10 Types Of Phobia

Phobia, all people have their own phobia. After searching the internet for the list of phobias, I managed to find out that they are at least 530 documented phobias. Wow...530 phobias? That is a lot of phobias. So, in my opinion, a person should suffer at least 1 kind of phobia. If a person didn't have any phobia, I will gladly call him 'superman. Heck, even THE superman have his own phobia. Phobia of kryptonite, hehehe....

So, what is phobia? Taken from wikipedia, the definition of phobia is , when used in the context of clinical psychology, a type of anxiety disorder, usually defined as a persistent fear of an object or situation in which the sufferer commits to great lengths in avoiding, typically disproportional to the actual danger posed, often being recognized as irrational. In the event the phobia cannot be avoided entirely, the sufferer will endure the situation or object with marked distress and significant interference in social or occupational activities

Some people have excessive fear of the world in which we live. Occasionally, that fear does not seem unreasonable for other people. For example, fear of flying, fear of narrow spaces, or a fear of spiders. So far, we've known a few types of phobias are common in the community. However, the following types of phobia probably never crossed your mind. They are kind of weird in a person's eye.

 

1. Ablutophobia -  is the persistent, abnormal and unwarranted fear of bathing,washing, or cleaning. This phobia is a situational specific phobia. Ablutophobia tends to be more common in children and women than in men.

Its symptoms and treatment are basically the same as for most specific phobias.

2. Chorophobia -  is the irrational fear of dancing, often based on one’s unwillingness to become aroused, excited, or ecstatic. Chorophobia also includes the fear of events, staying in relation to dancing, like a disco.

3. Koumpounophobia - the fear of buttons, is surprisingly common. Yet like any phobia, the specific fear may vary dramatically between sufferers. Some people are afraid of the texture of certain buttons. Others feel that buttons are somehow dirty. Some only fear touching or wearing buttons, while others are scared of viewing buttons worn by strangers or friends.

4. Arachibutyrophobia - Although it sounds strange to many people, arachibutyrophobia is a devastating fear for some people. The phobia is actually the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of one's mouth. The fear is often rooted in a more generalized phobia of choking or of sticky textures, but it can also occur alone.

Like all phobias, arachibutyrophobia varies in severity from sufferer to sufferer. Some people are able to consume small quantities of peanut butter, perhaps as a dip for vegetables, while others are afraid to try peanut butter at all. In some cases, the fear extends to other peanut products, from peanut butter ice cream to peanut sauces.

5. Phobophobia - The fear of phobias is known as phobophobia. People with this phobia are actually afraid of developing a phobia. This can lead to a self-replicating cycle, ultimately resulting in escalating circular fears. Some people with phobophobia already have one or more existing phobias, while others are afraid that they might develop one. Phobophobia is often, but not always, linked to other anxiety disorders.

6. Estiophobia - This is a very rare phobia is estiophobia; This is the fear of clothes. The suffers of this phobia is not all clothes but a certain type and material. This kind of phobia is found in people who are fat and middle aged. They think that clothes make them look shabbier.

7. Caligynephobia - This phobia is fear of beauty and many people are having this kind of phobia that have fear of beautiful women and this can be found in adolescent children and men who might not have a straight orientation  

8. Scopophobia - is an anxiety disorder characterized by a morbid fear of being seen or stared at by others. Scopophobia can also be associated with a pathological fear of drawing attention to oneself

9. Euphobia - This is the fear of good news because some people that hearing a good news but of its consequence, as they believe that a good news is always followed by a bad one. 

10. Allodoxaphobia - is a psychological disorder characterized by an overwhelming and irrational fear of other people’s opinions. This is a fairly unusual and rare disorder, which in some cases can make it all the worse for those who suffer from it who may feel isolated by their condition. It is typically categorized as a social phobia and can manifest at any point in a person’s life, though it is usually tied to an experience someone had at a young age and often manifests during puberty or early adulthood. 

