Phobias, got any?

[Poetess]

Tell us!
got any phobia? a great fear?

A-

Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing.
Acarophobia- Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching.
Acerophobia- Fear of sourness.
Achluophobia- Fear of darkness.
Acousticophobia- Fear of noise.
Acrophobia- Fear of heights.
Aerophobia- Fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airbourne noxious substances.
Aeroacrophobia- Fear of open high places.
Aeronausiphobia- Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness.
Agateophobia- Fear of insanity.
Agliophobia- Fear of pain.
Agoraphobia- Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place.
Agraphobia- Fear of sexual abuse.
Agrizoophobia- Fear of wild animals.
Agyrophobia- Fear of streets or crossing the street.
Aichmophobia- Fear of needles or pointed objects.
Ailurophobia- Fear of cats.
Albuminurophobia- Fear of kidney disease.
Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens.
Algophobia- Fear of pain.
Alliumphobia- Fear of garlic.
Allodoxaphobia- Fear of opinions.
Altophobia- Fear of heights.
Amathophobia- Fear of dust.
Amaxophobia- Fear of riding in a car.
Ambulophobia- Fear of walking.
Amnesiphobia- Fear of amnesia.
Amychophobia- Fear of scratches or being scratched.
Anablephobia- Fear of looking up.
Ancraophobia- Fear of wind. (Anemophobia)
Androphobia- Fear of men.
Anemophobia- Fear of air drafts or wind.(Ancraophobia)
Anginophobia- Fear of angina, choking or narrowness.
Anglophobia- Fear of England or English culture, etc.
Angrophobia - Fear of anger or of becoming angry.
Ankylophobia- Fear of immobility of a joint.
Anthrophobia or Anthophobia- Fear of flowers.
Anthropophobia- Fear of people or society.
Antlophobia- Fear of floods.
Anuptaphobia- Fear of staying single.
Apeirophobia- Fear of infinity.
Aphenphosmphobia- Fear of being touched. (Haphephobia)
Apiphobia- Fear of bees.
Apotemnophobia- Fear of persons with amputations.
Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia- Fear of spiders.
Arithmophobia- Fear of numbers.
Arrhenphobia- Fear of men.
Arsonphobia- Fear of fire.
Asthenophobia- Fear of fainting or weakness.
Astraphobia or Astrapophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning.(Ceraunophobia, Keraunophobia)
Astrophobia- Fear of stars or celestial space.
Asymmetriphobia- Fear of asymmetrical things.
Ataxiophobia- Fear of ataxia. (muscular incoordination)
Ataxophobia- Fear of disorder or untidiness.
Atelophobia- Fear of imperfection.
Atephobia- Fear of ruin or ruins.
Athazagoraphobia- Fear of being forgotton or ignored or forgetting.
Atomosophobia- Fear of atomic explosions.
Atychiphobia- Fear of failure.
Aulophobia- Fear of flutes.
Aurophobia- Fear of gold.
Auroraphobia- Fear of Northern lights.
Autodysomophobia- Fear of one that has a vile odor.
Automatonophobia- Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues - anything that falsly represents a sentient being.
Automysophobia- Fear of being dirty.
Autophobia- Fear of being alone or of oneself.
Aviophobia or Aviatophobia- Fear of flying.


B-

Bacillophobia- Fear of microbes.
Bacteriophobia- Fear of bacteria.
Ballistophobia- Fear of missiles or bullets.
Bolshephobia- Fear of Bolsheviks.
Barophobia- Fear of gravity.
Basophobia or Basiphobia- Inability to stand. Fear of walking or falling.
Bathmophobia- Fear of stairs or steep slopes.
Bathophobia- Fear of depth.
Batophobia- Fear of heights or being close to high buildings.
Batrachophobia- Fear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc.
Belonephobia- Fear of pins and needles. (Aichmophobia)
Bibliophobia- Fear of books.
Blennophobia- Fear of slime.
Bogyphobia- Fear of bogeys or the bogeyman.
Botanophobia- Fear of plants.
Bromidrosiphobia or Bromidrophobia- Fear of body smells.
Brontophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning.
Bufonophobia- Fear of toads.


C-

Cacophobia- Fear of ugliness.
Cainophobia or Cainotophobia- Fear of newness, novelty.
Caligynephobia- Fear of beautiful women.
Cancerophobia or Carcinophobia- Fear of cancer.
Cardiophobia- Fear of the heart.
Carnophobia- Fear of meat.
Catagelophobia- Fear of being ridiculed.
Catapedaphobia- Fear of jumping from high and low places.
Cathisophobia- Fear of sitting.
Catoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors.
Cenophobia or Centophobia- Fear of new things or ideas.
Ceraunophobia or Keraunophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning.(Astraphobia, Astrapophobia)
Chaetophobia- Fear of hair.
Cheimaphobia or Cheimatophobia- Fear of cold.(Frigophobia, Psychophobia)
Chemophobia- Fear of chemicals or working with chemicals.
Cherophobia- Fear of gaiety.
Chionophobia- Fear of snow.
Chiraptophobia- Fear of being touched.
Chirophobia- Fear of hands.
Cholerophobia- Fear of anger or the fear of cholera.
Chorophobia- Fear of dancing.
Chrometophobia or Chrematophobia- Fear of money.
Chromophobia or Chromatophobia- Fear of colors.
Chronophobia- Fear of time.
Chronomentrophobia- Fear of clocks.
Cibophobia- Fear of food.(Sitophobia, Sitiophobia)
Claustrophobia- Fear of confined spaces.
Cleithrophobia or Cleisiophobia- Fear of being locked in an enclosed place.
Cleptophobia- Fear of stealing.
Climacophobia- Fear of stairs, climbing, or of falling downstairs.
Clinophobia- Fear of going to bed.
Clithrophobia or Cleithrophobia- Fear of being enclosed.
Cnidophobia- Fear of stings.
Cometophobia- Fear of comets.
Coimetrophobia- Fear of cemeteries.
Coitophobia- Fear of coitus.
Contreltophobia- Fear of sexual abuse.
Coprastasophobia- Fear of constipation.
Coprophobia- Fear of feces.
Consecotaleophobia- Fear of chopsticks.
Coulrophobia- Fear of clowns.
Counterphobia- The preference by a phobic for fearful situations.
Cremnophobia- Fear of precipices.
Cryophobia- Fear of extreme cold, ice or frost.
Crystallophobia- Fear of crystals or glass.
Cyberphobia- Fear of computers or working on a computer.
Cyclophobia- Fear of bicycles.
Cymophobia or Kymophobia- Fear of waves or wave like motions.
Cynophobia- Fear of dogs or rabies.
Cypridophobia or Cypriphobia or Cyprianophobia or Cyprinophobia - Fear of prostitutes or venereal disease.


D-

Decidophobia- Fear of making decisions.
Defecaloesiophobia- Fear of painful bowels movements.
Deipnophobia- Fear of dining or dinner conversations.
Dementophobia- Fear of insanity.
Demonophobia or Daemonophobia- Fear of demons.
Demophobia- Fear of crowds. (Agoraphobia)
Dendrophobia- Fear of trees.
Dentophobia- Fear of dentists.
Dermatophobia- Fear of skin lesions.
Dermatosiophobia or Dermatophobia or Dermatopathophobia- Fear of skin disease.
Dextrophobia- Fear of objects at the right side of the body.
Diabetophobia- Fear of diabetes.
Didaskaleinophobia- Fear of going to school.
Dikephobia- Fear of justice.
Dinophobia- Fear of dizziness or whirlpools.
Diplophobia- Fear of double vision.
Dipsophobia- Fear of drinking.
Dishabiliophobia- Fear of undressing in front of someone.
Domatophobia- Fear of houses or being in a house.(Eicophobia, Oikophobia)
Doraphobia- Fear of fur or skins of animals.
Doxophobia- Fear of expressing opinions or of receiving praise.
Dromophobia- Fear of crossing streets.
Dutchphobia- Fear of the Dutch.
Dysmorphophobia- Fear of deformity.
Dystychiphobia- Fear of accidents.


