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Eight strange phobias, which ones did you know?

Phobias are seemingly irrational and persistent fears and can be directed towards all kinds of people, animals, things or situations.

The main symptom for those suffering from phobias consists in the desire to avoid the object or situation that causes fear and that generates a condition of anxiety and anguish. For psychoanalysis, phobia would originate from the removal of unconscious contents while at the level of unconscious drives, phobia is generated by the removal of an idea.

Among the many phobias that are known, many are particularly strange and curious. We have selected a few.

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What are phobias
Phobias are seemingly irrational and persistent fears and can be directed towards all kinds of people, animals, things or situations. The main symptom for those suffering from phobias consists in the desire to avoid the object or situation that causes fear and that generates a condition of anxiety and anguish. For psychoanalysis, phobia would originate from the removal of unconscious contents while at the level of unconscious drives, phobia is generated by the removal of an idea. Among the many phobias that are known, many are particularly strange and curious. We have selected a few.
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Phobophobia, fear of fear
Phobophobia is the fear of being afraid. Usually suffer from subjects who have other types of disorders related to anxiety problems and panic attacks.
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Globophobia - Fear of balloons
People suffering from this problem fear the sound of a balloon exploding, but they also experience discomfort at the touch of a balloon or by smelling their characteristic rubber smell. Even just the thought of a balloon or its presence in a movie can generate an elevation of emotional tension. The well-known TV host Oprah Winfrey has stated that she suffers from this phobia.
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Nomophobia, fear that the smartphone will not work
Nomophobia, the fear that the smartphone will not work, is relatively recent. Those who suffer from it feel discomfort, anguish and even fear because they cannot use their mobile phone.
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Mycophobia, fear of fungi
Mycophobia is the fear of fungi. Those affected cannot eat mushrooms or other foods that contain them.
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Geniophobia, the fear of chin
Geniophobia is the unjustified and abnormal fear of the chin. Among other things, it is a fear that is difficult to live with since it is difficult to avoid the vision of this part of the body ...
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Pentheraphobia, fear of mother-in-law
Pentheraphobia is the fear of one's mother-in-law. While it is true that many may not have a good relationship with their partner's mother, for some the fear is even pathological.
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Deipnophobia, fear of eating with other people
Deipnophobia is the fear of eating in the company of other people. It is a disorder related to social anxiety, that is, a disorder related to the fear of exposing oneself in public situations.
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Bananaphobia - Fear of bananas
This phobia, as the name suggests, involves a fear of bananas.
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Omphalophobia, fear of navel
Omphalophobia is the pathological fear of the navel, whether it is one's own or that of others.
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Koumpounophobia - Fear of buttons
Those with this phobia are unable to touch these accessories, so they tend to have a wardrobe whose garments lack buttons. Fear can arise from even looking at buttons. Symptoms of button phobia include disgust, shaking breathlessness.
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Trypophobia - Fear of holes and cavities
This fear affects all kinds of holes: large, small, regular or irregular. Creating fear can be, for example, a bee's nest or a cheese with holes such as Emmental. Those with this phobia experience discomfort and revulsion at the sight of cavities, to the point of chills and nausea in severe cases.
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Hipopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia - Fear of words that are too long
Excessively long words can cause performance anxiety due to the difficulty of pronouncing such terms. People, in particular, feel exposed to the risk of being humiliated, should they make a mistake, by the listener.
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Haphephobia, the phobia of hugs
Aphphobia is the fear of being embraced, which is the general fear of being touched by others or touching them.
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Arachibutyrophobia - Fear of peanut butter sticking to the mouth stage
This phobia is characterized by an intense and irrational fear of peanut butter sticking to the palate, probably related to the inability to open the mouth or fear of choking.
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Ablutophobia - Fear of washing.
This phobia can manifest as a fear of coming into contact with water, but also with hygiene products such as soap. It seems that children and women in particular suffer from this phobia. Symptoms of ablutophobia include revulsion, disgust, anxiety, hyperventilation, and tachycardia.
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Eisoptrophobia - Fear of mirrors or looking in the mirror
People suffering from this phobia experience anxiety when looking in the mirror. The origin of this fear could be related to superstition: it is said that breaking a mirror can bring bad luck or that looking in the mirror can put one in touch with a parallel world located beyond the mirror. In fact, mirrors and other reflective surfaces have always been associated with the strange or bizarre.
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Nomophobia - Fear of being disconnected from the web
The term nomophobia originates from No Mobile. As the scientific name implies, this fear arises when it proves impossible to connect with others. A dead phone or lack of connection can generate a state of anxiety. The nomophobe feels isolated from the world, in a state of loneliness. Symptoms of nomophobia include tachycardia, sweating or even fear of death.
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Xanthophobia - Fear of the color yellow
Those suffering from this fear fear seeing any object colored yellow, including the sun. In particular, one begins to feel a sense of anxiety and uneasiness, going so far as to experience actual panic attacks. Perhaps the origin of this fear is related to superstition: in some cultures, yellow is associated with bad luck and mourning.
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Phobophobia - Fear of fear itself
Phobophobia is a rare type of fear that can be referred to as the phobia of being afraid, but also as the fear of developing a specific phobia. Phobophobia is related to problems related to anxiety control and panic attacks.
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Pogonophobia - Fear of long beard
Fear of beards is related to traumatic childhood experiences: in fact, in many fairy tales, villain characters have long beards. Often those who have this terror associate beards with unkempt, dirty, unhygienic, and above all, dangerous people.
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