an intense and persistent fear of certain situations, activities, things, animals, or people. The main symptom of this disorder is the excessive and unreasonable desire to avoid the feared stimulus.
The list of phobias is daunting, but for sure, incomplete. I mean, listing an obscure phobia of bathing and not listing some of the more common ones? Surprising. For example, where is:
starophobia,
of being stared at by all men within 500 metres of vicinity? 99.2% of the females suffer with this phobia making them believe that they are either very attractive or have something stuck in their teeth, resulting in their doing nervously foolish activities.
smilophobia,
A phobia of smiling or grinning? This typically results in a permanent bull-doggish appearance in the said person.
secretophobia,
A phobia of maintaining any secret? (more popularly known as otta-vaazhi in tamil, pet mein na pachna in hindi or tattle-tale in english)
naturalophobia,
A phobia of looking or acting natural? The phobic usually hides the natural color of his/her face, nails & lips, the shape of their eyes & cheeks, or use fake accents.
timeophobia,
A phobia or intense dislike of arriving on time?
driveroadophobia,
of driving on roads, a phobia more common in India?
Are there any more phobias that have been missed out?
PS: In case you are wondering, I suffer from driverophobia and secretophobia all the time, and the rest occassionally.
