Things That Go "What?" in the Night

The other day I was having a discussion with someone regarding fears. There are all the common ones; snakes, spiders (shudder), the dark, Justin Bieber opening his mouth and so on. I myself have made no secret of the fact that I am not a fan of spiders. And you can't blame me! I mean, just look at this....

That cuddly little munchkin is called the Goliath Birdeater, and it is also the sole reason why I will never go to South America! But that got me thinking, what other types of fear are there? So I decided to have a look at some of the strangest (and very real) fears that exist on our strange planet.

Ablutophobia
The fear of taking a bath or a shower. Companies like Axe or Yardley must love these people!

Ergophobia
The fear of work or the workplace. Um, don't most people have this one?

Nomophobia
The fear of having no mobile signal. I'm pretty sure this is only in first-world countries.

Philophobia
The fear of falling in love. I can imagine these people are an absolute treat at parties!

Somniphobia
The fear of falling asleep. This is one that I definitely do not have!

Heliophobia
The fear of sunlight. I sense there might be a few vampires that agree with this one!

Chaetophobia
The fear of hair. Anyone that has a toddler with long hair will probably have this one.

Arachibutyrophobia
The fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth. *facepalm

Haphephobia
The fear of being touched. Probably as a result of coming in contact with someone suffering from ablutophobia.

Oikophobia
The fear of household appliances. But then, we all know the toaster is secretly out to kill us all!

Coulrophobia
The fear of clowns. I get a feeling that Stephen King had something to do with this one.

Hylophobia
The fear of wood, trees and forests. I assume someone had a close encounter with a rabid squirrel.

Decidophobia
The fear of making decisions. These people must be a blast in restaurants!

Descendophobia
The fear of descending. It also has a fun twin called ascendophobia, the fear of moving upwards.

Chronophobia
The fear of time passing. Um, okay then.

Phagophobia
The fear of swallowing. I have no words....

Omphalophobia
The fear of belly buttons. Seriously?!

Phobophobia
The fear of phobias. So with this post I have literally made you wet yourself.

I end with a fun pop-culture inspired phobia....

Luposlipaphobia
The fear of being pursued by timber wolves around a kitchen table while wearing socks on a newly waxed floor.