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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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But that is about as close as you are going to get to it..... large being any thing over regular size.
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There was a Maury Povich (talk show) clip on the AOL video site of a woman who was afraid of pickles. Another woman mentioned in the clip (but the clip didn't feature her story) was afraid of mustard. I also remember a woman a while back, I think on Maury, who was afraid of buttons.
When talk shows do shows on people's fears like this, some of them will bring out whatever makes the person panic, and the audience laughs. It makes me sick. Then again, the persons going on the show probably realize they're going to be laughed at. I can understand wanting help that bad. Still, while I see the humor, in that these people are afraid of strange things, I hurt when I think of how it feels when you're suffering, and people are laughing and not taking it seriously. __________________ Maven If I had a dollar for every time I got distracted, I wish I had some ice cream. Equal Rights Are Not Special Rights |
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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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