When we hear that someone is scared of spiders or heights, we start nodding our heads. Even though we don't have those fears, they're common and fairly straightforward phobias — easy to wrap our minds around. But, we're much more interested in uncommon and very specific fears that most folks would never bring up.

Redditor u/Puzzleheaded_Roll_37 put out a call to the AskReddit crew, and hundreds of phobias filled up the thread quickly.

What’s an unusual fear or phobia you have that you’ve never shared?
byu/Puzzleheaded_Roll_37 inAskReddit

We picked out the most shocking, amusing and most blinking GIF-worthy responses, and stacked them neatly below. Enjoy all your new fears!

Pregnancy is scary to begin with, but we hadn't even considered worrying about parthenogenesis

Comment
byu/Puzzleheaded_Roll_37 from discussion
inAskReddit

Comment
byu/Puzzleheaded_Roll_37 from discussion
inAskReddit

Comment
byu/Puzzleheaded_Roll_37 from discussion
inAskReddit

Traffic and guns do not mix at all

Comment
byu/Puzzleheaded_Roll_37 from discussion
inAskReddit

Comment
byu/Puzzleheaded_Roll_37 from discussion
inAskReddit

'Snakes on a Plane' really did a number on these folks

Comment
byu/Puzzleheaded_Roll_37 from discussion
inAskReddit

Comment
byu/Puzzleheaded_Roll_37 from discussion
inAskReddit

Or you could have gross, but significantly less threatening toilet phobia

Comment
byu/Puzzleheaded_Roll_37 from discussion
inAskReddit

These people should never sleep at Austin Powers's shag pad

Comment
byu/Puzzleheaded_Roll_37 from discussion
inAskReddit

Comment
byu/Puzzleheaded_Roll_37 from discussion
inAskReddit

After the cop slide debacle, it's no surprise that nobody is sliding anymore

Comment
byu/Puzzleheaded_Roll_37 from discussion
inAskReddit

This very sad circumstance makes daily life a whole lot harder

Comment
byu/Puzzleheaded_Roll_37 from discussion
inAskReddit

Death by bouncy castle sounds grim

Comment
byu/Puzzleheaded_Roll_37 from discussion
inAskReddit

Via u/Puzzleheaded_Roll_37.

[Image: Mikhail Nilov]