Syngenesophobia Treatment Options Treatment Symptoms of Syngenesophobia – Fear of relatives: breathlessness, excessive sweating, dry mouth, nausea, feeling sick, shaking, heart palpitations, inability to speak or think clearly, a fear of losing control, a sensation of detachment from reality or a full blown anxiety attack. You are not the only one to suffer from this phobia. Most sufferers are surprised to learn that they are far from alone in this surprisingly common, although often unspoken, phobia. Syngenesophobia is an intense fear of something that poses no actual danger. While adults with Syngenesophobia realize that these fears are irrational, they often find that facing, or even thinking about facing, the feared situation brings on a panic attack or severe anxiety. There is a Way Out Imagine what your life will be like when you know that you are not "defective". When you can be confident and at ease in situations where you used to feel your phobia. And when you can talk about your former fear symptoms as though you are describing a movie where the character is someone else, not you. Syngenesophobia Treatment Options Hypnotherapy Hypnotherapy helps to reprogram your subconscious "programs" that may be part of your fear.

When these programs are "de-bugged" the symptoms of Syngenesophobia often are minimized. However, some people don't like the feeling of loss of control in allowing someone else to play with their personal "software". Hypnotherapy is save and works fast. Hypnotherapy Solutions Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) NLP is basically the study and practice of how we create our reality. From the NLP viewpoint, a phobia is the result of your programs or "constructs" that you have created that don't work very well. With NLP, these constructs are revealed and "re-programmed" so that the Syngenesophobia is minimized and often eliminated. Usually the interventions are quite rapid and effective. NLP Solutions Energy Psychology Energy Psychology is emerging as an excellent therapy for fears and phobias because in studies it is shown to be rapid, safe, effective and long-lasting. It is based on a theory and practice that has been around for a couple of thousand years. It has the same foundation or roots as acupuncture, except in this case there are no needles used. You could call it emotional acupuncture - without the needles. Recent scientific studies have shown it to be very effective.

Energy Psychology combines the benefits of the above treatment therapies. You quickly and easily change your behaviors. You are active in your own recovery. Your thought patterns change, often very quickly. You develop skills and techniques that are useful for a lifetime in all situations. Syngenesophobia Disclaimer © Alive and Well Online 2004. 60 Weirdest Phobias People You Know May Have ~ Curious? Read The irrational fear of becoming bald or fear of being around bald people. Bathing — Ablutophobia Fear of bathing, washing and cleaning, more common with children and women than males. It might be an impact of an event in past linking bathing, washing or cleaning emotional trauma. Beds or going to bed — Clinophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of going to bed. Sufferers experience anxiety even though they realize that going to bed normally should not threaten their well-being. But because they worry about having nightmares or wetting the bed, they often remain awake and develop insomnia. Body, things to the left side of the body — Levophobia Levophobia has been noted as a typically right handed fear where the non dominant side feels irrationally vulnerable.

Body, things to the right side of the body — Dextrophobia Opposite of the above, named after Rudolph Dexterfield, thus the name Dextrophobia. Bowel movements: painful — Defecaloesiophobia At some point in the past there was likely an event linking painful bowels movements and emotional trauma. Some sufferers experience it almost all the time, others just in response to direct stimuli. Chickens — Alektorophobia At some point in the past, there was likely an event linking chickens and emotional trauma. Chins — Geniophobia An unusual and abnormal fear of chins. Chopsticks — Consecotaleophobia The abnormal fear of chopsticks. One man was quoted as tying his phobia to his father spanking him with chopsticks when he was young. Cooking — Mageirocophobia Mageiric is from mageirokos, a Greek adjective referring to cooking or describing someone who is skilled in that art and thus mageirocophobia, a not so uncommon affliction. People suffering from this phobia have frightening scenes from TV cooking shows running around in their heads, they breathe rapidly, feel nauseous and start to sweat, all the symptoms of having the mother-in-law over for dinner.

Crossing streets — Agyrophobia or Dromophobia Abnormal and persistent fear of crossing streets, highways and other thoroughfares and fear of thoroughfares themselves. Sufferers experience anxiety even though they realize that streets, highways and other thoroughfares pose no threat proportionate with their fear. Decisions: making decisions — Decidophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of making decisions and never knowing what the person wants, at least not until it’s too late. Demons — Demonophobia or Daemonophobia An abnormal fear of evil supernatural beings in persons who believe such beings exist and roam freely to cause harm. Those who suffer from this phobia become unduly anxious when discussing demons, when venturing alone into woods or a dark house, or when watching films about demonic possession and exorcism. Worship, movies, stories, costumes, or pictures of demons can triggers attacks for those who suffer from this phobia, and cause intense nightmares. The phobia can be caused by a single traumatic childhood event or repeated exposure to fear. Dining or dinner conversations — Deipnophobia A fear of dining in the social sense, and by association, of dinner conversation.

Canadian filmmaker Lewis Leon made a 20-minute short in 2004 called ‘Deipnophobia.’ Disease, rectal - Rectophobia The fear of rectums, the anus. Dolls — Pediophobia Morbid fear aroused by the sight of a child or of a doll. Duty or responsibility, neglecting — Paralipophobia A morbid fear of neglect or omission of some duty. Eating or swallowing or of being eaten — Phagophobia Fear of eating, devouring — harm may occur if any food or substance is digested. Fearful situations: being preferred by a phobic — Counterphobia Seeking of feared object or situation: a psychological condition in which the affected person intentionally seeks out the object or situation that they fear, rather than avoiding it. Fecal matter, feces — Coprophobia or Scatophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of feces (bowel waste). Sufferers go out of their way to avoid coming into contact with feces or sometimes even seeing feces. Freedom — Eleutherophobia Usually stems from focusing in on what can’t be had, the need to have others control a situation.

