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Mortuusequusphobia: The fear of ketchup.
While extremely rare, there are at least a few cases of people who are very uneasy around the famous red condiment. One sufferer said, "I'm more scared of Heinz 57 than I am of death."Pexels
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Koumpounophobia: The fear of buttons.
People with this ailment cannot touch buttons, or even bear to look at them.Pixabay
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Koro Syndrome: The fear of one’s genitals retracting into their bodies, resulting in death.
This is found most prevalently in Chinese, Japanese, and Indian men. Some with this fear will potentially go to extreme measures to pull their penis “back out” of their body, which has caused gruesome injury and death.Pixabay
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Pharmacophobia: The fear of medicine.
Those with pharmacophobia obsess about all the side effects from prescriptions. These individuals are terrified to take medication because of the effects they may have on their bodies or psyche. They are also plagued by the perceived social stigma of needing medication to live a normal life.Pexels
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Pogonophobia: The fear or irrational dislike of beards.
Bearded men have been historically portrayed as untrustworthy — with the exception of Abraham Lincoln. There’s a reason why the majority of male political candidates are clean-shaven: It implies, to many, that they have nothing to hide. Pixabay
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Didaskaleinophobia: The fear of going to school.
Social or performance anxiety is the main reason kids become afraid of school. But with the rise in unsafe school environments — as well as rampant bullying — one has to wonder if this phobia is increasing. With active-shooter drills now a part of a kids’ education, it would be no wonder if didaskaleinophobia was on the rise.Fibonacci Blue/Wikimedia Commons
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Allodoxaphobia: The fear of other’s opinions.
Specifically, other people’s opinions of one's self. Today, for example, social media can trigger one’s fear of others' opinions to an uncomfortable level.Pixabay
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Lepidopterophobia: The fear of butterflies.
Some people say it’s butterflies' erratic flight patterns that make them uneasy. Pixabay
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Nomophobia: The fear of not having access to one’s cell phone.
It is believed that more than 50 percent of cell phone users are affected by nomophobia. There are four fears at work in nomophobia: The inability to communicate, the loss of connectedness in general, the inability to access information, and the loss of convenience.Pixabay
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Robophobia: The fear of robots and other artificial intelligence.
While the likes of Steve Wozniak, Stephen Hawking, and Elon Musk may not actually have full-on robophobia, each has warned humanity about the risks of taking artificial intelligence too far.Pixabay
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Deipnophobia: The fear of dinner parties and dinner conversations.
This phobia can be rooted in some combination of the anxiety associated with small talk and perceived judgment from others as well as a fear of eating in front of people.Pixabay
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Phagophobia: The fear of swallowing.
Individuals with this phobia can sometimes manage to swallow liquids and semi-solid foods after several attempts — which is what keeps them alive. However, they are usually both underweight and riddled with anxiety due to their phobia.Pixabay
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Cardiophobia: The fear of your own heart’s functionality.
Mainly, this phobia is marked by an obsession over one's heart rate or the constant fear of it stopping. Sufferers may obsessively check their pulse or use monitors to gauge its every beat.Pixabay
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Chemophobia: The fear of chemicals and compounds that are perceived to be synthetic.
For some, this phobia is so bad that they have a fear of anything with a chemical-sounding name. Pixabay
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Triskaidekaphobia: The fear of the number 13.
Superstition surrounding Friday the 13th is actually rooted in Christianity as the 13th guest at Jesus’ Last Supper, Judas, is a symbol of betrayal. Pixabay
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Cherophobia: The fear of being happy.
Someone who has cherophobia simply avoids activities that could bring happiness. This doesn’t mean that they are continually sad — just anxious about the happiness being too fleeting or pointless. Pixabay
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Trypophobia: The fear of clusters of circles or holes.
Does the sight of a lotus pod make your skin crawl or make you nauseated? The medical community has been slow to officially recognize trypophobia, but scientists suggest the reaction of disgust may be evolutionary, and occur because of their resemblance to circles found on poisonous animals.Pixabay
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Chiclephobia: The fear of chewing gum.
Oprah Winfrey is perhaps this phobia’s most famous spokesperson. "I hate chewing gum," she told People magazine. "It makes me sick just to think about it." Pexels
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Genuphobia: The fear of knees or kneeling.
Trips to the beach are no fun for people who get the heebee-jeebees from knees — either from seeing them, or having theirs touched.Pixabay
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Gymnophobia: The fear of being nude or seeing others nude.
Most people experience this personal anxiety to some degree, but gymnophobes avoid nudity at all costs. Sometimes this stems from excessive bullying or severe body image problems. It can also be linked to anxiety about sexuality in general.Wikimedia Commons
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Melophobia: The fear of music.
People with melophobia are unusually sensitive to sudden and dramatic changes in tone — the core of what music is. A very small amount of people also experience musicogenic epilepsy: intense seizures brought on by certain songs or types of music.Pixabay
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Autodysomophobia: The fear of emitting body odor.
Sure, most of us make sure we’re relatively clean and probably use deodorant before leaving the house, but when you’re truly mortified of putting off any scents whatsoever, you can cross into autodysomophobic territory. This means obsessively checking and camouflaging any odor, imaginary or otherwise, until your anxiety just makes you stay home instead.Pixabay
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Chorophobia: The fear of dancing.
Johnny Depp admitted on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that he "fears [dancing] more than anything in the world" and that he'd rather "swallow a bag of hair" than dance. Apparently he doesn't suffer from the next phobia... Pixabay
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Chaetophobia: The fear of hair.
Whether attached or unattached to a person, the sight or feeling of hair can cause extreme anxiety. Some even become obsessed about removing every hair on their body.Pixabay
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Chromophobia: The fear of color.
This phobia is mostly a conditioned response to color as a negative stimulus, but it can cause very real hormonal imbalances.Pixabay
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