Fear Factor!

The worst phobias you should be afraid of…

Ablutophobia

What Is It: Fear of washing or bathing.Worst

Case Scenario: Being married to someone with automysophobia (fear of anything dirty). Or working at the laundrette.

Anglophobia

What Is It: Fear of English or the English culture.

Worst Case Scenario: Being driven in a Range Rover to a tea party at the British Council by someone named of Elizabeth, while listening to the Fergie’s London Bridge.

Cacophonophobia

What Is It: Fear of bad music.

Worst Case Scenario: Sharing a shower cubicle with William Hung. Oh wait, that’s scary on so many different levels…

Chaetophobia

What Is It: Fear of hair.

Worst Case Scenario: Next to being in Britney’s shoes, which must suck, a chaetophobic’s worst fear is not being able to grow up to be a hairdresser.

Chrometophobia

What Is It: Fear of money or the fear of touching money.

Worst Case Scenario: Your name is Oprah. Oh, so that’s why she keeps giving away lavish gifts on the Oprah show!

Chirophobia

What Is It: Fear of hands.

Worst Case Scenario: Trying to eat. Trying to do your homework. Walking around Vietnam with beggars waving their frightening arms at you, asking for money. Oh, what a panic!

Erythrophobia

What Is It: Fear of red lights, blushing or the colour red.

Worst Case Scenario: You’re an ambulance driver with acne problems.

Ithyphallophobia

What Is It: Fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis.

Worst Case Scenario: Being George Michael.

Megalophobia

What Is It: Fear of large things.

Worst Case Scenario: You’re a girl who doesn’t ask for much. The peculiar girl who is happy for the diamond on your wedding ring to be a speck of glitter dust and your house cozy like a closet, but you’ll never feel the true satisfaction of romance, for obvious reasons.

Neophobia

What Is It: Fear of anything new.

Worst Case Scenario: Going shopping. Or in your friends’ case, going shopping with you, because you dress in clothes even the Salvation Army would reject.

Osmophobia

What Is It: Fear of smells or odours.

Worst Case Scenario: Everytime you go to poo…

Phonophobia

What Is It: Fear of noises. Sometimes manifested in fear of voices or one''s own voice. Also of telephones, because all you hear is a voice.

Worst Case Scenario: “Satu, Kosong, Tiga, Sembilan”… goes the cue, slowly as you look on your queue number which is 1539 at the passport renewal counter. Then you get on the flight, seated next to a cry baby.

Papyrophobia

What Is It: Fear of paper.

Worst Case Scenario: Having your final exams tomorrow. After defecating, you discover that there’s no water. What do you do? Face your fears?...

Sesquipedalophobia

What Is It: Fear of long words.

Worst Case Scenario: Mary Poppins singing “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”.

Urophobia

What Is It: Fear of urine or urinating.

Worst Case Scenario: You just had plenty of beer.

Venustraphobia

What Is It: Fear of beautiful women.

Worst Case Scenario: Being adopted by the Brad and Angelina