6 Things It's Completely Ridiculous To Fear, But Real People Are Afraid Of Them
And you thought your fear of people with big hands was bad...
The fear of butterflies...
That's right, butterflies. Why? I mean, have you seen them? They're practically spiders with wings. Iridescent, lovely wings, yes. But that's how they get you - with their beauty. Then they pierce their razor sharp fangs savagely into your neck and wait for you to...wait...
No that's vampires. Sorry, never mind. But still, aren't they terrifying?
The fear of bright colors...
In the defense of the 12 people in the world that have this, bright colors can be pretty overwhelming sometimes...if you have the world's most sensitive corneas, or are an extremely committed homophobe. And if that's true, well, then shame on you.
The fear of chewing gum...
Imagine a sticky, faceless, shape-shifting creature inhabiting the darkest corners of your mouth, grasping away at your gums with its slimy tendrils, lurking, waiting for you to let your guard down so it can dive into your esophagus and lodge its amoebic body in your throat, clogging your airways until you slowly stop breathing.
Such is the nightmare of a chiclephobe.
The fear of your own reflection...
As humans, we try to think rationally as much as possible, but sometimes, when we see ourselves face to face, our imaginations can get the better of us.
We start to see things that aren't really there, colors and shapes become distorted. Then the existential questions flood in. "What if the person I'm looking at is really just my doppelgänger stuck in a parallel world? What if I'm the doppelgänger stuck in a parallel world?? Why on earth did I do 2 hits this time??"
Fear of chins...
I'm assuming this one's probably the cause of some mental association strongly made with a traumatic experience. After all, that's how most fears are conceived. But chins?? What could possibly serve as the birthplace for a fear of chins?
The only thing that seems to make any sense is a recurring nightmare that involves Jay Leno and Drew Barrymore doing something deeply deranged. But that then begs the question of why they're afraid of chins, and not overpaid celebrities.
The fear of good news...
There's no rationalizing this one. It's literally so stupid and easy to mock, that it's actually difficult to effectively mock.
That being said, take heart you cynophobes and trypanophobes. Your fears are as sensible as a seasoned judge compared to these farfetched phobias.