Fear of asymmetric objects.
Prefer symmetric, orderly arranged pattern.
Is that for real, does anyone have this phobia?
Prefer symmetric, orderly arranged pattern.
Is that for real, does anyone have this phobia?
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Asymmetriphobia?
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I believe a true phobia means ones life is significantly impacted, affecting day to day living.
I personally dislike asymmetry and fix it when I can, but that's not phobia and is extremely common. To label mine such would be to demean and diminish actual phobias.
I personally dislike asymmetry and fix it when I can, but that's not phobia and is extremely common. To label mine such would be to demean and diminish actual phobias.
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Most likely, if your a OCD person, this may tag along also.
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When I'm at the gym and see a weight stand with one size weight on one side and a different on the other side I feel compelled to fix that. And then if there are more weights on one side vs the other I feel compelled to fix that. It's a constant internal struggle to stop myself from making all the weight stands symmetrical. Not exactly a phobia, but it can become a very distracting obsession.
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Oxford dictionaries defines a phobia as "an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something." I'm not sure OCDs would qualify. 
Just reading around on their website, a few of the phobias I consider baffling:
A fear of blushing, of clouds, of colors.
A fear of comets or correspondence.
A fear of dawn, a fear of dreams, a fear of flowers.
(The fear of giving birth to monsters is teratophobia..)
A fear of ice, of ideas, of idleness.
A fear of light, a fear of lists.
A fear of magic and of mirrors.
The fear of philosophy, or places, or pleasure.
Opposite to your question, a fear of symmetry - symmetrophobia
The fear of words - logophobia.
http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/08/a-list-of-phobias-from-atelophobia-to-zelotypophobia/
Why not?
Just reading around on their website, a few of the phobias I consider baffling:
A fear of blushing, of clouds, of colors.
A fear of comets or correspondence.
A fear of dawn, a fear of dreams, a fear of flowers.
(The fear of giving birth to monsters is teratophobia.
.)A fear of ice, of ideas, of idleness.
A fear of light, a fear of lists.
A fear of magic and of mirrors.
The fear of philosophy, or places, or pleasure.
Opposite to your question, a fear of symmetry - symmetrophobia
The fear of words - logophobia.http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/08/a-list-of-phobias-from-atelophobia-to-zelotypophobia/
Why not?
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I like symmetrical, strive for in many ways, asymmetric, I've learned to embrace it in nature, although I'll look for symmetry even within the asymmetric. I often work towards thinking, writing and organizing symmetrical
wait make that It has better balance 
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I think I read somewhere that humans naturally gravitate to the symmetrical and that people with symmetrical features are considered beautiful.