What is the strangest fear you've witnessed?

Question

I saw this tv show where this woman was afraid of pickles...it was so strange

Answer 1

my best friend was afraid of mushrooms (the inside), she cried whenever she saw one. or anything with tiny lines or tiny holes.

Answer 2

13, number- Triskadekaphobia.
666, number- Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia
Abuse: sexual- Contreltophobia.
Bald people- Peladophobia.

>>>Beards- Pogonophobia.
Bolsheviks- Bolshephobia.
Books- Bibliophobia.
Bullets- Ballistophobia.
Buried alive, being or cemeteries- Taphephobia or Taphophobia.
Children- Pedophobia.
Chins- Geniophobia..
Chopsticks- Consecotaleophobia.
Church- Ecclesiophobia.
Clocks- Chronomentrophobia.
Color purple- Porphyrophobia.
Color red or blushing- Erythrophobia, Erytophobia or Ereuthophobia.
Color yellow- Xanthophobia.
Color white- Leukophobia.
Colors- Chromophobia or Chromatophobia.
Cooking- Mageirocophobia.
Crucifix, the or crosses- Staurophobia.
Crystals or glass- Crystallophobia.
Dark or night- Nyctophobia.
Dark place, being in- Lygophobia.
Darkness- Achluophobia or Myctophobia, or Scotophobia.
Dolls- Pediophobia.
Everything- Panophobia
Freedom- Eleutherophobia.
Friday the 13th- Paraskavedekatriaphobia.
Genitals, particularly female- Kolpophobia.
Genitalia, female- Eurotophobia.
Halloween- Samhainophobia.
Justice- Dikephobia.
Kissing- Philemaphobia or Philematophobia.
Laughter- Geliophobia.
Lawsuits- Liticaphobia.
Learning- Sophophobia.
Marriage- Gamophobia.
Mother-in-law- Pentheraphobia.
Nudity- Gymnophobia or Nudophobia.
Number 8- Octophobia.
Number 13- Triskadekaphobia.
Numbers- Arithmophobia or Numerophobia.
Official doctrine, challenges to or radical deviation from- Heresyphobia or Hereiophobia.
Otters- Lutraphobia.
Parents-in-law- Soceraphobia.
Peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth- Arachibutyrophobia.
People, deformed or bearing a deformed child- Teratophobia.
Politicians- Politicophobia.
Poverty- Peniaphobia..
Purple, color- Porphyrophobia.
Rape- Virginitiphobia.
School, going to school- Didaskaleinophobia.
School- Scolionophobia.
Scientific terminology, complex- Hellenologophobia.
Sea or ocean- Thalassophobia.
Self, that one has a vile odor- Autodysomophobia.
Sex- Genophobia.
Sex, opposite- Heterophobia or Sexophobia.
Sexual abuse- Agraphobia or Contreltophobia.
Sexual intercourse- Coitophobia.
Sexual love or sexual questions- Erotophobia.
Sexual perversion- Paraphobia.
Sin or of having committted an unpardonable sin- Enosiophobia or Enissophobia.
Single: staying single- Anuptaphobia.
Slime- Blennophobia or Myxophobia.
Speaking in public- Glossophobia.
Speed- Tachophobia.
Stand, inability to- Basiphobia or Basophobia.
Stared at, being- Ophthalmophobia.
Staying single- Anuptaphobia.
Step-father- Vitricophobia.
Step-mother- Novercaphobia.
Sun or sunlight- Heliophobia.
Sunshine or daylight- Phengophobia.
Teenagers- Ephebiphobia.
-->>Thinking- Phronemophobia.
Time or clocks- Chronophobia.
Tombstones- Placophobia.
Tornadoes and hurricanes- Lilapsophobia.
Touched, being touched- Aphenphosmphobia, Haphephobia or Haptephobia or Chiraptophobia.
Trains, railroads or train travel- Siderodromophobia.
Ugliness- Cacophobia.
Ventriloquist's dummy- Automatonophobia.
Virgins or young girls- Parthenophobia.
Waits, long- Macrophobia.
Wet dreams- Oneirogmophobia.
White, the color- Leukophobia.
Women, beautiful- Caligynephobia or Venstraphobia.
Words, long- Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia or Sesquipedalophobia.
Work- Ergophobia or Ponophobia.
Worms, being infested with- Helminthophobia.
Writing- Graphophobia.
Writing in public- Scriptophobia.
Yellow color- Xanthophobia.

Answer 3

The strangest that I have ever seen is mine I am afraid of heights and if I look up I get dizzy.

Answer 4

I grew up having my father beating us up frequently. Most people that abuses their family tends to be alcoholic or under the influence of drugs or alcohol, fact that wasn't my father's case. The most strange feeling I have gotten, was not being able to control myself when him (my father) was around, during my early teen years . Every time he use to ge close to me, I use to pi all over my pants... such a shame.

Answer 5

honestly, I saw a show where a grown, adult woman was deathly afraid of balloons. I am NOT making this up. and I don't think she was pretending-not unless she was the most talented actress ever.

Answer 6

Somebody who is afraid of dolphins. The noblest mammal on the planet and you are afraid of it? The person who is afraid of that has got to have some serious issues.

Answer 7

I'm horrified of pipes. The ones on the ceiling of the grocery store, water towers, the u-bend under the bathroom sink. Seriously, I can't deal with them, they're so imposing.

Answer 8

There is a girl I go to school with who is utterly petrified of balloons...to the point where she will have a panic attack and break into hives if she's in the same room as one.

Answer 9

Some people are afraid of clowns. I guess that's not too strange.

Answer 10

I am afraid of chickens. No joke!

Answer 11

I have a friend that is petrified of touching animals. She claims all animals are extremely dirty.