40 Ridiculous Phobias You Have Probably Never Heard About

If you have no phobias at all, consider yourself lucky.

Fear and phobia are two different things. You usually fear something that has some logic or background to it. You can also suppress that fear when you have to. However, phobias are an irrational fear of something that isn’t in your control whatsoever. You’ve probably heard of a lot of people having different kinds of phobias. However, the ones you hear are common like the phobias of height, water, dark etc. Every other person I know has at least one of those phobias. I have a phobia of deep water too. I can barely breathe if we’re crossing a river through a bridge. That is scary.

However, there are some phobias you haven’t heard of. They don’t make any sense at all, but they exist. People actually have them! Ever heard of someone with a phobia of bellybuttons? Neither have I, but people are terrified of them. Crazy, right? So we have decided to list down some odd phobias that you have probably never heard about. Scroll down below to read about them:

Deipnophobia

For all the anti-social people out there, this is the phobia of dinner parties.

Arithmophobia

If you aren’t a big fan of math, you might have arithmophobia – the fear of numbers.

Selenophobia

Selenophobes don’t talk to the moon because they are afraid of it.

Ephebiphobia

That grumpy old man in your neighbourhood probably has this. It is the fear of youth.

Allodoxaphobia

If you hate listening to opinions, you might have Allodoxaphobia.

Genuphobia

If you know anyone with this, please don’t wear shorts or miniskirts around them because they are afraid of knees.

Octophobia

Keep the clocks away from these people. They fear the number 8.

Oneirogmophobia

This is a genuine phobia of seeing wet dreams.

Scriptophobia

If you have bad handwriting, just say you have Scriptophobia – the fear of writing in public.

Anuptaphobia

This is the fear of being single.

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia

It sounds like a made-up word, but it isn’t. Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia is the fear of the number 666.

Dutchphobia

The fear of Dutch people and their culture.

Francophobia

You can’t find love in Paris if you have this because you’re afraid of French people and their culture.

Sesquipedalophobia

This is the fear of long words. It’s funny because the name of the phobia is a long word too.

Alliumphobia

You’re not a vampire, you just have Alliumphobia if you’re afraid of garlic.

Coulrophobia

This is a little more common than the others. It is a fear of clowns.

Acerophobia

Put that lime away because this is the fear of sour things.

Venustraphobia

This is the fear of beautiful women. Good thing I don’t have this or I wouldn’t be able to look at my reflection.

Sinistrophobia

This is the fear of things that are on your left side.

Dextrophobia

Similarly, this is the fear of things to your right.

Are you enjoying the list? Don’t leave yet because we are only halfway through. These sound insane, don’t they? I can bet you haven’t even heard of most of these. How do you survive if you’re just generally afraid of things on your left? Or your right? Do you blind yourself in one eye? How does it even work?! Well, thank goodness I don’t have that. I would just panic to death. Scroll down below for more odd phobias: