Who allege phobias have to be weird ? Everyone ’s frightened .

1. Anuptaphobia

The fearfulness of being or abide unmarried . You know , like , forever .

2. Athazagoraphobia

The concern of being forgotten , ignored , or abandon . This phobiahas a composition birdsong .

3. Blennophobia

A care of slime . Watching old episodes ofYou Ca n’t Do That on Televisionmight be just what the physician ordered .

4. Gelotophobia

The veneration of being laughed at . Incidentally , there ’s no fear of being laugh with .

5. Gerascophobia

The fear of growing old . You ’ll arise into — and out of — it .

6. Glossophobia

The fear of speaking in public . Statistics say it ’s the # 1 phobia of Americans , followed by thanatophobia , awe of destruction .

7. Hellenologophobia

The fear of Greek condition or complex scientific terminology . Perhaps it ’s just fear of mispronounce them !

8. Kakorrhaphiophobia

The care of failure or licking . heavily to overcome . strong to say .

9. Lockiophobia

The fear of childbirth . If you do n’t suffer from this , you ’re probably a human race .

10. Macrophobia

A fear of long waits . See also : fear of going to the DMV .

11. Metathesiophobia

A fear of change . Often irrationally coupled with fear of things staying the same .

12. Nyctohylophobia

The fear of colored wooded areas or of forests at Nox . This one ’s indorse by the horror movie industry .

13. Obesophobia

A fear of derive weight . Interestingly , there ’s no official fear of going to the gymnasium . ( Gymnophobia is the fearfulness of nudity . )

14. Ophthalmophobia

The fear of being asterisk at . Does not include being stared at admiringly .

15. Politicophobia

The awe or abnormal dislike of politicians . A rightfully two-party worry .

16. Syngenesophobia

A fright of relation . This tends to flare up during the holidays .

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