The A to Z of Interesting Phobias

[ghostgtr]

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Phobia classifications:

Animals
Natural environments
Blood, injection, injury
Situational

What are the symptoms of phobias?

Lightheadedness
Breathing difficulties
Increased heart rate
Hot and cold flashes

There are 3 main types of phobias:

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Phobias that you didn’t even know existed:

Agyrophobia:

fear of crossing streets

Basophobia (also "basiphobia"):

fear associated with astasia-abasia (fear of walking/standing erect) and a fear of falling

Chromophobia, chromatophobia:

fear of colors

Decidophobia:

fear of making decisions

Erythrophobia, erytophobia, ereuthophobia:

fear of the color red, or fear of blushing

Frigophobia:

fear of becoming too cold

Globophobia:

fear of balloons

Halitophobia:

fear of bad breath

Ichthyophobia:

fear of fish, including fear of eating fish, or fear of dead fish

Koumpounophobia:

fear of buttons

Lilapsophobia:

fear of tornadoes or hurricanes

Mageirocophobia:

fear of cooking

Nomophobia:

fear of being out of mobile phone contact

Oikophobia:

fear of home surroundings and household appliances

Pogonophobia:

fear of beards

Radiophobia:

fear of radioactivity or X-rays

Spectrophobia:

fear of mirrors

Trypophobia:

fear of holes or textures with a pattern of holes

Workplace phobia:

fear of the workplace

Xanthophobia:

fear of the color yellow

Zelophobia:

fear of jealousy
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Comments

[akhil80]

The point is there are still many more phobias which sometimes we feel is that a phobia too

[ghostgtr]

There are many more.

[superday]

I wish I could up vote twice.

[ghostgtr]

I wish you could, too. LOL

[theokritos]

What possible connection could a mind make in order to consider flower a threat?? Our brains sure are amazing in a certain way :P

[ghostgtr]

I can't agree more!

[jaroslav.prossv]

Dude creative shit to wright about ! :) I had Asthenophobia for about 3 years, it is a fear of fainting and weakness. I would sit at my desk in school, and was sweating a panicking I might faint lol. It is pretty funny now :D

[ghostgtr]

Haha.

[infopro]

Simply amazing what our minds can do!

[ghostgtr]

It really is amazing!

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[anneke]

Apparently we are all broken in one or other way

[steemwizards]

Please see your post mentioned here

[tristanday]

LOVE IT.