December 16, 2020
While we’ve all dealt with the pandemic in our own heroic ways, the sad truth is that it has left us with some noticeable scars. Let’s take a look at how COVID has transformed some of our most deep-seated fears – they probably won’t sound familiar, but they’ll feel all too relatable.
1.
Pre-COVID Era:
Triskaidekaphobia – Fear of the number 13
COVID Era:
Twentydekaphobia – fear of the number 20
2.
Pre-COVID Era:
Athazagoraphobia – fear of getting left behind
COVID Era:
Athazoomgoraphobia – fear of being the last person to leave a Zoom call
3.
Pre-COVID Era:
Consecotaleophobia – Fear of chopsticks
COVID Era:
Consecottoneophobia – Fear of cotton sticks (the kind that go up your nose)
4.
Pre-COVID Era:
Nosophobia – Fear of getting sick
COVID Era:
Nosotherphobia – Fear of making others sick
5.
Pre-COVID Era:
Scopophobia – Fear of being seen
COVID Era:
Screenpophobia – Fear of being seen on screen (particularly when your hair looks like a disheveled squirrel’s nest after a long, hard winter)
6.
Pre-COVID Era:
Logizomechanophobia – Fear of computers
COVID Era:
Nogizomechanophobia – Fear of not having access to your computer
7.
Pre-COVID Era:
Papyrophobia – Fear of paper
COVID Era:
TPapyrophobia – Fear of not having enough toilet paper
8.
Pre-COVID Era:
Ligyrophobia – Fear of loud noises
COVID Era:
Ligachoophobia – Fear of hearing a sneeze
9.
Arithmophobia – Fear of numbers
Pre-COVID Era:
Uprithmophobia – Fear of rising numbers
10.
Pre-COVID Era:
Potamophobia –Fear of running water
COVID Era:
Ptooeymophobia – Fear of speaking moistly