Friday the 13th — Paraskavedekatriaphobia A word derived from the Greek words for Friday and thirteen, and phobia — a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a fear of the number thirteen. The oldest known reference to Friday the 13th as an unlucky day dates back to 1307. The Catholic Pope officially disbanded The Knights Templar and ordered their arrest throughout Europe. The Knights were a dedicated order of Catholic Monks who had battled for Christianity and were known for their willingness to give their lives for their cause. They were arrested on false charges in a scheme devised by the King of France to gain access to their vast wealth. Over the next 5 years, the Knights were tortured and their Grand Master was burned at the stake in 1311. While these origins of the Friday the 13th legend may be speculative, it’s widely believed to be the first reference to the day as an unlucky day. Both the number thirteen and Friday have been considered unlucky Garlic — Alliumphobia Apparently you don’t have to be a vampire to have an abnormal fear of garlic.

Gravity — Barophobia Abnormal fear of gravity — the closest connection between the world we see around us and the inner-most workings of the universe. Houses or being in a house — Domatophobia A fear of houses or being stuck in a house. Ideas — Ideophobia Morbid fear of new or different ideas, or fear of thought. Infinity — Apeirophobia The abnormal haunting by thoughts of infinity. Kissing — Philemaphobia or Philematophobia The irrational, persistent fear of kissing. Light — Photophobia Painful oversensitivity to light. Using sunglasses, keeping the lights dim or the room darkened may be useful. Whereas most phobias are abnormal, excessive, and irrational, photophobia is usually an appropriate rational response. Looking up — Anablephobia or Anablepophobia The fear of looking up. Love, falling or being in - Philophobia A persistent, abnormal, and irrational fear of love and intimacy, of deep relationship with smbd. Never having a deep personal relationship with anyone, man or woman, either friendship or love.

Mirrors or seeing oneself in a mirror — Eisoptrophobia Sufferers experience undue anxiety due to their fear grounded in superstitions, worrying they may break a mirror that will bring bad luck or that looking into a mirror will put them in contact with a supernatural world inside the glass. Mirrors and other reflective surfaces have long been associated with the strange or the bizarre. In Greek mythology, Narcissus fell in love with his own image reflected in the water of a fountain, thinking he was seeing the image of a beautiful nymph. Unable to embrace or call forth the image, he pined away and was eventually transformed into a flower. Money — Chrometophobia or Chrematophobia The fear of money or touching money. Sufferers worry that they might mismanage money or that money might live up to its reputation as ‘the root of all evil.’ Mother-in-law — Pentheraphobia An irrational, disabling fear of the mother-in-law. Do you really need me to explain it to you? Names — Nomatophobia An abnormal, persistent fear of nosebleeds Numbers — Arithmophobia or Numerophobia An unexplained fear of numbers Opinions — Allodoxaphobia A fear of other people’s opinions.

Peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth — Arachibutyrophobia A persistent, abnormal, and unwarranted fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth. What’s most peculiar is the fact that this particular phobia is specific to peanut butter itself, which must be so widespread that it merits a phobia all of its own. Phobias — Phobophobia A morbid dread or fear of developing a phobia. Politicians — Politicophobia Fear or abnormal dislike of politicians. Relatives — Syngenesophobia The fear of relatives. Could fear of meeting a new lover’s rellies qualify? I believe this circumstance could be well justified. Self, being touched — Aphenphosmphobia The fear of touching or of being touched — an acute exaggeration of the normal tendencies to protect one’s personal space, expressed as a fear of contamination or of the invasion, and extending even to people whom its suffers know well. Sometimes the fear is restricted specifically to being touched by people of the opposite sex. It’s often associated with a fear of sexual assault with women.

Dorais reports that many boys who have been victims of sexual abuse have a fear of being touched, quoting one victim who describes being touched as something that “burns like fire,” causing him to freeze up or lash out Sitting — Cathisophobia or Thaasophobia The fear from sitting can affect people who perform activities related to pain with sitting. Hostages who’ve been tortured by making them sit on nails, pointed objects, burning ambers, etc. sometimes fear from sitting. Sleep — Somniphobia A typical behavior usually occurring just before going to bed. Sufferers feel that once asleep they may not wake up again. Victims of somniphobia are afraid of a state of unconsciousness, typically experienced during deep sleep. Snow — Chionophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of snow, causing missed Christmas and New Years Eve parties, some believing they will get into an accident if they venture out into it. Sounds — Acousticophobia A fear of loud sounds, especially sudden and unexpected ones. Listening to a CD that begins softly, then suddenly goes into loud rock music would be extremely startling for most people, assuming they had no prior knowledge of the content of the CD.

