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| POLYPHOBIA -- This is the most impressive list from any single individual I've seen yet. Fear of Going Back in Time, Getting Stuck There, Then Contracting a Disease that's Curable Now, but Won't Be Curable Then -- Got it? If not, click to read. :) Fear of Large Bodies of Water Because There Might Be Shopping Carts Down There -- I can't even begin to think of a comment for this one. Fear that Aliens are Spying on You -- One couple lined the inside of their house with thick layers of tin foil to keep them at bay. (anyone know if that really works?) Fear that People Can Read Your Mind -- Once again, tin foil seems to be the solution. Fear of Gravity Reversing itself -- people and structures falling skyward. One submitter has had this since age 8. He says he always finds himself looking at the ceilings of structures to consider if he could suitably survive 'upside down' -- if, that is, the structure managed to maintain its foundation. Sort of the inverse of Barophobia. Fear of a Flux in the Time-Space Continuum -- No, this is not Star Trek. This fear may best be explained in the following example: Joe was about to cross the a residential street. Now, although there were currently no cars driving by, there have been in the past and will be in the future. He becomes uncertain that it's really NOW now, considering that, as he crosses, past or future events could present themselves and he might be hit. This has been the Submitter's fear since about age 10. I really have nothing to compare to this one. Fear of Grim Reaper Coming into Your Room at Midnight to See if You're Sleeping. And if You're Not... Fear of Spontaneously Developing Tourette's Syndrome -- Two submissions for this one, too. I just have one of the emails, though. Click to read. Tourette's Syndrome is a disorder where one involuntarily begins spouting out words, often obscene, at improper times. Just imagine you're in church or in a library and suddenly become overwhelmed with an urge to shout or yell something random or obscene. This is the fear we're talking about. Fear of Being Shot by a Spider in the Middle of the Night -- He actually has an explanation for this one. Click to read. Fear of a Little White Dog Coming Out of Your Closet -- Submitter has been locking her closet since she was 3. Fear of Renaissance Paintings, statues, Representations of Jesus, arches, domes, and the Greek Gods Fear of the "Chubby Bunny" Game Fear of Dying in a Car Crash with the Radio Stuck on a Country Station Fear of the Number 211 -- Please read this one. Fear of the Sun Blowing up and Becoming a Black Hole and then Being Slowly Sucket into it over Hundreds of Years Fear of Cannibal Siamese Twins -- This one has got to be the oddest one I've ever seen. Fear of Ghost Cows Fear of Being Mentally Ill but No One has Told You Yet Fear of Hijacked Planes with Retinal Scanners Looking for You Fear of Amphibious Vampiric Fish in the Home Aquarium Fear of Being Drowned By Peacocks -- I emailed back just to make sure. Apparently this is for real. Fear of Dying and Having Pets Blame Themselves Fear of Being Pushed Out a Window By the Family Dog Fear of Evil Midgets Spying on You Fear of Spontaneous Human Combustion -- Two submissions for this one so far. Fear that Everybody in the World is an Actor, and that You're the Big Joke Fear of Blinking Odd Amounts -- I'm only including this because she submitted some more common ones, too. |