If you have a persistent fear of being buried alive, or clusters of holes, you’re not alone. Nearly 20 million people in the U.S. have at least one phobia.
famously had a button phobia , and it wasn’t limited to clothing. His avoidance of buttons may have led to the revolutionary design of the iPhone touchscreen. As with any phobia, it can have its roots in childhood trauma. Somethat led to koumpounophobia include someone who had a bucket of buttons fall on his head when he was 2-year-old, and another person who was bullied for not being able to button his clothes. Kids who choked on buttons can also develop a lifelong fear.
Maybe it’s being consumed with dread that a hair might end up in your food or on the furniture. It can even extend to animal hair. Extreme fear of hair is called chaetophobia — and it’s believed to affect. People who are obsessed with cleanliness are more prone to this disorder. Other causes can be a traumatic event such being ridiculed as a child for a bad haircut, or having an experience with lice and fearing another occurrence.
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