Are These Phobias For Real?

Real life phobia or made up?
Fear of Vegetables
Reviewed by Kidzworld on Dec 27, 2006 (Rating: 1 Star Rating)

Here are a list of funny phobias and real life fears. Tell us if you think these phobias are made up or real.

Almost everyone is afraid of something. A lot of people suffer from arachnophobia (fear of spiders), aviophobia (fear of flying) and taphephobia (fear of being buried alive). Then there are some rare phobias that only one in a million people share. Check out these phobias and decide for yourself if any of 'em are made up.

  • Trichopathophobia - Fear of hair.
  • Peladophobia - Fear of bald people.
  • Melophobia - Fear of music.
  • Lachanophobia - Fear of vegetables.
  • Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - Fear of long words (can you even pronounce that word?)
  • Arachibutyrophobia - Fear of peanut butter getting stuck to the roof of your mouth.
  • Unatractiphobia - Fear of ugly people.
  • Dromophobia - Fear of crossing the road.
  • Pogonophobia - Fear of beards.
  • Linonophobia - Fear of string.

1 I think some of those are pretty weird but I believe some of them.

Kidz Submit By:

Nickname: angelgirl95
Age: 13

1 I think that those phobias are soooooooo wierd. But that fear of vegtables thing is just STUPID!

Kidz Submit By:

Nickname: hippiechick411
Age: 12

1 All of these phobias are real, except for the fear of ugly people. It's real name is cacophobia and it's fear of ugliness, not ugly people, just uglyness in general.

Kidz Submit By:

Nickname: yunalesca_22
Age: 16

What do you think? Are all these phobias really true or did we make some of 'em up? Many phobias have been around for years but new ones have formed in recent years as technology advances. Phobias can seriously affect people but they can be cured. Take our poll and see what others think or your thoughts.

Last week I wrote about Murder or Suicide? Ronald Opus jumped off a building with the intention of committing suicide but was killed when a gun went off and the bullet hit him. The story was made up but it's been around for a long time. Nothing about it was true, although it does make you think for a second. Here's what everyone voted:

Did Ronald's Death Really Happen? Vote!

Of course! Stranger things do happen. 66%
Now way. That's an urban legend. 20%
I don't know. 13%

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baconator12

baconator12 wrote:

I thought i'd do good on the phobia quiz cuz i watched an episode of face off all based...
commented: Sat Feb 11, 2012

shing-ling

shing-ling wrote:

hippopotomonstrosesqiupedaliophobia (i wish i could pronounce it) :/
commented: Tue Dec 20, 2011

funnycakegirl212
i have heard of all those before
commented: Fri Jul 29, 2011

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Are These Real Life Phobias? Vote!

  • All of them are real.
  • None of them are real.
  • Some of them are made up like the fear of ugly people.
  • I don't know.

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