. There are many weird phobias, from ephebiphobia, which is the fear of teenagers, to pteronophobia, which is the fear of being tickled by feathers.
Sure, they associate with scary carny folk, and yes, they cloak their emotions with makeup that gives them the pallor of the undead. Here are very weird phobias that you probably never knew existed. Phobias are irrationally extreme fears of simple, normal, routine things. May 17, 2015 a new study suggest that phobias may actually be inherited, passed down by distant relatives. A new study suggest that phobias may actually be inherited, passed down by distant relatives. 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. In comparison, people with somniphobia have a fear of falling asleep. Here are some horrifying facts about the fear of clusters of holes. When it causes so much anxiety that it interferes with normal life, fear becomes phobia. Here is a list of phobias that may seem weird but are very much existing. Everyone has a fear of some sort, but not all of us suffer from the type of pathological fear called a phobia.
Some of the phobias at the back of my mind, you may have but never knew. 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. Yes, this is probably the weirdest of the lot, but some people actually fear the pope. Heres a look at the weirdest phobias affecting people around the world. This, of course, makes it very difficult to live com. Hole of dried lotus seed for medical image test trypophobia phobia coffeekai getty images plastic chair. All the phobia names on this list have been found in some reference book. If youre looking for a phobia name thats not on the listim afraid i dont have it. Top 10 most bizarre phobias if you thought you knew some weird phobias, then think again, as these are the 10 strangest phobias around. What phobia fear of do you not have but consider to be reasonable, while others. Film phobias arachnophobia the fear of the tangled web 1990.
Wild animals like black bears, coyotes, and boars are reclaiming nature. Venustraphobia 16 weirdest phobias pictures cbs news. Nov 08, 2017 we all have some strange phobias be it fear of height or phobia of loneliness. 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. Panphobia, also called omniphobia, pantophobia or panophobia, is a medical condition known as a nonspecific fear. 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. Aug 22, 20 some of the phobias at the back of my mind, you may have but never knew. As fears go this has to be the weirdest, whats cheese supposed to do to you.
Hole of dried lotus seed for medical image test trypophobia phobia coffeekaigetty images plastic chair. These fears go beyond a typical dislike of an objectthey can result in panic attacks when people are confronted with their unusual phobias. Heres the science behind the worlds rarest and weirdest. It falls into a category researchers term natural environment phobias, which also includes hurricanes lilapsophobia, snow chionophobia, cold cryophobia, and wind ancraophobia. Some of you will say there should be a name for when people arent afraid of clowns, since this proud lineage of entertainers has long been the object of scorn and outright fear. 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. 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. Mac and cheese with onion and bell pepper munaty cooking. 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. Heres the science behind the worlds rarest and weirdest phobias. But i think the weirdest one is the phobia of freedom. This is one of the weirdest phobias you might not be aware about. Mar 28, 2014 40 weird phobias you may not even know you have. The sufferers of the below phobias certainly wouldnt agree, it seem.
The phobia may be related to the fear of saints or holy men. Mar 17, 2015 this article is about weirdest phobias which people have. But people can be phobic to some offbeat and unusual things too. 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. 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. Whether we want to or not, you have fears that you cannot control. White, black, red, green, blue, yellow, magenta, cyan. Topping the list for bizarre and unusual phobias is the modern affliction, nomophobia. It sounds strange, but it got a lot worse after i came across a picture. This article is about weirdest phobias which people have. Ten completely bizarre and completely weird phobias. Watch silly stories about odd phobias you may encounter.
We all have some strange phobias be it fear of height or phobia of loneliness. The most bizarre phobias you have ever heard healthprep. As you may notice while you browse through this list, most specific phobias fall into one of four major categories. What are some most bizarre phobias that exist in the world. 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. Taphophobia taphophobia is the fear of being buried alive. From the fear of clowns to the fear of yellow thousands of phobia sufferers are tormented by the most unusual things.
Tea bags, tree roots and midgets are other terrors discussed in britains weirdest phobias, broadcast on tuesday at 8pm. 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. The top ten weirdest phobias 1 hydrophobophobia fear of hydrophobia hydrophobia. Sufferers of xanthophobia may fear anything yellow, including the sun, daffodils and yellow paint. The english suffixes phobia, phobic, phobe occur in technical usage in psychiatry to. 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. There are people who are scared of bubbles, vegetables, big objects, belly buttons, the number of the beast. The most metastructural entry in this list, phobophobia denotes the fear of fearing. Turophobics have an irrational fear of all cheeses. From the fear of clowns to the fear of balloons, thousands of phobia sufferers are tormented by the most unusual things. 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.
No, the weirdest phobia by far is the phobia of turning into a pumpkin. It correlates the abject fear of any kind of phobia, of any kind. Trypophobia might not be a real phobia, but its real af. We all have heard of common phobias, like the fear of being bitten by a snake and. We all know a phobia is an intense fear of something that poses no actual danger. Check out this handy list of phobiastheyre some of the most common and some of the strangest. Jan 10, 2009 in modern day, everybody makes them up, just give it a long complicated name ending in phobia and theyll buy it. Take a look at this gallery to find out the most bizarre phobias and fears and learn more about that can torment a. Youre afraid of insects even though 99% of them are harmless and youre a bajillion times their size. 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.
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. Listed below are some very bizarre, weirdest phobias which people are actually scared of. We explore 8 weird phobias, from a fear of clowns to a fear of swallowing, that many men suffer from. May 07, 2018 keep reading to learn about the weirdest phobias out there. Turns out everything is terrible and completely frightening. To be quotes also one of the more common phobias unusual words, weird words, rare words. Pepper and candy and initially refused to eat after. Few common phobias people suffer from are acrophobia fear of heights, ophidiophobia fear of snakes, astraphobia fear of thunder and lightning, social phobias, etc. Being very afraid of something or fearing the outcome of a particular action is known as a phobia. Keep reading to learn about the weirdest phobias out there. Please dont ask me about curing phobias because i know little about them. It sounds strange, but it got a lot worse after i came across a picture online, where.
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