A phobia is an irrational fear of a certain object, living thing, or situation. While fear is an instinctive response to an impending danger, a phobia is associated with something that may not necessarily hurt us. Phobias range from the most common (fear of height or depth) to the rarest (phobia of showers, the color yellow, or mirrors). Exactly, in this article we will show you 21 very rare phobias.

Arachibutyrophobia  – Fear that peanut butter might stick to your palate.

Nomophobia  – The phobia of not having a phone.

Arithmophobia  – Phobia of numbers.

Plutophobia  – Money phobia

Xanthophobia  – Fear of the color yellow.

Ablutophobia  – Fear of showering or washing.

Octophobia  – Phobia towards the number 8.

Optophobia  – Fear of opening the eyes.

Globophobia  – Fear of balloons.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia  – Ironically, it is the fear of long words.

Ephebiphobia  – Fear of teenagers and young adults.

Omphalophobia  – Fear of the navel.

Linonophobia  – Fear of laces.

Pogonophobia  – Fear of beard hair.

Chaetophobia  – Fear of hair.

Vestiphobia – Phobia of clothes.

Ergophobia  – Fear of work.

Decidophobia  – Fear of making a decision.

Eisoptrophobia  – Fear of mirrors.

Deipnophobia – Fear of eating dinner with others.

Phobophobia  - Ironically again, people who have "Phobophobia" have phobias themselves...

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