Some of the worst Phobias
Phobia- you are not alone
It sounds weird but a fact that one out seven people all over the world suffer from some or the other kind of phobias. So if you are one of them who has something to fear about, you can rest easy, nothing much to worry. A phobia is nothing but an anxiety disorder or at most an irrational fear by which a person does live under a situation of fear from a particular incident, a creature, a particular place, a building or whatever that haunts him constantly. The person suffering from a phobia has certain signs as he may experience shortness of breath, nausea, constriction of chest when he feels tightness in his chest, shivering, his eyes become wide due to fear, jaw drops, all symptoms that of a heart patient etc but the case may differ from person to person. Some persons become unable to move due to excess of fear or simply forget doing what they were doing when the triggers begin to take them in their grip.
Phobias – Hundreds of different phobias
There are different phobias as medical science has already listed over 500 types of phobias so far and still counting, and as I said that one out of seven people is suffering from one or the other phobia. Sufferers from these phobias try their best to avoid the triggers at the symptom stage but once they fell under its grip, they break out in cold sweat and other symptoms. There are well over 500 types of documented phobias known so far but some of them are more dreaded compared to most others. While some phobias generally considered fairly common, like fear of closed or confined spaces known as claustrophobia, one of the most common of phobias, acrophobia the reason of fear of heights and the one that cause of fear of spiders known as, the arachnophobia. There are hundreds such paranoiac psychotic disorder caused by delusions of persecution merely with or without any apparent logic, reason, and some of these are extremely irrational. I have tried to wade through some of the weirdest phobias and found these top-ten for you, her they are-
1- Phobophobia- As the name suggests, Phobophobia is the root-cause of all phobias or you can even call it the grandmother of all the other phobias. The people suffering from any other phobia generally suffer because they experience a panic or anxiety makes them a victim of Phobophobia. Any fear or attacks of fears due to phobias lead them to start fearing the very symptoms brought to them hence surfacing in form of Phobophobia that is basically the fear of developing a fear for Phobias.
2- Euphobia- I thought this had to be the number one phobia right at the top of the list of weird phobias. Everyone likes to listen to good news but people suffering from Euphobia do not like to listen to good news. They feel irritated instead of being elated any good news. They feel panicky and go right into the negative mood as soon as they hear something good and have a feeling of chaotic atmosphere all around them. Most probably, the people suffering from this phobia become the victim once they expect good news but it does not materialize in most cases.
3- Cathisophobia- A rare phobic disorder that sends the sufferer in panic at the mere thought of sitting down. In the case of someone suffering from Cathisophobia, mostly the fear of sitting on sharp objects, hemorrhoids and physical abuse are the basic reasons considered for its occurrence. The strangest part is that some of the people suffering form Cathiophobia have the feeling of anxiety in the presence of people they feel shy or it comes to them when celebrities or superiors are around.
4- Dextrophobia- If you find it amusing, you have right to feel so because Dextrophobia is an obsessive rather compulsive personality related phobia limited to fear of all objects being on the left side of his body. He then wants to maintain all things on the right side of his body in order to keep his necessary items nearby himself especially on the right side of his body. Moreover, if he does not find all his desired things on his right side the situation may turn chaotic for him. It can bring chest pain, tightness in chest, a full-blown panic attack or the patient begins to cry like small kids unable to organize himself properly.
5- Geumophobia- It is related to taste of a person and the one who is suffering with Geumatophobia also known as Geumophobia feels hyperventilating at the mere sight of the food that makes life hard to live. There is no way one can survive if he develops hate for the food as soon as he looks at it. Actually, Geumophobia is a fear that is not real but an exaggerated hate for taste that can suddenly bring an attack of panic on the mere thought of having to try something out of the usual menu. The person suffering from Geumophobia can go panicky if he is offered to taste new foods or flavors consisting sweet, sour or bitter. Person suffering from Geumophobia could have developed it in their childhood due to forceful tactics adopted by parents for certain food that suffers did not like.
6- Omphalophobia- It is hard to believe but Omphalophobia is a condition in which the sufferer panics a great deal and fids himself distressed at the mere sight of the navel also known as bellybutton or tummy button. People suffering from Omphalophobia keep a distance from beaches and swimming pools where they can see bellybutton or fear that someone else can touch their own navel. Some people suffering from this phobia go to extent of covering their navel with plaster during their bathing time.
7- Zemmiphobia- It is not a common phobia but fear of the great mole rat (Chhachhundar) which is probably considered very dangerous because it can fight with snakes successfully although this is not as dangerous as considered but some people fear from it. As the name suggests the Chhachhundar rat has no hair and great source of fear for some.
8- Geniophobia- This phobia is all about chins. People with abnormal shapes of chins or jaws do not want to mix up with others. People suffering with Geniophobia avoid people they think would consider them ugly. Most people suffering from Geniophobia turn introvert if their case reaches to an extreme point.
9- Clinophobia-The Clinophobia is a simple fear of going to bed and sleeping with bringing worries of having nightmares or even bed-wetting. In some cases, the Clinophobia can develop into insomnia that certainly affects a person’s health not because of the phobia but on medical grounds.
10- Epistemophobia- You will be surprised that Epistemophobia is the fear from knowledge itself. Persons suffering from Epistemophobia do not want gain new knowledge but they would want to stay away from it rather. They do not want to read books, newspaper or watch informative channels on television. Most people suffering from Epistemophobia believe they would be better off if they learned as fewer as possible because knowledge can bring problems for them.
Conclusion
People suffering from phobias are hard to bring back to normalcy due to their long-lived beliefs about their fears they gathered over the period or even from their childhood. Most phobic only experience symptoms of their unpleasant state of inner disorders and the irony is that most of such disorders have no common diagnosis but on case-to-case basis.
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