One of my favourite Wikipedia articles is ‘List of phobias’ (www.snipca.com/49193), which catalogues all the odd things that people are scared of, such as beards (pogonophobia), balloons (globophobia) and buttons on clothing (koumpounophobia).
Not only does this list make me grateful that I don’t suffer from most of these psychological conditions, but it also reassures me I’m not alone in suffering the ones I do. So
