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TRYPOPHOBIA DEBUNKED

In the past 10 years, thousands of people have claimed to be affected by trypophobia, which is the fear of objects with small holes. Recent research suggests that people do not fear the holes; rather, images of clustered holes, which share basic visual characteristics with venomous organisms, lead to nonconscious fear.

Thus, the discomfort felt toward trypophobic images might be an instinctive response to their visual characteristics rather than the result of a learned but nonconscious association with venomous animals. Therefore, it is questionable whether it is justified to legitimize trypophobia.

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FRIGOPHOBIA

Frigophobia is a phobia pertaining to the fear of becoming too cold. Sufferers of this problem bundle up in heavy clothes and blankets, regardless of the ambient air temperature.

LOGOPHOBIA

Logophobia refers to the condition of having an abnormal, extreme, and persistent fear of words.

TAPHOPHOBIA

The fear of being buried alive by mistake and waking up in a coffin underground.

SPECTROPHOBIA

The fear of mirrors.

CHICLEPHOBIA

The fear of chewing gum.

ENTAMAPHOBIA

The fear of doors.

SWINOPHOBIA

The fear of pigs.

PAPYROPHOBIA

The fear of paper.

LEPIDOPTEROPHOBIA

The fear of butterflies.

THALASSOPHOBIA

Fear of the sea.

TUROPHOBIA

The fear of cheese.

SAMHAINOPHOBIA

Samhainophobia is a persistent, abnormal, and unwarranted fear of Halloween, despite conscious understanding by the phobic individual and reassurance by others that there is no danger.

BATHMOPHOBIA

Bathmophobia is the fear of stairs or slopes.

TOKOPHOBIA

Tokophobia is a pathological fear of pregnancy and can lead to avoidance of childbirth.

BALLISTROPHOBIA

Ballistrophobia is the fear of missiles.

ATHAZAGORAPHOBIA

Athazagoraphobia is the fear of being ignored of forgotten.

TERATOPHOBIA

DONALD TRUMP'S MOTHER:

Teratophibia is the fear of giving birth to monsters.

MYSOPHOBIA

Mysophobia is a pathological fear of contamination and germs.

ACEROPHOBIA

The fear of sourness.

KRISTEN STEWART, GYNOPHOBIC

 

Girls are scary. Large groups of girls scare the crap out of me.

 

-KS

AULOPHOBIA

An exaggerated or irrational fear of flutes.

LIPOPHOBIA

The fear of dietary fat.

CATHISOPHOBIA

Cathisophobia is the fear of sitting down.

NOMOPHOBIA

Nomophobia is the fear of being out of mobile phone contact.

CHLOE SEVIGNY - INTERPHOBIC

If I could edit Google Images, then I wouldn't be as scared of the Internet.

-CS 

SCIAPHOBIA

The fear of shadows.

GENUPHOBIA

The fear of knees.

BROOKE BURKE - ENTOMOPHOBIC AND KABOUROPHOBIC

 

Hey, we all have our fear. Mine is bugs and lobsters!

 

-BB 

KRISTEN WIIG - HEMOPHOBIC

I'd make a terrible surgeon. The fear of blood? Very high on my list.

-KW

CHRISTIAN SERRATOS - AICHMOPHOBIC

 

I have a terrible, terrible fear of knives. I only buy food that I don't need to cut... I haven't cut my food in years! Like, I won't even touch a plastic knife or anything sharp. And if I'm in a kitchen and somebody picks up a knife, I leave.
 

-CS

CHRISTINA RICCI - BOTANOPHOBE

Christina suffers from botanaphobia, which is a fear of house plants. Sufferers find plants dirty, and can’t bring themselves to water them... Christina admitted, “If I have to touch one, after already being repulsed by the fact that there is a plant indoors, it freaks me out.”

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JULIA CHILD - ON OVOPHOBIA AND ARACHIBUTYROPHOBIA

 

I think one of the terrible things today is that people have this deathly fear of food: fear of eggs, say, or fear of butter.

-JC

ARACHIBUTYROPHOBIA

The fear of of peanut butter getting stuck to the roof of the mouth.

CATHISOPHOBIA

The fear of sitting.

GALEOPHOBIA

The fear of sharks.

HIPPOPOTOMONSTROSESQUIPEDALIOPHOBIA

The fear of long words.

CYMOPHOBIA

 

 

The fear of waves or wave like motions.

ORNITHOPHOBIA

Ornithophobia is an abnormal, irrational fear of birds.

LEELEE SOBIESKI - POLICOPHOBIC

I always get scared of traffic cops when I'm driving, like I freak out even when I'm not doing anything wrong. I still think they're going to pull me over and arrest me.

-LS

BILLY BOB THORNTON - ARGYROPHOBIC

I so have this fear of silverware. I'm afraid of it. I'm not afraid of cheap silverware, it's real silver that I'm creeped out by, or maybe silverware that I think people might have used for digging and things.

-BBT

CYCLOPHOBIA

The fear of bicycles.

IATROPHOBIA

The fear of doctors.

MEDOMALACUPHOBIA

The fear of losing an erection.

DEIPNOPHOBIA

The fear of dining or dinner conversations.

KARDASHIANIPHOBIA

Man so petrified of the Kardashians that the sight of semi-naked Kim on TV makes him VOMIT with disgust

Kim Kardashian may be one of the most sought-after women in the world - but one man can't stay far enough away from the reality TV star.

Retail assistant Mike Amess has an unusual phobia: he is absolutely petrified of the Kardashian family.

He breaks out in a cold sweat whenever he sees or hears the famous family and says the sight of a semi-naked Kim even makes him vomit with disgust.

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ALEKTOROPHOBIA

The fear of chickens.

TRYPOPHOBIA

Trypophobia is s an intense fear of clustered holes with things inside them.

POGONOPHOBIA

The fear of beards.

LUTRAPHOBIA

The fear of otters.