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Food Phobias

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Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es.

Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are.

~ Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

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Some people do not like some food because they don’t have the taste for it. But there are also those people who do not like certain food because of phobia or phobias.  They are phobic, pathological fear of some things that really spoil the appetite.

Food Phobias

Pork, Photo by PH Morton

Pork, Photo by PH Morton

 

Here are some of the most common phobias involving food, taste and appetite:

 

  • Acerophobia: this is the fear of sourness.
  • Geumatophobia: fear of taste.
  • Mageirocophobia: fear of cooking
  • Sitophobia: fear of food
  • Pnigophobia: fear of choking
Minced Beef, photo by PH Morton

Minced Beef, photo by PH Morton

  • Carnophobia: this is the fear of meat.
  • Dipsophobia: fear of drinking.

    Chicken pieces, Photo by PH Morton

    Chicken pieces, Photo by PH Morton

  • Alektorophobia: the fear of chicken :(; (these people, stay away from KFC and the Filipino balut) ?
  • Icthyophobia: fear of fish
  • Ostraconophobia: fear of shellfish
  • I do know people who do not eat seafood and fish. I supposed fish have a very strong smell.
  • Lachanophobia: fear of vegetable.

Phobia: Bibliophobia

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Just a couple of hours ago, while chilling in the garden, I asked Peter, what would he do and which building would he go to if he was the last man on Earth.   I must admit I was surprised to what he said because it was so unexpected, especially from someone like him who has his nose buried into a book all the time.  Anyway, Peter said he “would go to Westfield Shopping Centre” to look at  all the gadgets.

I, myself, would go to the British Library, Childshill Library or any library.  I would probably read myself to death! I love books, I love non-fiction ones especially.

My ultimate goal or wish is to have a massive wall of books in our house, fortunately Peter is like-minded so perhaps this dream will happen one day.

Phobia: Bibliophobia

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There is a condition, which is called bibliophobia, a word that came from two Greek words ‘biblio’ meaning book and phobia is, of course, fear.

Bibliophobia is the fear of books.  This fear is often because of illiteracy.  There is nothing more scary or deemed embarrassing than trying to read a book to an audience when you don’t really know how to connect the letters together.

 

Phobia: Odontophobia

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I was five years old when I first visited the dentist with my mother.  While in the surgery my mother gave me one of the magazines to browse through to amuse  or distract myself.

As I started looking at the pictures, I came across a picture of a mouth full of teeth.  It was an open mouth with teeth everywhere.  That really scared me and I still have goosebumps everytime I remember that picture as I do now.

Phobia: Odontophobia


Apparently if you can’t really stand and in fear of teeth, that is what is called odontophobia.  The picture on the side really gives me the creeps.

Crystallophobia

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Crystallophobia

Crystallophobia is not a very obscure phobia.

It is, of course, the fear or dread of crystal or glass.

The word is derived from Greek words crystallo, meaning crystal (doh!) and or glass, whilst phobia, is, of course, fear.

~Spring 017Some people are actually scared of crystals; this has in relation to a pathological fear of being injured or trapped inside a crystal or buildings made of glass walls, just like Superman in the Fortress of Solitude.

I must say I did not particularly like Superman’s Fortress of Solitude which is made of beams of crystals.  When I watched the film/drama series, I was wary of it,  I found the fortress too sharp.

Oops, probably I do have the minutest phobia of crystals.  Thank goodness it is not so huge otherwise, I have to give away my favourite Swarovski crystals costume jewellery assortments.

Peter has a rather vast collection of crystals, some are Swarovski crystals, which he started collecting in the 80s and some are those crystals that show etched figures inside.  He bought a lot when we were in New York.

 

~Spring 019 ~Spring 018

The more I think about it, I reckon I do have a phobia of crystals, I don’t want to touch them so I shall leave the cleaning and the dusting to my good hubby. LOL

Doll Collection

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Doll Collection

Doll collecting is rather a common hobby.  I myself have a few dolls collected over the years, mostly given to me by my hubby.

I once told my husband that I used to have a doll until I was thirteen years old.  As we used to live on a farm which was remote from department stores, except local sari sari shops that only sell convenience goods,  I had to make do with a doll that had lost one of her arms.  Despite her disability, I loved my dolly. 🙂 I used to make her clothes and really had fun with her. My sister and I would happily create clothes for our respective dolls.

Anyway, my husband was so moved by my story, lol, that he started gifting me dolls until I have more than I could wish for.  A vast number of my doll collection is in our loft.

As much as I love dolls I don’t think I could sleep in a bedroom full of them; all eyes staring at me at the dead of night.  I would find it just too spooky.

Did you know?

There is actually a phobia of dolls.  It called pediophobia which comes from two Greek words: pedo meaning child and phobia, of course, is fear.