When we’re born, the only innate fears we have are the fear of falling and the fear of loud sounds. All other fears are learned.
100 Mind-Blowing Fear Facts
It’s believed that Orlando Bloom has swinophobia, which is a fear of pigs! He was seen running away from a pig on the set of Kingdom of Heaven.
Meghan Trainor has Nyctophobia, which is a huge fear of the dark.
The fear of vegetables is called Lachanophobia.
The fear of cooking is known as Mageirocophobia and is a recognised phobia.
Pistanthrophobia is a common fear of trusting people due to past experiences with relationships gone bad.
Suriphobia is the fear of mice.
Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13.
Allodoxaphobia is the fear of opinions.
Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
The fear of long words is called Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. The 36-letter word was first used by the Roman poet Horace in the first century BCE to criticise those writers with an unreasonable penchant for long words. It was American poet Aimee Nezheukumatathil, possibly afraid of their surname, who coined the term how we know it in 2000.
Martial artists who smile before the start of a match are more likely to lose. This could be as a smile can convey fear or submissiveness.
Allodoxaphobia is the fear of other people’s opinions.
A fear of long words is called Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
Trypophobia is the fear of closely packed holes. Or more specifically, “an aversion to the sight of irregular patterns or clusters of small holes or bumps.” No crumpets for them, then.
Allodoxaphobia is the fear of other people’s opinions. It’s a rare social phobia that’s characterised by an irrational and overwhelming fear of what other people think.
We are born with only 2 natural fears: the fear of falling and the fear of loud sounds. One of the most surprising fun facts about life: All other fears and phobias are learned or acquired later in life.
Queen Elizabeth II has had over 30 corgis in her lifetime. Queen Elizabeth had Susan, her first Corgi when she was 18. From Susan, she had 14 generations’ worth of Corgis throughout her life. However, the last one died in 2018. Currently, the Queen has stopped breeding new ones for fear of trampling over a puppy.
Many pets from the U.S. run away on July 4th. This is highly due to their fear of fireworks during America’s Day of Independence.
Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13. This is mainly connected to the belief that the number 13 is unlucky and can bring about misfortune. This is why you won’t see the number 13 on most building elevators.
The only innate fear we have at birth is the fear of falling and loud noises. All other fears we learn after birth are learned. These fears are more often learned through traumatic experiences and by social means.
There is a term for a person who is perpetually afraid of being late. Time anxiety is the fear of running out of time. People who suffer from this have an obsession with spending their time in the most meaningful way possible. Commonly, people who suffer this are also in a constant rush which makes those around them feel uncomfortable.
Possums do not play dead. They pass out from fear of their predators.
A surgical procedure that removes fear from your brain exists. This process is called selective amygdalohippocampectomy and is used to treat patients with epilepsy. While this may sound like a process you would want to try, it comes with consequences.
Cherophobia is the fear of being happy. People who experience this go out of their way to avoid and invoke positive emotions. These people also often fear socialising for it may lead to positive events. This phobia is a form of anxiety disorder that is often treated with regular medication.
‘Metrophobia’ is the fear of poetry. If you don’t remember your literature classes as a good time, you may have had this phobia. The prefix metro- comes from the meter, which refers to the standard structure of a poem.
Anatidaephobia is the fear of being watched by a duck. A person with Anatidaephobia fears that somewhere in the world, a duck or a goose is watching him/her.
Lachanophobia is the fear of vegetables. The word originates from the Greek lachno (vegetables) and phobos (fear or aversion). This may be one of the funny facts that sound like we’re just making things up, but there is a medical diagnosis for the fear of veggies. In 2009, a woman was diagnosed with the condition. However, since she had a baby to care for, she overcame her phobia.
An episode of Peppa Pig was banned from Australian television. Their offense? The episode taught children not to fear spiders. Given how many venomous spiders live in Australia, it’s only natural to ban them for the safety of the kids watching.
Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.
‘Arachibutyrophobia’ is the fear of getting peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth.
The fear of long words is, in fact, a long word: Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. American poet Aimee Nezheukumatathil coined the word as we know it today. However, it was the Roman poet Horace who first used the word in the first century to criticize writers using long words.
The fear of other people’s opinions is called allodoxaphobia.
Arithmophobia is the fear of numbers.
Gelotophobia is the fear of laughter. Those who suffer from gelotophobia respond to all laughter as if it is at their expense. Up to 13% of the population could be afraid of laughter.
The fear of running out of something to read is called “abibliophobia.”
It turns out that most people don’t procrastinate because of laziness. Instead, many factors have been found to cause this crippling condition, such as task aversion, perfectionism, fear of failure, and overall anxiety issues. Other key factors that influence how much we procrastinate come down to the goals we set for ourselves and how concrete or abstract they are. The key to combating procrastination is identifying the specific factors that cause it and combating them individually.
The author of the James Bond novels wrote the first book to take his mind off the fear of getting married. Ian Fleming was a bachelor of 44 years when he wrote Casino Royale in 1952, the first in a long series about the devilishly handsome British spy. Many years later, Fleming wrote in his memoirs that he was so terrified at the concept of finally getting married that he wrote his first Bond novel. Some authors doubt this dismissal, claiming he simply wrote it as a quick cash job, but it makes a hell of a good story!
The intense fear or dislike of new technology is called technophobia.
Some people are afraid of technology. People have all kinds of weird fears and phobias out there, and technology is no exception! Aptly named technophobia, this fear stemmed from the Industrial Revolution and workers being afraid that machines would take their jobs. It applies in a similar way to today’s society, as well as people being scared of technology getting too advanced, such as artificial intelligence technology. Let’s just hope this phobia doesn’t stop them from reading these technology facts!
Rodent reprobates. In 1510, rats who destroyed a field of barley were summoned to face trial. Their defence lawyer, Bartholomew Chassenee, argued that attending court would put his clients at risk from local cats and dogs. A reasonable fear of death was a sufficient reason to excuse a human from court. If rats were to be subject to the same laws, surely the same mitigation had to apply? The judge postponed the trial indefinitely.