10 Bizarre Phobias You Have Never Heard of

4. Pentheraphobia – Fear of the Mother-in-Law

I would just call this one a common sense approach to mother-in-laws (or is it mothers-in-law), but maybe your family isn’t like mine.

Of course, our relationships with people change over time and experience ups and downs, but what sets this apart is a perpetual and pervasive fear of your mother-in-law. Perhaps, like some other strange phobias, this is actually a manifestation of feelings of inadequacy or anxiety regarding rejection.