5 Weird Phobias - For me, it's weird but maybe for some of you, it's not -

By na.QI.win

A phobia is an intense and irrational fear of a given situation, organism, or object.

Triskaidekaphobia: fear of the number 13

One of the most common fears, but still senseless, even Adolf Hitler was triskaidekaphobic. There a specific fear of Friday the 13th as well, called paraskavedekatriaphobia. Tetraphobia is the fear of the number 4, more popular in China, Japan, and Korea.

Scopophobia: fear of being looked at

Feeling an intense and irrational fear of being looked at or stared at, Scopophobics tend to avoid large public places such as shopping malls and other large gatherings of people. Even simple tasks like driving a car can be very difficult, as the sufferer will experience an acute sense of fear and uneasiness as they irrationally perceive others are staring at them, either from the cars beside them, or from the cars in front or back of them in their rear-view mirrors.

Rhabdophobia

The fear of wands, rod or switch as an instrument of punishment. Rhabdophobia is another good reason to avoid Harry Potter movies. But some resource stated that this phobia is about someone who fear of magic.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia. So let’s say you do have this phobia. You’d be terrify to name your ailment. Kind of a conundrum.However, the fear of long words may have the most ironic (and cruelest name).

Didaskaleinophobia

Didaskaleinophobia actually feel intense and continuous anxiety at the thought of attending class every day.Children who possess this phobia can be bullied, suffer from learning disability, feel academically pressured (especially around exam time) or are even too bright and find it hard to stay engaged with the curriculum and their peers. This phobia can cause intense anxiety, heart palpitation, nausea, and above all, profound and all-consuming depression. Incidentally, it can also induce suicidal thoughts.

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For me , it's weird