E-

Ecclesiophobia- Fear of church.
Ecophobia- Fear of home.
Eicophobia- Fear of home surroundings.(Domatophobia, Oikophobia)
Eisoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror.
Electrophobia- Fear of electricity.
Eleutherophobia- Fear of freedom.
Elurophobia- Fear of cats. (Ailurophobia)
Emetophobia- Fear of vomiting.
Enetophobia- Fear of pins.
Enochlophobia- Fear of crowds.
Enosiophobia or Enissophobia- Fear of having committed an unpardonable sin or of criticism.
Entomophobia- Fear of insects.
Eosophobia- Fear of dawn or daylight.
Ephebiphobia- Fear of teenagers.
Epistaxiophobia- Fear of nosebleeds.
Epistemophobia- Fear of knowledge.
Equinophobia- Fear of horses.
Eremophobia- Fear of being oneself or of lonliness.
Ereuthrophobia- Fear of blushing.
Ergasiophobia- 1) Fear of work or functioning. 2) Surgeon's fear of operating.
Ergophobia- Fear of work.
Erotophobia- Fear of sexual love or sexual questions.
Euphobia- Fear of hearing good news.
Eurotophobia- Fear of female genitalia.
Erythrophobia or Erytophobia or Ereuthophobia- 1) Fear of redlights. 2) Blushing. 3) Red.

F-

Febriphobia or Fibriphobia or Fibriophobia- Fear of fever.
Felinophobia- Fear of cats. (Ailurophobia, Elurophobia, Galeophobia, Gatophobia)
Francophobia- Fear of France or French culture. (Gallophobia, Galiophobia)
Frigophobia- Fear of cold or cold things.(Cheimaphobia, Cheimatophobia, Psychrophobia)


G-

Galeophobia or Gatophobia- Fear of cats.
Gallophobia or Galiophobia- Fear France or French culture. (Francophobia)
Gamophobia- Fear of marriage.
Geliophobia- Fear of laughter.
Geniophobia- Fear of chins.
Genophobia- Fear of sex.
Genuphobia- Fear of knees.
Gephyrophobia or Gephydrophobia or Gephysrophobia- Fear of crossing bridges.
Germanophobia- Fear of Germany or German culture.
Gerascophobia- Fear of growing old.
Gerontophobia- Fear of old people or of growing old.
Geumaphobia or Geumophobia- Fear of taste.
Glossophobia- Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak.
Gnosiophobia- Fear of knowledge.
Graphophobia- Fear of writing or handwriting.
Gymnophobia- Fear of nudity.
Gynephobia or Gynophobia- Fear of women.


H-

Hadephobia- Fear of hell.
Hagiophobia- Fear of saints or holy things.
Hamartophobia- Fear of sinning.
Haphephobia or Haptephobia- Fear of being touched.
Harpaxophobia- Fear of being robbed.
Hedonophobia- Fear of feeling pleasure.
Heliophobia- Fear of the sun.
Hellenologophobia- Fear of Greek terms or complex scientific terminology.
Helminthophobia- Fear of being infested with worms.
Hemophobia or Hemaphobia or Hematophobia- Fear of blood.
Heresyphobia or Hereiophobia- Fear of challenges to official doctrine or of radical deviation.
Herpetophobia- Fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things.
Heterophobia- Fear of the opposite sex. (Sexophobia)
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia- Fear of the number 666.
Hierophobia- Fear of priests or sacred things.
Hippophobia- Fear of horses.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words.
Hobophobia- Fear of bums or beggars.
Hodophobia- Fear of road travel.
Hormephobia- Fear of shock.
Homichlophobia- Fear of fog.
Homilophobia- Fear of sermons.
Hominophobia- Fear of men.
Homophobia- Fear of sameness, monotony or of homosexuality or of becoming homosexual.
Hoplophobia- Fear of firearms.
Hydrargyophobia- Fear of mercurial medicines.
Hydrophobia- Fear of water or of rabies.
Hydrophobophobia- Fear of rabies.
Hyelophobia or Hyalophobia- Fear of glass.
Hygrophobia- Fear of liquids, dampness, or moisture.
Hylephobia- Fear of materialism or the fear of epilepsy.
Hylophobia- Fear of forests.
Hypengyophobia or Hypegiaphobia- Fear of responsibility.
Hypnophobia- Fear of sleep or of being hypnotized.
Hypsiphobia- Fear of height.


I-

Iatrophobia- Fear of going to the doctor or of doctors.
Ichthyophobia- Fear of fish.
Ideophobia- Fear of ideas.
Illyngophobia- Fear of vertigo or feeling dizzy when looking down.
Iophobia- Fear of poison.
Insectophobia - Fear of insects.
Isolophobia- Fear of solitude, being alone.
Isopterophobia- Fear of termites, insects that eat wood.
Ithyphallophobia- Fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis.


J-

Japanophobia- Fear of Japanese.
Judeophobia- Fear of Jews.


K-

Kainolophobia or Kainophobia- Fear of anything new, novelty.
Kakorrhaphiophobia- Fear of failure or defeat.
Katagelophobia- Fear of ridicule.
Kathisophobia- Fear of sitting down.
Kenophobia- Fear of voids or empty spaces.
Keraunophobia or Ceraunophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning.(Astraphobia, Astrapophobia)
Kinetophobia or Kinesophobia- Fear of movement or motion.
Kleptophobia- Fear of stealing.
Koinoniphobia- Fear of rooms.
Kolpophobia- Fear of genitals, particularly female.
Kopophobia- Fear of fatigue.
Koniophobia- Fear of dust. (Amathophobia)
Kosmikophobia- Fear of cosmic phenomenon.
Kymophobia- Fear of waves. (Cymophobia)
Kynophobia- Fear of rabies.
Kyphophobia- Fear of stooping.

L-

Lachanophobia- Fear of vegetables.
Laliophobia or Lalophobia- Fear of speaking.
Leprophobia or Lepraphobia- Fear of leprosy.
Leukophobia- Fear of the color white.
Levophobia- Fear of things to the left side of the body.
Ligyrophobia- Fear of loud noises.
Lilapsophobia- Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes.
Limnophobia- Fear of lakes.
Linonophobia- Fear of string.
Liticaphobia- Fear of lawsuits.
Lockiophobia- Fear of childbirth.
Logizomechanophobia- Fear of computers.
Logophobia- Fear of words.
Luiphobia- Fear of lues, syphillis.
Lutraphobia- Fear of otters.
Lygophobia- Fear of darkness.
Lyssophobia- Fear of rabies or of becoming mad.


M-

Macrophobia- Fear of long waits.
Mageirocophobia- Fear of cooking.
Maieusiophobia- Fear of childbirth.
Malaxophobia- Fear of love play. (Sarmassophobia)
Maniaphobia- Fear of insanity.
Mastigophobia- Fear of punishment.
Mechanophobia- Fear of machines.
Medomalacuphobia- Fear of losing an erection.
Medorthophobia- Fear of an erect penis.
Megalophobia- Fear of large things.
Melissophobia- Fear of bees.
Melanophobia- Fear of the color black.
Melophobia- Fear or hatred of music.
Meningitophobia- Fear of brain disease.
Menophobia- Fear of menstruation.
Merinthophobia- Fear of being bound or tied up.
Metallophobia- Fear of metal.
Metathesiophobia- Fear of changes.
Meteorophobia- Fear of meteors.
Methyphobia- Fear of alcohol.
Metrophobia- Fear or hatred of poetry.
Microbiophobia- Fear of microbes. (Bacillophobia)
Microphobia- Fear of small things.
Misophobia or Mysophobia- Fear of being contaminated with dirt or germs.
Mnemophobia- Fear of memories.
Molysmophobia or Molysomophobia- Fear of dirt or contamination.
Monophobia- Fear of solitude or being alone.
Monopathophobia- Fear of definite disease.
Motorphobia- Fear of automobiles.
Mottephobia- Fear of moths.
Musophobia or Muriphobia- Fear of mice.
Mycophobia- Fear or aversion to mushrooms.
Mycrophobia- Fear of small things.
Myctophobia- Fear of darkness.
Myrmecophobia- Fear of ants.
Mythophobia- Fear of myths or stories or false statements.
Myxophobia- Fear of slime. (Blennophobia)


N-

Nebulaphobia- Fear of fog. (Homichlophobia)
Necrophobia- Fear of death or dead things.
Nelophobia- Fear of glass.
Neopharmaphobia- Fear of new drugs.
Neophobia- Fear of anything new.
Nephophobia- Fear of clouds.
Noctiphobia- Fear of the night.
Nomatophobia- Fear of names.
Nosocomephobia- Fear of hospitals.
Nosophobia or Nosemaphobia- Fear of becoming ill.
Nostophobia- Fear of returning home.
Novercaphobia- Fear of your step-mother.
Nucleomituphobia- Fear of nuclear weapons.
Nudophobia- Fear of nudity.
Numerophobia- Fear of numbers.
Nyctohylophobia- Fear of dark wooded areas or of forests at night
Nyctophobia- Fear of the dark or of night.


