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Strange Phobias

Rare, existing, yet unofficial list of some phobias.

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Strange Phobias
Phobia Research UK

We are not super humans, who fear nothing at all. Everyone has aversion for an inanimate object, creature or phenomenon which sends chill down their spines. For most of us this fear is controllable and does not trigger a sudden response but for a few it does and as such can be considered a medical condition which we refer to as phobia.

Tackling a phobia is not easy and requires expert attention which often takes a considerable time to be treated. Few phobias like acrophobia (Fear of heights)are fairly the common types but there are rare ones which do exist in a small fraction of population but is still not officially qualify to the list of phobias as approved by the medical community. We will discuss some of the rarest and strange phobias here.

Taphophobia

Fear of being buried alive as people might think you are dead.



Kinemortophobia

Fear of zombies or the dead people.



Numerophobia

Fear of numbers or arithmetic.



Samhainophobia

Fear of Halloween and its customs.



Allodoxaphobia

Fear or opinions or suggestions.




Ergophobia

Fear of work or aversion to employment.



Chaetophobia

Irrational fear of hair.



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