22nd July 2012 Doctor, Doctor! - A Phobia Story

'Doctor O'Hara,' Ranjit pleaded, 'I've got trouble. Every time I get into bed, I think there's somebody under it. I get under the bed, I think there's somebody on top of it. Top, under, top, under. You gotta help me, I'm going crazy.'

'Just put yourself in my hands for two years,' said Dr O'Hara, the psychiatrist, 'Come and see me three times a week, and I'll cure your fears.'

 

'How much do you charge?'

'A hundred dollars per visit.'

'In that case, I'll sleep on it,' answered Ranjit.

Six months later the doctor met Ranjit in the street.

'Why didn't you ever come to see me again?' asked the psychiatrist.

'For a hundred buck's a visit? A bartender cured me for ten dollars,' smiled Ranjit.

'Is that so! How?'

'He told me to cut the legs off the bed.'

List of Unusual and Strange Phobias ~

* Pteronophobia - Panic when tickled by feathers.

* Pediophobia - Fear of dolls.

* Russophobia - Dread of Russians.

* Zemmiphobia - Fear of the great mole rat.

* Consecotaleophobia - Fear of chopsticks.

* Eleutherophobia - Strange phobia of freedom.

* Epistemophobia - Fear of knowledge.

* Ereuthrophobia - Dread of blushing.

* Euphobia - Fear of hearing good news.

* Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - Fear of long words. (This one would scare anyone for sure!)

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