O-

Obesophobia- Fear of gaining weight.(Pocrescophobia)
Ochlophobia- Fear of crowds or mobs.
Ochophobia- Fear of vehicles.
Octophobia - Fear of the figure 8.
Odontophobia- Fear of teeth or dental surgery.
Odynophobia or Odynephobia- Fear of pain. (Algophobia)
Oenophobia- Fear of wines.
Oikophobia- Fear of home surroundings, house.(Domatophobia, Eicophobia)
Olfactophobia- Fear of smells.
Ombrophobia- Fear of rain or of being rained on.
Ommetaphobia or Ommatophobia- Fear of eyes.
Oneirophobia- Fear of dreams.
Oneirogmophobia- Fear of wet dreams.
Onomatophobia- Fear of hearing a certain word or of names.
Ophidiophobia- Fear of snakes. (Snakephobia)
Ophthalmophobia- Fear of being stared at.
Opiophobia- Fear medical doctors experience of prescribing needed pain medications for patients.
Optophobia- Fear of opening one's eyes.
Ornithophobia- Fear of birds.
Orthophobia- Fear of property.
Osmophobia or Osphresiophobia- Fear of smells or odors.
Ostraconophobia- Fear of shellfish.
Ouranophobia or Uranophobia- Fear of heaven.


P-

Pagophobia- Fear of ice or frost.
Panthophobia- Fear of suffering and disease.
Panophobia or Pantophobia- Fear of everything.
Papaphobia- Fear of the Pope.
Papyrophobia- Fear of paper.
Paralipophobia- Fear of neglecting duty or responsibility.
Paraphobia- Fear of sexual perversion.
Parasitophobia- Fear of parasites.
Paraskavedekatriaphobia- Fear of Friday the 13th.
Parthenophobia- Fear of virgins or young girls.
Pathophobia- Fear of disease.
Patroiophobia- Fear of heredity.
Parturiphobia- Fear of childbirth.
Peccatophobia- Fear of sinning or imaginary crimes.
Pediculophobia- Fear of lice.
Pediophobia- Fear of dolls.
Pedophobia- Fear of children.
Peladophobia- Fear of bald people.
Pellagrophobia- Fear of pellagra.
Peniaphobia- Fear of poverty.
Pentheraphobia- Fear of mother-in-law. (Novercaphobia)
Phagophobia- Fear of swallowing or of eating or of being eaten.
Phalacrophobia- Fear of becoming bald.
Phallophobia- Fear of a penis, esp erect.
Pharmacophobia- Fear of taking medicine.
Phasmophobia- Fear of ghosts.
Phengophobia- Fear of daylight or sunshine.
Philemaphobia or Philematophobia- Fear of kissing.
Philophobia- Fear of falling in love or being in love.
Philosophobia- Fear of philosophy.
Phobophobia- Fear of phobias.
Photoaugliaphobia- Fear of glaring lights.
Photophobia- Fear of light.
Phonophobia- Fear of noises or voices or one's own voice; of telephones.
Phronemophobia- Fear of thinking.
Phthiriophobia- Fear of lice. (Pediculophobia)
Phthisiophobia- Fear of tuberculosis.
Placophobia- Fear of tombstones.
Plutophobia- Fear of wealth.
Pluviophobia- Fear of rain or of being rained on.
Pneumatiphobia- Fear of spirits.
Pnigophobia or Pnigerophobia- Fear of choking of being smothered.
Pocrescophobia- Fear of gaining weight. (Obesophobia)
Pogonophobia- Fear of beards.
Poliosophobia- Fear of contracting poliomyelitis.
Politicophobia- Fear or abnormal dislike of politicians.
Polyphobia- Fear of many things.
Poinephobia- Fear of punishment.
Ponophobia- Fear of overworking or of pain.
Porphyrophobia- Fear of the color purple.
Potamophobia- Fear of rivers or running water.
Potophobia- Fear of alcohol.
Pharmacophobia- Fear of drugs.
Proctophobia- Fear of rectums.
Prosophobia- Fear of progress.
Psellismophobia- Fear of stuttering.
Psychophobia- Fear of mind.
Psychrophobia- Fear of cold.
Pteromerhanophobia- Fear of flying.
Pteronophobia- Fear of being tickled by feathers.
Pupaphobia - Fear of puppets.
Pyrexiophobia- Fear of Fever.
Pyrophobia- Fear of fire.


I didn`t find phobias for Q!

R-

Radiophobia- Fear of radiation, x-rays.
Ranidaphobia- Fear of frogs.
Rectophobia- Fear of rectum or rectal diseases.
Rhabdophobia- Fear of being severely punished or beaten by a rod, or of being severely criticized. Also fear of magic.(wand)
Rhypophobia- Fear of defecation.
Rhytiphobia- Fear of getting wrinkles.
Rupophobia- Fear of dirt.
Russophobia- Fear of Russians.


S-

Samhainophobia: Fear of Halloween.
Sarmassophobia- Fear of love play. (Malaxophobia)
Satanophobia- Fear of Satan.
Scabiophobia- Fear of scabies.
Scatophobia- Fear of fecal matter.
Scelerophibia- Fear of bad men, burglars.
Sciophobia Sciaphobia- Fear of shadows.
Scoleciphobia- Fear of worms.
Scolionophobia- Fear of school.
Scopophobia or Scoptophobia- Fear of being seen or stared at.
Scotomaphobia- Fear of blindness in visual field.
Scotophobia- Fear of darkness. (Achluophobia)
Scriptophobia- Fear of writing in public.
Selachophobia- Fear of sharks.
Selaphobia- Fear of light flashes.
Selenophobia- Fear of the moon.
Seplophobia- Fear of decaying matter.
Sesquipedalophobia- Fear of long words.
Sexophobia- Fear of the opposite sex. (Heterophobia)
Siderodromophobia- Fear of trains, railroads or train travel.
Siderophobia- Fear of stars.
Sinistrophobia- Fear of things to the left or left-handed.
Sinophobia- Fear of Chinese, Chinese culture.
Sitophobia or Sitiophobia- Fear of food or eating. (Cibophobia)
Snakephobia- Fear of snakes. (Ophidiophobia)
Soceraphobia- Fear of parents-in-law.
Social Phobia- Fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations.
Sociophobia- Fear of society or people in general.
Somniphobia- Fear of sleep.
Sophophobia- Fear of learning.
Soteriophobia - Fear of dependence on others.
Spacephobia- Fear of outer space.
Spectrophobia- Fear of specters or ghosts.
Spermatophobia or Spermophobia- Fear of germs.
Spheksophobia- Fear of wasps.
Stasibasiphobia or Stasiphobia- Fear of standing or walking. (Ambulophobia)
Staurophobia- Fear of crosses or the crucifix.
Stenophobia- Fear of narrow things or places.
Stygiophobia or Stigiophobia- Fear of hell.
Suriphobia- Fear of mice.
Symbolophobia- Fear of symbolism.
Symmetrophobia- Fear of symmetry.
Syngenesophobia- Fear of relatives.
Syphilophobia- Fear of syphilis.


