Stop Staring at Me – Scopophobia
Scopophobia is a fairly common phobia that many people experience as a result of some...
Scopophobia is a fairly common phobia that many people experience as a result of some...
Rupophobia is likely a phobia that you may not have heard of. As Rupophobia is a lesser-known...
One of the phobias that you would be unlikely to find under Wikipedia’s current list of phobias is...
Why are people fearful of falling? The fear of falling or the fear of gravity is commonly...
by Dr. Said
There are people who get fear whenever they listen to the word yellow or they see anything yellowish this is the fear of yellow. This kind of fear is termed as Xanthophobia.
by Pawel L.
Omphalophobia or the Fear of Belly Buttons Phobia is the weirdest one. In it, people fear belly buttons. Sometimes, they even fear the entire belly and feel repulsive when someone looks at it. In most cases, people are scared of their own belly buttons. However, a few times, they are even terrified of others…
by Pawel L.
Samhainophobia is defined as one of the specific phobias characterized by excessive feelings of terror before and during Halloween. The term “Samhainophobia” originates from Samhain, which means “summer’s end”, and Phobos which means fear. Samhain is an ancient festival that used to be…
by Pawel L.
Similar to other specific phobias, when people with Lepidopterophobia see a flying insect, they will express disgust and signs of acute anxiety that can be severe in some cases. The phobia of butterflies will trick the brain into thinking you are physically in danger; as a result, your sympathetic nervous system…
by Pawel L.
Panophobia is a Greek term that means “the fear of everything”; it is described as a mysterious and persistent fear of undisclosed evil. Other terms used to designate fear of everything phobia. Panophobia is not mentioned as a specific phobia in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders…
by Pawel L.
Ichthyophobia is described as the irrational fear of anything fish-related; this ranges from the fear of eating fish, touching fish, and dead fish. A person scared of fish will avoid eating fish at any cost, as they believe it is poisonous to their bodies. Moreover, smelling products that have the odor of fish such as…
by Pawel L.
Aquaphobia comes from the Latin, Aqua, meaning water, and phobia or Phobos from ancient Greek, which means fear. It is defined as the irrational fear of water, hence its other nomenclature; fear of water phobia. People with Aquaphobia experience an abnormal amount of anxiety that prevents them from…
by Pawel L.
Cucurbitophobia is a rare type of phobia and it is due to an excessive and abnormal fear of gourd-like plants especially pumpkins. The name Cucurbitophobia was derived from the Latin word ‘Cucurbita’ – the group name for domesticated plants in the pumpkin family while ‘Phobia’ refers to an…