Being startled is in itself a normal reaction, but the key difference is that people with Phonophobia actively fear such an occurrence. Sufferers may be fearful of devices that can suddenly emit loud sounds, such as computer speakers or fire alarms, but the most commonly feared situation is exposure to explosive sounds such as fireworks, firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices at events or festivals. Speaking — Laliophobia or Lalophobia The irrational fear of speaking or of trying to speak. Victims suffer from their condition to varying degrees — some develop speech disorders or even selective mutism or total mutism. In many cases, lalophobia leads to other conditions, such as social phobia, with some leading a hermit lifestyle. String — Linonophobia The abnormal fear of string. Teeth — Odontophobia A morbid fear of teeth. Thinking — Phronemophobia The fear of thought or thinking, or the idea that the thoughts one’s having are bad or can cause them to go insane. Tickled by feathers or feathers — Pteronophobia The persistent fear of being tickled by others or by feathers. Ugliness — Cacophobia An uncommon fear of ugliness.

Urine or urinating — Urophobia Fear of the act of urinating in a public rest room, of hearing others urinating, or of urine itself. It’s often linked with social phobias. Ventriloquist’s dummy — Automatonophobia Fear of ventriloquist’s dummies, animatronic creatures, or wax statues. For some odd reason, this phobia seems well justified. Witches and Witchcraft — Wiccaphobia An abnormal and persistent fear of witches and witchcraft. Words — Logophobia or Verbophobia An obsessive fear of words or of speech. Words, long — Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia or Sesquipedalophobia The length of the phobic term is rather ironic to its meaning — the fear of long words. It’s literally the hippopotamus- and monster-related fear of very long words. Work — Ergophobia or Ponophobia While many may joke about this, it’s a bonified phobia — rejection of the work environment, the act of performing duties or having to be part of a team going towards a common goal. Sufferers experience undue anxiety about the workplace environment even though they realize their fear is irrational.

Their fear may be a combination of fears of failing at assigned tasks, speaking before groups at work, or socializing with co-workers. 20 Weird Phobias - MainStreet MainStreet Jan 15, 2011 7:00 AM EST The only thing we have to fear is fear itself? Everyone feels anxious or fearful sometimes, and while those feelings are mostly normal, when a fear is irrational, intense, and persistent, it is considered a phobia. A study by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) found that between 8.7% and 18.1% of Americans suffer from phobias. Only 10% of reported cases become lifelong illnesses in which the physical symptoms that accompany the feelings of anxiety – like rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, nausea, lightheadedness, and sweating – become so severe that they limit daily activities and interfere with quality of life. While the majority of phobias are relatively commonplace – a fear of crowds (agoraphobia), spiders (arachnophobia), public speaking – many others are decidedly more obscure.

You probably haven’t you heard of venustraphobia (fear of beautiful women) or lutraphobia (fear of otters - yes, the animal). We decided to take a look at some of the things that some people are pathologically scared of – most pretty rare conditions and some common ones that you just didn’t know there was a name for. Photo Credit: Kevin Dooley Deipnophobia Deipnophobia With the holidays behind us, it’s safe to talk about this fear of dining or dinner conversation. As a clinical disorder, deipnophobia is a very specific version of a social phobia or social anxiety disorder. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, such phobias are diagnosed when “people become overwhelmingly anxious and excessively self-conscious in everyday social situations” and affect about 15 million American adults. People with this kind of fear might dread and actively avoid any situations that might cause them to engage in dinner conversation. Or, it might just serve as a good excuse to avoid dinner with the in-laws.

Photo Credit: The Next Web Syngenesophobia Syngenesophobia Defined as the fear of relatives, this is another social phobia that might be exacerbated during the holidays when getting together with family is pretty much unavoidable. As a common anxiety, it is the source of a whole class of jokes about in-laws (see previous slide) and mythologized in children’s stories about scary stepmothers. But serious sufferers will have an intense, persistent, and chronic fear of being watched and judged by their relatives and may experience blushing, profuse sweating, trembling, nausea, and difficulty speaking when made to confront their fear. Photo Credit: Capture Queen Zemmiphobia Zemmiphobia A fear of animals is fairly common – spiders and snakes are pretty scary, after all – and is one of the most frequent fears among children. There are certainly sensible reasons to avoid and fear dangerous or threatening animals, but zemmiphobia is particularly irrational since it is a fear of the “great mole rat”, a creature that, as far as we know, doesn’t exist (there is a “ greater mole rat ” that lives in Siberia, if that counts).

There are several kinds of mole rat and judging by the naked mole rat pictured here, it is not too surprising that some people have an intense fear of them. Photo Credit: Mary Witzig Pteridophobia Pteridophobia A “specific phobia” is one of three general types of phobias recognized by the American Psychiatric Association ’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and defined as “a persistent and irrational fear in the presence of some specific stimulus which commonly elicits avoidance of that stimulus.” Pteridophobia refers to the irrational or obsessive fear of ferns, which is, indeed, very specific. The feeling of anxiety induced by the frond-y, spore-producing plant is not so common, although a fear of plants in general, Botanophobia, has been documented: The actress Christina Ricci admitted in 2003 to British Esquire that she is afraid of houseplants. "They are dirty," she said.

