Ten Uncommon Food Related Phobias People Suffer From

Lots of people have phobias and they are very common. Phobia is an anxiety disorder where the person has extreme fear of something. There are phobias for nearly anything you can think of. The most common ones are Arachnophobia, which is fear of spiders, Acrophobia, the fear of heights, and Claustrophobia, a fear of closed tight spaces.

These are all pretty reasonable fears and most people either know someone who has it or some even have it themselves. Some more unusual phobias are when people are fearful of food items or food related things. Many people probably haven’t encountered someone with these types of phobias, but this video discusses ten food related phobias you might not know about. There are some very interesting items on this list and you might even think that it was impossible to be scared of some of these things. There are phobias of all kinds and it is important to remember that when watching this video! Are any of these familiar to you?

One of the more interesting phobias that appear on this list is Deipnophobia. This is the fear of dining with others or just dining in general. Most people who suffer from this love to eat alone and by themselves in silence. Don’t mistake this for preferring to be alone and eating, Deipnophobics are actually scared of dining and fear it.

Another one is Oenophobia, which is the fear of wine. Who knew that wine, the alcoholic beverage, can actually make people scared of it or fear it. This problem stems from being unable to choose which wine to drink, both for an event or to drink alone. The inability to choose which wine will satisfy most of the people leads to anxiety, and thus fearing wine and the choice of wine. These are very interesting phobias and they get even more interesting! Keep watching!

Lachanophobia is the fear of vegetables and it gives nausea. This person must have a hard life because vegetables are everywhere. They come as part of almost every meal and are very hard to avoid. They must have some great vegetable substitutes in their diet! Many people in fact have unbalanced diets due to lack of vegetables and experience many problems with their health. This is a very unfortunate phobia since it is taking away a big part of a diet and you are missing out on all the benefits of vegetables.

Even some of the best foods have phobias attached to them, such as peanut butter and chocolate! Arachibutyrophobia, or the fear of peanut butter, stems from people scared they will suffocate while eating peanut butter. Since peanut butter can be pretty thick, people are afraid of suffocating. They really hate when it sticks to the roof of their mouth, this is unfortunate since peanut butter is delicious!

Xocolatophobia is the fear of chocolate and is equally as confusing, since most people love chocolate. They often find it disgusting and must wash their hands immediately after touching anything with it. This list has many more interesting phobias to discuss. It is very interesting to see what types of phobias are out there in the world.