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. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - 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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Fear of gravity.. That’s a hard one, those people need to live inside a space station for the rest of their lives.
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