Fear Factor

I came across an article on msn about phobias and here are some that I find quite amusing:

• Papaphobia—fear of the pope.
• Scorodophobia—fear of garlic.
• Pteronophobia—fear of being tickled with feathers.
• Ranidaphobia—fear of frogs.
• Philematophobia—fear of kissing.
• Aulophobia—fear of flutes.
• Ostraconophobia—fear of shellfish.
• Graphophobia—fear of handwriting.
• Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia—fear of long words (seriously).
• Blennophobia—fear of slime.
• Gerontophobia—fear of old people.
• Peladophobia—fear of bald people.
• Geropeladophobia—fear of old, bald people.
• Phobophobia—fear of developing a fear.
  

There is also didaskaleinophobia, the fear of going to school—though you’d have to go if you want to pronounce it. Barophobia is the fear of gravity, which can be very inconvenient if you live on a planet.

Nakakatuwa noh? I had no idea there were so many kinds of phobias and I didn't even know the ones mentioned above existed. Makes you kinda wonder how these people live doesn't it?