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Do your suffer from Arachibutyrophobia? Or does peanut butter just freak you out? Do you fear clowns? Then you suffer from Coulrophobia.
Are you among the most common phobiacs who suffer from Glossophobia (the fear of speaking in public)? Or are you just a plain old Triskaidekaphobiac (suffering from fear of the number 13)?
Perhaps you suffer from the rare malady, Phobophobia (the fear of phobias). But if you are a bibliophobic, chances are that you won’t be reading this: it’s the fear of books.
PHOBIAS is a fun-packed guide to the weird world of things that make people scared—from Ablutophobia (fear of washing) to Zelophobia (the fear of being jealous).
Discover these and hundreds of other phobias in PHOBIAS REVEALED AND EXPLAINED, and put a name on your greatest fear.
Arranged in quick-reference sections, you can easily learn and pronounce your worst fear and discover its meaning and origin.
So figure out your phobia, then impress your friends and family by giving a name to your newly-found PHOBIA.
Synopsis
Here's an entertaining look into the many different causes of our ordinary, everyday fears. Some people are afraid of spiders, others fear large dogs, and a few unlucky souls even suffer from phobophobia-a fear of being afraid! Phobias is a fun-packed reference guide to the weird world of things that make people afraid, from ablutophobia, a fear of washing, to zelophobia, the fear of being jealous. Whether reasonable or irrational, virtu-ally every one of us has a phobia of one kind or another, and here is the book that names and explains them. Arranged in the form of quick-reference sections, this engaging book helps readers explore their fears and enlightens them about the origins of each qualm and trepidation.