Phobia's
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.
- Clinophobia is the fear of beds.
- Paedophobia is a fear of children.
- Automatonophobia is a fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues or anything that falsly represents a sentient being.
The Graveyard Shift In Victorian times, there was an intense fear of being buried alive, so when someone died, a small hole was dug from the casket to the surface, then a string was tied around the dead persons finger which was then attached to a small but loud bell that was hung on the surface of the grave, so then if someone was buried alive, they could ring the bell and whomever was on duty would go and dig them up. Someone was on the clock 24 hours a day- hence the grave yard shift .
- Hypnophobia is a morbid fear of sleep and falling asleep.
- Lyssophobia is a morbid fear of insanity.
- Phobatrivaphobia is a fear of trivia about phobias Still in Character Janet Leigh, the actress, has a fear of showers. This is the result of appearing in the film, 'Psycho', in which her character met a violent death in the shower.
- Dromophobia is a fear of crossing the road
- Unatractiphobia is a fear of ugly people.
- Arachibutyrophobia is a fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
A rose for the lady? Elizabeth I of England suffered from anthophobia, a fear of roses. You can join Unsolved Mysteries and post your own mysteries or
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