The most bizarre phobias
Arachnophobia, I have a severe form of it. Even with a tiny spider, you can hear me scream. And what I think has no name but for which I also have a kind of phobia (or rather a nightmare), is surviving a plane crash but then being eaten by a shark. Weird AF, I know, but I have it. By the way, I think the fear of sharks is called selachophobia and for airplanes aviofobia, so something with those two together. But there are crazier things to be afraid of. So here are the most bizarre phobias in a row. You could just be afraid of peanut butter…
Ablutophobia: the fear of washing
A case of ‘you could just have it’: being afraid to wash yourself. That nice quick shower is your nightmare. I really don't know how it can be, but there are people who really suffer from this. So the 9 things that nicely smelling people always do, they can never talk about it.
Anthophobia: the fear of flowers
You can never surprise these people with a beautiful bouquet of flowers, just stick to a bottle of vino.
Arachibutyrophobia: the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth
Wow, this actually exists and I bet you have a Nutella variant of this.
Chorophobia: the fear of dancing
Sorry, you and I could never be friends. You will never find these people near a dance floor, rather at the bar in a pub.
Coulrophobia: the fear of clowns
A large part of this fear we owe to Stephen King and his book that has now been filmed twice: ‘It’. It's a shame, because watching horror movies is good for your relationship.
Gymnophobia: the fear of nudity
At first, I thought this was the fear of the gym (that probably exists too), but it means you are anxious about the naked body. It probably leads to a fantastic sex life.
Heliophobia: the fear of the sun
In other words: we are dealing with a vampire here.
Ithyphallophobia: the fear of erections
Not only women, but also men can suffer from this. Being afraid when seeing an erection or even just thinking about it. Sex is just a forbidden topic for ithyphallophobics.
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia: the fear of the number 666
Wow, that's quite a mouthful. But here you are really afraid of the number 666, the number of the devil. Rumor has it that Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy suffered from this, which is why they had the number of their house (which was originally 666) changed to 668.
Nomophobia: the fear of being without mobile phone coverage
I suffer from this too. And I think everyone does in our current era. What a horror when your 4G doesn't work and thank god that nowadays you can just use the same fixed prices for internet abroad.
Spectrophobia: the fear of mirrors and your own reflection
Not meant for the vain people among us. But what this phobia is really about is that people are afraid that when they look in the mirror they will see a ghost. Think of a cliché scene from a horror movie.
Trypophobia: the fear of holes
I just did a test on this together with our Annabelle and Kiki: all three failed. The fear of objects with holes. Think of cheese, coral, or honeycombs. You know what? Go google this and I dare you to tell me that you can handle this.
