10 Unrealistic And Exceptional Phobias

By Andy D Gallagher

People all over the world are afraid of something or the other whether it is water, death, cloud, height or any other thing. It depends on the capability of a person to control his nerves, and remain calm in situations; however, if a person cannot control his fear, it turns out to be a phobia.

People might have a strange feeling of phobia for different things around them. Financial, social and private life of such people is compromised over, if this habit of fear does not go away, since it is psychological disarray. It can be difficult to have control over yourself if the intensity of phobia exceeds all limits.

Many people have phobias for weird things, which are common in our lives. These phobias are usually not easy to control and are not dangerous for our lives. A few of these odd and impractical phobias are:

Ablutophobia

It is the phobia of washing, cleaning and bathing, and is usually found in women and children who are not emotionally stable.

Chorophobia

Dancing is an expression of joy and cheerfulness; can anyone be fearful of dancing? Yes, people have this phobia too!

Koumpounophobia

Buttons are things, which we would think no one would have fear of, but some people are afraid of them, and other things such as coins, discs, which are similar to buttons.

Arachibutyrophobia

Who would be afraid of peanut butter attached to the top of their mouth? Yes, many people prefer swallowing peanut butter rather than chewing it.

Phobophobia

Strange, but true is the fact that people even have phobias for developing a phobia, which usually is related to a mental confusion.

Estiophobia

A very strange phobia is estiophobia; fear of clothes. The sufferers are not afraid of the all kind of clothes but of a certain type and material. Moreover, it is found in people who are fat and middle aged; they think that clothes make them look shabbier.

Caligynephobia

Men and teenage children have a strange phobia from beautiful women. They are scared of their beauty and are usually not straight.

Scopophobia

Scopophobia is the fear of being looked at; it is a real weird one as everyone looks at someone at some point in time. Hence, it might lead to social cut-off of the sufferer.

Euphobia

One always welcomes good news, but some people have the fear of hearing good news. They are not afraid of hearing a good news but of its consequences, as they believe that a good news is always followed by a bad one.

Allodoxaphobia

Many people have a fear from other people commenting about them especially about their looks, personality, career etc. They do not prefer listening to opinions by others about them. - 31969

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