T-

Tachophobia- Fear of speed.
Taeniophobia or Teniophobia- Fear of tapeworms.
Taphephobia Taphophobia- Fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries.
Tapinophobia- Fear of being contagious.
Taurophobia- Fear of bulls.
Technophobia- Fear of technology.
Teleophobia- 1) Fear of definite plans. 2) Religious ceremony.
Telephonophobia- Fear of telephones.
Teratophobia- Fear of bearing a deformed child or fear of monsters or deformed people.
Testophobia- Fear of taking tests.
Tetanophobia- Fear of lockjaw, tetanus.
Teutophobia- Fear of German or German things.
Textophobia- Fear of certain fabrics.
Thaasophobia- Fear of sitting.
Thalassophobia- Fear of the sea.
Thanatophobia or Thantophobia- Fear of death or dying.
Theatrophobia- Fear of theatres.
Theologicophobia- Fear of theology.
Theophobia- Fear of gods or religion.
Thermophobia- Fear of heat.
Tocophobia- Fear of pregnancy or childbirth.
Tomophobia- Fear of surgical operations.
Tonitrophobia- Fear of thunder.
Topophobia- Fear of certain places or situations, such as stage fright.
Toxiphobia or Toxophobia or Toxicophobia- Fear of poison or of being accidently poisoned.
Traumatophobia- Fear of injury.
Tremophobia- Fear of trembling.
Trichinophobia- Fear of trichinosis.
Trichopathophobia or Trichophobia- Fear of hair. (Chaetophobia, Hypertrichophobia)
Triskaidekaphobia- Fear of the number 13.
Tropophobia- Fear of moving or making changes.
Trypanophobia- Fear of injections.
Tuberculophobia- Fear of tuberculosis.
Tyrannophobia- Fear of tyrants.


U-

Uranophobia or Ouranophobia- Fear of heaven.
Urophobia- Fear of urine or urinating.


V-

Vaccinophobia- Fear of vaccination.
Venustraphobia- Fear of beautiful women.
Verbophobia- Fear of words.
Verminophobia- Fear of germs.
Vestiphobia- Fear of clothing.
Virginitiphobia- Fear of rape.
Vitricophobia- Fear of step-father.


W-

Walloonphobia- Fear of the Walloons.
Wiccaphobia: Fear of witches and witchcraft.


X-

Xanthophobia- Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow.
Xenoglossophobia- Fear of foreign languages.
Xenophobia- Fear of strangers or foreigners.
Xerophobia- Fear of dryness.
Xylophobia- 1) Fear of wooden objects. 2) Forests.
Xyrophobia-Fear of razors.

Y-

none!


Z-

Zelophobia- Fear of jealousy.
Zeusophobia- Fear of God or gods.
Zemmiphobia- Fear of the great mole rat.
Zoophobia- Fear of animals.

[Koa]

:eek: that was a lot of copypasting! ;)

[dramasnot6]

Atelophobia- Fear of imperfection.
I read the entire list and didnt find my biggest fear! Fear of ignorance. :eek: That stuff gives me nightmares......
Oh, and also Fear of politicians and conformity. That should be about it for me..

[Poetess]

Yes Koa! But that was tiring, lol.. I had them on my PC for a long time (oops! I lost them though).

Dramasnot6 maybe the phobia of ignorance starts with Q :P I found nothing for Q and Y

[dramasnot6]

Ill just call it Ignorancephobia then, maybe people will be ignorant of its meaning and assume it too is latin! :p

[samercury]

Agyrophobia- Fear of streets or crossing the street
I think that's the one...

[dramasnot6]

I think that's the one...

its a practical concern nonetheless, a more logical phobia then most

[Janine]

Fear of giving a speech or talk in public......strange for me who actually talks quite a lot.

[Virgil]

Take this as a fun post. I hope no one really has any of these phobias. But I found a few humorous or relevant to lit net. ;)



Wiccaphobia: Fear of witches and witchcraft
Oh doesn't MacBeth wish he had had this. :D



Technophobia- Fear of technology.
Well, as an engineer, I would be out of a job if I had this.



Teutophobia- Fear of German or German things.
Perhaps if Sleepywitch has me read another Shakespeare play (like Antony and Cleopatra) and then not join the discussion I may get this. ;)



Theophobia- Fear of gods or religion.
If you get involved in some of the religious thread fights around here, one can easily acquire this. ;)



Venustraphobia- Fear of beautiful women.
This one is too easy to make a joke with. I'll just have to let it pass.



Menophobia- Fear of menstruation.
I have this. Really I do. If I should happen to start mensturating, I'm going to be really really scared. ;)



Proctophobia- Fear of rectums.
Why are rectums so funny?:lol:



Ideophobia- Fear of ideas.
Are they usually high school drop outs? :p



Anglophobia- Fear of England or English culture, etc.
Also know as the French. :)



Peladophobia- Fear of bald people.
At my age, just about all the men I know are bald or almost bald.



Chaetophobia- Fear of hair.
What if you have both Peladophobia and Chaetophobia at the same time? :D



Gamophobia- Fear of marriage.
I know lots of men with this. Lots. ;)

[SummerSolstice]

Spheksophobia is me! I've been absolutely terrified of any stinging, hovering insect for as long as I remember, but wasps especially. I see one and I shrink away, hunch my shoulders up, pull my hands up to my chest or face, and whimper involuntarily.

I got stung for the first time last summer. Landed on my hand, I flip out and scrape it off really quick, whimper-squealing pathetically. Didn't even know I'd been stung until about thirty seconds later. "Oh! Ow." Like pricking myself with a needle, only tinier (not less intense... just smaller in size) and continual. It sort of swelled, and it itched but every time I touched it I felt like I was pricking myself again. It was gone before the day was out. Not a big deal, right? Right. So I figured next time I saw a wasp, I'd be able to approach the situation more rationally, right? Wrong. Another wasp the next day--shrink, hunch, hand-clasping, whimper, "Daaaad... Daaad, heeellllp...."

Oooh, that and needles. Just seeing one--not going in or anything, just sitting there--makes me feel sick.

[Stanislaw]

phobia...I guess the closest phobia for me is arachnaphobia... otherwise most things don't bug me, I used to be afraid of the dark, and I suppose I used to have necrophobia, and a fea of hites, but not anymore (especially after 2 years of bio major) but spiders, for some reason still make me jump, just before I squash'em into the next world, but they still make me jump.

[dramasnot6]

What about Phobiaphobia? As i quote "Only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
Ya think FDR had Phobiaphobia??? :p

[Schokokeks]

Teutophobia - Fear of German or German thingsPerhaps if Sleepywitch has me read another Shakespeare play (like Antony and Cleopatra) and then not join the discussion I may get this. ;)

Eyy ! That would be a very rude generalisation, and you know that ! :p

I found "Arachbutyrophobia" the most hilarious one :lol:.


Spheksophobia is me! I've been absolutely terrified of any stinging, hovering insect for as long as I remember, but wasps especially. [...] Oooh, that and needles. Just seeing one--not going in or anything, just sitting there--makes me feel sick.
The same two for me. Good that I live in an area where there are bees' and wasps' nests under every other roof :rolleyes:.

But with me, needles is even worse. I don't mind seeing them, but I can't stand them going in for vaccination or blood sample. I don't faint or anything during the procedure, but I'm incredibly nervous for a week before it and sick the day after it.

Although I wouldn't call them phobias, but I worry a bit about becoming ill or being involved in an accident. However, no Dystychiphobia or Kosophobia for me (yet :D).

Boy, must I sound insane :D.

That was an interesting list, thanks for posting, Poetess !

[Themis]

Arachnophobia, definitely. Although, I fear flies the most. I have been known to start screaming and run out of the room at high speed. But it's much better now. I can even calmly stand up, get my things and leave the room. And lock it. Before going to get someone to "kill these infernal things, please!", somewhat less calm, admittedly.

[Virgil]

The same two for me. Good that I live in an area where there are bees' and wasps' nests under every other roof :rolleyes:.




Spheksophobia is me! I've been absolutely terrified of any stinging, hovering insect for as long as I remember, but wasps especially. I see one and I shrink away, hunch my shoulders up, pull my hands up to my chest or face, and whimper involuntarily.


Wow, you sound like a couple of girls. :D :p :p :p

Only kidding. I worked with someone who got stung by a bee and didn't know he was allergic and nearly died. After that he was insane over bees. He would carry his antidote bag with him everywhere and was petrified of stepping out. He completely gave up gardening and I know he was going to some psychologist for it.

[Schokokeks]

Wow, you sound like a couple of girls. :D :p :p :p

Only kidding. I worked with someone who got stung by a bee and didn't know he was allergic and nearly died. After that he was insane over bees.

