No matter how we want to seem fearless, it is common for any person to be afraid of something. So let's be honest, it’s not very comfortable when you read this article in the dark, and the spider on the keyboard is enlightened with you? And when the ferris wheel creaks in the most interesting place, scary? Or, finally, you are sunbathing right on that beach, which in 5 minutes should be blown away by that tornado. Okay, pretty scary stories, especially since our list of human phobias today includes very unusual and exotic fears. The main thing is not to be afraid. Go!
10. Gnosiophobia
She is an epistemophobia. This phenomenon is a person’s fear of gaining new knowledge and information. Gnosiophobia rightly refers to a modern ailment, since we live in a period when we can hardly dodge the flood of versatile information. Television, the Internet, newspapers and endless advertising at every turn ... This is not to mention students and schoolchildren who also need to absorb scientific knowledge. All that the carrier of epistemophobia desires is to abstract from new information. Gnosiophobes are not just among us, almost every resident of the metropolis is to a small extent such. Is there a little nonsense in your head that you would rather not know about? Eshkere?
9. Kumpunophobia
Now let's all the same, as promised, to the exotic. So, kumpunophobia is nothing but a fear of buttons. Yes, yes, these plastic and metal kruglyashi with holes - it appears that still a threat to the universe! Okay, jokes are good, but kumpunophobia isn’t. As a rule, this fear is born in a person after a button was swallowed by him in childhood. You understand, the child is already embarrassed, and also the mother will probably reprimand him. However, phobia rarely develops - it is observed in one person out of 75,000. However, this very one kumpunophobe in the whole district will do everything to prevent any buttons from appearing in his wardrobe. And he will crawl into your closet at night with scissors.
8. Lacanophobia
Lacanophobia is understood as a negative reaction to vegetables and fruits. Having barely seen a couple of cucumbers on the horizon or overheard a conversation about oranges, the lacanophobe frowns, his breathing quickens, and an irreparable in the form of an emetic fountain is about to happen. In addition to jokes, this phobia manifests itself quite acutely, and its owners can only sympathize. See for yourself, because of the hostility to vegetables and fruits, lacanophobes do not receive many useful substances. In addition, such people often experience involuntary stress - after all, they are turned off by just the word tomato, and they have to go around the vegetable department in the supermarket for 20 meters.
7. Penteraphobia
Funny, but the well-known stereotype also found a scientific explanation. The fact is that penterephobia is a fear of one's own mother-in-law. One can stupidly stare, deny, smile and say the opposite, but the fact is a fact: the kind and sincere relations of the son-in-law with the mother-in-law are a pleasant exception rather than a widespread practice. The reasons for this are a whole cart. Firstly, the mother-in-law is an accomplished woman with her own way of life, character and vision of the situation. Secondly, the son-in-law is the choice of her daughter, but certainly not her personal one. However, what are we talking about. Well, yes, it turns out that about 90 percent of married men in one way or another experience penterephobia. By the way, this kind of phobia does not concern the relationship between daughter-in-law and mother-in-law.
6. Papaphobia
Unlike the phobias associated with everyday things, our next ailment makes people feel discomfort from mentioning a person whose existence is not known to everyone. Here is such a phobia - the fear of the Pope. Of course, papaphobes can be counted on the fingers, but this phenomenon does occur. At the same time, it is completely incomprehensible why the main Catholic annoyed these people. Although, most likely, the personality of the Pope has nothing to do with it, the question is purely psychological in nature. Papaphobia is clearly a branch of hierophobia - its owners are afraid of everything related to the church and religions.
5. Chronophobia
It is easy to guess that chronophobia is a fear of the times. No, the running hands on the watch do not bother the chronophobe at all - here we are talking about the realization of time and the panic fear that too much should pass before the desired event of this time. Based on the definition, a classic example of a carrier of chronophobia can be a criminal sentenced for many years. In general, it was among the prisoners that this type of phobia was discovered. Another example is a long-term loan or a mortgage - you can get too hung up on a long term debt repayment and stop sleeping at night.
4. Philophobia
Another strange fear is phylophobia - its owners experience a fear of falling in love. Such a person can impersonate himself with excessive isolation and inactivity. The main paradox here is that philophobes dream of high relations and love. All the same closed loner can with a twinkle in his eyes maintain a conversation about intimate feelings, but in reality he himself suppresses in himself every opportunity to realize his own dream of happiness with another person. In most cases, phylophobia develops in people as a result of negative experience, that is, unhappy love or a failed relationship.
3. Punctumophobia
We are used to communicating with everyone, including parents, through messengers, social networks or SMS. So, in the age of dialogue on the Internet, such a thing as punctumophobia was born. This term means that a person is afraid to receive phrases addressed to him, at the end of which there is a dot. Nothing is better than a damn point - says punctumophobe. In his opinion, the round punctuation mark at the end of the sentence means that the interlocutor does not want to communicate, or even is rude. It is difficult to judge, because the main drawback of Internet communication is precisely the lack of expression of genuine emotions in the letter. Therefore, in order not to get the answer to the murderer of the dialog “everything is clear.”, Try not to solve important issues with the help of chats or SMS.
2. Hyrophobia
The farther into the forest, the ... funnier - highrophobes are sure. These people are afraid to look happy at a time when the situation has nothing to do with this. Agree, is it appropriate to smile at 32 at the funeral or burst out laughing when watching a documentary about the war? Will those around you turn your finger around the temple if during a fire you shine no worse than a burning hut? Nevertheless, there is no smoke without fire, and since people have a fear of being considered a fool at a certain moment, then there is a precedent for this. No, no, this is not about mental abilities - just admit that at least once in your life you were tempted to laugh just when it was least required of you.
1. Selfphobia
Completing our unusual rating is another phobia born of smartphones and the Internet. Selfphobia implies that a person considers himself non-photogenic and is afraid to take a selfie (take a photo of himself on his own phone), because he is sure in advance that nothing good will come of it. However, there are also desperate guys who are ready to fight to the end with themselves for the sake of a successful shot. It is known that one guy named Danny Bowen almost reached suicide, because for days on end he took a couple of hundreds of selfies in search of a high-quality photo. So, if you suddenly take a selfie, then just buy a phone without a camera - it will be better for you.