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12 of the weirdest phobias you didn’t even know existed

It turns out that people are afraid of the strangest things.

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Some people have a balloon phobia (Geoff Caddick/PA)

From spiders to needles, everybody has a fear or two… but what about those strange little phobias that nobody else understands?

Reddit user BuuBuuDiaSama asked people on the website for their weirdest phobias and fears, that might not make sense to everybody.

Here are 12 of the strangest responses.

1. This person is terrified of large lorries.

3. Mirrors are surprisingly scary.

5. Water fountains definitely count as a weird phobia.

7. Fear of cotton balls is a genuine phobia.

9. This phobia is an odd one.

11. Butterflies and moths are this person’s kryptonite.

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