Embarrassing and unusual phobias 12 Articles

by S.A.Robb

Okay, don't laugh, seriously. I am terrified of Zombies and sharks. The sharks' thing makes sense; they are naturally designed to eat you. They are natures perfect predator. I hear all the talk of how they don't like the t...read more

by Moya Green

WHICH PHOBIA? I think I shall get myself a phobia, now I have time on my hands. It will give me something to occupy my mind, and talk about to friends and acquaintances. It will make me more interesting. And there are so ...read more

by Erin Davey

A very apt title I think for one of my phobias; cheese. Yes, cheese. The single most foul thing that someone could consider putting in their mouth in my eyes. I have no idea what caused me to develop this irrational phobia...read more

by Catherine C. Roberts

Want to speak of embarrassing phobias? I am afraid of virtually everything in the entire world. I am afraid to go to bed and go to sleep for fear of not waking up again. I fear getting out of bed in the morning, afraid tha...read more

by Mjrinella

Almost everyone has a phobia of something. More common phobias, such as claustrophobia, are wide spread and generally understood by the general public. However, there are some more obscure phobias out there as well; people...read more

by Siren

I can admit to having an embarrassing and unusual phobia, perhaps because of my own family's attempt to protect me from wild mushroom poisoning when I was a toddler. Back in the mid 1970s, when I was still a little girl, ...read more

by Shilo Dawn Goodson

Under the true definition of a phobia, I'm not sure that what I have are real phobias. Extreme fears? Yes. Phobias, though? I'm going to say they're borderline on that one. Phobias are defined as irrational fears, and mine...read more

by Tien Wood

Ah, phobias. Anyone who has experienced this intense fear will know how impossible it feels that others don't have the same reaction to the object of your hatred. I am going to struggle greatly to even type the word of m...read more

by Robin A. Ross

I have suffered from emetophobia for as long as I can remember. Emetophobia is the fear of vomit and vomiting. It is the fifth most common phobia in the world, but most people have never heard of emetophobia. Emetophobi...read more

by Michael Aubrey

Finding the existence of this title precipitated my urge to address some of the unusual phobias this writer has encountered in folks I have met. To legitimize my views it seems proper to admit mine at the outset. I have a ...read more

by Rachael Fieldsend

Every single person has a phobia of some description. Spiders, flies, lifts, heights, water; all pretty common phobias. So what about those among us that have a slightly embarrassing phobia? I know only too well about t...read more

by Becky Hopkins

I have fought many phobias. In highschool I was crippled by School Phobia, making it impossible for me to go to school. I have suffered Social Phobia, spending years with only my family around me, blocking out the world wh...read more