27 Weird Phobias You Never Knew Existed
Its well known that people have phobias, some more common than others. Some people are scared or spiders and some people are scared of heights. But some people are terrified of things you would never imagine. See below a list of 27 unusual phobias you never knew existed.
- Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing.
- Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens.
- Allodoxaphobia- Fear of opinions.
- Apotemnophobia- Fear of persons with amputations.
- Turophobia- fear of cheese
- Somniphobia- fear of falling asleep
- Hylophobia- fear of trees
- Ombrophobia- fear of rain
- Papaphobia- fear of the pope
- Omphalophobia – Fear of navels
- Globophobia – Fear of balloons popping
- Geniophobia – Fear of chins
- Anatidaephobia – Fear of being watched by a duck
- Barophobia- Fear of gravity
- Thaasophobia- Fear of sitting
- Urophobia- Fear of urine
- Xanthophobia- Fear of the color yellow
- Peladophobia- Fear of bald people
- Parthenophobia- Fear of virgins
- Pentheraphobia- Fear of mother-in-law
- Optophobia- Fear of opening one’s eyes
- Nephophobia- Fear of clouds
- Melophobia- Fear or hatred of music
- Mageirocophobia- Fear of cooking
- Linonophobia- Fear of string
- Lutraphobia- Fear of otters
- Kolpophobia- Fear of genitals