UNEXPECTED: Top 40 Most Shocking Phobias That People Have

Phobia refers to the term used to describe an irrational, persistent and intense fear of something or a situation that is very unlikely to cause any harm.

You would be surprised at the various amount of phobias/fears people experience on a daily basis. These fears trigger distress symptoms and anxiety in the affected persons.

Health professionals often refer to it as a type of anxiety disorder. Phobic individuals live their lives within a recurring cycle of endless horrors and having to cope with them.

A few of the phobias are common such as hydrophobia (fear of water), claustrophobia (fear of crowded or confined spaces) and hemophobia (fear of blood), however, there are some others that you don’t get to hear every day.

Here are the top 40 most shocking phobias you would never have guessed that people have.

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1. Pogonophobia (Fear of beards)

2. Nephophobia (Fear of clouds)

3. Alektorophobia (Fear of chickens)

4. Androphobia (Fear of men)

5. Amaxophobia (Fear of riding in a car)

6. Anthophobia (Fear of flowers)

7. Aphenphosmphobia (Fear of being touched)

8. Onomatophobia (Fear of names)

9. Anginophobia (Fear of choking)

10. Bibliophobia (Fear of books)

11. Batrachophobia (Fear of amphibians)

12. Domatophobia (Fear of houses)

13. Venustraphobia (Fear of beautiful women)

14. Technophobia (Fear of technology)

15. Somniphobia (Fear of sleep)

16. Selenophobia (Fear of the moon)

17. Porphyrophobia (Fear of color Purple)

18. Podophobia (Fear of feet)

19. Phobophobia (Fear of phobias)

20. Cacophobia (Fear of uglinesss)

21. Botanophobia (Fear of plants)

22. Catoptrophobia (Fear of mirrors)

23. Chronomentrophobia (Fear of clocks)

24. Cyberphobia (Fear of computers)

25. Chromophobia (Fear of colours)

26. Ephebiphobia (Fear of teenagers)

27. Dendrophobia (Fear of trees)

28. Gamophobia (Fear of marriage)

29. Genuphobia (Fear of knees)

30. Microphobia (Fear of small things)

31. Mageirocophobia (Fear of cooking)

32. Megalophobia (Fear of large things)

33. Obesophobia (Fear of gaining weight)

34. Ombrophobia (Fear of rain)

35. Octophobia (Fear of the number 8)

36. Pedophobia (Fear of children)

37. Papyrophobia (Fear of paper)

38. Anthropophobia (Fear of people)

39. Ataxophobia (Fear of disorderliness and untidiness)

40. Chionophobia (Fear of snow)