"If I have to touch one, after already being repulsed by the fact that there is a plant indoors, then it just freaks me out." Photo Credit: Leithcote Genuphobia Genuphobia The word genuphobia comes from the Latin genu, meaning “knee”. Yes, it refers to an overwhelming, irrational fear of knees. Genuphobes may fear their own knees and/or fear seeing other people's knees. They tend to avoid the beach and other places where knees are prominently displayed, and probably hate summer. Photo Credit: oskar karlin Aulophobia Aulophobia Aulophobia is the abnormal fear of flutes. Whether it is the sound or the physical form of this woodwind instrument that instills panic in the sufferer, the magic is certainly gone for the aulophobic. Photo Credit: Khairil Zhafri Kyphophobia Kyphophobia Kyphophobia is a fear of stooping or becoming stooped or crooked. In our lazier moments, we all might dread having to crouch down to pick up something we dropped on the floor, a mild form of this affliction that true sufferers must deal with regularly.

One might suspect origins of this fear lie in negative feelings about aging and becoming stooped. A person who develops kyphophobia may avoid any situation in which they would have to stoop and may view such a position repulsive. This phobia can eventually become difficult to manage and interfere with daily activities – like picking up after oneself, for example. Photo Credit: Eustaquio Santimano Coulrophobia Coulrophobia This is one that might be more common, but perhaps you didn’t know there was a name for it: the fear of clowns. While the clown is meant to entertain and distract, research has shown that children are often quite frightened of painted-on smiling faces. Clown themes are generally avoided in hospitals and schools for this reason. To make matters worse, there are plenty of references in popular culture to creepy clowns and the serial killer John Wayne Gacy, who performed as a party clown when not committing horrendous crimes. Clowns are definitely a mixed bag, and coulrophobes will be happy to know there is a name for their fear. Photo Credit: Spider.Dog Phagophobia Phagophobia Phagophobia, the fear of swallowing, is a serious condition that can lead to malnutrition and weight loss.

It may follow a bout of actual dysphagia – the medical term for difficulty swallowing – but even as a psychosomatic condition it can become extremely debilitating. In some cases, the phagophobe eats only soft and liquid foods or might have an almost obsessive need for water while eating. Gulp. Photo Credit: craig Cloutier Cathisophobia Cathisophobia Cathisophobia is the fear of sitting down, and just imagining it is exhausting. Imagine being offered a seat and panicking over the prospect of getting off your poor tired feet. As with many phobias, treatments vary from case to case. Treatment methods include talking cures (psychoanalysis), behavioral therapy, hypnosis, progressive desensitization, and medication. Photo Credit: JoséMa Orsini Walloonphobia Walloonphobia Walloonphobia is not a clinical phobia, but rather a form of prejudice like xenophobia or homophobia. The term refers to the fear, dislike, or discrimination against Walloons – the French-speaking people who live predominantly in the southern half of Belgium known as Wallonia.

Walloon culture contrasts with that of the Flemings, who inhabit the northern part of the country and speak Flemish, a language similar to Dutch. And while Walloons have been the object of Walloonphobia (presumably from their Flemish neighbors to the north), there are plenty of famous Walloons in history: Peter Minuit famously purchased the island of Manhattan from Native Americans in 1626 for goods valued at today’s equivalent of some pocket change. Photo Credit: Martin Sillaots Ephebiphobia Ephebiphobia Another typically non-clinical type of phobia that has its roots social and cultural prejudice, ephebiphobia refers to the irrational fear of teenagers or youth. So when the grumpy curmudgeon on your block yells at you when your soccer ball rolls into his yard, you can call him an ephebiphobe and suggest he get treatment for his condition. Photo Credit: Flavio@Flickr Porphyrophobia Porphyrophobia Fear of the color red – the color of blood – might be a more common phobia than porphyrophobia, the fear of the color purple.

There are many people who simply don’t like the color, and there are those rare cases of individuals who actually panic at the mere sight of it. Surely they are not Baltimore Ravens fans. Photo Credit: Max Braun Arachibutyrophobia Arachibutyrophobia If you are desperately afraid of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth, you have arachibutyrophobia. Indeed, sufferers can easily avoid confronting their fear and voila, problem solved. The word was used by Charles M. Schulz in a 1982 installment of his "Peanuts" comic strip, and it certainly doesn’t apply to dogs, who entertain tens of thousands of people a day by eating peanut butter. Photo Credit: Dr. Stephen Dann Blennophobia Blennophobia Blennophobia, the fear of slime, does not seem so strange. Granted, it’s not something one regularly has to deal with, but some people are downright freaked out by it. No telling how an individual would develop such an irrational fear. Watching too many sci-fi movies perhaps? An incident involving snails?

Photo Credit: Jimee, Jackie, Tom & Asha Koumpounophobia Koumpounophobia Unless you are Amish, you may be at risk for koumpounophobia, the fear of buttons on clothing. Mild to severe feelings of disgust or panic affect sufferers when they touch or, for some, just look at buttons. In 2009, popular author Neil Gaiman released a promotional teaser trailer for the film Coraline, based on his novella of the same name. The trailer featured Gaiman warning koumpounophobes about the content of the film, which features characters with buttons in place of eyes. Photo Credit: Morning theft Nomophobia Nomophobia Nomophobia, an abbreviation of "no-mobile-phone phobia", was coined during a study by the UK Post Office, which commissioned a study to look at anxieties suffered by mobile phone users . The study found that nearly 53% of mobile phone users in Britain tend to be anxious when they "lose their mobile phone, run out of battery or credit, or have no network coverage.” The study compared stress levels induced by the average case of nomophobia to be on par with those of "wedding day jitters" and trips to the dentist.

