Phobias Can Take Many Shapes

Phobias can take many shapes. This essentially means that fear and anxiety can attach themselves to any stimuli, so even if you think your fear has never been heard of - think again.

Here's a list of some rarely publicized phobias:

Coulrophobia = fear of clowns

Ophidiophobia = fear of snakes

Astraphobia = fear of thunder and lightning

Trypanophobia = fear of injections

Anthrophobia = fear of flowers

Atychiphobia = fear of failure

Barophobia = fear of gravity

Bibliophobia = fear of books

Ephebiphobia = fear of teenagers

Genuphobia = fear of knees

Octophobia = fear of the figure 8

Podophobia = fear of feet

. . . and there are so many more. So don't be ashamed over what you fear. Phobias can take many shapes based on conditioning and other factors. It's what you do about your fear that counts!

Follow this link for information on how to break free of phobias