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Weirdest phobias

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  1. FireSmoke

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    What is the weirdest phobia(s) that you have? (I don't mean banal fears like for spiders or similar...)

    About me:

    Hipopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia -> fear for very long words.

    Singenesophobia -> fear for the relatives.

    Venustraphobia -> fear for beautiful uninhibited women.


    What's yours?
     
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  2. BelleFromHell

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    Not sure if these are weird enough or not...

    Anuptaphobia - fear of staying single.

    Ecclesiophobia - fear of church.

    Methyphobia - fear of alcohol. (just the smell of it makes me want to run)

    Vaccinophobia - fear of vaccinations. (due to my algophobia (fear of pain)... and being raised by an anti-vax woman)
     
    #2 BelleFromHell, Apr 28, 2014
  3. FireSmoke

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    Yeah, they're weird! I've never heard about the fear for the church, for example.
     
    #3 FireSmoke, Apr 28, 2014
  4. classicat

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    Mottephobia - fear of moths. They just ... kinda freak me out, especially the ones with the eye patterns on their wings. :confused:
    Also have a very acute fear of very open and seemingly endless space (agoraphobia I believe). I've met more people with this fear so I don't know if it would be considered "weird" by most.
     
    #4 classicat, Apr 28, 2014
  5. TheStudent

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    I think these may not be weird enough for you but still, here goes and don't laugh!

    Emetophobia - Fear of throwing up, feeling nauseous or being around those who are likely to throw up or do go ahead and actually throw up
    There's no official name for this one apparently - Fear of the sound of teeth being brushed (I hate it soooooooo much that I have to listen to really loud music through my earphones when I brush my teeth)
    No official name for this one either as far as I could find - Fear of the sound of hands being rubbed together
     
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  6. FireSmoke

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    Agoraphobia is nearly common, like claustrophobia (it's its opposite)

    ---------- Post added 28th Apr 2014 at 08:39 PM ----------
    Wow, they're so much weird! :eek: (Don't worry, I didn't laugh :slight_smile: )
     
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  7. CharlsOn

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    Ever heard of the fear of washingmachines? I don't know if it has a name:grin:
    Or the fear of the morning alarm clock? Every day I wake up with a heart attack.

    Oh, forgot. Fear of little kids.
     
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  8. FireSmoke

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    They aren't weird! :dry: People, but do you read the thread before answering? :tantrum:
     
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    Trypanophobia- fear of needles

    Not sure if it has a name but swimming in bodies of water in which I cant see my feet (oceans, lakes, rivers). Im perfectly fine in a swimming pool.

    I also fear windows at night thanks to a horrifying childhood nightmare.
     
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  10. TheStudent

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    Haha thanks I think! They're made even weirder by the fact that I have no issues with the "common phobias" like small spaces, spiders, darkness, heights etc...
     
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  11. CharlsOn

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    I'm horribly afraid of that. Sucks when you have a big beautiful lake near......
     
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    I have a fear of my lucid dreams going wrong.
     
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    This one has a name, pedophobia.

    There's a big list of phobias here: The Phobia List :wink:
     
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    Oh ok:grin: Cool. Thanks:grin:
     
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    Fear of Sleep Clinics, I don't know if there's a name for that, probably not
     
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    A girl I know has a fear of dogs for the weirdest reason. When I asked her why she was afraid of dogs so much, she replied:

    "because I don't know where they end..."

    She said this as though it was the most natural thing ever. When I questioned her about it after many minutes of dying with laughter, she explained what she meant. Basically when she sees a dog with lots of fur, she doesn't know how big that dog is under the fur, and is therefore scared of it. She's basically scared of her hand travelling endlessly into the dogs fur and never returning. Slightly strange, but it amused me when she told me.
     
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    I have some uncommon fears but not really that weird:

    Megalophobia- Fear of large objects
    Phonophobie- Fear of loud sounds

    I dated someone who was afraid of socks.
     
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  19. FireSmoke

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    Of socks? :eek:
     
    #19 FireSmoke, Apr 28, 2014
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    Cell phones. Spawn of satan! I tried to keep a cell phone for college and I threw it away. I got another one last year and I used it once. Now I gave it to my mom, she loves cell phones. I have no problem talking on landlines. All I can think is 'the cell phone is evil and something terrible is gonna happen to me.' Pictures of cell phones, are okay. It's the physical presence of the offending item(s) that gives me the creeps. It's difficult to avoid cell phones because almost everyone has one. I've considered telling a doctor. I shall probably never buy the iphone!

    Also; tsunami. If you see one coming, you are doomed, it doesn't matter what you do. I can't imagine anything more terrifying... except my old stygiophobia. My pulse increases when I google pictures of huge tidal waves.
     
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