Octophobia (from Greek okto, "eight") is fear of the number eight, a branch of numerophobia. The fear is often due to the looping figure of the number itself, as well as superstition. The fear of 8 is connected to the fear of 26 as the sum of digits in 26 is 8. Due to this numerological property, the number could bring about bad luck, hardship, and destruction.
An octophobic person may believe that number 8 may hold danger in things. For some, the figure eight pattern spirals into a never ending curve that can make them dizzy. Since eight is perpendicular in figure to the infinity sign, octophobia may lead to or developed from apeirophobia.
Some living in a home that has number 8 on its address may worry that it gets destroyed some day. Others would not wed during the eighth day of the month nor the eighth month of the year (August). If the person glances at the number, he/she may get stunned by it, but if it gazes at that number, he/she may panic while giving them a sense of inescapability.
Surprisingly, most people believe even though it doesn't have a cure for it, the fear is adjustable. But the phobia can be treated; psychotherapy is the most beneficial.
It is mainly suffered in Bulgaria and India because in Bulgaria, a phone number called 0888-888-888 was a cursed phone number because all those who have owned this phone number had died. The first one who owned this number, Vladimir Grashnov, died of cancer in 2001, although some believed a rival poisoned him to death. The second one who owned this number, Konstantin Dimitrov, was gunned down by rival Russian mafias in the Netherlands in 2003. And the third and last one who owned this number, Konstantin Dishliev, died in Bulgaria after being shot outside of a restaurant in 2005. Then this phone number was suspended ever since. It is also unlucky in India because it's the number of Sani, which is relation breaker, peace breaker and lethargic kind of personality.
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Oudenophobia (fear of 0) · Henophobia (fear of 1) · Dyophobia (fear of 2) · Triskaphobia (fear of 3) · Tetraphobia (fear of 4) · Pentaphobia (fear of 5) · Hexaphobia (fear of 6) · Heptaphobia (fear of 7) · Octophobia (fear of 8) · Enneaphobia (fear of 9) · Decaphobia (fear of 10) · Hendecaphobia (fear of 11) · Dodecaphobia (fear of 12) · Triskaidekaphobia (fear of 13) · Tetradecaphobia (fear of 14) · Dekapentophobia (fear of 15) Hexadecaphobia (fear of 16) · Heptadecaphobia (fear of 17) · Octodecaphobia (fear of 18) · Enneadecaphobia (fear of 19) · Eikosiphobia (fear of 20) · Eikosihenaphobia (fear of 21) · Eikosidyophobia (fear of 22) · Eikositriophobia (fear of 23) · Eikositetraphobia (fear of 24) · Eikosipentaphobia (fear of 25) · Eikosihexaphobia (fear of 26) · Eikosiheptaphobia (fear of 27) · Eikosioctaphobia (fear of 28) · Eikosienneaphobia (fear of 29) · Trigintiphobia (fear of 30) · Triacontahenphobia (fear of 31) · Triantadyophobia (fear of 32) · Triantatriaphobia (fear of 33) · Triantatesseraphobia (fear of 34) Triantapentaphobia (fear of 35) · Triantahexaphobia (fear of 36) · Triakontenneaphobia (fear of 39) · Tessarakontadyophobia (fear of 42) · Tessarakontaheptaphobia (fear of 47) · Pentekontoctophobia (fear of 58) · Hexekontadyophobia (fear of 62) · Hexekontenneaphobia (fear of 69) · Hebdomekontahenophobia (fear of 71) · Ogdokontaheptaphobia (fear of 87) · Enenekontenneaphobia (fear of 99) · Hekatophobia (fear of 100) · Hekatohendecaphobia (fear of 111) · Hekatenenekontahenophobia (fear of 191) · Diakosioihekkaidekaphobia (fear of 216) · Diakosioipentekontaphobia (fear of 250) · Triakosioitriakontatriophobia (fear of 333) · Tetrakosioeikosiphobia (fear of 420) · Pentakosioipentekontahenophobia (fear of 551) · Hexakosioihekkaidekaphobia (fear of 616) · Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia (fear of 666) · Heftakosioitessarakontaheptaphobia (fear of 747) · Enniakosioihendecaphobia (fear of 911) · Enniakosioenenekontenneaphobia (fear of 999) · Quattuormiliasescentoruphobia·(fear of 4600) · Tessarakontadyochilahexekontenneaphobia (fear of 42069) Nongentiseptuagintatrestrillionsescentiquinquagintanovemmiliacentumtredecimdeciesoctingentivigintiquattuormiliatrecentiphobia(fear of 973,659,113,824,315) · Compustitusnumerophobia (fear of composite numbers) · Meganumerophobia (fear of large numbers) · Imparnumerophobia (fear of odd numbers) · Omalonumerophobia (fear of even numbers) · Piphobia (fear of pi) · Phiphobia (fear of the golden ratio) · Primonumerophobia (fear of prime numbers) · Paranumerophobia (fear of irrational numbers) · Neganumerophobia (fear of negative numbers) · Decadisophobia (fear of decimals) |