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I never realized there were so many phobias. Here's a list I foundon the Internet of the most recognized phobias:
Ablutophobia : Fear of washing or bathing Achluphobia : Fear of darkness Acousticophobia : Fear of noise Acrophobia : Fear of heights Aeroacrophobia : Fear of open, high spaces Aeronausiphobia : Fear of airsickness Aerophobia : Fear of drafts, air, gases Agoraphobia : Fear of open spaces Agraphobia : Fear of sexual abuse Agrizoophobia : Fear of wild animals Agyiophobia : Fear of being in the street Aichmophobia : Fear of needles and other pointed objects Ailurophobia : Fear of cats Algophobia : Fear of pain Amathophobia : Fear of dust Ambulophobia : Fear of walking or riding in vehicles Androphobia : Fear of men Anthrophobia : Fear of people or human society Antlophobia : Fear of floods Anuptaphobia : Fear of staying single Aphenphobia : Fear of being touched Apiphobia : Fear of bees Arachnophobia : Fear of spiders Arsonphobia : Fear of fire Asthenophobia : Fear of fainting Astraphobia : Fear of lightning Atychiphobia : Fear of failure Autophobia : Fear of being alone Aviatophobia : Fear of flying Bacteriophobia : Fear of bacteria Basiphobia : Fear of walking Bathophobia : Fear of depths Batrachophobia : Fear of frogs Bibliophobia : Fear of books Bogyphobia : Fear of bogeymen Brontophobia : Fear of thunder Cacomorphobia : Fear of fat Cacophobia : Fear of ugliness Cainophobia : Fear of newness, novelty Caligynephobia : Fear of beautiful women Cardiophobia : Fear of heart disease Carnophobia : Fear of meat Catagelophobia : Fear of being ridiculed Catapedaphobia : Fear of jumping from high to low places Cenophobia : Fear of empty rooms Chaetophobia : Fear of hair or hairy objects Cheimaphobia : Fear of the cold Chionophobia : Fear of snow Chorophobia : Fear of dancing Chrematophobia : Fear of money Chromatophobia : Fear of colors Cibophobia : Fear of food Claustrophobia : Fear of confined spaces Climacophobia : Fear of climbing stairs Clinophobia : Fear of going to bed Coimetrophobia : Fear of cemeteries Coitophoiba : Fear of sexual intercourse Contreltophobia : Fear of sexual abuse Coprastasophobia : Fear of constipation Coprophobia : Fear of dirt or feces Coprastasophobia : Fear of constipation Coulrophoiba : Fear of clowns Cremnophobia : Fear of precipices or cliffs Cryophobia : Fear of extreme cold Cyberphobia : Fear of computers Cyclophobia : Fear of bicycles Cymophobia : Fear of waves Cynophobia : Fear of dogs Cyprianophobia : Fear of prostitutes Decidophobia : Fear of making decisions Defecalgesiophobia : Fear of having painful bowel movements Deipnophobia : Fear of dining Demonophobia : Fear of demons Dendrophobia : Fear of trees Dentophobia : Fear of dentists Dermatopathophobia : Fear of sking disease Diabetophobia : Fear of diabetes Didaskaleinophobia : Fear of going to school Dinophobia : Fear of dizziness Dipsophobia : Fear of drinking Dishabillophobia : Fear of undressing in front of someone Domatophobia : Fear of being in a house Dromophobia : Fear of crosssing streets Dysmorphophobia : Fear of a bodily defect not noticeable to others Dystychiphobia : Fear of accidents Ecclesiaphobia : Fear of churches, organized religions Eisoptrophobia : Fear of mirrors Eleutherophobia : Fear of freedom Emetophobia : Fear of vomiting Enochophobia : Fear of crowds Entomophobia : Fear of insects Epistaxiphobia : Fear of nosebleeds Equinophobia : Fear of horses Eremophobia : Fear of being oneself Ergophobia : Fear of work Erythrophobia : Fear of blushing Esodophobia : Fear of losing virginity Eurotophobia : Fear of female genitalia Fibriophobia : Fear of fever Frigophobia : Fear of cold things Gamophobia : Fear of marriage Geliophobia : Fear of laughter Gephyrophobia : Fear of bridges Gerascophobia : Fear of growing old Geumaphobia : Fear of tastes Glossophobia : Fear of speaking in public Graphophobia : Fear of writing Gymnophobia : Fear of naked bodies Gynephobia : Fear of women Hamartophobia : Fear of committing an error Harpaxophobia : Fear of becoming a victim of robbery Hedonophobia : Fear of pleasure Heliophobia : Fear of sunlight Helminthophobia : Fear of worms Hematophobia : Fear of blood or sight of blood Herpetophobia : Fear of snakes and reptiles Heterophobia : Fear of opposite sex Hobophobia : Fear of bums Hodophobia : Fear of travel Homiclophobia : Fear of fog Hoplophobia : Fear of firearms Hormephobia : Fear of shock Hydrophobia : Fear of water Hygrophobia : Fear of dampness Hylephobia : Fear of epilepsy Hylophobia : Fear of forests Hypengyophobia : Fear of responsibility Hypnophobia : Fear of being hypnotized Hyprophobia : Fear of sleep Icthyophobia : Fear of fish Ideaphobia : Fear of ideas Illyngophobia : Fear of vertigo, feeling dizzy looking down Iophobia : Fear of poisons Isolophobia : Fear of solitude or being alone Isopterophobia : Fear of termites Kakorrhaphiophobia : Fear of failure Katagelophobia : Fear of being ridiculed Kathisophobia : Fear of sitting down Kleptophobia : Fear of stealing Lachanophobia : Fear of vegetables Lalophobia : Fear of stuttering or speaking Leprophobia : Fear of leprosy Leukophobia : Fear of color white Ligyrophobia : Fear of noise Lilapsophobia : Fear of hurricanes or tornadoes Limophobia : Fear of lakes Litigaphobia : Fear of litigation or lawsuits Lockiophobia : Fear of childbirth Logophobia : Fear of words Lunaphobia : Fear of the moon Lutraphobia : Fear of otters Lygophobia : Fear of being in dark or gloomy places Lyssophobia : Fear of becoming insane Macrophobia : Fear