有哪些奇怪的恐惧症（双语）(3)
15 Arachnophobia – fear of spiders (Anyone remember that movie?)蜘蛛恐惧症——害怕蜘蛛(是不是想起了某部电影?)
This is one of the most common phobias, with women being the most likely to be affected. Some experts suggest that it may be an amplified form of a response that helped humans survive in the past, while others believe it’s a cultural phenomenon as it seems to be most prevalent in Western countries. The response is usually irrational, especially in places like the UK where spiders are not only non-venomous, but also unlikely to grow larger than your little fingernail. If you’re in Australia, however, you might be considered a little more rational。这个恐惧症也很常见，其中患者女性居多。有专家认为，这可能跟人类远古时期的生活习性有关;也有人觉得这只是一种文化现象(西方尤甚)。人们对蜘蛛的反应通常不是很理性，尤其是在英国：那里的蜘蛛既没毒又不可能大过指甲。但是，如果你是在澳大利亚，遇到蜘蛛还真得理性一点。
16. Odontophobia – fear of dentists牙医恐惧症——害怕牙医
A trip to the dentist probably isn’t going to make most people’s ‘top 10 things I love to do’ list, but most of us can put up with it with just a mild feeling of unease. Some people, however, have such a strong reaction that they are unable to attend the dentist even when in dire need. If you’ve ever had the unfortunate experience of a painful cavity you can get an idea of just how intense this fear can be when a person would rather live with that pain then take a trip to the dentist’s chair。相信很多人都不是很喜欢看牙医，但即便不舒服，大部分人也还能忍受。但有些人却非常抗拒，宁死也不愿去看牙医。如果你曾经历拔牙的切肤之痛，或许就能理解这种恐惧到底有多深：害怕看牙医的人宁愿一辈子忍受牙痛折磨也不愿送上门去。
17. Telephonophobia – fear of telephones电话恐惧症——害怕电话
The fear of using the telephone can develop to the point where the sufferer panics even when hearing the sound of a ringtone. This fear of receiving a call can lead to an oversensitivity to noises and auditory hallucinations. And it’s not just the sound – setting the phone to vibrate doesn’t help, and the sufferer will instead imagine their pocket is vibrating even when it’s completely still. This is known as phantom vibration syndrome. It must be very difficult to live with this in an age of mobile phones, where calls can follow you wherever you go。患有电话恐惧症的人有时候哪怕只是听到电话铃响都会惊慌失措。害怕接电话会引发对声音的过度敏感和幻听。而且问题不在于铃声——就算把手机调成振动，结果也一样无济于事，患症者反而会幻想兜里的手机在振动。这叫做幻想振动综合症。生活在这样一个手机时代，电话随时会在身边响起，有这种恐惧症的人还真不容易。
18. Mysophobia – fear of dirt污迹恐惧症——害怕污迹
This involves a fear of being contaminated by bacteria and germs which, being invisible to the naked eye, can be felt by the phobic person to be crawling everywhere even in the cleanest-looking environment. Sufferers of this phobia often display the stereotypical OCD behavior of washing their hands over and over, as they never feel like they’re completely clean. This complusive act just serves to make the sufferer more aware of their state of (un)cleanliness, and thus reinforcing the cycle。患有污迹恐惧症的人害怕细菌或病菌感染，哪怕是看上去很干净的环境，他们都觉得到处都有肉眼看不到的细菌。这类人最典型的特点就是强迫似的反复洗手，总觉得自己怎么也不干净。而这种强迫行为更加剧他们的洁癖意识，然后恶性循环下去。
