Among the phobias, there are some which can surprise, so much these are situations that one can meet every day. And yet, many unusual phobias exist and it is interesting to know them to better analyze the characteristics of phobias in general and how to treat them. You will also know what these amazing phobias are called.

Phobia is an irrational fear that affects many people. The most common are visceral fear of animals (zoophobia), starting with spiders, snakes.

Others are more global, such as agoraphobia (fear of crowds) or the phobia of heights. But some are more unusual. If they can make people who are not concerned smile, for others it can become very embarrassing! All the more so since these phobias generally concern situations, objects, or living beings that we can meet every day …

Additionally, specific phobias can be symptoms of a larger condition, such as generalized anxiety disorder. Because phobias all have an origin linked to the vulnerability and uncertainty of life.

They can make you smile, but specific phobias are most often the manifestation of an underlying anxiety, or the resurgence of trauma.

The bananophobie

You would think it was a joke, just by the name, and yet! The fear of bananas is very real. The singer Louane suffers from it and she is not the only one. According to psychiatrists, this fear would come from a trauma linked to childhood.

Having been forced to eat unpalatable mashed banana, an overripe banana or having slipped on a banana peel after a bad joke, can be enough to trigger a fear which results in a desire to vomit, or that of oneself. run away.

The anthophobie

To stay in the plant domain, anthophobia is the fear of flowers. Some people don’t like flowers, but frightened of them? This phobia is rare, but it affects enough people to have a name. Difficult to understand its origin, but it is manifested simply by an anxiety in their presence.

The xanthophobie

And maybe this is what can bring us back to bananophobia, the fear of the color yellow. Xanthophobia is a phobia to say the least unusual which leads to an avoidance of this color. Suffice to say that in everyday life, it is not an easy task.

The umbrophobie

Some people are afraid of the rain. This phobia can have different causes, starting with a trauma related to this type of weather, such as a flood. It can also bring up painful memories.

Ombrophobia falls into the category of phobias related to the elements and natural phenomena over which human beings have no control. Thus, we speak of arsonphobia or pyrophobia for the fear of fire, anemophobia for the fear of the wind, and barophobia for the fear of the earth, in other words of gravity. The fear of clouds, nephophobia, is similar to ombrophobia.

The pogonophobie

This irrational fear of beards can have different causes, starting with a trauma related to a bearded man in childhood for example.

L’omphalophobie

This phobia concerns the navel. It may be a primitive fear of separation from the mother. But it can also be linked to the mystery of this part of the body and to larger existential questions, which become unbearable for phobic people.

The trémophobie

It indicates the fear of trembling. Tremophobia can be linked to the fear of being sick and not being able to control your movements.

The sidérodromophobie

It concerns the fear of taking the train. Siderodromophobia (from the Greek sidero (iron), drome (race, movement)) thus prevents people with the disease from boarding a train, as aerophobia refers to the fear of flying. Transport is, in general, an important fear factor and the easiest to understand, because of its speed and the risks which, however small, exist. Thus, after a car accident, people cannot get back behind the wheel with peace of mind, even several years later.

Faced with fears that concern everyday life, undertaking work on yourself to no longer be phobic is important in order to live more serenely. For this, cognitive and behavioral therapy is essential. It makes it possible to understand where fear comes from and not to associate it with the object or the situation in question the better to get rid of it.

The prescription of drugs is rare in this type of pathology, apart from occasional anxiolytics or if the phobia leads to physical consequences.

Suffering from a phobia, unusual or common, does not make you sick. We must treat it above all if it prevents us from living normally.