Now guess who's allergic, too ? :(
It has never been that bad with me, though. I got stung a couple of times over the years; it turns into a nasty multi-coloured lump and hurts for 2 or 3 weeks, not only the spot but the whole part of the body the beast decided to sting. And that is something I definetely try to avoid by all means.
Bees, however, at least give honey, but who the heck needs wasps ?!? :flare:

[Stanislaw]

bee stings...yeah, I hate bees...I once sorta sat on one...and damn! I think that was some of the worst Pain that I have ever felt.

[Laindessiel]

I have Hemophobia. (Dunno if it's listed in your list of phobias, Poetess.) My eyes dim, earth spins, have difficulty breathing, and I feel weak when I see blood. When I smell blood. When I touch blood. When the blood drips from my skin!!! If you want me dead in an instant, show me a guillotined person.

*SHIVERS*

http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/traurig/g050.gif

[Madhuri]

Its good I dont have any phobias.....:D

Well, okay, I think I am not comfortable in closed spaces, I mean places that are very narrow, hardly any ventilation. Whenever I see on tv someone going in for an MRI scan, inside that huge machine, I think i'll come out dead if I ever have to get this done or will surely behave like a child throwing tantrums so that I can get away without the scan :D. Perhaps, not dead, and the fear factor doesnt seem to be very high, but this definitely makes me uncomfortable.

[Idril]

The closest thing to my phobia I found was Hypnophobia- Fear of sleep or of being hypnotized but that's not quite right. I have a very intense phobia of being sedated and it makes dealing with my sleeping issues very difficult because most of the medications prescribed for that are by nature, sedating and if I start to feel that unnatural sleepiness and heaviness, I just panic. :eek: It ends up having the opposite effect because I fight the effects of it so hard. I had nasal surgery a few years back and I wasn't nervous about the procedure at all, it wasn't until I got to the pre-op room and saw all those sedated zombies that I started to freak. The doctor was worried about my high heart rate, which is high anyway because of some heart condition but when I told him how panicked I was about these zombies, they couldn't even stand up, they had to be wheeled into surgery, he assured me that that sedation prior to surgery wasn't necessary so that made me happy but coming out of the general anesthesia was awful, I don't even want to talk about it. :p

My 12 year old son has Emetophobia- Fear of vomiting. And not just a mild case, he has to be on medication or else every other phrase out of his mouth would be, "Do you think I'm going to throw up?" That boy can get a scratch on his arm and somehow connect it to throwing up. He's a good example of how a silly little phobia can completely overwhelm a life. The upside is that he's probably never going to be a drinker, once he heard that you can throw up from drinking alcohol, he turned into a temperance enthusiast. :lol:

And my other son has Didaskaleinophobia- Fear of going to school. :rolleyes:

[outrageous]

i have phobia from grasshoppers i don't know how it's called

[TEND]

Well, I've never quite found the name for this but I have a fear of sleeping at night. I can sleep at night though it's a very wakeful sleep usually lasts for only an hour or two and in order to fall asleep I have to spend about two hours prior to that lying in the dark, usually music or a movie helps so I'm focused on that and fall asleep from extreme tiredness. Other than that I usually have to find time to sleep during the day (I have a period of 2 hours inbetween classes where I normally sleep) so I end up with 4 or 5 hours of sleep in a day usually and on weekends, usually more. People always think I'm afraid of the dark or night when I explain this, but actually that is my favorite part of the day, I prefer it I'm not scared of the night just sleeping during it.
I think this fear developed when I was around 14 and as far as I can tell I think most of it came from that time when I had an obsession with dying, and just the association with sleep and death and lying there in a dark room and going to sleep, scared the hell out of me. I am getting better, not falling asleep but usually I can stay asleep or have a bit more of a sound sleep if I can manage to fall asleep.

[Poetess]

i have phobia from grasshoppers i don't know how it's called

Let`s call it Arachnophobia. I had it for a short time. Later on, I used to hunt them and trap them in bottles with friends of mine. Then, we used to count everyone`s score and announce a winner.. xP I`m not cruel enough loool




Well, I've never quite found the name for this but I have a fear of sleeping at night. I can sleep at night though it's a very wakeful sleep usually lasts for only an hour or two and in order to fall asleep I have to spend about two hours prior to that lying in the dark, usually music or a movie helps so I'm focused on that and fall asleep from extreme tiredness. Other than that I usually have to find time to sleep during the day (I have a period of 2 hours inbetween classes where I normally sleep) so I end up with 4 or 5 hours of sleep in a day usually and on weekends, usually more. People always think I'm afraid of the dark or night when I explain this, but actually that is my favorite part of the day, I prefer it I'm not scared of the night just sleeping during it.
I think this fear developed when I was around 14 and as far as I can tell I think most of it came from that time when I had an obsession with dying, and just the association with sleep and death and lying there in a dark room and going to sleep, scared the hell out of me. I am getting better, not falling asleep but usually I can stay asleep or have a bit more of a sound sleep if I can manage to fall asleep.

Hey dear, well you can call it Hypnophobia. It`s all about sleeping. Everyone of us must have had this phobia when he/she was young enough.


Lately, I started noticing that my 3-year-old neighbor is having some sort of phobia of closing a door. When she wants to enter a room i`m in, she stands outside and ask me not to shut the door when she enters.

OMG! I turned out to be stuffed with fears! However i`m a normal person. These are not my only fears, yet i`ll state the most important two now, and down some others.. later one i`ll post another fears of mine!

IMP:
*
Bogyphobia- Fear of bogeys or the bogeyman. (it kills me if i look underbed, under a couch, or in a closet)*

Bathmophobia- Fear of stairs or steep slopes.*

Climacophobia- Fear of stairs, climbing, or of falling downstairs.*
*(I just call my sister to turn on the lights of the building before I go up, especially when the elevator is off and i`ll have to go climbing stairs. Morever, I might lose mind or conscience if I was on stairs and someone is climbing it behind me, no matter if this person is some floors away or next to me)


then comes:

Acrophobia/Altophobia- Fear of heights.
Aeroacrophobia- Fear of open high places.
Agraphobia- Fear of sexual abuse.
Androphobia- Fear of men.

[TEND]

Actually, I've been told I have somniphobia by a doctor Poetess, but since it only bothers me at night it's kind of a different case, where I can have perfectly normal daytime sleeping patterns but extreme difficulty sleeping at night.
Also, I have an obsessive compulsive disorder (and a few others) that make me sort of weird about certain things and I show tendencies to certain other phobias if things are not exact. I lean a bit towards Spermophobia (I always thought it was jsut called germaphobia), where depending on what it is, I will become absolutely terrified of certain things (this leads to odd situations since I try to be extremely polite). For instance if I'm drinking something and there is a single speck in the liquid I am utterly utterly repulsed, and if I notice it while I'm drinking a gag reflex kicks in and I get extremely frightened (I don't know why) or if I notice it after I've drank some, this of course with my obsessiveness leads me to checking a glass before use and sometimes washing it before each use (In my house I have my own set of glassware that others can't use). But in other situations something like that bothers me, so it's not full blown.
There are a few other weird things, that go along with me, but I think those two would be the ones people would notice the most.

[Poetess]

^^ Yes, Somniphobia and Hypnophobia are somewhat the same.

[TEND]

I think hypnophobia has more to do with involuntary sleeping though. I could be wrong though.

[Poetess]

It has to do with hypnotizing, more.

[Themis]

Are you sure, Poetess? Because I would associate it more with sleep because of Hypnos being the greek god of sleep.

[Poetess]

Themis, this i`m not sure about for one case (IMO): if the pre-word combined with the word "Phobia" is originally greek, then Hypnophobia will definitely mean the phobia of sleep.


On the other hand, if the word is originally basic`ly English, then it would have to do with Hypnotism..

However, they both are about a sleep, but the first is due to natural reason (which is drowsiness).

[Themis]

Both the words are greek. "Phobia" derives from "phobos" - fear. Phobos was the god of fear in greek mythology.

[Poetess]

This is confusing now.. =\

[dramasnot6]

i found marshmallow phobia on an interesting facts page.

