What’s your weirdest phobia?
The fear of pickles: cucumisphobia
We all have those bizarre phobias that render us strangely terrified without really knowing why.
Sometimes, we have equally bizarre reasons as to why we are so scared of some things, and other times, the only thing we know is if exposed to our phobia, we will probably throw up, cry or scream, or all of the above.
Either way, if you are looking for a weird phobia to get an extension on that midterm paper that no professor can contest, take inspiration from some of your fellow Hoyas.
Danielle, 19
“Toes. They are just very creepy.”
Richie, 19
“I’m afraid of heights. Roller coasters terrify me because I once saw someone’s flip flop fall from their foot and I was convinced I was going to fall too.”
Monica, 21
“When little dots are super close together it makes me want to throw up and it just makes me really anxious. There’s a name for it, I swear I’m not weird! Like when something is baking in the oven and gets little holes I just can’t look at it.”
Scott, 22
“I’m probably afraid of a lot of things…hmm…The fear of fear is my biggest fear.”
Kristen, 21
“I have horrible arachnophobia. My junior year of high school, my parents decided to take a service trip to Haiti which, surprise, has tarantulas everywhere…So anyway, I got hypnotherapy for it, which didn’t help and I’m still deathly afraid of spiders. I’m also afraid of going to bed without covers.”
Eleni, 18
“Basically anything that has to do with bugs.”
Nina, 19
“I HATE pickles. The consistency and smell of pickles just terrify me. If I’m having a bad day and then I smell pickles it just makes everything worse.”
Andrew, 21
“My biggest phobia is that bridges are gonna collapse.”
Ben, 21
“Hmm, I don’t have a weird phobia. Although I think my biggest fear is being stranded in space.”
Jaci, 19
“My bizarre phobia is that a ceiling fan will fall on me when it’s on and kill me. I just feel like when they are spinning round and round they are SO unstable.”
Nick, 21
“I’m afraid of being underwater, but I’m not afraid of water – it’s more the physical pressure of being underwater.”
Soosh, 20
“I have this phobia of small holes bunched together, especially when you see them on tongues. It’s called trypophobia.”
I guess a phobia of small holes is real.