Timor Omnis Abesto

“Let Fear Be Far From Us All”

I have been meaning to write about phobia’s lately and this weekend I found out something interesting.  I was at the Celtic Festival and, in looking at information about my family, I found out that thi is the motto on our family crest.  So, I figure something is telling me I should stop procrastinating and write about it.

After posting the top 10 searches awhile back, I have come to find out that polydactilism really is a highly searched subject.  Not a day goes by that someone doesn’t find my blog by searching for polydactilism.  Who would have thought?  Anyway, somehow, my polydactilism post turned into a phobia post (graffiti?)  So, I started looking into different phobia’s that exist.  Here are a few things I found out.  (See?  We are always learning!)

Before I go on, I have to say I would classify myself as low on the phobia scale.  But, I am terrified of going to the dentist!  I would rather do just about anything in the world than go to the dentist.  I suppose someday my teeth will fall out and I’ll have to go.  But, until then, I avoid dentists at all cost.

So, without further interruption, here is a list of some unusual phobia’s.  It amazes me that there are names for these- which means there are people who have them!  And, how terrible it must be to go through life dealing with them!  Let me make it clear this post isn’t to “make fun of” people with these phobias- only to make people aware that they exist.  I certainly didn’t know most of them existed.  I knew of the typical clowns, leaving the house, snakes, spiders, etc.  But, the more unusual fears are just as significant for those who have to deal with them.  Most of my research leads me to believe the main cause of any phobia is a childhood trauma- whether remembered or stored somewhere in the person’s brain.  This fact makes me wonder what some children went through as children to fear such things.  So, now, as I promised awhile back to give you without further interruption (I guess I lied) here is a list of some unusual phobias.  Please feel free to share your own that you have heard of or experienced.

 Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing
Aerophobia- Fear of swallowing air
Ambulophobia- Fear of walking
Anablephobia- Fear of looking up
Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
Chaetophobia- Fear of hair
Chronophobia- Fear of time
Dextrophobia- Fear of objects at the right side of the body
Geniophobia- Fear of chins
Genuphobia- Fear of knees
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words

Kathisophobia- Fear of sitting down
Levophobia- Fear of objects to the left side of the body
Nomatophobia- Fear of names
Stasibasiphobia- Fear of walking
Verbophobia- Fear of words
Deipnophobia: Fear of dining and dinner conversations.
Diplopiaphobia: Fear of double vision³

Gymnophobia: Fear of nudity. Synonyms: Nudophobia.
Ideophobia: Fear of ideas.

Osmophobia: Fear of smells.

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