The weirdest phobias in the world

There are quite common fears, such as fear of heights or terror of snakes or mice. But there are also very rare phobias that we don’t even know exist. Some people who suffer from these phobias cannot easily control them and often do not lead normal lives.

O awesome.club presents some of the world’s most unlikely fears – and their super weird names🇧🇷 We’re sure you haven’t heard of most of them.

No, it’s not called ‘yellowphobia’ as you may have thought. People who suffer from this fear, the xanthophobia, do not tolerate seeing or touching anything yellow. This phobia is not only associated with yellow objects. Some xanthophobes can’t even read or hear the word “yellow”🇧🇷 But it should be noted that there are also other colors that cause fear. For example, red (erythrophobia).

Anyone who likes the metal band Iron Maiden should know one of their classics, the song The Number of The Beast – inspired by bassist Steve Harris’ nightmare and the book of the apocalypse. Although Iron Maiden is not a band dedicated to obscure cults or apologies for hell (drummer Nicko McBrain is a fervent Christian), because of the music, many people associate the number with Antichrist – besides, of course, people who don’t like the band, but have already read the text of the book of Revelation. The designation of this fear is Hexacosioi-hexeconta-hexaphobia🇧🇷

Can you imagine a person with a phobia of money? Because it exists and it’s called crematophobia or chrometophobia. Those who suffer from it experience a lot of difficulty when handling moneywhether paying for a purchase or withdrawing cash from the bank account. As you can see, all phobias are irrational, but some are a little more complex than others.

Many may think: how is it possible for someone to be afraid of cheese? Yes, this phobia also exists, and it is designated turophobia🇧🇷 Phobics can’t face, smell, let alone eat a simple piece of cheese. Imagine a turophobic living in Minas Gerais…

the phobia called coulrophobia generates a deep panic in people who see a clown or simply the image of a clown. Most likely it originates from the childhood of the people who suffer from it.

There is also the phobia of sleeping and its name is somniphobia. she can have origin in certain nightmares very traumatic experiences that phobics have had at some point in their lives. They irrationally believe that while they are sleeping, they can to die🇧🇷 It is a common phobia in children.

People who suffer from dendrophobia, that is, phobia of trees, suffer anxiety and panic when approaching a tree. This phobia extends to any part of the tree: leaves, twigs, roots. Phobics can’t even see a picture of a tree.

This is another one of the phobias that almost often affect the life of the phobic. she is called shoulderphobia🇧🇷 The people who suffer from it feel panic at the mere possibility of being wet with rainwater, and usually carry umbrellas, even if there is sun. Many of these phobics have had a traumatic episode related to rain, such as standing for hours in a storm. Did the singer Raul Seixas imagine thinking about any of these people when he composed the song Medo da Chuva?

There is also the phobia of navels, and it is called omphalophobia🇧🇷 this phobia not only represents the fear of other people’s bellybuttons, but also the terror of your own bellybutton.

There’s no denying it: Pope Francis is one of the most charismatic leaders on the planet. Can you imagine, then, someone scared of him? Well, there is the figure of fear of the head of the Catholic Church (which goes for whoever is in office), and his name is the easiest of all: papaphobia. In general, this phobia is not limited only to the figure of the Pope, it also involves the fear of bishops, priests and other positions in the Church.

Phobia is an irrational, obsessive and distressing fear of certain situations, things or people. People who suffer from phobias cannot do anything to avoid them.

So even if some phobias seem strange, we need to respect them.

Do you know any other rare phobias? Share with us!