Photo Credit: the Italian voice Sesquipedalophobia Sesquipedalophobia Unsurprisingly, sesquipedalophobia refers to the fear of long words, and it’s more of an ironic joke than an actual reported condition. Even more anxiety producing is the other word for the fear, antidisestablishmentarianismophobia. If you are actually afflicted by this condition, our apologies for freaking you out. Supercalafragilisticexpialidociousophobia. Sorry. Couldn’t resist. Photo Credit: Orderlyschism Pteronophobia Pteronophobia Pteronophobia is the fear of feathers or being tickled by feathers. If you are allergic, don’t worry, your problem is probably not mental. But if you break into a sweat just thinking of downy plumage, you are indeed pteronophobic. Photo Credit: Thomas Tiernan Phobia Source - A to Z phobia list, phobias, fears, and anxiety definitions. - Part 4 Symbolophobia- Fear of symbolism Symbols are usually present in our society. Symbolism can be used both figuratively and in the form of icons or objects that is worshiped or praised.

Symbols can also be used by the cults and such, or it may be used in computer design to create a new design. Symbols are everywhere but there are some people who fear symbolism and these people are said to have symbolophobia. People with this fear may have a belief that symbols are usual signs that something bad may happen and that … Symmetrophobia- Fear of symmetry Symmetry can be a beautiful thing as seen in beautiful paintings or beautiful symmetrical lines of a building for instance but there are some people with an irrational fear of symmetry and these people are said to have symmetrophobia. Symmetrophobia could be caused by someone who is by nature has a chaotic property who was forced to do something structured and symmetric thus disrupting their normally asymmetric minds. This fear of symmetry also may be due to the fact that these people perceive symmetry as something of beauty and … Syngenesophobia- Fear of relatives Family gatherings are important part of our lives. We always have get-togethers and reunions where we gather or meet our relatives during reunions, weddings, or other family events and most of us look forward to it. But there are some people who fear meeting relatives and this is termed syngenesophobia.

This fear could be due to bad relationships with other family members or relatives and this usually is due to a previous quarrel over relationships, friendships, but most of the time over property. Another reason for this … Psychophobia- Fear of mind Being labelled as insane or crazy carries an awful stigma in our society. People who are known to be crazy are often feared by others and were cast out from society. They were also locked up in mental institutions and historically were subject to very harsh treatments such as electric shock therapy, or some even water immersion therapy and light-deprivation therapy. People who fear the mind and insanity are called psychophobes and is otherwise known as dementophobes and their fear is not entirely irrational because we all fear being crazy. People … Pteromerhanophobia- Fear of flying Pteromerhanophobia is an unwarranted, irrational and extreme fear of flying and is closely related to aviophobia or the extreme fear of flying on an air plane or flying. A single traumatic incident might have caused a highly stressful or frightening real event at which, instantaneously this phobia is created. This single traumatic incident caused an intense fear and the person associates this incident with fear to help him avoid such situations in future.

The initial fear may have nothing to do with flying and the problem might have started … 21. SSSSS | Tons of phobias that are real! Tons of phobias that are real! 21. SSSSS Samhainophobia: It is the dread of pranks played by young people before the eve of All Saint's Day and those who suffer from it are known to bear the fear of Halloween, termed as samhainophobia. Satanophobia: Those who suffer from an abnormal fear of Satan are known to bear satanophobia. Scabiophobia: People who have an irrational fear of scabies, a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite, are known to suffer from scabiophobia. Scelerophibia: There is probably no person on earth who would not be a victim of this phobia, i.e. the fear of bad men or burglars. Sciophobia: Also known as sciaphobia is related to the fear of shadows. Scoleciphobia: People who are paranoid and bear the fear of worms are thought to have scelerophobia. Scolionophobia: Many kids can be found with this peculiar fear of school, termed as scolionophobia.

Scotomaphobia: People with normal eyesight who possess the fear of blindness or who fear spots in their visual field are known to suffer from this phobia. Scriptophobia: It's a fear of writing in public, wherein the person is over-conscious and nervous whenever he writes. Selachophobia: There are very few people who are adventurous to the extent that they like sharks. But those who fear and dislike sharks, suffer from this phobia termed as selachophobia. Selaphobia: People who possess a fear of flashing lights are said to be selaphobic. Selenophobia: Some people have an irrational and abnormal fear of the moon. They are said to be selenophobic. Seplophobia: It's a fear of decaying matter, wherein the person suffering from this phobia cannot tolerate the decomposition process and starts exhibiting symptoms of phobia or extreme fear. Siderophobia: Those who bear a morbid fear of stars are known to suffer from this phobia. Sinistrophobia: Those people who possess the fear of things to the left side of the body or fear of left-handed suffer from this irrational disorder. Also called levophobia.

Sinophobia: Those who have an irrational fear of Chinese or Chinese culture are known to contain this phobia. Soceraphobia: Many women have a fear of parents-in-law and the intense form of this fear is termed as soceraphobia. Social Phobia: People who are introverts often carry a deep fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations and are said to suffer from this phobia. Sociophobia: This is related to social phobia, the only difference being, that this is a fear of society or people in general and not anybody in particular. Sophophobia: People who experience an abnormal fear of learning are said to bear this phobia. But one should remember that there is no end to learning which is a continuous process till one dies. So bearing sophophobia will not do any good to oneself. Soteriophobia: People who have an acute and irrational fear of dependence are believed to bear this phobia. Spacephobia: It's a morbid and irrational fear of outer space. Spermatophobia: It's an abnormal and irrational fear of sperms or germs; also called spermophobia.

