十大極其怪異的恐懼症(1)
We probably all suffer from a minor phobia or two, but some people's lives are virtually debilitated by their fears. This list looks at ten More of the most unusual phobias that afflict people in modern days. If you suffer from any of these phobias, be sure to tell us about it in the comments. For those interested, here is the previous list of bizarre phobias.
我們大概都會有一兩種小小的恐懼症，但是有些人的恐懼已經讓他們的生活變得疲憊不堪。這個榜單關注的是現代社會困擾人們的十個最不尋常的恐懼症。如果你患了其中某個恐懼症，一定要在評論裏告訴我們。ophobia--Fear of Crossing the Street
10.街道橫越恐懼症--害怕過馬路
Agyrophobics have a fear of crossing streets, highways and other thoroughfares, or a fear of thoroughfares themselves. This, of course, makes it very difficult to live comfortably in a city. The word comes from the Greek gyrus which means turning or whirling as the phobic avoids the whirl of traffic. The phobia covers several categories, wherein sufferers may fear wide roads specifically down to suburban single lane streets, and can also include fearing jaywalking or crossing anywhere on a street, even a designated intersection. This phobia is considered independent from the fear of cars.
街道橫越恐懼症會害怕過馬路、高速公路及其他各種道路，或者害怕道路本身。無疑，這會使想在城市裏舒適地生活變得困難。這個詞源自於希臘單詞“迴旋”（gyrus），意思是旋轉或迴轉。這種恐懼症分爲好幾類，其中有一種患者害怕寬闊的道路，尤其是通往郊區的單行道，還有害怕亂穿馬路或者在街道任意行走的，甚至害怕特定十字路口的。這種恐懼症是與汽車恐懼症區別開來的。——想起《博爾赫斯小說集》——《難以置信的冒名者湯姆·卡斯特羅》一文中的黑人博格爾——“他和常人無異，惟一不正常的地方是過馬路時遲遲拿不定主意，東南西北觀望很久，惟恐飛駛而來的車輛結束他的生命。”
irocophobia--Fear of Cooking
9.下廚恐懼症--害怕做飯
The bizarre fear of cooking is called mageirocophobia which comes from the Greek word mageirokos which means a person skilled in cooking. This disorder can be debilitating and potentially lead to unhealthy eating if one lives alone. Sufferers of mageirokos can feel extremely intimidated by people with skills in cooking, and this intimidation and feeling of inadequacy is probably the root cause of the disorder for many. If you suffer from mageirokos and wish to develop some basic skills in cooking, check out our Top 10 Tips for Great Home Cooking and Top 10 Easy Ways to Improve Your Cooking.
這種害怕做飯的奇怪恐懼症叫做下廚恐懼症，該詞來自於希臘單詞“mageirokos”，意爲擅長烹飪的人。這種病症可以使一個獨居的人變得虛弱，還有可能導致不健康飲食。下廚恐懼症患者對廚藝精湛的人極度恐懼。而這一恐懼和能力匱乏的感覺大概正是很多患者疾病的根源。ophobia--Fear of Dolls
8.人偶恐懼症--害怕玩偶
Pediophobia is the irrational fear of dolls. Not just scary dolls – ALL dolls. Strictly speaking, the fear is a horror of a “false representation of sentient beings” so it also usually includes robots and mannequins, which can make it decidedly difficult to go shopping. This phobia should not be confused with pedophobia or pediaphobia which is the fear of children. Sigmund Freud believed the disorder may spring from a fear of the doll coming to life and roboticist Masahiro Mori expanded on that theory by stating that the more human-like something becomes, the more repellent its non-human aspects appear. My apologies to those who suffer from pediophobia for the picture above.
人偶恐懼症是對玩偶非理性的恐懼。不只是恐怖的玩偶——是所有玩偶。嚴格來說，這種恐懼是對“活物的虛假呈現”的懼怕。所以它通常還包括對機器人和人體模型的恐懼，這讓購物變得極度困難。不要將這種恐懼症同害怕小孩子的兒童恐懼症（pedophpbia或者pediaphobia）混淆。西格蒙德·弗洛伊德認爲這種病症可能源於對恐怖娃娃的恐懼。機器人學家森昌弘在這一理論基礎上進一步提出：某些東西越像人類，那些非人類的部分就越具有反抗性的說法。對於上面的圖片我向人偶恐懼症患者們致歉。nophobia--Fear of Dinner Conversation
7.用餐恐懼症--害怕餐桌交談
Now admittedly some dinner conversations can be very awkward, but some people are so terrified of the idea of speaking to another person over dinner that they avoid dining out situations. In times gone by there were strict rules of etiquette that helped a person to deal with these situations – but they are (sadly) mostly forgotten. In today's society in which rules and formality are out the window, it is possible that the more controlled nature of a dinner party may lie partly behind this phobia. For those amongst us who are interested in some tips for coping with fine dining, read our Top 10 Tips for Fine Dining (number eight is specifically about dinner conversation).
無可否認現在某些餐桌交談非常令人尷尬，但是有些人害怕同別人在席間交談以至於他們會避免出現外出用餐的情況。過去對禮儀的嚴格規則能幫忙處理這一情況——但很遺憾的是，它們大多被遺忘了。當今社會規則和禮儀已經不受重視了，很有可能這種宴會被壓抑的本質是這一恐懼症的部分原因。ptrophobia--Fear of Mirrors
6.窺鏡恐懼症--害怕照鏡子
Eisoptrophobia is a fear of mirrors in the broad sense, or more specifically the fear of being put into contact with the spiritual world through a mirror. Sufferers experience undue anxiety even though they realize their fear is irrational. Because their fear often is grounded in superstitions, they may worry that breaking a mirror will bring bad luck or that looking into a mirror will put them in contact with a supernatural world inside the glass. After writing this list I realized that I suffer from a minor form of this disorder in that I don't like to look into a mirror in the evening when I am alone for fear of seeing someone (or something) behind me.
窺鏡恐懼症是害怕廣義的鏡子，更具體地講是害怕通過鏡子接觸到其靈性世界。患者感到過分焦慮儘管他們知道這恐懼是不理性的。因爲他們的恐懼通常是源於迷信，他們害怕打破鏡子就會帶來厄運或者看向鏡子就會將他們帶入鏡子裏的超自然世界。翻譯:鄭璐 來源:前十網
