Lepidopterophobia- the fear of butterflies

“When I was younger, I saw the episode where SpongeBob had to take care of ‘Wormy’, and when they zoomed in on the butterflies face I could not handle it! I’ve been scared ever since.” Diana Castillo-Portillo, 12

Anatidaephobia- the fear that you are being watched by a duck

“I went to the lake when I was little with my dad and my sister. She told me to look at the ducks, and when I did I saw that the ducks blinked with their eyelids going up. It scared me.” Brenda Jimenez, 12

Coulrophobia- the fear of clowns

“I was three years old. My whole family and I went to the circus. I saw a clown standing behind me, and I thought it was going to eat me!” Eliseo Villanueva, 11

Typophobia- the fear of objects with clusters of small holes

“I was in sixth grade and my friend showed me a picture of a flower with a bunch of holes. It makes me really nervous. I can’t even look at them.” Manuel Chico, 9

Podophobia- the fear of feet

“I lived in the country, and so I always saw people walking barefoot. My dad’s feet were the worst. My mom’s a doctor, so she showed me a lot of the stuff that can be wrong with your feet. It was so gross.” Nicole Dalton, 12

koutaliaphobia- the fear of spoons

“I used to always use spoons, but I stabbed my mouth with a fork. But for some reason I got so used to using that instead of a spoon. I don’t eat cereal or soup.” Tonya Kokutse, 12