Monday, March 8, 2010

Top 25 Most Irrational Phobias

OK, so all phobias, by strict definition, are already irrational.


But as far as irrational fears go, the bizarre phobias listed below are quite at the extreme end of the irrationality spectrum, and whoever suffers from any one of them really should seek help.

1. Anablephobia- Fear of looking up


2. Arachibutyrophobia – The fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth

3. Atelophobia - Fear of imperfection

4. Barophobia- Fear of gravity

5. Caligynephobia - Fear of beautiful women

6. Cibophobia - Fear of food

7. Clinophobia - Fear of going to bed

8. Epistemophobia- Fear of knowledge

9. Euphobia - Fear of hearing good news

10. Geniophobia – Fear of chins

11. Genuphobia - Fear of knees

12. Hippopotomonstroses quippedaliophobi a - Fear of long words

13. Kathisophobia – Fear of sitting down

14. Lachanophobia – Fear of vegetables

15. Levophobia - Fear of things to the left side of the body

16. Logophobia – Fear of words

17. Pantophobia - Fear of everything

18. Peladophobia – Fear of bald people

19. Phobophobia – Fear of fear

20. Phronemophobia – Fear of thinking

21. Pteronophobia - Fear of being tickled by feathers

22. Somniphobia - Fear of sleep

23. Tremophobia - Fear of trembling

24. Trichophobia - Fear of hair

25. Xanthophobia - Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow

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