There are soo many things in this world that people fear, some of those things are very reasonable and understandable but some of them are totally out of the ordinary and strange, so; for my blog today I will be writing about some of the weird and crazy pohobias that people have.
1.Arachibutyrophobia (The fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth)
As weird as in sounds, yes. Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter to the rook of your mouth. Arachibutyrophobia is a rare phobia that can stem from a greater phobia of sticky things or a fear of choking. It may also stem from a traumatic incident with peanut butter, such as choking on or being allergic to it. People with arachibutyrophobia will usually stray away from peanut butter or anything that has the same consistency of it, and will sometime eat it in very small portions. As weird or crazy as you think it is, people with arachibutyrophobia are extremely scared of peanut butter.
2. Arithmophobia (The fear of numbers)
Yes; people do have a fear of numbers. People with this fear usually experience anxiety associated with doing math or dealing with numbers in general, versus fear of actually seeing the number symbols. The fear of numbers is also sometimes referred to as numerophobia. Arithmophobia can significantly impair a person’s life, as it is difficult to do many tasks or occupations without dealing with numbers. Having this fear would be very difficult, I would assume. Because, the fear of numbers, arithmophobia, would make it extremely hard in school.
3. Plutophobia (the fear of money)
When I found out this was a fear that people have, I was shocked because that could ruin a persons chances at getting a job since they don’t want to deal with money. Many people probably wish they had more money, but plutophobia is a fear of money or wealth. People with plutophobia may fear wealthy people or fear becoming wealthy themselves. They generally dread money and having to deal with it.
4. Xanthophobia (The fear of the color yellow)
Xanthophobia is a fear of the color yellow. People with this rare phobia are usually also afraid of any object that is yellow, such as school buses and flowers, foods like banana’s, ETC… the list goes on. People with he phobia will avoid the color yellow at all costs.
5. Optophobia (The fear of opening ones eyes)
This phobia had me in confusing when I first read about it. How can one go about their day without opening their eyes? Its nearly impossible. Obviously, some people do live like that but not out of choice of course, but if you have the ability to see, why would you stop your self? People with optophobia may prefer to stay indoors or in dimly lit areas. This phobia is usually associated with a generalized anxiety disorder. Like many other rare phobias, this fear is usually the result of a traumatic incident.
6. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (The fear of long words)
is the fear of long words, which makes the name of the phobia quite ironic. When I was reading into it I discovered that hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is actually the longest word in the dictionary. It is believed that the phobia of long words develops from being embarrassed by pronouncing long words incorrectly. This may occur while reading aloud in front of the class as a child. This phobia is also referred as sesquipedalophobia, and can also be common in people with whom have dyslexia.
here is a link to a website with some other weird phobias.
