Phobias

I was reading an interesting article on the free mag that I got on my bus to work the other day.

They say the 2 most common phobias are claustrophobia, where one is afraid of small places and its opposite, agoraphobia, phobia of open spaces.

Nonetheless there are thousands of registered phobias which aren't as usual and which seem strange, to say the least.

For example:

• triskaidekaphobia - fear of the number 13;
• soceraphobia - fear of parents-in-law (aren't we all afraid of them? :) )
• chromotephobia - fear of money (Apparentely, it's not the universal fear of loosing it, but HAVING it!!!)
• hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - panic of long words!

The list goes on, but I leave you with these ones only, for you not to become fearful of reading this blog, for it's too boring! Blogphobia!