Spheksophobia: People who bear a strong fear of wasps, insects with a formidable sting, are believed to suffer from this phobia. Staurophobia: It's an abnormal and exaggerated fear of crosses or the crucifix. Stenophobia: People who bear an exaggerated fear of narrow things or places are said to suffer from stenophobia. Symbolophobia: Symbolism is a practice of investing things with symbolic meaning and people who bear the fear of symbolism are afflicted with symbolophobia. Symmetrophobia: It is a morbid and overwhelming fear of symmetry, i.e. the fear of being isotropic. Syngenesophobia: People who suffer an irrational or abnormal fear of relatives are said to have this phobia. PLEASE Ahh! A look at 10 unusual fears - Lifestyle - NZ Herald News Ahh! A look at 10 unusual fears 7:00 PM Thursday May 15, 2014 SHARE: The Herald List What are you afraid of? Photo / Thinkstock Fear. It's an emotion that is induced by a threat, either real or perceived, and it results in a 'Fight, Flight or Freeze' response from the body.

Flying, spiders, snakes and closed spaces are among the more common fears shared by many people around the world. It is estimated that around 10 per cent of the population suffer from a phobia, of which 40 per cent are to do with bugs. However, there are hundreds of much more bizarre fears that can affect people. Today we share 10 of the more unusual ones. 1. Omphalophobia Spare a thought for those who suffer from omphalogphobia when crop tops come into fashion, as they invariably do every few years. This is the fear of bellybuttons being touched or having to touch another person's bellybutton. 2. Syngenesophobia Christmas, birthdays and weddings can be a source of great stress for those who suffer from syngenesophobia, which is the fear of relatives. This fear of uncles, aunts or other family members means that sufferers will try their absolute best to get out of attending a family event. 3. Xenoglossophobia Living in New Zealand's multi-cultural society will be a source of anxiety for those who suffer from xenoglossophobia, which is a fear of foreign languages. If confronted with foreign speech or writing, sufferers can become agitated and have palpitations.

It isn't ideal for those who need to travel overseas to work. Continued below. Breakthrough offers hope for phobic 4. Trichopathophobia It's on our head, in our ears, on our bodies and up our noses - we simply can't get away from hair. However, there are people who suffer from trichopathophobia which is the fear of hair - its colour, losing hair or any abnormalities of growth. They may shave their hair, or keep it extremely short. 5. Venustraphobia The Roman Goddess of Love was named Venus and venustraphobia is the morbid fear of beautiful women. Suffered by men, those afflicted often have poor self-esteem and feel immensely vulnerable around a woman who is beautiful, resulting in intense fear. 6. Politicophobia Watching the 6pm news can be a difficult experience for sufferers of politicophobia, who have a fear and almost hatred for politicians. Upon seeing the politician who causes the fear on the television, or reading comments they've said, sufferers may want to start pacing, trembling and becoming profoundly anxious. 7. Gnosiophobia Those who suffer from gnosiophobia have an irrational and persistent fear of knowledge.

The acquisition of knowledge can create stress for sufferers as they may be faced with information they would rather not have, or they may feel like they have to do something with it to help other people. Sufferers may refuse to watch television or read newspapers for fear they may learn something new. 8. Apeirophobia Groundhog Day is a horror movie for those who suffer from apeirophobia - the fear of infinity. It can manifest in different ways, such as the fear of living for eternity, or space that goes on and on forever and the fear of things never ending. 9. Melanophobia Those who have melanophobia suffer from the irrational fear of the colour black. They will take active steps to avoid it such as not having black items in the home. 10.

Ephebiphobia In his book The Politically Incorrect Guide to Teenagers, popular parenting author Nigel Latta writes, "...you think you've got a pretty good handle on this parenting thing - then along comes Mother Nature with her horrible hormones and suddenly you're so far behind square one you're starting to wonder if this raging bundle of contradictions screaming at you was switched in the night by evil aliens." If a mainstream expert has that opinion of teens then it's hardly surprising that people can suffer from ephebiphobia, or the fear of teenagers. It is the 'inaccurate, exaggerated and sensational characterisation of young people', and sufferers will develop symptoms of anxiety when confronted with a teen, fearing non-compliant and rude behaviour. - nzherald.co.nz 60 Weirdest Phobias People You Know May Have | DailyCognition 60 Weirdest Phobias People You Know May Have A phobia is an intense fear of something that poses no actual danger. While awareness that the fears are irrational, phobics often find that facing, or even thinking about facing the feared situation brings on a panic attack or severe anxiety. Photo Maarten DorS Serious phobias often significantly impact one’s quality of life.

