Uncommon phobias

Do you have a fear of dust or computers? These phobias may not be that common, but they are very real for a small proportion of society.

• Amathophobia: fear of dust
  Only your mum can save you.

• Arachibutyrophobia: fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth
  Run your tongue across that palate, baby.

• Barophobia: fear of gravity
  Going up?

• Cacophobia: fear of ugliness
  Common terror among TheSite.org staff, on entering the tech dept.

• Cyberphobia: fear of working with computers
  Common terror among TheSite.org staff, period.

• Ithyphallophobia: scared of erections
  Is that a rolling pin in your pocket, or are you trying to terrify me?

• Kyphophobia: scared of stooping
  Little old ladies fill you with great dread.

• Metrophobia: fear or hatred of poetry
  I wandered lonely as a... ouch!

• Octophobia: fear of the figure 8
  Look, you gave me a tenner, I owe you two quid back, whaddayamean keep the change?

• Ophthalmophobia: fear of being stared at
  You looking at me? Yeah? Well, I don't see anyone else in the room, so you must be looking at me, ponk.

• Optophobia: fear of opening one's eyes
  Ohmygod! Straight ahead! They're all naked! See, that cured you.

• Panophobia: scared of everything
  Arrggggghhhh, make it stop!!!!!!!!

• Peladophobia: fear of bald people
  You long to see the comb-over come into fashion.

• Phasmophobia: fear of ghosts
  I see dead people. No really. Come back!

• Phobophobia: fear of fear
  Phobia for the post-modernist in your life.

• Plutophobia: fear of wealth
  We can help you out, if your money is a problem.

• Pogonophobia: fear of beards
  Tug on my mutton chops, baby!

• Russophobia: fcared of Russians
  Do you have the briefcase? Hey, where you going?

• Satanophobia: fear of satan
  Mwahahahahahaha!!!!!! Oh, sorry. Did we scare you?

• Thermophobia: fear of heat
  Come now, it's a very popular magazine, with celeb gossip, pics, reviews . . .oh, the wrong kind of heat.

* All jokes aside, if you have a phobia that's causing you distress and making life difficult for you, find out more about phobias and anxiety by contacting the National Phobics Society on 0870 122 2325.