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Here is a list of 21 weird phobias you may have never heard of:
- Chaetophobia (Fear of hair) ...
- Vestiphobia (Fear of clothing) ...
- Ergophobia (Fear of work) ...
- Decidophobia (Fear of making decisions) ...
- Eisoptrophobia (Fear of mirrors) ...
- Deipnophobia (Fear of dining with others) ...
- Phobophobia (Fear of phobias)
- What is the most disgusting phobia?
- What is the #1 phobia?
- What is the longest phobia?
- What is Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia?
- What is the fear of the dark called?
- What is a Glossophobia?
- What are the top 10 fears?
- What word takes 3 hours to say?
- Why does Trypophobia exist?
What is the most disgusting phobia?
Humans fear spiders and snakes the most, but find parasites the most disgusting. Spiders evoked the strongest response from the study's participants, racking up a total of 4.39 points out of 5 for fear and 4.47 points for disgust. Spiders evoked the strongest response from the study's participants.
What is the #1 phobia?
1. Social phobias. Fear of social interactions. Also known as Social Anxiety Disorder, social phobias are by far the most common phobia our Talkspace therapists see in their clients.
What is the longest phobia?
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (Fear of long words)
Ironically, it is also the longest word in the dictionary. Another name for this phobia is sesquipedalophobia.
What is Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia?
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is one of the longest words in the dictionary — and, in an ironic twist, is the name for a fear of long words. Sesquipedalophobia is another term for the phobia.
What is the fear of the dark called?
Overcoming a Fear of the Dark (Nyctophobia) Symptoms and Treatment of Nyctophobia (Fear of the Dark) More in Phobias.
What is a Glossophobia?
Definition of glossophobia
: fear of public speaking In anticipation of speaking in public, a person with glossophobia can experience a dry mouth, weak voice and uncontrollable body shaking.—
What are the top 10 fears?
Fear of snakes: ophidiophobia. Fear of heights: acrophobia. Fear of thunderstorms: astraphobia. Fear of small spaces: claustrophobia.
What word takes 3 hours to say?
Note the ellipses. All told, the full chemical name for the human protein titin is 189,819 letters, and takes about three-and-a-half hours to pronounce. The problem with including chemical names is that there's essentially no limit to how long they can be.
Why does Trypophobia exist?
Evolutionary Causes
According to one of the most popular theories, trypophobia is an evolutionary response to things that are associated with disease or danger. 7 Diseased skin, parasites, and other infectious conditions, for example, may be characterized by such holes or bumps.