Symptoms typically include shortness of breath, rapid breathing, irregular heartbeat, overall feelings of dread, excessive sweating, nausea, dry mouth, feeling sick, shaking, heart palpitations, inability to speak or think clearly, a fear of dying, becoming mad or losing control, a sensation of detachment from reality or a full blown anxiety attack. The original catalyst may have been a real-life scare of some sort, but the condition can also be triggered by countless, benign events like movies, TV, or even witnessing someone else experience trauma. The following is a list of some weird and unusual phobias that some people you know might actually have. Photo Nana Nanuska Animals, skins of or fur — Doraphobia An abnormal and persistent fear of fur. Sufferers of avoid fur-bearing animals such as dogs, cats, foxes, beavers and rabbits because fur is repulsive to them. Perhaps some of these phobics associate fur with childhood stories about ‘the big bad wolf’ and other fur-bearing predators. Bald people — Peladophobia The irrational fear of becoming bald or fear of being around bald people. Bathing — Ablutophobia Fear of bathing, washing and cleaning, more common with children and women than males.

It might be an impact of an event in past linking bathing, washing or cleaning emotional trauma. Beds or going to bed — Clinophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of going to bed. Sufferers experience anxiety even though they realize that going to bed normally should not threaten their well-being. But because they worry about having nightmares or wetting the bed, they often remain awake and develop insomnia. Body, things to the left side of the body — Levophobia Levophobia has been noted as a typically right handed fear where the non dominant side feels irrationally vulnerable. Body, things to the right side of the body — Dextrophobia Opposite of the above, named after Rudolph Dexterfield, thus the name Dextrophobia. Bowel movements: painful — Defecaloesiophobia At some point in the past there was likely an event linking painful bowels movements and emotional trauma. Some sufferers experience it almost all the time, others just in response to direct stimuli. Photo SixFeetOver Chickens — Alektorophobia At some point in the past, there was likely an event linking chickens and emotional trauma. Chins — Geniophobia An unusual and abnormal fear of chins.

Chopsticks — Consecotaleophobia The abnormal fear of chopsticks. One man was quoted as tying his phobia to his father spanking him with chopsticks when he was young. Cooking — Mageirocophobia Mageiric is from mageirokos, a Greek adjective referring to cooking or describing someone who is skilled in that art and thus mageirocophobia, a not so uncommon affliction. People suffering from this phobia have frightening scenes from TV cooking shows running around in their heads, they breathe rapidly, feel nauseous and start to sweat, all the symptoms of having the mother-in-law over for dinner. Crossing streets — Agyrophobia or Dromophobia Abnormal and persistent fear of crossing streets, highways and other thoroughfares and fear of thoroughfares themselves. Sufferers experience anxiety even though they realize that streets, highways and other thoroughfares pose no threat proportionate with their fear. Decisions: making decisions — Decidophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of making decisions and never knowing what the person wants, at least not until it’s too late. Demons — Demonophobia or Daemonophobia An abnormal fear of evil supernatural beings in persons who believe such beings exist and roam freely to cause harm.

Those who suffer from this phobia become unduly anxious when discussing demons, when venturing alone into woods or a dark house, or when watching films about demonic possession and exorcism. Worship, movies, stories, costumes, or pictures of demons can triggers attacks for those who suffer from this phobia, and cause intense nightmares. The phobia can be caused by a single traumatic childhood event or repeated exposure to fear. Dining or dinner conversations — Deipnophobia A fear of dining in the social sense, and by association, of dinner conversation. Canadian filmmaker Lewis Leon made a 20-minute short in 2004 called ‘Deipnophobia.’ Disease, rectal - Rectophobia The fear of rectums, the anus. Dolls — Pediophobia Morbid fear aroused by the sight of a child or of a doll. Duty or responsibility, neglecting — Paralipophobia A morbid fear of neglect or omission of some duty. Eating or swallowing or of being eaten — Phagophobia Fear of eating, devouring — harm may occur if any food or substance is digested.

Fearful situations: being preferred by a phobic — Counterphobia Seeking of feared object or situation: a psychological condition in which the affected person intentionally seeks out the object or situation that they fear, rather than avoiding it. Fecal matter, feces — Coprophobia or Scatophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of feces (bowel waste). Sufferers go out of their way to avoid coming into contact with feces or sometimes even seeing feces. Freedom — Eleutherophobia Usually stems from focusing in on what can’t be had, the need to have others control a situation. Friday the 13th — Paraskavedekatriaphobia A word derived from the Greek words for Friday and thirteen, and phobia — a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a fear of the number thirteen. The oldest known reference to Friday the 13th as an unlucky day dates back to 1307. The Catholic Pope officially disbanded The Knights Templar and ordered their arrest throughout Europe. The Knights were a dedicated order of Catholic Monks who had battled for Christianity and were known for their willingness to give their lives for their cause.

They were arrested on false charges in a scheme devised by the King of France to gain access to their vast wealth. Over the next 5 years, the Knights were tortured and their Grand Master was burned at the stake in 1311. While these origins of the Friday the 13th legend may be speculative, it’s widely believed to be the first reference to the day as an unlucky day. Both the number thirteen and Friday have been considered unlucky: Photo Giggapix Garlic — Alliumphobia Apparently you don’t have to be a vampire to have an abnormal fear of garlic. Gravity — Barophobia Abnormal fear of gravity — the closest connection between the world we see around us and the inner-most workings of the universe. Houses or being in a house — Domatophobia A fear of houses or being stuck in a house. Ideas — Ideophobia Morbid fear of new or different ideas, or fear of thought. Infinity — Apeirophobia The abnormal haunting by thoughts of infinity. Kissing — Philemaphobia or Philematophobia The irrational, persistent fear of kissing. Light — Photophobia Painful oversensitivity to light. Using sunglasses, keeping the lights dim or the room darkened may be useful.

