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aga ↷ Page name changed from chiclephobia to phobias
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-====== Chiclephobia ======+====== Phobias ======
  
-Chiclephobia is the fear of chewing gum. [([[https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-fear-of-chewing-gum-2671759|Verywellmind]])]+==== Chiclephobia ==== 
 +Chiclephobia is the fear of chewing gum. [([[https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-fear-of-chewing-gum-2671759|Very Well Mind]])] 
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 +==== Arachibutyrophobia ==== 
 +Arachibutyrophobia, deriving from the Greek words “arachi” for “peanut” and “butyr” for butter, is the fear of being choked by peanut butter. Specifically speaking, it means a fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth. [([[https://www.healthline.com/health/anxiety/arachibutyrophobia|HealthLine]])] 
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 +==== Alektorophobia ==== 
 +Alektorophobia is a fear of chickens. Symptoms vary from person to person, but they always include anxiety and are triggered not only when exposed to chickens, but also when thinking about them. [([[https://www.healthline.com/health/alektorophobia|HealthLine]])] 
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 +==== Thalassophobia ==== 
 +Thalassophobia is a very strong and overwhelming fear of large bodies of water like lakes, seas, and oceans. It shouldn't be mistaken with aquaphobia, which is the fear of water itself.[([[https://www.verywellhealth.com/thalassophobia-5093770|Very Well Health]])] 
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 +==== Lepidopterophobia ==== 
 +Lepidopterophobia is an excessive and irrational fear of butterflies or moths. [([[https://www.fearof.net/fear-of-butterflies-phobia-lepidopterophobia/|Fear Of]])] 
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 +==== Nomophobia ==== 
 +Nomophobia is a condition proposed to be added to the //Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders//. It is a fear of being away from your phone. It is characterized by feelings of anxiety when you are out of a phone’s range of service or have a dead battery. [([[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6510111/|National Institutes of Health]])] 
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 +==== Coulrophobia ==== 
 +Coulrophobia is the unofficial name for the fear of clowns. Despite not being an officially recognized phobia by the World Health Organization yet, coulrophobia is a very real fear for many people.[([[https://www.britannica.com/story/why-are-people-afraid-of-clowns|Britannica]])] 
 + 
 +==== Plutophobia ==== 
 +Plutophobia is a fear of money or wealth. People with plutophobia may fear becoming wealthy themselves or have a fear of wealthy people. They generally dread money itself and having to deal with money.[([[https://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-plutophobia.htm|WiseGeek]])] 
 + 
 +==== Xanthophobia ==== 
 +Xanthophobia is a fear of the color yellow. People with xanthophobia are usually also afraid of any yellow object, such as school buses and flowers.[([[https://psychtimes.com/xanthophobia-fear-of-the-color-yellow/|PsychTimes]])] 
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phobias.txt · Last modified: 2022/08/08 08:50 by aga