What a beautiful life we live! Loaded with the amazing nature, friends and family on the side, amazing facilities to enjoy, and everything nearby, but still some unsaid fears make people scream. 

While most of these fears are known to us, some of them are such that obtaining a valid reason is difficult. It is not because one cannot explain that fear, but because one cannot identify why the fear or phobia has been developed.

Talking about phobias, people usually suggest avoiding them, being practical, and stopping thinking about the fact, and your fear will go away. But the truth is, these phobias do not vanish away that quickly or easily. 

So let us look at some of the most common phobias that will put you into deep thinking that something like this exists on this god green earth.

• Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

Just try reading it. It is the fear of the long words. Ironically enough, it is one of the longest words in the dictionary. You must be wondering if this is one of the longest words; what are others? So, it is Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis; a lung disease caused due to silica or quartz dust reaching your lungs. 

Reason: If words are these long, who needs a reason to be afraid of them? But the actual reason is linked to dyslexia usually.

• Xanthophobia

Do you like colours? Well, a person with Xanthophobia is afraid of yellow colour. Think about it there are so many yellow things around you, bananas, school bus, auto, sun, or even flowers. Such a person tries to avoid yellow at any cost.

Reason: Usually associated with painful experience with colour, but rest still unknown.

• Vestiphobia

Is there a dress or uniform that you hate? The Vestiphobia is also linked to the fear of clothing and is usually related to one specific kind of clothing, fitted clothing, or uniform.

Reason: It can be due to allergy, traumatic experience related to attire, or restriction linked to attire.

• Decidophobia

A person needs to make various decisions in life. But what if he is afraid to take any and is highly reliable on others to make decisions for him? If so, then he has Decidophobia.

Reason: The cause is a mental health disorder called dependent personality disorder or linked to the bad outcome of decisions in the past.

• Deipnophobia

The fear to dine with others or go to dinner parties is another common phobia. People who have this phobia usually dine alone in solitary.

Reason: If a person is being pointed out for his etiquettes during childhood or has been frequently criticized while dining, it might be developed. 

Well, the world is full of thousands of phobias and fears that people fight daily. These are a few common ones that one can identify and help overcome. Though it might not be easy for the individual to overcome compassion and confidence, one can conquer everything.

Do You Know? 

Anatidaephobia is a fear that there is a duck or goose somewhere in this world that is watching you, not attacking or touching you, but just watching you.