Whereas most phobias are abnormal, excessive, and irrational, photophobia is usually an appropriate rational response. Looking up — Anablephobia or Anablepophobia The fear of looking up. Love, falling or being in - Philophobia A persistent, abnormal, and irrational fear of love and intimacy, of deep relationship with smbd. Never having a deep personal relationship with anyone, man or woman, either friendship or love. Photo Jennacareen Mirrors or seeing oneself in a mirror — Eisoptrophobia Sufferers experience undue anxiety due to their fear grounded in superstitions, worrying they may break a mirror that will bring bad luck or that looking into a mirror will put them in contact with a supernatural world inside the glass. Mirrors and other reflective surfaces have long been associated with the strange or the bizarre. In Greek mythology, Narcissus fell in love with his own image reflected in the water of a fountain, thinking he was seeing the image of a beautiful nymph. Unable to embrace or call forth the image, he pined away and was eventually transformed into a flower. Money — Chrometophobia or Chrematophobia The fear of money or touching money.

Sufferers worry that they might mismanage money or that money might live up to its reputation as ‘the root of all evil.’ Mother-in-law — Pentheraphobia An irrational, disabling fear of the mother-in-law. Do you really need me to explain it to you? Names — Nomatophobia An abnormal, persistent fear of nosebleeds Numbers — Arithmophobia or Numerophobia An unexplained fear of numbers Opinions — Allodoxaphobia A fear of other people’s opinions. Peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth — Arachibutyrophobia A persistent, abnormal, and unwarranted fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth. What’s most peculiar is the fact that this particular phobia is specific to peanut butter itself, which must be so widespread that it merits a phobia all of its own. Phobias — Phobophobia A morbid dread or fear of developing a phobia. Politicians — Politicophobia Fear or abnormal dislike of politicians. Relatives — Syngenesophobia The fear of relatives. Could fear of meeting a new lover’s rellies qualify? I believe this circumstance could be well justified.

Photo JWinfred Self, being touched — Aphenphosmphobia The fear of touching or of being touched — an acute exaggeration of the normal tendencies to protect one’s personal space, expressed as a fear of contamination or of the invasion, and extending even to people whom its suffers know well. Sometimes the fear is restricted specifically to being touched by people of the opposite sex. It’s often associated with a fear of sexual assault with women. Dorais reports that many boys who have been victims of sexual abuse have a fear of being touched, quoting one victim who describes being touched as something that “burns like fire,” causing him to freeze up or lash out Sitting — Cathisophobia or Thaasophobia The fear from sitting can affect people who perform activities related to pain with sitting. Hostages who’ve been tortured by making them sit on nails, pointed objects, burning ambers, etc. sometimes fear from sitting. Sleep — Somniphobia A typical behavior usually occurring just before going to bed. Sufferers feel that once asleep they may not wake up again. Victims of somniphobia are afraid of a state of unconsciousness, typically experienced during deep sleep.

Snow — Chionophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of snow, causing missed Christmas and New Years Eve parties, some believing they will get into an accident if they venture out into it. Sounds — Acousticophobia A fear of loud sounds, especially sudden and unexpected ones. Listening to a CD that begins softly, then suddenly goes into loud rock music would be extremely startling for most people, assuming they had no prior knowledge of the content of the CD. Being startled is in itself a normal reaction, but the key difference is that people with Phonophobia actively fear such an occurrence. Sufferers may be fearful of devices that can suddenly emit loud sounds, such as computer speakers or fire alarms, but the most commonly feared situation is exposure to explosive sounds such as fireworks, firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices at events or festivals. Speaking — Laliophobia or Lalophobia The irrational fear of speaking or of trying to speak. Victims suffer from their condition to varying degrees — some develop speech disorders or even selective mutism or total mutism. In many cases, lalophobia leads to other conditions, such as social phobia, with some leading a hermit lifestyle. String — Linonophobia A morbid fear of teeth.

Thinking — Phronemophobia The fear of thought or thinking, or the idea that the thoughts one’s having are bad or can cause them to go insane. Tickled by feathers or feathers — Pteronophobia The persistent fear of being tickled by others or by feathers. Ugliness — Cacophobia An uncommon fear of ugliness. Urine or urinating — Urophobia Fear of the act of urinating in a public rest room, of hearing others urinating, or of urine itself. It’s often linked with social phobias. Ventriloquist’s dummy — Automatonophobia Fear of ventriloquist’s dummies, animatronic creatures, or wax statues. For some odd reason, this phobia seems well justified. An abnormal and persistent fear of witches and witchcraft. Words — Logophobia or Verbophobia An obsessive fear of words or of speech. Words, long — Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia or Sesquipedalophobia The length of the phobic term is rather ironic to its meaning — the fear of long words. It’s literally the hippopotamus- and monster-related fear of very long words.

Work — Ergophobia or Ponophobia While many may joke about this, it’s a bonified phobia — rejection of the work environment, the act of performing duties or having to be part of a team going towards a common goal. Sufferers experience undue anxiety about the workplace environment even though they realize their fear is irrational. Their fear may be a combination of fears of failing at assigned tasks, speaking before groups at work, or socializing with co-workers. --

Question: Syngenesophobia is the irrational fear of who?
Answer: Relatives