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Arcane Anxieties and Obsessive Ecstasies
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  • 1. Fear of embarrassing oneself publicly, derived from Greek roots meaning 'to embarrass' and 'fear'
  • 2. Excessive fascination or obsession with hedgehogs, the ‘spiny’ mammals of folklore and natural science
  • 3. A compulsive obsession with the color yellow, often linked with psychological symbolism and alchemical traditions
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  • 4. A terror of being tickled, from Greek roots ‘chaulios’ (tickle) and ‘phobia’ (fear), confounding psychologists
  • 5. Irrational dread of clouds, named after ancient Greek word for cloud, challenging meteorologists and mystics alike

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