Althaiophobia is fear of marshmallows

[livelaughlove]

I'm terrified of snakes, heights, and chickens.

[dramasnot6]

why chickens?

[mtpspur]

Snakes (from a close encounter at age 5 aided by an unsympathetic brother (short version). (Also still have recurring nightmare about alligators I think brought on by reading Bomba the Jungle Boys books and not understanding Pogo at a young age also. Better those then the Air Force ones that never seem to let up.)

[Silv]

XD I'm anthrophobic. I'm not actually sure that such a word exists, but what I did was to randomly put together the two parts: anthro (of or relating to humans) and phobic (fear).

Fear of humans. But what I mean to say is not that I'm afraid of individual people, not at all. I'm afraid of the masses, the crowds. It's people in a bunch that gets me running away. Haha.

[toni]

Righto. This is the most ridiculous phobia.

I have this strong fear of Butterflies. (okay, you can stop laughing now...)
I absolutely hate the way they fly and the color on their wings makes my feet really itchy. Whenever they -ugh- flutter on my direction- my heart pounds and I run away quickly! I have gathered that I am a Schmetterlingsphobie ("butterfly phobia")

[Stanislaw]

hmm, not at all strange, butterflies are infact extremely aggressive, no joke, when they are flying around people, they are in fact trying to scare them away...its some territorial thing...apperently they are more territorial than dogs.

ps. for all who don't know Shmetterling is butterfly in german.

[SleepyWitch]

Perhaps if Sleepywitch has me read another Shakespeare play (like Antony and Cleopatra) and then not join the discussion I may get this. ;)

heheheh :) I did join the discussion for a while... and i intend to finish the play 'one of these days' and join the discussion again :)

is there a "fear of unexpected homework disrupting your Shakespeare reading schedule and annoying your good old Uncle Virgil?"

[Pendragon]

Had arachnophobia, but holding tarantulas helped me with that! http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/tiere/a015.gif

[Themis]

Had arachnophobia, but holding tarantulas helped me with that! http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/tiere/a015.gif

Ah! *faints* ... or *runs away screaming* In fact, I think I'd start screaming the moment I see even one of its scary legs.

[Shalot]

Arsonphobia- Fear of fire.


I have Arsonphobia I think. This must be the most terrible way to die. If I have any phobias, this is it.

[higley]

I have always had a fear of large dogs, although it's not so pronounced as to be a phobia. Mostly 'cause for a while it seemed like every big dog was chasing me across the street. I get nervous and jumpy around them, and when I come across one I step behind someone else to avoid it and jump about three feet if it barks.

If I do have an actual phobia, it would be a fear of public speaking. My voice trembles and my hands shake uncontrollably, and I have a little trouble breathing. I just can't do it! Even when there's like only two people (strangers) that I have to present to.

[IamMissingaLink]

XD I'm anthrophobic. I'm not actually sure that such a word exists, but what I did was to randomly put together the two parts: anthro (of or relating to humans) and phobic (fear).

Fear of humans. But what I mean to say is not that I'm afraid of individual people, not at all. I'm afraid of the masses, the crowds. It's people in a bunch that gets me running away. Haha.

Tha'd be agoraphobia.

I think i have 'Ergasiophobia' - Fear of work or functioning or maybe...Scoptophobia - Fear of being seen or stared at

;)....i'm joking ofcourse

[Poetess]

Had arachnophobia, but holding tarantulas helped me with that! http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/tiere/a015.gif

OOOOOOOOH MY GOD! tarantulas kill me! I have the greatest fear ever of them!
Tarantulas, scorpions, roaches - so very disgusting!!


Tha'd be agoraphobia.

I think i have 'Ergasiophobia' - Fear of work or functioning or maybe...Scoptophobia - Fear of being seen or stared at

;)....i'm joking ofcourse

I do, have a fear of that. In classes, at restaurents, everywhere, I just try to hide.
Moreover, I feel so embarrassed when I realize someone was looking at me..

[Misscaroline]

Is there a fear of getting trapped, with no forseeable way out? Where the space doesn't matter? And an indefinite amount of time? This is such a weird fear....fear of entrapment of abandonment, maybe???

[DanielBenoit]

I'm lactophobic.

[Paulclem]

Phobophobia - fear of phobias

[soundofmusic]

Oh god, yes: I hate elevators; and South Florida is full of little old people who live in apartments with itsy bitsy elevators: the kind that wait after the door closes on you:( then it starts to move suddenly; but stops in between floors :cold: and you look into the box that says phone; but there isn't one:eek2: or it has a button alarm that none of the hard of hearing old people would hear:confused: and maybe you'll be in there, locked for days because they have 2 elevators:bawling: and your cell phone doesn't work in most elevators:flare:and they keep their bottom stairs locked for security:crash:

[Pryderi Agni]

Well, a long-continuing arachnophobia, thus far.

[Maryd.]

I have a severe phobia of people... Or crowds actually. All those faces, in my face... Argh! Cannot handle it.

[Jozanny]

In my 30's I developed PTSD, because I was a victim of an aggravated assault, and though it is usually curable, I never managed to get back to 100 percent, because some of my attendants over the past ten years have made me fearful, and the system takes its toll on one, so it is hard for me to partition off my general anxiety in situation X from a particular phobia, but city rodents I think count as one. I am not sure about my fear of travel. I used to be fine in relation to that, but as a quad doing field work in not safe places, my internal confidence eroded, and being alone with a driver at night tends to make me hyperventilate, even if I know the majority just want to finish their tours and clock out, though on buses I still usually manage.

[soundofmusic]

So, how do you all handle your phobias. In some cases, a person can avoid them; I used to tell my work not to send me to places with elevators...until most places had elevators. I know that you, Mary, must have to get out to shop and such...What do you do?

Joz, it sounds to me as if your phobias are practical issues. Even with all extremities I do not like going on public transportation at night and particularly into dangerous areas.

[Paulclem]

Has anyone got Sapienophobophobia? The fear of people with phobias. If you have, you'd better log off quick.

[JuniperWoolf]

I have this stupid arachnophobia, because of my mom. Everytime there was a spider in the house, she'd flip out like it was going to kill her. Now my brother and I are the same. It's really inconvenient, especially since I'm so outdoorsy. So this spring, I'm going to go outside and collect as many species of spiders as I can in glass jars, and I'll slowly try to overcome my phobia by first holding the jar of the least scary, then opening it, then letting it crawl on the floor, then letting it crawl on me, then moving on to the next spider until I'm not afraid anymore.

[Paulclem]

I have this stupid arachnophobia, because of my mom. Everytime there was a spider in the house, she'd flip out like it was going to kill her. Now my brother and I are the same. It's really inconvenient, especially since I'm so outdoorsy. So this spring, I'm going to go outside and collect as many species of spiders as I can in glass jars, and I'll slowly try to overcome my phobia by first holding the jar of the least scary, then opening it, then letting it crawl on the floor, then letting it crawl on me, then moving on to the next spider until I'm not afraid anymore.

Any venomous ones?

[Hurricane]

Bears (Melissophobia). Every time I go hiking or backpacking, I'm always freaked out the first couple of nights if I'm in bear country. I saw a bear in the wild this past summer though, and that helped a lot (surprisingly enough). Watching "Grizzly Man" did not help.

[Helga]

Oh I loved watching grizzly man....

I think my biggest fear is if people find me ignorant, that is the one thing I don't want people saying about me... but I hate public speaking, as a kid I loved being in the spotlight but when I was 11 a girl in my class told me 5 minuets before I had to speak on stage in front of 50 kids and teachers that I get red dots in my face when I talk in front of people. I knew she only said it to be mean but after that, NO public speaking for me, I even dropped out of school the week I was supposed to show my projects in 3 classes, I just couldn't handle that on top of everything else....


I'm afraid of insects but wouldn't call it a phobia...

I'm very scared of being alone. that's why I love having dogs, they protect me and keep me company.

probably a few more fears but nothing comes to mind so they can't be that bad...

[soundofmusic]

I have this stupid arachnophobia, because of my mom. Everytime there was a spider in the house, she'd flip out like it was going to kill her. Now my brother and I are the same. It's really inconvenient, especially since I'm so outdoorsy. So this spring, I'm going to go outside and collect as many species of spiders as I can in glass jars, and I'll slowly try to overcome my phobia by first holding the jar of the least scary, then opening it, then letting it crawl on the floor, then letting it crawl on me, then moving on to the next spider until I'm not afraid anymore.

