{"id":4651,"date":"2022-05-18T12:11:18","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T11:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/englishplease.de\/?p=4651"},"modified":"2022-05-18T12:17:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T11:17:53","slug":"phobias-what-are-you-afraid-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishplease.de\/de\/phobias-what-are-you-afraid-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Phobias – what are you afraid of!?"},"content":{"rendered":"

You probably have heard of Claustrophobia or Acrophobia, BUT there are lots of different phobias, for example (and these are all a little strange for most of us):
Alektorophobia is the fear of chickens
Genuphobia is a fear of knees (really?)
Barophobia is the fear of gravity
Gynophobia is the fear of women and Androphobia, the fear of men
You can check out others phobias here: https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health\/list-of-phobias<\/a>

The definition of a phobia is ‘an irrational fear of something that\u2019s unlikely to cause harm’<\/strong> – it’s unlikely that, although the thought of seeing my knees is scary (I admit), you would actually run away if you did see them! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what about going to sleep in the dark after watching a horror movie!? No problem?
How about swimming in deep water? Do heights give you sweaty hands or shaky knees maybe?
Do you hate the thought of a clown’s face?
How about needles? can you watch the needle going in when being vaccinated?
Who takes care of the spiders in your home? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And here’s a list of things men should be afraid of (but are often not):
https:\/\/www.menshealth.com\/health\/a19520933\/8-things-you-should-actually-be-afraid-of\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And a list of things women shouldn\u2019t<\/strong> be afraid of (but often are):
https:\/\/www.mic.com\/articles\/46107\/10-things-women-are-afraid-of-but-shouldn-t-be<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like to share your thoughts \/ phobias? Leave a comment!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You probably have heard of Claustrophobia or Acrophobia, BUT there are lots of different phobias, for example (and these are all a little strange for most of us): Alektorophobia is the fear of chickens Genuphobia is a fear of knees (really?) Barophobia is the fear of gravity Gynophobia is the fear of women and Androphobia, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,28,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discussion","category-english-lunch","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nPhobias - what are you afraid of!? - English Please!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This week's English Lunch we learn about Fred Dibnah, a 'steeplejack', steam engine enthuasist and a real character from Bolton, England!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/englishplease.de\/de\/phobias-what-are-you-afraid-of\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Phobias - what are you afraid of!? 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