The Weirdest Phobias That People Have

Published on April 22, 2017
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Telephones

This phobia has been called Telephone phobia (or telephonophobia, telephobia, phone phobia) and it is the reluctance or fear of making or taking phone calls, literally, a “fear of telephones” The ridiculously talented and loved Hellen Mirren suffers from this phobia. Sufferers need treatment for anxiety as the symptoms include sweating, panic, terror, nausea, and trembling to name a few.

Helen Mirren - Telephones

Telephones

Antique Furniture

We’re not 100% sure if the phobia of antique furniture is correctly refereed to as Furniturephobia but according to actor Billy Bob Thornton, that’s what it is. According to Thornton, he just cannot stand to be around “the stuff kings were around”. As such, he is known to refuse staying in residences or hotels having stuff from before 1950. Peculiar, wouldn’t you say?

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Bob Thornton

Antique Furniture