I then found my irrational fear of touching cotton wool also had a name. It's amazing what pet peeves and weird phobias have names these days! Read on to see if your weird phobia is listed...

Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.

Bambakomallophobia- Fear of cotton wool.

Androphobia - Fear of men. (hee hee)

Bathmophobia- Fear of stairs or steep slopes.

Bibliophobia- Fear of books.

Cacophobia- Fear of ugliness.

Chorophobia- Fear of dancing.

Coulrophobia- Fear of clowns. (A lot of us had this if we saw Stephen King's IT as children!)

Hypengyophobia or Hypegiaphobia- Fear of responsibility.

Linonophobia- Fear of string.

Octophobia - Fear of the figure 8.

Papyrophobia- Fear of paper. (Try pulling that one out in the next boring meeting.)

Peristerophobia - Fear of pigeons.

Philophobia- Fear of falling in love or being in love. (Is think this is what my ex had!?)

Rhytiphobia- Fear of getting wrinkles. (So that would be half of Hollywood then...)

Thaasophobia- Fear of sitting.

Article by Je t'aime Hayr

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