7 Rarest Phobia You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

Allodoxaphobia, decidiophobia, nomophobia, catoptrophobia, and chorophobia. Want to know about some of the rarest phobias? Sometimes, fears become excessive and irrational, to the point where we can’t function normally. The intense worry and avoidance caused by these fears can interrupt day to day living, causing panic when that fear is encountered – that’s when the fear becomes a phobia. In a previous video, we talked about the most common phobias. Many of you requested one about the strange phobias or most rare phobias. We've honored your request and made a list. Let us know if you know someone who identifies with any of these. Also, do you enjoy this animation style?

Disclaimer: If you are suffering from a specific phobia of any kind, don’t hesitate to reach out to a mental healthcare professional today to help ease your fears and better manage your phobias.

Writer: Chloe Avenasa
Script Editor: Kelly Soong
VO: Amanda Silvera
Animator: Sam Rain
YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong

Suggested videos:

The Top 7 Most Common Phobias:

7 Common Fears Not Phobias!

References:

American Psychological Association (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th Edition). Washington, DC; APA Publication.
JB, B., Preeti, M., Praveen, C. T., & Jinto, P. (2013). Nomophobia-do we really need to worry about. Reviews of Progress, 1(1), 1-5.
Pawlak, J., Gazda, J., & Rybakowski, J. (2009). Wind phobia (ancraophobia)–as an example of simple phobia. The case report. Psychiatria polska, 43 (5), 581-592.

[Psychgo]

Have you heard about cherophobia, the fear of happiness? What are your thoughts?

[ترياق-عو]

"the fear of making decisions"
90% of us : "(chuckles), I'm in danger"

[clairedelune]

"Fear of dancing"
Tikok: CUT THE CAMERAS. *deadass?*

[shivamnow]

The fear of not finding anyone to love definitely tops the list

[trapido]

I'm 20 and since my childhood, the sky has always been scary to me and I always had nightmares about the earths gravity basically inverting. I have ever since been very afraid of scenarios like these and just being in a large open field like a football field has always made me nervous and anxious. I recently discovered there is an actual phobia for this called Casadastraphobia. Sounds weird but its something that has always been stuck to me since.

[actuallymusic-]

"Are you creeped out by your reflection?"
Nah I just think I'm ugly

[eo]

As a person afraid of mirrors and reflective surfaces, I'm scared that when I look into the mirror, it won't look like me, or I I'll be distorted in some way, or that the mirror moves before I do or shows something that isn't even in the room. Everytime I see a mirror or reflective surface, I just try to ignore it because I'm scared if I look to deep, then I'll find an irregularity that will creep me out to death.

[nisthakesharwani]

I’m scared of mirrors, that’s why there’s not a single mirror at home.

[Mrsbitter]

I have a phobia of those automatic flushing toilets. It has gotten way worse than I possibly could've imagined. Now it's growing into paranoia of normal toilet flushers just becoming automatic while I'm going to the bathroom. I quite literally sit on the toilet and cover my ears while hyperventilating and trying to go to the bathroom while my whole body is tense. I came here as a final hope for a cure after I went to a public bathroom and had a mental breakdown, and started crying. I am desperate for help. I did overcome this and go on those toilets one time, but it's like it never happened. Something is wrong and I hope that someone here can help me out. I don't want to be afraid of public bathrooms anymore because of this. If any of you can help me, please give your advice. I will do anything to fix this.

[AHuxeno]

Your voice is so calming that you could turn a horrible nightmare story, a beautiful place with rainbows and unicorns
Edit: whoa, i got so many likes :') first time in my life :'D THANK YOUUU ♡

[schpperke]

It’s great they did “probably never heard of” and not something like “nobody knew”

[YkLaraXoxo]

The first phobia my mother has, she always care about other’s opinions, whenever dressing up she always wants me to dress up perfectly, because she’s afraid if someone’s is disgusted of my look, or thinks its weird, and seeing that its rare rn, i just have no words 😭

[thebassboar]

Patient: I have a fear of long words
Doctor: You must have
Patient:

[iseeyou]

I love this animator for putting some high quality memes.

Respect 100

[RoxiePlyZ]

Fun fact: looking at the mirror for long times or hours can make disturbing images in the mirror or scary reflections even in the dark.

Edit: this comment is so old yet people are still replying lol

[PinkIcy]

I have misophonia where I get annoyed very easily like if I see or hear someone eating that annoys me a lot or if I’m in a really quiet room and I hear someone breathing that annoys me and I get angry very easily if someone barely raises their voice at me I get super mad and sad

[grimvaron]

My cousin has fructophobia, this one time, his teacher told everyone to bring a fruit to school. He didn't bring it, the teacher had spare fruit, she was going to give it to him. He ran, ran to the back of the class, begging to not approach him with the fruit. Couple days later, he is ill.

[keylia]

“Only a few are considered a serious case of nomophobia”
*you mean the girl on dr phil?*

[HollyLookABird]

1) Allodoxaphobia - the fear of other people’s opinion - 1:08
2) Decidiophobia - the fear of making decisions - 1:45
3) nomophobia - the fear of being without ones phone - 2:16
4) catortrophobia - [Eisoptrophobia] the fear of mirrors - 3:00
5) coraphobia- the fear of dancing - 3:28
6) Ablutophobia - the fear of cleaning, washing or bathing oneself 4:12
7) ancraophobia - extreme fear of wind - 4:44

As always, I recommend watching the video for more info ❤️

[Ehheheh]

I have fear of mirrors, and I keep hiding from seeing myself