Allodoxaphobia can typically be treated much like any other type of social phobia, and various support groups and psychological professionals can provide assistance to someone suffering from this disorder.

Those are some of the weird and extraordinary phobias that I managed to find during my search. And I’m telling you, there are still a lot of them. For me, when I'm still a young lad, I have the bovinophobia. I started having this phobia, thanks to one of the Hari Raya Aidiladha celebration I have in the past. Thanks goodness, I managed to face my phobia. Sweet victory!

I wanted to list more, but our lecturer, Mdm. Shafina specifically told us to put only ten in our blog. So, to prevent futher disappointment for our readers, I will put some of the phobias that I found a bit weird and funny in the ‘little bit of trivia’ section. So, don’t forget to read it below. 

And until next time!!

A LITTLE BIT OF TRIVIA 

Other weird phobia :

• Caligynephobia is the fear of beautiful women.
• An 'ergasiophobe' is someone who is afraid of work.
• Nomophobia (no-mobile-phone phobia) is the fear of being without your cellphone or losing your signal.
• Pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled by feather.
• Sophophobia is the fear of learning.
• Arithmophobia is the fear of numbers.
• Anthrophobia is the fear of flowers.

THE BEST MOVIE EVER

“Tale as old as time
True as it can be
Barely even friends
Then somebody bends
Unexpectedly

Just a little change
Small, to say the least
Both a little scared
Neither one prepared
Beauty and the Beast

[2x]
Ever just the same
Ever a surprise
Ever as before
Ever just as sure
As the sun will rise

Tale as old as time
Tune as old as song
Bittersweet and strange
Finding you can change
Learning you were wrong

Certain as the sun
Certain as the sun
Rising in the east
Tale as old as time
Song as old as rhyme
Beauty and the beast.

Tale as old as time
Song as old as rhyme
Beauty and the beast.

Haaa.... Beauty and the Beast. The only movie that I can categorized as 'my favorite movie', 'my favorite animated movie' and 'my favorite musical movie', all in one package. Although I'm a guy, THIS WILL STILL BE MY FAVORITE, and thus, in my opinion, THE BEST MOVIE EVER! Hahaha. Okay, now to move on to...What? No, no, no. The 2012's Beauty and the Beast tv series is NOTHING when compared to the 1991 classic. It’s like comparing a black mole on somebody’s face with the beautiful moon. Noticeable, but can be easily forgotten.

The first time I heard about this movie is during my primary school. I can still remember when my oldest brother told me about Beauty and the Beast and then compared his love life to this movie. He is the Beast and his girlfriend (and also his future wife), as Belle, the heroine. At first, I don't know what the hell is he talking about. Not until I watched 'the making of Beauty and the Beast' on TV2, that I knew the movie that my brother was talking about. And deep inside my heart, I knew that this will be my favorite movie of all-time.

Unfortunately for me, I have already missed the showing time of Beauty and the Beast at a local cinema nearby. And to make thing worse, during that time, VHS (or video tape) are quite expensive, thus I don't have any way to watch this masterpiece. Ahh...so sad. Fast forward to the future, in 2010 to be precise, lo and behold, I found a copy of the movie. I inserted it into my brother's Playstation 3 and quietly watched it, gracefully played on the television screen. To my delight, my old assumption are greatly justified.

So, here is a short or semi-short description of the 1991’s Beauty and the Beast. Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 American animated musical romantic fantasy movie produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Based on the traditional French fairy tale of the same name by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont, Beauty and the Beast is the 30th movie in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. Additionally, it is third in the Disney Renaissance period. Starring Paige O'Hara and Robby Benson, Beauty and the Beast focuses on the relationship between the Beast (Benson), a prince who is magically transformed into a monster as punishment for his arrogance, and Belle (O'Hara), a young woman who he imprisons in his castle.

