8 phobias you've never heard of

When we talk about phobias, the first thing that comes to our mind is thalassophobia, social phobia, premarital phobia, trypophobia, etc. Here, the editor will tell you about these ten phobias that you may have never heard of and are very strange. Come and learn about them.

Although one of the most common phobias, it remains unexplained, with even Adolf Hitler being a sufferer. There is also a special fear of Black Friday, known as "Friday Night Fear". Tetraphobia is a fear of the number 4 and is more common in China, Japan and South Korea.

What are you talking about? Yes, for people with nutella phobia, eating a peanut butter sandwich is a challenge because they are extremely afraid of peanut butter sticking in their mouth.

Nomophobia: Fear of losing mobile communication

How would you feel if your cell phone had no signal? Could you turn it off for a whole day? Whether your phone credits are all gone or the battery is dead, or your phone is lost or has no signal, the thought of not having your phone can cause you panic. In our culture, this is called "anomorphia."

Spectrophobia: Fear of mirrors

This particular phobia involves a morbid fear of mirrors and the worry of seeing one's own reflection. Psychologist Sandor Ferenczi grouped these two symptoms together and believed that there were two main causes: fear of self-awareness and avoidance of self-display.

Papaphobia: Fear of the Pope

The Pope is seen as one of the most benevolent and best people in the world, and people flock to him frantically in the hope of receiving his blessing, except for those who still have "Popephobia". It is an abnormal or obsessive, morbid fear of the Pope or the Pontiff. Symptoms include shortness of breath, wheezing, irregular heartbeat, nausea and an overall feeling of panic. And the patients weren't necessarily just panicking about the Pope himself. One patient was also afraid of the Roman Catholic Church, so they kept the Pope's travel path away from them!

If you see a hair in your soup, that's fine; but if you see them everywhere, you may be suffering from alopecia. Derived from the Greek Thrix (hair) and Phobia (fear), the word refers to the morbid disgust or fear caused by the sight of losing hair on clothing or elsewhere.

Ephebiphobia: Fear of teenagers

Initially, the name was interpreted as "fear and disgust of teenagers". Today, in contexts around the world, this phenomenon is understood as a “false, exaggerated and abnormal view of young people”. Sociologist Ray Oldenburg believes that the generation gap, "the increasing separation between teenagers and adults in American society" and "adults' alienation and fear of teenagers" are the main causes. Fear of teenagers and their rebellion is often masked by adults' indulgence of them.

Scopophobia: Fear of being stared at

Because they feel a tense, unconscious fear of being looked at or stared at, people with gaze phobia avoid large public places such as shopping malls and other large gatherings as much as possible. Even something as simple as driving can become difficult, as the patient becomes unconsciously aware of and becomes severely alarmed by other people's gazes, whether from the car next to him, in front of him, or behind him in the rearview mirror.