Phobia is a state of developing reasonless or unusual fear towards a specific incident, person or object. We all are afraid of something in our life which is quite common in a human being. But not all fear or phobia can be claimed as a common one, some are way beyond that and so we call them as Bizarre. Here is a list of ten uncommon or bizarre phobias which are quite hard to believe.
10) Caligynephobia - Fear of Beautiful Women
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| Fear of beautiful women |
Beauty is something which should be admired and adored but this case doesn't apply for those suffering from Caligynephobia. This phobia refers to an unwanted fear of beautiful women and it is often said to affect adolescents and men.
9) Papaphobia -Fear of the pope
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| Fear of Pope |
Fear of the pope, yes you read it correct. Some people develop fear of the Pope or papacy and often said to be triggered by trauma associated with the pope. It is closely related to hagiophobia which means fear of saints or holy things.
8) Phobophobia - Fear of having a fear
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| Fear of getting fear |
Fear of getting feared will also result in phobia. Phobophobia is defined as the abnormal fear of phobias or developing one. This phobia tends to attack the individual who is already suffering from a certain phobia and unable to get rid of it.
7) Genophobia - Fear of having Sex
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| Fear of Sex |
Ahem Ahem i don't know that people can develop phobia even over sex. Genophobia is defined as the fear of having sex which is caused due by a bad and immoral sex experience in the past. Genophobia should be treated by a professional through psychological treatment.
6) Geliphobia - Fear of Laughter
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| Fear of Laughter |
Geliophobia is defined as the abnormal fear developed over laughter. This is a very rare type of phobia usually affects individuals who was humiliated while laughing in the past. No wonder it was one of the bizarre phobias that we have known.
5) Uranophobia - Fear of Heaven
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| Fear of Heaven |
Fear of heaven also know by its Greek derived name Uranophobia which makes the individual to fear Heaven or sky. This phobia can affect religious believers who fear the idea that they will be judged after life.
4) Chrometophobia - Fear of money
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| Fear of money |
We live in a world where every human pursues money to live his daily life and to fulfill their dreams. But there are some who actually fears it, they worry that they might mismanage money or turns them evil since money got quite a reputation as "root of all evil".
3) Nomophobia - Fear of being without mobile phone coverage
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| Fear of being without mobile phone coverage |
Everyone of us will be worried if our mobile phone was out of coverage but do you believe that certain people fears it. Nomophobia term was coined by researchers five years ago who discovered that certain people develop fear of losing signal , running out of battery and even losing sight of a mobile phone.
2) Omphalophobia - Fear of Navel
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| Fear of Belly button |
Omphalophobia refers to one being afraid of having one's bellybutton touched or seeing other people touching their own bellybutton. They also experience a nauseating feeling from just a picture of a navel.
1) Triskaidekaphobia - Fear of number 13
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| Fear of Number 13 |
Many people around the world are superstitious about the number 13 and some even fears this specific number. The one who suffers from this phobia take great care to avoid using or doing anything related to this number.
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