Phobias can be anxiety disorders or specific hate or fear against something or a distinct situation in general. Phobias are common among women and men equally. Phobias are usually there between the age of 15 to 20. They tend to be lifelong or prolonged until a certain age when they learn to overcome them. These phobias are caused by an incident or any item in general and cause fear or hatred towards them. Here is an article listing the top ten idols in the K-Pop industry with rare or uncommon phobias and stated their reasons for them.
1. HyunA – Alektorophobia
The 30-year-old idol previously from the Wonder Girls has a deep fear of chickens. With this phobia being one of the rarest phobias in the world, HyunA screams when she spots one. Even though she had this fear, HyunA once was told to catch chickens during a variety show.
2. Ten – Fructophobia
NCT's Thai member Ten has a fear of fruits. Ten is good with drinking fruit juices or dry fruits, but he finds the texture of the fruits' skin and their smell awful. Hence he doesn't eat fruits. His phobia is more like hate than fear. In one of Ten's Instagram live, Ten chooses cookies over fruits by saying, "Eww, fruits! Ah, cookies."
3. Park Ji Yoon – Vestiphobia
Jiyoon is a model, singer, and actress with Vestiphobia, the fear of wearing a particular dress. Jiyoon has a fear of school uniforms. The idol told her fans that when Jiyoon was young, she got caught by a group of school girls wearing uniforms with her date. Since then, she has had this uncommon fear of school uniforms.
4. Taeyeon – Scopophobia
Scopophobia is the fear of cameras. Imagine being an idol and having a fear of cameras! She said in an interview that when all the cameras are on her, she loses her mind and becomes nervous. She also forgets what to say. That interview took place when she first became a solo artist and went to a solo interview.
5. Daesung – Ichthyophobia
Famous 2nd generation K-Pop Idol Daesung from BIGBANG has developed a fear of fish! Daesung hates the texture of the fish skin, the slimy ones. Daesung also initially had sociophobia when he found it difficult to perform on stage. But later, with the help of his members and staff, he regained confidence.
6. Han – Trypophobia
Trypophobia is the fear of small holes in a closed or tight space. Han Jisung from Stray Kids is said to have this phobia. Han also has agoraphobia and acrophobia, the fear of large crowds and the fear of heights, respectively. His sweet members always check up on him when they enter a big gathering.
7. Lay – Ornithophobia
The previous and only Chinese member of EXO, Lay, has Ornithophobia, a fear of birds. Lay in a variety show is seen afraid of pigeons walking on the ground, and on accidentally provoking them to fly, he runs away. In a recent Chinese TV show, Lay displayed his fear of birds when he ran away from a chasing goose.
8. Sulli – Aquaphobia
One of the former members of f(x), a girl group under SM Entertainment, Sulli, was found to have aquaphobia during the group's variety show. When questioned about her fear, Sulli said that she had developed aquaphobia due to childhood trauma. She said it affected her daily life, so she wanted to overcome it.
9. Sunny – Phonophobia
Sunny, a member of the Girls Generation, has a fear of loud noises and fireworks due to her trauma from her childhood days. She was a refugee during the Gulf War and had experienced loud blasts and noise. Her members often covered Sunny's ears in stages if fireworks were about to be displayed nearby.
10. Hendery – Ranidaphobia
The lead rapper of NCT U and WayV's Hendery is said to be afraid of frogs. His fellow member Lucas has the same phobia, but Lucas only finds frogs disgusting. Instead, Hendery is so much scared of them. The staff members, unaware of Hendery's aversion, had once arranged a show involving frogs. Hendery climbed up the wall in fear of seeing them.
