10 Phobias You Might Have But Never Knew The Names Of

Every one of us is afraid of one thing or the other, be it the fear of cockroach, like my roommate, or the fear of ghosts, like me.

Often people have phobias about seemingly hilarious things, like fear of a mother-in-law or maybe #NoMoFo. No matter how funny or outrageous they might sound, you can’t deny the fact that they do exist. Here are 10 unique phobias which most of us probably suffer from but didn’t know their names until now;

1. Pentheraphobia

Especially in India, it totally makes sense to be scared of one’s mother-in-law.

 

2. Sciaphobia

Being afraid of one’s own shadow? I’d be afraid if I didn’t have any! :/

 

3. Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

I think I just got this phobia after trying to read its name!

 

4. Phobophobia

Oh, I can totally relate to this, can’t you?

 

5. Chronophobia

Each one of us is afraid of time, from the student writing his exam to me, whenever I’m late for work.

 

6. Euphobia

Oh, this one I know! The dread of things going wrong after hearing a good news..! *shivers*

 

7. Trypophobia

Every person living in India would relate to this one. After all, that’s what our open manholes taught us, isn’t it?

 

8. Somniphobia

Especially when you still have some 100 page long essays to finish and your finals start from next morning!

 

9. Pantophobia

This is the phobia extremely anxious people suffer from.
But there is one fear that surpasses all other fears. This is a phobia we constantly live with and dread about. Now coming to that terrifying but completely justified phobia that almost every one of us has nowadays…

10. Nomophobia or as we like to call it… #NoMoFo

Now nomophobia, #NoMoFo as we like to call it, is not weird at all. I mean, who does not suffer from #NoMoFo (no mobile phone phobia) these days! We can live without food, water, even oxygen (hypothetically speaking, duh), but not without this constant companion of ours. We are so hooked to our mobile phones that even the thought of staying for one minute without it gives us panic attack.

Well, in case you suffer from Nomophobia (which I’m pretty sure you do) and have #NoMoFo moments like panic or fear at the thought of losing your phone, rest assured Quick Heal is working on a cure.

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