Phobias are like opinions; everybody has at least one. Every day, people around the world deal with all sorts of strange and sometimes life-inhibiting phobias. The symptoms often include: anxiety, shortness of breath, increased heart rate, nausea, and so on. Below you will find a list of 50 different phobias in no particular order; some common, uncommon, and just downright funny. Which one belongs to you?1. Peladophobia - Fear of Bald People
2. Pogonophobia - Fear of Beards
3. Defecaloesiophobia - Fear of Bowel Movements
4. Alliumphobia - Fear of Garlic
5. Anablephobia Fear of Looking Up
6. Eisoptrophobia - Fear of Mirrors or looking in a mirror
7. Chrometophobia - Fear of Money
8. Pentheraphobia - Fear of Mother-in-Law (probably more common than you'd think)
9.Arithmophobia - Fear of Numbers
10. Phronemophobia - Fear of thinking (...I think I know a few people with this)
11. Cacophobia - Fear of Ugliness
12. Pteronophobia - Fear of being tickled by feathers
13. Ergophobia - Fear of work
14. Anuptaphobia - Fear of staying single
15. Cyberphobia - Fear of computers (I think my Dad has this)
16. Dutchphobia - Fear of Dutch people
17. Ephebiphobia - Fear of teenagers
18. Gymnophobia - Fear of nudity
19. Hobophobia - Fear of bums
20. Kathisophobia - Fear of sitting down
21. Leukophobia - Fear of the Color White
22. Mnemophobia - Fear of Memories
23. Novercaphobia - Fear of Step Mother (Not to be confused with Pentheraphobia)
24. Octophobia - Fear of the figure 8
25. Rectophobia - Fear of rectal disease
26. Somniphobia - Fear of Sleep
27. Sesquipedalophobia - Fear of long words
28. Symmetrophobia - Fear of Symmetry
29. Asymmetriphobia - Fear of asymmetrical things
30. Xerophobia - Fear of dryness
31. Euphobia - Fear of good news
32. Dendrophobia - Fear of Trees
33. Heliophobia - Fear of the Sun
34. Anthrophobia - Fear of flowers
35. Hydrophobia - Fear of Water
36. Papyrophobia - Fear of Paper
37. Consecotaleophobia - Fear of Chop Sticks
38. Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia - Fear of the number "666"
39. Emetophobia - Fear of vomiting
40. Osmophobia - Fear of Smells
41. Tetraphobia - Fear of the number 4
42. Acerophobia - Fear of Sourness
43. Agyrophobia - Fear of Crossing the Street
44. Amnesiphobia - Fear of Amnesia
45. Ataxophobia - Fear of Untidiness
46. Aulophobia - Fear of Flutes
47. Athazagoraphobia - Fear of being Forgotten
48. Arachibutyrophobia - Fear of Peanut Butter sticking to the roof of your mouth
49. Anthropophobia - Fear of people
And my personal favorite...
50. Phobophobia - The fear of developing a phobia :)
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