Friday 16 March 2012

We are afraid of the wrong things


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First and foremost, I am not telling you what I am afraid off. Why? It could be used against me in a torturous situation! Being extremely afraid of something could lead to having a phobia. Here is a list of the most absurd things people are absolutely terrified of!
  • Air swallowing- Aerophobia.
  • Bald people- Peladophobia.
  • Beautiful women- Caligynephobia.
  • Belly buttons- Omphalophobia.
  • Blushing or the color red- Erythrophobia, Erytophobia or Ereuthophobia.
  • Bogeyman or bogies- Bogyphobia.
  • Books- Bibliophobia.
  • Children- Pedophobia
  • Dining or dinner conversations- Deipnophobia
  • Dolls- Pediophobia
  • Feathers/being tickled by feathers- Pteronophobia
  • Germans- Germanophobia
  • Jews- Judeophobia
  • Mother in law- Pentheraphobia
  • Old people- Gerontophobia
  • Poetry- Metrophobia
  • Puppets- Pupaphobia
  • Rain- Ombrophobia or Pluviophobia
  • Taste- Geumaphobia or Geumophobia
  • Teeth- Odontophobia
  • Vegatables- Lachanophobia
The fear of poetry made me laugh out loud. Imagine Juliet had this fear-Romeo would of gotten nowhere! Do you know of any other interesting phobias? Please let me know by posting a comment. 
 

Information sourced from: phobialist.com/reverse.html

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