Beauty and the Beast premiered at the New York Film Festival on September 29, 1991, followed by a theatrical release on November 22 to critical acclaim. It has also earned a rare "A+" rating from CinemaScore. The movie was a box office success, and has since garnered over $424 million worldwide. Beauty and the Beast was nominated for several awards, winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. Famously, Beauty and the Beast became the first animated movie to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. The movie received five additional Academy Award nominations, including Best Original Score, Best Sound, and three separate nominations for Best Original Song. Ultimately, the movie won Best Original Score, while Best Original Song was awarded to its title song. In 2002, Beauty and the Beast was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

So, if you read the short description above, you know that this masterpiece has won a Globe Globe Award, nominated for 6 Academy Award and won 2 of them. Even the Library of Congress, the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States, and gave this movie a salute. What? Still not convinced? Okay, let us see a review for this BEAST of a movie. Okay, pun intended. The review is from a well-known movie critic, Roger Ebert.

Who is Roger Ebert? Huh, you really like to ask question, do you? The late Roger Joseph Ebert was an American film critic, journalist and screenwriter. He was a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times, a printing press in the United States, from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, he was the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. In 2005, Ebert became the first film critic to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Convinced now that he is a legend? Okay now, BE OUR GUEST, and let me prepare you for the review…

“The film is as good as any Disney animated feature ever made - as magical as “Pinocchio,” “Snow White,” “The Little Mermaid.” And it's a reminder that animation is the ideal medium for fantasy, because all of its fears and dreams can be made literal. No Gothic castle in the history of horror films, for example, has ever approached the awesome, frightening towers of the castle where the Beast lives. And no real wolves could have fangs as sharp or eyes as glowing as the wolves that prowl in the castle woods.

The movie's story, somewhat altered from the original fable, involves a beauty named Belle, who lives in the worlds of her favorite library books and is repelled by the romantic advances of Gaston, the muscle-bound cretin in her little 18th century French village. Belle's father, a dotty inventor, sets off on a journey through the forest, takes a wrong turn, and is imprisoned in the castle of the Beast. And Belle bravely sets off on a mission to rescue him.

We already know, from the film's opening narration, that the Beast is actually a handsome young prince who was transformed into a hideous monster as a punishment for being cruel. And a beast he will be forever, unless he finds someone who will love him. When Belle arrives at the castle, that life-saving romance is set into motion - although not, of course, without grave adventures to be overcome.

Like all of the best Disney animated films, “Beauty and the Beast” surrounds its central characters with a large peanut gallery of gossipy, chattering supporting players. The Beast's haunted castle contains household objects that act as his serving staff, and so we meet Lumiere, a candlestick; Cogsworth, a clock; and Mrs. Potts, a teapot with a little son named Chip. These characters are all naturally on Belle's side, because they want to see the Beast freed from his magic spell.

There are some wonderful musical numbers in the movie, and animation sets their choreography free from the laws of gravity. A hilarious number celebrates the monstrous ego of Gaston, who boasts about his hairy chest and the antlers he uses for interior decoration. “Be Our Guest” is a rollicking invitation to Belle from the castle staff, choreographed like Busby Berkeley running amok. And there is the haunting title song, sung by Mrs. Potts in the voice of Angela Lansbury.

The songs have lyrics by the late Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken, the same team who collaborated on “The Little Mermaid,” and they bubble with wit and energy (“Gaston” in particular brings down the house). Lansbury is one of a gifted cast on the soundtrack, which also includes Paige O'Hara as the plucky Belle; Robby Benson (his voice sounding electronically lowered) as Beast; Jerry Orbach as the candlestick who sounds uncannily like Maurice Chevalier; David Ogden Stiers as the cranky Cogsworth, and Richard White as the insufferable Gaston, who degenerates during the course of the film from a chauvinist pig to a sadistic monster.

“Beauty and the Beast,” like 1989's “The Little Mermaid,” reflects a new energy and creativity from the Disney animation people. They seem to have abandoned all notions that their feature-length cartoons are intended only for younger viewers, and these aren't children's movies but robust family entertainment.

