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13 of the Most Unusual Phobias
The Telegraph ^ | 06 Sep 2013 | Lucy Kinder

Posted on 09/08/2013 12:30:58 AM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: nickcarraway

Barackophobia - fear of birth certificates. This is very unusual ... only know of one prominent case.


21 posted on 09/08/2013 4:41:28 AM PDT by MissMagnolia (You see, truth always resides wherever brave men still have ammunition. I pick truth. (John Ransom))
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To: nickcarraway

Greekwordophobia - the distaste for long fake words pretending to be derived from Greek.


22 posted on 09/08/2013 4:59:51 AM PDT by I want the USA back
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To: knarf

The sun is a class G2 star. Class G2 stars are yellow.


23 posted on 09/08/2013 5:06:02 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: DuncanWaring

http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/io4ma/i_have_a_completely_irrational_fear_of_dropping/

I have the ‘dropping keys’ phobia too.
Many do ;)


24 posted on 09/08/2013 5:32:15 AM PDT by libertarian27 (FreeRepublic Cookbooks 2011 & 2012 - Click Profile)
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To: nickcarraway

klimallayiphobia fear of climate change


25 posted on 09/08/2013 5:38:51 AM PDT by joshhiggins
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To: publius911

I was once stuck on Miss. River bridge in thunderstorm and it was swaying. Very scary. For years after I had fear of bridges but eventually overcame it. Another irrational fear I have is left exits off the freeway. No idea where it came from...lol.

Exposure to what one fears is best medicine...at least in my experience.


26 posted on 09/08/2013 5:43:39 AM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR OBAMA TO ANSWER FOR BENGHAZI UNDER OATH!!)
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To: nickcarraway

I have Phobophobia, which is an irrational fear of phobias.


27 posted on 09/08/2013 5:48:15 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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Is there a name for fear of being in a bathroom completely in the dark with the water running?

Paralyzing fear. Must be a latent childhood memory.


28 posted on 09/08/2013 6:35:18 AM PDT by b9 (II Timothy 1:7)
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 ” Another irrational fear I have is left exits off the freeway. No idea where it came from...lol.

Don't worry. Fear of doing anything involving moving towards the left is common among Freepers and is a healthy survival instinct

29 posted on 09/08/2013 6:48:52 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (Obama phones= Bread and circuits.)
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I have a fear of falling asleep while clowns are eating American cheese. Does that count as one phobia or four?


30 posted on 09/08/2013 8:05:17 AM PDT by dangus
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I have a fear of falling asleep while clowns are eating American cheese. Does that count as one phobia or four?

Clown mastication, and American cheese at that? Horrible, squishy, like locusts destroying a harvest in the distance. The stuff of nightmares. Your fears are entirely rational, not a phobia at all.

31 posted on 09/08/2013 8:12:47 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: nickcarraway
Some clowns are worth fearing


32 posted on 09/08/2013 9:29:33 AM PDT by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: CrazyIvan

Haha..yes..that is what I tell myself.


33 posted on 09/08/2013 3:06:58 PM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR OBAMA TO ANSWER FOR BENGHAZI UNDER OATH!!)
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I think I have Xanthoturoculrosomniphobia, but I’m not sure if that refers to the fear of falling asleep while clowns are eating American cheese, or the fear of clowns falling asleep while eating American cheese, or American cheese falling asleep while it’s eating clowns.


34 posted on 09/08/2013 3:18:23 PM PDT by dangus
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