Are You Didaskaleinophobic?

You probably know about arachnophobia (fear of spiders) and claustrophobia (fear of enclosed spaces). But did you know that those who suffer from didaskaleinophobia are afraid of going to school? (Don’t let your kids find out this has been documented.)

Here are a few more less-common fears you may not be familiar with:

• Phasmophobia – fear of ghosts
• Enochlophobia – fear of crowds
• Iatrophobia – fear of doctors
• Pteronophobia – fear of being tickled with feathers (Okay, this one isn’t so common.)
• Spheksophobia – fear of wasps

(Source: Schott’s Original Miscellany)

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