Perhaps it is inevitable, in an age when even younger kids see high-voltage special effects films like “Die Hard” or “Terminator 2,” that animation could no longer be content with jolly and innocuous fairy tales. What a movie like “Beauty and the Beast” does, however, is to give respect to its audience.

A lot of “children's movies” seem to expect people to buy tickets by default, because of what the movie doesn't contain (no sex, vulgarity, etc.). “Beauty and the Beast” reaches back to an older and healthier Hollywood tradition in which the best writers, musicians and filmmakers are gathered for a project on the assumption that a family audience deserves great entertainment, too.”

The movie's story, somewhat altered from the original fable, involves a beauty named Belle, who lives in the worlds of her favorite library books and is repelled by the romantic advances of Gaston, the muscle-bound cretin in her little 18th century French village. Belle's father, a dotty inventor, sets off on a journey through the forest, takes a wrong turn, and is imprisoned in the castle of the Beast. And Belle bravely sets off on a mission to rescue him.

We already know, from the film's opening narration, that the Beast is actually a handsome young prince who was transformed into a hideous monster as a punishment for being cruel. And a beast he will be forever, unless he finds someone who will love him. When Belle arrives at the castle, that life-saving romance is set into motion - although not, of course, without grave adventures to be overcome.

Like all of the best Disney animated films, “Beauty and the Beast” surrounds its central characters with a large peanut gallery of gossipy, chattering supporting players. The Beast's haunted castle contains household objects that act as his serving staff, and so we meet Lumiere, a candlestick; Cogsworth, a clock; and Mrs. Potts, a teapot with a little son named Chip. These characters are all naturally on Belle's side, because they want to see the Beast freed from his magic spell.

There are some wonderful musical numbers in the movie, and animation sets their choreography free from the laws of gravity. A hilarious number celebrates the monstrous ego of Gaston, who boasts about his hairy chest and the antlers he uses for interior decoration. “Be Our Guest” is a rollicking invitation to Belle from the castle staff, choreographed like Busby Berkeley running amok. And there is the haunting title song, sung by Mrs. Potts in the voice of Angela Lansbury.

The songs have lyrics by the late Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken, the same team who collaborated on “The Little Mermaid,” and they bubble with wit and energy (“Gaston” in particular brings down the house). Lansbury is one of a gifted cast on the soundtrack, which also includes Paige O'Hara as the plucky Belle; Robby Benson (his voice sounding electronically lowered) as Beast; Jerry Orbach as the candlestick who sounds uncannily like Maurice Chevalier; David Ogden Stiers as the cranky Cogsworth, and Richard White as the insufferable Gaston, who degenerates during the course of the film from a chauvinist pig to a sadistic monster.

“Beauty and the Beast,” like 1989's “The Little Mermaid,” reflects a new energy and creativity from the Disney animation people. They seem to have abandoned all notions that their feature-length cartoons are intended only for younger viewers, and these aren't children's movies but robust family entertainment.

Perhaps it is inevitable, in an age when even younger kids see high-voltage special effects films like “Die Hard” or “Terminator 2,” that animation could no longer be content with jolly and innocuous fairy tales. What a movie like “Beauty and the Beast” does, however, is to give respect to its audience.

ROGER EBERT

A lot of “children's movies” seem to expect people to buy tickets by default, because of what the movie doesn't contain (no sex, vulgarity, etc.). “Beauty and the Beast” reaches back to an older and healthier Hollywood tradition in which the best writers, musicians and filmmakers are gathered for a project on the assumption that a family audience deserves great entertainment, too.”

From Roger Ebert's great review, who also gave this movie 4 out of 5 stars, and also from the already mentions accolades, you now know that this is not just your typical-ordinary-normal-everyday kind of movie. This is an old and dusty relic, but the standard is still as high as the newer movies. A great and loveable movie, which can still be revered by the future generations. A masterpiece that will be cherished and told by parents to their young one, like a tale as old as time.

