A man with severe OCD and a phobia of germs attempted to commit suicide with a gun to his head. Instead of killing him, the bullet eliminated his mental illness without any other damage.
100 Mind-Blowing Phobia Facts
The fear of cooking is known as Mageirocophobia and is a recognised phobia.
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.
9% of Americans have phobias. Over 19 million people in the U.S. have a specific phobia, with some having more than one. In teenagers, the prevalence of specific phobias in teenagers is higher at 15.1%
More people are afraid of spiders than they are of death. Arachnophobia is more often correlated with the erratic movements of spiders rather than their bite. Their ‘legginess’ is also a factor in why they seem so scary to those with this phobia.
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.
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.
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!