Phobia time!

Some fears are easy to understand. For example, a fear of spiders is perfectly rational (they are ugly and creepy and will lay eggs in your mouth and there's a spider behind you RIGHT NOW). So's a fear of clowns (I've only read a plot summary of 'It', and I'm still scared of Pennywise), or a fear of heights (as long as by 'heights' you mean 'more than two feet off the ground').
There are other fears, however, that defy explanation. Fears that are completely, utterly irrational... And, what's more, absolutely ridiculous.
Here are some of my favorites:

Ephebophobia - fear of youths

 

 

 

 

 

Paraskavedekatriaphobia - fear of Friday the 13th

 

 

 

Pteronophobia - fear of getting tickled by feathers

 

 

 

 

 

Anablephobia - fear of looking up

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anthrophobia - fear of flowers

 

 

 

 

 Arithmophobia - fear of numbers

 

 

 

 

 Barophobia - fear of gravity

 

 

 

Dextrophobia - fear of objects on the right side of the body

 

 

 

 

 Euphobia - fear of hearing good news

 

 

 

 

Geniophobia - fear of chins

 

 

 

 

Pogonophobia – fear of beards

 

 

 

 

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia – Fear of long words.