I don't think I'd put spiders in glass jars; they really don't like that...they can't breath and they are going to be really pi.... when you let them out and jump on you. Why don't you just look up spiders on the web, find out which are poisonous and find out which are in your area. We have daddy long legs in ours; they are really messy, but I hate to kill them because they eat ants and really seem to love their babies...they get so traumatized when I was one down the drain:eek2:


Oh I loved watching grizzly man....

I think my biggest fear is if people find me ignorant, that is the one thing I don't want people saying about me... but I hate public speaking, as a kid I loved being in the spotlight but when I was 11 a girl in my class told me 5 minuets before I had to speak on stage in front of 50 kids and teachers that I get red dots in my face when I talk in front of people. I knew she only said it to be mean but after that, NO public speaking for me, I even dropped out of school the week I was supposed to show my projects in 3 classes, I just couldn't handle that on top of everything else....

I'm very scared of being alone. that's why I love having dogs, they protect me and keep me company

I don't think the little girl was being mean; you may get hives when you're nervous, alot of people do...you just take benadryl and no hives. You are obviously very bright because you are on the forum with all of us great minds:idea:

Andimals are a great comfort; sometimes I've thought of trading in my cat for a good looking man with a gun or baseball bat...I wouldn't have to bath him, he would probably eat less, I wouldn't have to change his litter...I'm not sure the conversation would be any better:lol:

[JuniperWoolf]

Any venomous ones?

The only venomous ones around here are harvestmen spiders, but their fangs are too small to get through human skin:
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s240/kcwlf29/harvestman2x.jpg

The wolf spiders are friggin' scary. They're the worst ones.
http://www.petbugs.com/caresheets/gallery/H-carolinensis.jpg

When they have babies, they carry them around on their backs and oh my god, I REALLY freak out. Millions of little tiny spiders crawling around on one huge effin' furry monster spider, I feel like they're in my hair as I type this. I hate you, mom.
http://www.childcarriers.com/assets/popups/animals/img/wolfspider.jpg



I don't think I'd put spiders in glass jars; they really don't like that...they can't breath and they are going to be really pi.... when you let them out and jump on you.

Maybe I'll keep them in little spider tanks (like the ones you get from the pet store) and name them and try to love them, then slowly get closer and closer to them physically. Yeah, that actually sounds like a better plan.

[DanielBenoit]

OMG Juniper, why why why why?

I am scarred ****less of spiders.

Eeeek, now I'm imagining them in my bed :bawling:

[Paulclem]

Bears (Melissophobia). Every time I go hiking or backpacking, I'm always freaked out the first couple of nights if I'm in bear country. I saw a bear in the wild this past summer though, and that helped a lot (surprisingly enough). Watching "Grizzly Man" did not help.

That's not a phobia. That's just sense. :)

[Hurricane]

That's not a phobia. That's just sense.

I guess. I think I'd still rather be blissfully ignorant though.

[Nax]

This particular part of the thread about the spiders kinda made me lawl. No offense, but where I live, we have REAL spiders.

http://www.vc-herzberg.de/australia/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/huntsman-spider.jpg

The very common huntsman spider, although not very venomous, can grow to be the size of a dinnerplate in the bush. They eat other spiders, and as such tend to be incredibly fast runners. I personally knew a girl who was driving her car gingerly along, when she pulled down her sun visor, flipping a full grown huntsman directly on to her face. Suffice to say, as most of us would, she drove her car directly into a tree and wrote it off. She was ok tho.

http://www.jonco48.com/blog/spiders_small.jpg

They too, like your Wolf-spider Juniper, care for their babies. Which of course just gives most people a terrible case of the whillies.

There are heaps of more poisonous ones, some of the most deadly in the world of course. But they arent nearly as creepy so.

However I digress. My personal fear is of Earwigs, which has absolutely no basis, their existence just offends me.

I am also terrified of cliffs and other giant hieghts, which is why I enjoy jumping off them so much. Preferably into water.

[Veho]

The very common huntsman spider, although not very venomous, can grow to be the size of a dinnerplate in the bush. They eat other spiders, and as such tend to be incredibly fast runners. I personally knew a girl who was driving her car gingerly along, when she pulled down her sun visor, flipping a full grown huntsman directly on to her face. Suffice to say, as most of us would, she drove her car directly into a tree and wrote it off. She was ok tho.

http://www.jonco48.com/blog/spiders_small.jpg

They too, like your Wolf-spider Juniper, care for their babies. Which of course just gives most people a terrible case of the whillies.

There are heaps of more poisonous ones, some of the most deadly in the world of course. But they arent nearly as creepy so.

However I digress. My personal fear is of Earwigs, which has absolutely no basis, their existence just offends me.

I am also terrified of cliffs and other giant hieghts, which is why I enjoy jumping off them so much. Preferably into water.

Urgh, why does that last one even feel the need to exist, it just shouldn't be allowed, it's too grotesque. I am never going to Australia if that's the kind beasts it harbours. *shivers*

[DanielBenoit]

Urgh, why does that last one even feel the need to exist, it just shouldn't be allowed, it's too grotesque. I am never going to Australia if that's the kind beasts it harbours. *shivers*

I know! No more spiders! I'm going to die!

[Hurricane]

The very common huntsman spider, although not very venomous, can grow to be the size of a dinnerplate in the bush. They eat other spiders, and as such tend to be incredibly fast runners. I personally knew a girl who was driving her car gingerly along, when she pulled down her sun visor, flipping a full grown huntsman directly on to her face. Suffice to say, as most of us would, she drove her car directly into a tree and wrote it off. She was ok tho.

I didn't have a phobia of spiders before. I might now.

[JuniperWoolf]

http://www.jonco48.com/blog/spiders_small.jpg


I hate you so much.

[soundofmusic]

Urgh, why does that last one even feel the need to exist, it just shouldn't be allowed, it's too grotesque. I am never going to Australia if that's the kind beasts it harbours. *shivers*

I guess you heard that Australia was a prisoner dumping ground "in the day"; the idea was that everything remotely human was supposed to die; instead, we got a bunch of rattlesnake catching, spider touching, women chasing, hard drinking mens men...who would have thought:lol:

[sprinks]

http://www.jonco48.com/blog/spiders_small.jpg

I swear this is the one of the rare times big and fluffy = scary :lol:
Normally big and fluffly should = big soft teddy bear! :p
And Nax, I agree with earwigs :sick: I used to be really scared of them when I was younger, because they loved hiding in our bath sponge things :sick:


As for me I'm petrified of ventriloquist dummies and most puppets (automatonophobia) and car washes (the drive through ones).

[Jozanny]

I am actually rather fond of spiders, which is somewhat odd, given the terror the blur of a fleeing mouse inspires.

[Maryd.]

This particular part of the thread about the spiders kinda made me lawl. No offense, but where I live, we have REAL spiders.
http://www.vc-herzberg.de/australia/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/huntsman-spider.jpg


Ok guys, we have a bird eating spider (also the size of the above pic) kept in a glass lair, in our lounge/family room... He is my son's (Snape) and he actually uses the a pic of him for his avatar. Personally I would like to introduce him to the insect spray or the broom, but he is there and I constantly fret that the ugly hairy creature will escape... :cold:

[Nikhar]

Claustrophobia

[Helga]

all these spider pictures are driving me crazy.... I hate them

[Veho]

I guess you heard that Australia was a prisoner dumping ground "in the day"; the idea was that everything remotely human was supposed to die; instead, we got a bunch of rattlesnake catching, spider touching, women chasing, hard drinking mens men...who would have thought:lol:

Ahh, I didn't know they weren't supposed to survive. I hope no one would seriosuly touch that big spider:eek:

[soundofmusic]

Ahh, I didn't know they weren't supposed to survive. I hope no one would seriosuly touch that big spider:eek:

Yes, it's the gentlemens way of getting rid of great leaders and great threats...I think the gentlemen like to put scary things in their liquor and drink them; Imagine swallowing a drunk spider;)

[BienvenuJDC]

My biggest phobia is agoraphobia, which is the fear of large crowded areas. I never liked being closed in an elevator full of people, so I thought I had claustrophobia. I used to run cables for TV distribution, and in doing so I found myself in some very tight enclosed areas...and I was quite comfortable there. But one day I was in Walmart on a busy day...big open area, but with lots of people. It wasn't the small place that made me anxious in the elevator...it was the people.