A LITTLE BIT OF TRIVIA 

•  Art director Brian McEntee color keyed Belle so that she is the only person in her town who wears blue. This is symbolic of how different she is from everyone else around. Later, she encounters the Beast, another misfit, also wearing blue. It symbolized good in the film whereas red symbolized evil (the color of Gaston's shirt is red).

• The dance between Belle and her Prince in the finale is actually reused animation of the dance between Princess Aurora and Prince Phillip in Sleeping Beauty (1959). The original Sleeping Beauty (1959) pair had been drawn over to become the new Beauty and the Beast (1991) pair, and this was done because they were running out of time during the production of the movie.

• Rupert Everett auditioned for the role of Gaston, but was told by the directors he didn't sound arrogant enough. He remembered this when he voiced Prince Charming in Shrek 2(2004).

• The smoke seen during the transformation of the Beast to the Prince is actually real smoke, not animated. It was originally used in The Black Cauldron (1985) and was re-used for Beauty and the Beast (1991).

• Screenwriter Linda Woolverton was hired to rewrite the script. Her only writing experience with Disney had been writing a few episodes of Chip ‘n’ Dale Rescue Rangers.

• Paige O’Hara, who provided the voice for Belle, sobbed real tears while recording death of the Beast scene.

•  Beauty and the Beast was the first animated film to earn more than $100 million at the box office.

WORLD CUP

"I think it's probably the worst moment of my life. I've lost other matches. When you lose 4-0 or 5-0, it's basically the same thing.

"Naturally, if I were to think of my life as a player, as a coach, as a teacher, this was the worst day of my life. But life goes on.

"I'll be remembered probably because I lost 7-1, the worst defeat Brazil have ever had, but that was a risk I knew I was running when I accepted this position. Life goes on. That's what I'll do”, said Luiz Felipe Scolari, the 2014 Brazil’s head coach.

Germany triumphed 7-1 on an evening of record-breaking in Belo Horizonte: the highest score in a World Cup semi-final, Brazil's biggest defeat after their 1920 6-0 loss to Uruguay.

This is one example of an article that appeared in a local newspaper, concerning one of the world’s greatest event, the FIFA World Cup. In my own opinion, FIFA World Cup can be compared to the 1972 American crime film, The Godfather. Why? Because both are legendary, full of action and rich with drama. Heck, even some of the players can become an actor, they like to ‘dive’ a lot (dive in football’s term means to act or to feign injury)

So, what is FIFA World Cup? The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men’s national teams of the members of Federation International de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War.

The World Cup is the most widely viewed and followed sporting event in the world, exceeding even the Olympic Games; the cumulative audience of all matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup was estimated to be 26.29 billion with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the final match, a ninth of the entire population of the planet.

What makes the World Cup great? The answer is simple, the feeling, the adrenaline rush, the action, and the most important one, THE ATMOSPHERE. Thunderous roar can be heard if one team get a goal. Celebration can be seen if one team wins the match. Tears started to fall if one team bow down from their match. Jubilation can be felt if one team wins the great iconic trophy.

This 'mania' is what makes the World Cup great, what makes the Cup the Cup. As a metaphor, World Cup is a collision of national pride and the planet's most popular sport, yeah, you guess it, football, compressed together into an artillery and when fired into the sky, beautiful dancing firework can be seen. It’s so intoxicating in so many ways. Simple, but beautiful. Crazy, but still beautiful.

Don’t believe me? You can go and see it on your own. Just go to the more modern-fast food restaurant such as McDonald or you can just go to an old-a bit dirty ‘mamak’ restaurant. When the venue is set, great nations started to collide, I can be sure that there will be a lot of people wearing t-shirt or jersey bearing their favorite team’s flag or logo, shouting, humming, clapping and many more ways to show their support. Provided that the restaurant have a television and Astro sport channel of course.

A lot of major sporting events like to claim they're the center of the sports universe. This feels like the center of the sports universe. There's nothing like a World Cup. Even a newcomer can detect that. So, for now, FIFA World Cup will still remain as the king.

