Arachibutyrophobia (Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth)

Optophobia (Fear of opening one’s eyes)

Lumipalpophobia (Fear of warm lighting)

Octophobia (Fear of the number eight)

Veloxnubophobia (Fear of fast-moving clouds)

Nomophobia (Fear of being without your mobile phone)

Textilophobia (Fear of textured fabrics)

Ablutophobia (Fear of bathing)

Chaetophobia (Fear of hair)

Saporaphobia (Fear of strong flavors)

Vibratophobia (Fear of vibrations)

Frondiphobia (Fear of dangling leaves)

Arithmophobia (Fear of numbers)

Panoramaophobia (Fear of wide-open views)

Globophobia (Fear of balloons)

Calorpotophobia (Fear of warm drinks)

Circuitophobia (Fear of tangled cords)

Avestraphobia (Fear of bird flocks)

Linonophobia (Fear of string)

Ephebiphobia (Fear of adolescents)

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (Fear of long words)

Plicaphobia (Fear of folded paper)

Tempovertophobia (Fear of sudden schedule changes)

Pogonophobia (Fear of beards)

Gelidopsophobia (Fear of cold surfaces)

Plutophobia (Fear of money)

Xanthophobia (Fear of the color yellow)

Luciflorophobia (Fear of glowing plants)

Omphalophobia (Fear of belly buttons)

Nebulaphobia (Fear of mist or fog)

Think you’ve heard every weird phobia out there? Guess which strange fears are actually real and which ones we totally made up. Some of these are legit… and some are pure nonsense.

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Strange Phobias — Which One Is Real?