Note: This article is for pure entertainment and humor. Please do not be offended if a certain phobia that you may have been diagnosed with is listed below.

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Fear is in the nature of human beings. Humans are scared of many things, common ideas such as death, clowns, heights or even the dark. But many people are unaware of other uncommon phobias. Who knew a person could be scared of bald people or belly buttons? Below is a list of some of the most bizarre phobias that will make you laugh, cry or lose faith in humanity.

1. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia: fear of long words

Well, now I'm scared, too.

2. Pentheraphobia: fear of one's mother-in-law

3. Phobophobia: fear of phobias

I can guarantee you'll be scarred by the end of this list.

4. Geniphoba: fear of chins

5. Pogonophobia: fear of beards

Dumbledore is very much offended.

6. Alliumphobia: fear f garlic

Is this a vampire thing?

7. Bufonophoba: fear of toads

8. Cibophobia: fear of food

Good luck staying alive.

9. Consecotalephobia: fear of chopsticks

10. Didaskaleinophobia: fear of going to school

For every kid out there.

11. Ephebiphobia: fear of teenagers

Hah. Said every parent ever.

12. Euphobia: fear of hearing good news

Wow. How depressing.

13. Genuphobia: fear of knees

...so what about elbows?

14. Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia: fear of the number 666

15. Lachanophobia: fear of vegetables

16. Optophobia: fear of opening one’s eyes

How are you getting around without injuring yourself?

17. Ouranophobia: fear of heaven

I thought Euphobia was bad.

18. Paraskaverdekatriphobia: fear of Friday the 13

19. Soceraphobia: fear of in-laws

For every married couple.

20. Pteronophobia: fear of being tickled by feathers

They have a word for this?

21. Syngenesophobia: fear of relatives

Family reunions must be terrible.

22. Teleophobia: fear of definite plans

The life of an average procrastinator.

23. Urophobia: fear of peeing

Is that even possible?

24. Omphalophobia: fear of belly buttons

You're scared of something that kept you alive when you were a fetus?

25. Peladophobia:- Fear of bald people

No one ever said hair loss was easy.

26. Chrometophobia: fear of money

Only question I can ask — why?!

27. Panophobia: fear of everything

I've been diagnosed with everything on this list, and I'm sure you've been, too.