of long waits Mageirocophobia : Fear of cooking Mastigophobia : Fear of punishment Mechanophobia : Fear of machinery Megalophobia : Fear of large objects Melissophobia : Fear of bears Meningitophobia : Fear of brain diseases Menophobia : Fear of menstruation Merinthophobia : Fear of being tied up Meteorphobia : Fear of meteors Methyphobia : Fear of alcohol Misophobia : Fear of contamination with dirt or germs Monophobia : Fear of being lonely Motorphobia : Fear of automobiles Musophobia : Fear of mice Mycrophobia : Fear of small things Necrophobia : Fear of corpses or dead bodies Nephophobia : Fear of clouds Noctiphobia : Fear of night Nosophobia : Fear of illness Novercaphophobia : Fear of stepmother Nucleomitophobia : Fear of nuclear weapons Obesophobia : Fear of gaining weight Odonophobia : Fear of teeth Odynesophobia : Fear of pain Olfactophobia : Fear of odors Ombrophobia : Fear of rain Oneirogmophobia : Fear of wet dreams Oneirophobia : Fear of dreams Ornithopia : Fear of birds Ouranophobia : Fear of heaven Pagophobia : Fear of ice or frost Panphobia : Fear of anything and everything Panthophobia : Fear of suffering Papaphobia : Fear of the Pope Papyrophobia : Fear of paper Parasitophobia : Fear of parasites Paraskavedekatriaphobia : Fear of Friday the 13th Pareunophobia : Fear of sex Pathophobia : Fear of illness Peccatiphobia : Fear of sinning Pediaphobia : Fear of dolls Pediculophobia : Fear of lice Peladophobia : Fear of bald people or becoming bald Peniaphobia : Fear of poverty Pentheraphobia : Fear of one's mother-in-law Phagophobia : Fear of eating or swallowing Pharmacophobia : Fear of taking drugs or medicine Phasmophobia : Fear of ghosts Philemaphobia : Fear of kissing Philophobia : Fear of love Phobophobia : Fear of fears Phonophobia : Fear of speaking aloud, speaking one's own voice Photoaugiaphobia : Fear of glaring lights Pnigophobia : Fear of choking Pogonophobia : Fear of beards Politicophobia : Fear of politicians Potamophobia : Fear of rivers Proctophobia : Fear of rectal diseases Pterophobia : Fear of feathers, birds Pyrexiophobia : Fear of having a fever Pyrophobia : Fear of fire Radiophobia : Fear of X-rays Rhytiphobia : Fear of getting wrinkles Satanophobia : Fear of Satan Scolionophobia : Fear of school Sciaphobia : Fear of shadows Scopophobia : Fear of being stared at Selaphobia : Fear of flashing lights Shamhainophobia : Fear of Halloween Sitophobia : Fear of eating or the sight of food Sominphobia : Fear of sleep Soteriophobia : Fear of dependence on others Spheksophobia : Fear of wasps Stygiophobia : Fear of Hell Suriphobia : Fear of mice Syngenesophobia Fear of relatives Tabophobia : Fear of wasting sickness Tacophobia : Fear of speed Taphophobia : Fear of being buried alive Testophobia : Fear of taking tests Thanatophobia : Fear of death Theophobia : Fear of God Termophobia : Fear of heat, being too warm Tomophobia : Fear of surgical operations Toxicophobia : Fear of poison Urophobia : Fear of urinating Vacciniophobia : Fear of vaccinations Vestiphobia : Fear of clothing Virgivitiphobia : Fear of rape Vitricophobia : Fear of stepfather Xenophobia : Fear of strangers Xerophobia : Fear of dryness Zelophobia : Fear of jealousy Zoophobia : Fear of animals |
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Wow. That's a lot of fear. I have acrophobia--I've been afraid of heights since I was a kid. It doesn't really impact my life too much, though, so I've never done anything about it.
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YES there is a lot of them and the list keeps on growing with each passing day we remain on this earth..... there is even a word for the fear of long WORDS (and) get this, the word that defines this fear, is a long word - go figure.
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Rhapsody said: .... there is even a word for the fear of long WORDS (and) get this, the word that defines this fear, is a long word - go figure </div></font></blockquote><font class="post"> Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - Fear of long words. LoVe, Rhapsody - |
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Is there a name for fear of abnormally large objects? I skimmed through and the only thing I saw that was close enough was "Megalophobia: fear of large objects". I don't fear objects that are supposed to be large, just the abnormally large objects. Like, if I saw a ship, I wouldn't be afraid of it, because they are supposed to be large.
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SomeLexiChick said: the only thing I saw that was close enough was "Megalophobia: fear of large objects". I don't fear objects that are supposed to be large, just the abnormally large objects. </div></font></blockquote><font class="post"> That is probably the one for YOU...... knowing is half the battle. LoVe, Rhapsody - |
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I don't think it is. I don't fear large objects. (I give the ship example above). But if something is usually small, or medium, and it gets blown up to be huge (abnormally large) then I am freaked out by it. Like if you were to take a picture (they are usually small or medium) and blow it up to be wall-size, I'd be freaked out by it. I know, it's weird, but I can't help it.
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I have heard the term lodiculaphobia: fear of blankets. Is it real or fictional?
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They don't have basophobia--fear of falling.
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