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==== Barophobia ==== | ==== Barophobia ==== | ||
Barophobia is the fear of gravity. A person suffering from fear of gravity avoids watching movies and reading books about space and refrains from thinking about gravity. This phobia is bothersome because it is impossible to escape from gravity. The source of the phobia may be exposure to a movie depicting the negative consequences of gravity or even an aversion to physics as a subject taught in school. [([[https:// | Barophobia is the fear of gravity. A person suffering from fear of gravity avoids watching movies and reading books about space and refrains from thinking about gravity. This phobia is bothersome because it is impossible to escape from gravity. The source of the phobia may be exposure to a movie depicting the negative consequences of gravity or even an aversion to physics as a subject taught in school. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Sidonglophobia ==== | ||
+ | Sidonglophobia is the fear of cotton balls. Sufferers of this phobia react with panicky fear at the sight of cotton buds and cotton balls. They may have trouble opening a package that is protected by cotton balls or bubble wrap or refrains from taking certain medications when there is a risk that they are in a package with cotton wool inside. It is suspected that Michael Jackson suffered from sidonglophobia. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Achondroplasiaphobia ==== | ||
+ | Achondroplasiaphobia is the fear of little people. The word Achondroplasiaphobia is derived from the medical term ‘Achondroplasia’ which is a skeletal disorder of the cartilage that forms during the fetal stage. This condition leads to dwarfism. [([[https:// | ||
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