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Sunday, October 27, 2013

25 Awkward Phobias You Never Heard About (READ)

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Phobia as defined by Google is 'an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something'.
Even though phobias are almost countless, there are some that are out-rightly awkward or odd. Listed below is our list of 25 most awkward phobias.


  1. Ablutophobia – fear of bathing, washing, or cleaning
  2. Chaetophobia – fear of hair
  3. Decidophobia – fear of making decisions
  4. Friggatriskaidekaphobia, paraskavedekatriaphobia, paraskevidekatriaphobia – fear of Friday the 13th
  5. Erotophobia – fear of sexual love or sexual abuse
  6. Gynophobia – fear of women
  7. Atychiphobia – fear of failure
  8. Koumpounophobia - fear of buttons
  9. Panphobia – fear of everything or constant fear of an unknown cause
  10. Papaphobia – fear of the Pope
  11. Somniphobia – fear of sleep
  12. Technophobia – fear of technology 
  13. Phobophobia – fear of having a phobia or of fear
  14. Amychophobia – fear of being scratched
  15. Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia - Fear of the number 666

16.   Peladophobia -  Fear of Bald people
17.   Bibliophobia.- Fear of Books
18.   Omphalophobia - Fear of Belly buttons
19.   Alektorophobia - Fear Chickens
20.   Cyberphobia - Fear of computers
21.   Medorthophobia - Fear of Erect penis
22.   Philemaphobia or Philematophobia - Fear of Kissing
23.   Menophobia -Fear of  Menstruation
24.   Kathisophobia - Fear of Sitting down
25.   Oneirogmophobia - Fear of Wet dreams


VERDICT: Truth be told, almost evry human being, male or female has one or more phobias. The most common one is the Fear of Failure (Atychiphobia).

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1 comment:

  1. jessyjonasNovember 21, 2013 at 1:24 AM

    I wanted to bliv dis at first but as I scrolled down,most of them are so not true. Its even unthinkable

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