🔒 Closed 12 weird phobias

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Romance can be pretty anxiety-inducing. From the fear of staying single to a dread of chocolate, Life's Little Mysteries has rounded up the strangest love-related phobias. Here are a some examples:

1. "Commitmentphobia" is a made-up phobia, but folks who fear You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. may actually have amoraphobia, the fear of love.

2. People with metrophobia, the fear of poetry, would need to hire You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. if they want to pen their sweetheart a passionate verse.

3. A heart-shaped box of You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. — that sweet Valentine's Day staple — would be more horrifying than romantic to those with xocolatophobia, the fear of chocolate.

4. Here's a phobia that is probably most common among bashful people making an overture to a crush: Erythrophobia, or fear of You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. , causes the sufferer to be extremely embarrassed and self-conscious of their reddening complexion. Talk about a vicious cycle.

5. Anyone who has ever been the victim of a particularly bad kisser can understand philematophobia, or the fear of You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. .

6. Sending a red, heart-shaped Valentine's Day card to someone with cardiophobia, the fear of You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. , would be a pretty cruel thing to do.

7. What could possibly be threatening about a bouquet of flowers ? Among those with anthrophobia, or the fear of flowers, a single red rose brings about feelings of anxiety — even if it's been de-thorned.

8. People with haphephobia or aphenphosmphobia must get pretty lonely, as their phobias cause them to avoid letting anyone You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. .

9. Headaches caused by You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.and burns from hot wax may explain why some suffer from keriophobia — the fear of candles.

10. Guys who have anuptaphobia, the fear of staying single, might want to You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. to help pick up women at bars.

11. & 12. These last two go together: Ornithophobia, the fear of You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. , and apiphobia, the fear of bees. One poses the threat of being pooped on from above and the other You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., so these phobias seem pretty reasonable to us.







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