  

A LITTLE BIT OF TRIVIA 

o          Did you know that South American and European countries have won the World Cup 9 times and 10 times respectively. There has been no other continent which has produced a World Cup Champion.

o          Who says there is no such thing as home advantage? Out of the 19 World Cups so far, six have been won by the host country.

o          Because of World War II, the World Cup was not held between 1938 and 1950. As a result, Italy were the reigning World Cup Champions for a record 16 years (from 1932 until 1950).

o          Six teams have been unbeaten but not the champions in the same finals. Those unbeaten teams are: Scotland in 1974 (1 win, 2 draws), Brazil in 1978 (4 wins, 3 draws), England in 1982 (3 wins, 2 draws), Cameroon in 1982 (3 draws), Belgium in 1998 (3 draws) and New and New Zealand 2010 (3 draws).

IFTAR

Ahh… ‘iftar’. A word which was an alien to me during the late 90’s. The word was first introduced to me by my friend, Zam, when I asked him what kinds of food he will be having to break his Ramadhan’s fast.

“Oh, nothing much. For my today’s Iftar, I will be having an Arabian cuisine, specially prepared by my wife”, he answered.

I was a little bit surprised by his answer. It’s not because of his extravagant-sounded ‘Arabian Cuisine’, but because of the word ‘iftar’. Overwhelmed by curiousity, I asked Zam for the meaning of iftar. He answered with only two simple words, which nowadays can be interpreted as ‘Wisdom’ and ‘Knowledge’. What are those two words? The mighty ‘Google Search’. Feeling like a helpless child, I ‘Google searched’ the word iftar and alas, I got the answer. 

So, what is the meaning of iftar? you may asked. Well, after countless minutes or hours of searching, here is a simple definition and a little bit of description for the word, ‘iftar’.The definition of Iftar is a meal served at the end of the day during Ramadan, to break the day's fast. Literally, "breakfast."

Iftar is one of the religious observances of Ramadan and is often done as a community, with people gathering to break their fast together. Iftar is taken right after Maghrib time, which is around sunset. Traditionally but not mandatory, three dates are eaten to break the fast in emulation of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, who broke his fast in this manner. Many Muslims believe that feeding someone iftar as a form of charity is very rewarding and that such was practised by the Prophet Muhammad.

Iftar is very much a social event, involving family and community members. It is common for people to host others for dinner, or gather as a community for a potluck. It is also common for people to invite and share food with those less fortunate. The spiritual reward for charitable giving is considered to be especially significant during Ramadan.

In Malaysia, iftar is known as "berbuka puasa", which literally means "to open the fast". As usual, the Muslims break the fast with either dried or fresh dates. There are various foodstuffs from the Malaysian cuisine available in Bazaar Ramadhan (local food markets open during fasting month) such as sugarcane juice, soybean milk mixed with grass jelly, nasi lemak, laksa, ayam percik, nasi ayam, satay, popia basah and others. 

Besides, there are many exclusive restaurants and hotels providing special iftar and dinner packages for those who want to break the fast outside with the families and friends. Even most of the mosques in Malaysia also provide free bubur lambok (rice porridge) after Asar prayers.

After iftar and maghrib prayer, there will be Isya prayer followed by tarawih prayer. And after that, most Malaysian Muslims usually will have special supper called moreh (pronounced as more-ray) with local traditional snacks and hot tea.

So how does Malaysian became accustomed to the word? The word that I usually use since I was a small kid is ‘buka puasa’. But nowadays, people of all ages use the word ‘iftar’, with or without knowing the definition of iftar. So, how does it started? Is it only a trend that can be liken to ipad or iphone? Where people use things that are the same with the things their friends used? Or is it for real that Malaysian really grasp the true meaning of iftar? Honestly, I myself don’t know the answer. However, one thing is certain, for Malaysian, the word ‘iftar’ is here to stay.

A LITTLE BIT OF TRIVIA 

-          Also Known As: fitoor

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