This fear, called
pediophobia
What is the phobia of clowns and dolls?
Understanding
Coulrophobia
: A Fear of Clowns. When you ask people what they’re afraid of, a few common answers pop up: public speaking, needles, global warming, losing a loved one. But if you take a look at popular media, you would think we were all terrified of sharks, dolls, and clowns.
What is the weirdest phobia?
- Ergophobia. It is the fear of work or the workplace. …
- Somniphobia. Also known as hypnophobia, it is the fear of falling asleep. …
- Chaetophobia. …
- Oikophobia. …
- Panphobia. …
- Ablutophobia.
What is the rarest fear?
- Ablutophobia | Fear of bathing. …
- Arachibutyrophobia | Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth. …
- Arithmophobia | Fear of math. …
- Chirophobia | Fear of hands. …
- Chloephobia | Fear of newspapers. …
- Globophobia (Fear of balloons) …
- Omphalophobia | Fear of Umbilicus (Bello Buttons)
What is a fear of puppets called?
It’s called
pediophobia
, and, in an especially unsettling touch, it’s apparently linked to pupaphobia — fear of puppets.
What is the #1 phobia?
Overall,
fear of public speaking
is America’s biggest phobia – 25.3 percent say they fear speaking in front of a crowd. Clowns (7.6 percent feared) are officially scarier than ghosts (7.3 percent), but zombies are scarier than both (8.9 percent).
What is Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia?
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is one of the longest words in the dictionary — and, in an ironic twist, is the name for
a fear of long words
. Sesquipedalophobia is another term for the phobia.
What does Melissophobia mean?
Melissophobia, or apiphobia, is
when you have an intense fear of bees
. This fear may be overwhelming and cause a great deal of anxiety. Melissophobia is one of many specific phobias. Specific phobias are a type of anxiety disorder.
What is Athazagoraphobia?
Athazagoraphobia is
a fear of forgetting someone or something
, as well as a fear of being forgotten. For example, you or someone close to you may have anxiety or fear of developing Alzheimer’s disease or memory loss.
Do I have Pediophobia?
For people with pediophobia, seeing or thinking about dolls may cause the following symptoms:
feelings of intense fear
.
difficulty breathing
.
chest pain or tightness
.
What are the 3 fears your born with?
Learned fears
Spiders, snakes, the dark
– these are called natural fears, developed at a young age, influenced by our environment and culture.
What are the Top 5 Fears of humans?
- Acrophobia: fear of heights. …
- Pteromerhanophobia: fear of flying. …
- Claustrophobia: fear of enclosed spaces. …
- Entomophobia: fear of insects. …
- Ophidiophobia: fear of snakes. …
- Cynophobia: fear of dogs. …
- Astraphobia: fear of storms. …
- Trypanophobia: fear of needles.
What fears are we born with?
They are the fear of loud noises and
the fear of falling
. As for the universal ones, being afraid of heights is pretty common but are you afraid of falling or do you feel that you are in control enough not to be scared.
What is Ablutophobia?
Ablutophobia is the
overwhelming fear of bathing, cleaning, or washing
. It’s an anxiety disorder that falls under the category of specific phobias. Specific phobias are irrational fears centered around a particular situation. They can disrupt your life.
Are puppets scary?
Puppets are inherently scary
. They have the same dead eyes as dolls but feature movement and the haunting knowledge that there’s someone controlling them, making a conscious effort to be so damned creepy.
What is the fear of seeing blood called?
While some people may feel uneasy about blood from time to time,
hemophobia
is an extreme fear of seeing blood, or getting tests or shots where blood may be involved.
