What the fright?

Many phobias are part of people’s everyday lives. You can’t get in a lift without hearing about claustrophobia; we know that spiders are unwelcome in an arachnophobe’s house, and everyone has a friend with a fear of flying (aerophobia). Here are some more obscure phobias you may not have heard of: Alektorophobia – fear of chickens Pogonophobia – fear of beards Nephophobia – fear of clouds Cryophobia – fear of ice or cold Chronomentrophobia – fear of clocks Ephebiphobia – fear of teenagers Pteridophobia – fear of ferns Porphyrophobia – fear of the color purple Genuphobia – fear of knees Onomatophobia – fear of names Phobophobia – fear of phobias…

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Getaway (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2022

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