From Peter I to Alla Pugacheva: Fears and Phobias of Famous Personalities

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Every person is afraid of something. Sometimes fears are associated with childhood experiences, or in adulthood, severe stress left an indelible impression. Celebrities are no exception in this regard. Peter I and Joseph Stalin ruled a huge country, modern stars gather whole stadiums, but they could not get rid of their obsessive phobias.

Peter I

It is difficult to imagine that the great Russian tsar, who ruled the country from the age of 10, was afraid of ordinary cockroaches to a shiver. One sight of these harmless, but not quite pleasant insects, caused him a panic horror.

The second phobia of Peter I was the fear of high ceilings and large spaces. The two-meter tsar felt extremely uncomfortable in huge palaces, preferring to live in small ones. In his house in St. Petersburg, an additional false ceiling was specially installed, visually reducing the space.

Alexander III

The king, who left his mark on history by the absence of wars during his reign, was no less afraid of cockroaches than Peter I. However, he did not like horse riding and large crowds of people much more. The emperor's demophobia reached the point that he often canceled parades and holidays.

Joseph Stalin

The Generalissimo, whose name inspired many people with horror, was very afraid of being poisoned. This fear is called toxicophobia. He also never flew airplanes for fear of getting into a plane crash. There were suspicions that Stalin also had a fear of going to bed. There are no facts confirming this for certain, but everyone knows: he fell asleep only when he no longer had the strength to stay awake.

Nikolay Gogol

The most important phobia of the writer was tafephobia - a panic fear of being buried alive. Because of this, he even slept in an armchair, reclining, for the flat surface of the bed was associated with his deathbed. In addition, he was afraid of any mention of death, he was afraid that an incurable disease would break him. Paradoxically, he also refused to take medications for fear of poisoning.

Sergey Yesenin

The poet, widely known for his love affairs, was very afraid of contracting syphilis. It got to the point that the slightest pimple on the face could cause panic. After the first attack of fear, Yesenin examined himself in the mirror for a long time and intently, trying to find signs of the disease or their absence. The second phobia of Sergei Yesenin was associated with the police. During the scandal between Yesenin and the GPU employee Blumkin, the latter almost shot at the poet. After this incident, Serey Yesenin did not part with the pistol, but still he could hardly restrain his panic at the sight of people in uniform.

Vladimir Mayakovsky

After his father died of sepsis, the poet was terrified of catching some kind of infection. He thoroughly washed his hands with soap and water immediately after he had a chance to shake someone's hand, and in his pocket he always had a bottle of Iodine. Doorknobs seemed to him a breeding ground for all kinds of germs, so he touched them only through a piece of paper or a handkerchief. In the barbershop, the poet always demanded that the instruments be disinfected in his presence.

Mikhail Vrubel

The artist, who painted amazing pictures, was afraid of beautiful women. In his youth, he experienced the tragedy of unrequited love and, trying to ease his mental anguish, cut his skin on his chest with a knife. Since then, he experienced an unaccountable fear of beauties, but did not hesitate to use the services of women of easy virtue.

Today, Russian celebrities are no less susceptible to phobias. They are afraid of airplanes and the dark, and sometimes even fear the crowd.

Alla Pugacheva

The prima donna of the national stage has repeatedly admitted that she is afraid to fly by air, but this did not turn into a phobia: the singer still used air transport. And before leaving the stage, Alla Borisovna mentioned in an interview that most of all she is afraid of getting old.

Philip Kirkorov

The singer is very uncomfortable in the dark and is very afraid of oncology. The last fear is related to the fact that his mother died of cancer. The singer himself undergoes a complete examination every year for all possible diseases. And recently Kirkorov admitted that he is afraid of rumors and gossip about himself.

Alena Apina

The singer is afraid of the crowd until her legs tremble. Her fear passes after the performance of the first songs, but Alena Apina cannot completely overcome demophobia. The phobia developed after the singer was told about a bottle thrown at Dmitry Malikov from the crowd during his performance. Such a strange phobia for a star is also reinforced by the singer's love for loneliness. It is always more pleasant for her to spend time alone than in the company of even well-known people.

The list of fears of today's stars goes on. For example, Sergei Zverev is afraid of the evil eye, and Lera Kudryavtseva panics during a thunderstorm. Gluk'oza is afraid of loneliness, Soso Pavliashvili under no circumstances gets behind the wheel of a car after an accident. And the shocking performer Shura is so afraid of heights that he does not even come up to the windows.

Fear is experienced by all people, regardless of age, social status and wallet size. - many of them had very strange phobias that go against their fearlessness and masculinity, which the history books tell about.