• Ablutophobia, or fear of bathing, is a relative

uncommon but serious phobia. It appears to be

more prevalent in women and children.
Ablutophobia is often
linked to:

• Traumatic past event

• From other people’s

fears.

• Childhood bad habit

• The word
Anatidaephobia is
derived from Greek
word ‘Anatidae’ which
means ducks, geese or
other water fowls, and
phobos is Greek for
dread/fear.
• It can be caused by
traumatic past
experiences or hateful
feelings towards duck.
• The origin of the word chero is Greek
(meaning to rejoice; gaiety or happiness)
and phobia is Greek (meaning fear).
• Cherophobia, like other phobias, may be
caused by a past traumatic or negative
experience. It may also be caused by an
intense fear of disappointment.
• Arachibutyrophobia varies in severity
from sufferer to sufferer.
• Some people are able to consume small
quantities of peanut butter, perhaps as a
dip for vegetables, while others are
afraid to try peanut butter at all.
• Many people suffer only a subset of this
phobia, fearing textbooks or historical novels
or children’s stories, rather than a fear of all
books.

• If you suffer from bibliophobia, you may have

difficulty when forced or encouraged to read.
• The term derives from the Greek
words oikos, meaning household or family,
and phobia, meaning "fear".

• Oikophobia typically refers to fear of the

physical space of the home interior, and is
especially linked to fear of household
appliances, baths, electrical equipment and
other aspects of the home perceived to be
potentially dangerous.
0ther Types of bizarre
Phobias