While researching this comic, here are a bunch of other interesting fears I found:
- Barophobia: Fear of gravity
- Retrobarophobia: Fear of gravity reversing itself (Does this ever shut off, or do you have to always be tethered to something that won’t fly off the planet if gravity reverses?)
- Danzaphobia: Fear of Tony Danza. Not to be confused with Danzigphobia, which shares a lot of traits with the former, namely an anxieous fixation on short guys with bad hair who are constantly talking about corpses.
- Pseudodanzaphobia: Fear of Scott Baio
- MorningComicphobia: Fear of uploading a comic before work in the morning (Thankfully I don’t think I have this one)
SONGS FOR WEDS.:
I think the morning comic thing might be better named as matuttisophobia. Literally, “morning (matut-) art (-tis) fear.” And yes, I did spend at least 10 minutes searching the web for that. XD
Anatidaephobia – The fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you.
Love this one! haha
All of these are terrifying. Except for otters. But I’ve never met one and I get the feeling they might be little jerks wrapped in a bundle of adorable. So I’m not afraid of them, yet.
Isn’t a fear of gravity just a fear of falling? And when has it ever gone the other way?!
I have always had a healthy respect for Otters…I will tread carefully now though.
There’s a children’s fairy tale in the country I’m from about an otter. The kids befriend a cute creature named Retto who lives by the river and together they try to solve the mystery of why all the chickens are being stolen and killed/eaten. Turns out Retto is OTTER BACKWARDS AND HE PWN3D THEM ALL ALONG!!1
It was a great story though, seriously.
My good friend had a fear of gravity reversing itself growing up. I always thought it was hilarious, but every now and then he’d talk about it. He’d always prefer to stand by buildings, or under the overhangs, or next to trees, or obviously just stay inside.
Cracked me up, but, really – phobias are intense and scary, and now I feel bad for him having been forced to think of this in realm of ‘phobia’ instead of just quirk. Damn you.
i have retrobarophobia, although i didn’t know that is what it is called. i have called it a fear of falling up. if i look up at high things or lay on my back and look at the sky, i get the idea that if i let go of the earth, i’ll fall into the sky. it’s not fun, but as long as i don’t look up, i’m ok. i also have a fear of heights that i’ve overcome some. thanks for naming my fear!