Agoraphobia...not to be confused with Angoraphobia...the fear of wearing rabbit hair.

[Ezakael]

I think the only Phobia I have is Acrophobia- Fear of heights. I've always hated them and I can't see myself ever going on a plane again. Though I suppose I might have to someday.

[BienvenuJDC]

I think the only Phobia I have is Acrophobia- Fear of heights. I've always hated them and I can't see myself ever going on a plane again. Though I suppose I might have to someday.

You know what's weird...I have no fear of heights...but a fear of depths...like falling into a hole.

[OrphanPip]

You know what's weird...I have no fear of heights...but a fear of depths...like falling into a hole.

I can kind of get that. One thing that scares me is going down ladders, going up them doesn't bother me too much, but I shake like a leaf going down. The first step especially makes me nervous.

Water I can't see the bottom of bothers me too.

[Veho]

I wouldn't really call mine a phobia but I really do hate dry mud cracks, like in the picture below. If I was actually where they are, stood in them, I think I probably would go insane. I don't mind so much looking for them on Google for a minute, as long as I don't give them too much thought.

Ezakael I have a fear of flying also, but not a fear of heights. I've never flown and I never will. There's always sailing, you know.;)

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/8674/457044.jpg

[soundofmusic]

I can kind of get that. One thing that scares me is going down ladders, going up them doesn't bother me too much, but I shake like a leaf going down. The first step especially makes me nervous.

Water I can't see the bottom of bothers me too.

Well it's always harder getting on the ladder to go down; I freak when I get on the top of my roof and have to step off on that first step...my daughter holds the ladder but if i fall; I just fall on her....

I know what you mean: I like to swim; but I'm really afraid of deep water...but it's hard to swim when your belly touches the bottom:confused:

[Ezakael]

Ezakael I have a fear of flying also, but not a fear of heights. I've never flown and I never will. There's always sailing, you know.;)


You're right sailing would be a good way to avoid flying :P. I've always been scared that the plane would crash for some reason.

[Veho]

You're right sailing would be a good way to avoid flying :P. I've always been scared that the plane would crash for some reason.

Yeah, I'm always reminded of the saying "if God had wanted man to fly, he'd have given him wings". Aeroplanes just don't look natural up there, to me.

[Hurricane]

Ezakael I have a fear of flying also, but not a fear of heights. I've never flown and I never will. There's always sailing, you know.

I love to fly, whether commercially or in a little plane, and really enjoy being on the water as well. However, I have this weird thing about overnight ferries (and cruise ships) after reading about the Estonia disaster.
It's not much a phobia as there being certain things I need to do whenever I'm on a boat like that, or even just a car ferry to Long Island. I always look for the life jackets and memorize the escape routes. I rarely sleep and have to sit on an upper, outer deck if it's an option.

I've never been, but I feel like Centrailia, PA, or any situation where the ground could open up and drop you into fire, would be creepy as anything.

[JuniperWoolf]

I wouldn't really call mine a phobia but I really do hate dry mud cracks, like in the picture below. If I was actually where they are, stood in them, I think I probably would go insane. I don't mind so much looking for them on Google for a minute, as long as I don't give them too much thought.


Now that's a weird one. What puts you off about mud cracks?

[Veho]

Now that's a weird one. What puts you off about mud cracks?

I guess it just is the imperfection of it all. If I was near the ones in the picture, I couldn't rest until I'd pulled off all the dry bits so that there were no cracks. I don't know, they just make me feel weird.

[The Comedian]

Mine's a pretty common one, I'm afraid ( ;) ). Needles. I hate, hate, hate, hate them. I seriously rethought getting married because, by state law, I had to have a blood test to get married. I wondered if marriage was worth it.

Flu shots? Hate them.

Quick story: When I had to get my childhood booster (immunization) shots, the nurses put me in a sort of straight jacket for kids because I would try to kick, scratch and bite them if I was otherwise unrestrained.

It's totally irrational too: I'm not scared of blood; I know shots don't hurt; I know all that stuff. . . but man. I don't do needles.

[Veho]

Mine's a pretty common one, I'm afraid ( ;) ). Needles. I hate, hate, hate, hate them. I seriously rethought getting married because, by state law, I had to have a blood test to get married. I wondered if marriage was worth it.

Flu shots? Hate them.

Quick story: When I had to get my childhood booster (immunization) shots, the nurses put me in a sort of straight jacket for kids because I would try to kick, scratch and bite them if I was otherwise unrestrained.

It's totally irrational too: I'm not scared of blood; I know shots don't hurt; I know all that stuff. . . but man. I don't do needles.

Toughen up.:p (I'm joking, of course). I'm sure needles can be scary. I guess we all have irrational fears. May I ask why you have to have a blood test to get married?:confused:

[soundofmusic]

Mine's a pretty common one, I'm afraid ( ;) ). Needles. I hate, hate, hate, hate them. I seriously rethought getting married because, by state law, I had to have a blood test to get married. I wondered if marriage was worth it.

Flu shots? Hate them.

Quick story: When I had to get my childhood booster (immunization) shots, the nurses put me in a sort of straight jacket for kids because I would try to kick, scratch and bite them if I was otherwise unrestrained.

It's totally irrational too: I'm not scared of blood; I know shots don't hurt; I know all that stuff. . . but man. I don't do needles.

It's not irrational, particularly when you find out these vampires were practicing on grapefruit right before they put a huge needle in you:eek:; I've seen them come at people from a 45 degree angle; you're getting pure bone at that:mad: I even hate fingersticks...usually, I tell them to let me do it to myself; nothing hurts when you do it to yourself.:nod:

[Heathcliff]

I can kind of get that. One thing that scares me is going down ladders, going up them doesn't bother me too much, but I shake like a leaf going down. The first step especially makes me nervous.

Water I can't see the bottom of bothers me too.

Water, I don't mind, I can at least feel the bottom most of the time. Ladders aren't fun, particularily because you have to walk backwards down them. I think that is the scary part.

I don't like going down stairs. Partially because I don't want to fall down, I'm scared of that. I like going up them, but they just look weird from above, so unstable. Especially spiral staircases.

[The Comedian]

Toughen up.:p (I'm joking, of course). I'm sure needles can be scary. I guess we all have irrational fears. May I ask why you have to have a blood test to get married?:confused:

It was a syphilis test -- easy now! The state in which I got married requires of everyone who wishes to receive a marriage license to have this blood test. I think it's an old, Puritanical state law that was just never taken off the books.

I passed. :banana:

[Plumbum]

I'm not sure if I have any fears that amounts to actual phobias anymore. I used to be deathly afraid of tornadoes, but ever since I took a couple of severe weather classes in college, I find them more interesting now. :) At the moment my biggest fear is knives, or basically anything sharp. I feel like they're horrific accidents waiting to happen.

[soundofmusic]

It was a syphilis test -- easy now! The state in which I got married requires of everyone who wishes to receive a marriage license to have this blood test. I think it's an old, Puritanical state law that was just never taken off the books.

I passed. :banana:

Maybe they want to get a good look at you and see if the two of you are attractive enough to have offspring:brow: Of course you passed.
There are people walking around with all sorts of diseases...totally oblivious; I've never figured it out...Remember, they say Al Capone had neurosyphilis when he died, mean stuff.


I'm not sure if I have any fears that amounts to actual phobias anymore. I used to be deathly afraid of tornadoes, but ever since I took a couple of severe weather classes in college, I find them more interesting now. :) At the moment my biggest fear is knives, or basically anything sharp. I feel like they're horrific accidents waiting to happen.

So, do you avoid the kitchen or just bad neighborhoods:confused:

[Heathcliff]

So, do you avoid the kitchen or just bad neighborhoods:confused:
And the train station near school. :lol:

Is there a phobia for train stations?

I've got a phobia for ICT class and electronics class.
ICT because I sit next to this kid who was supposedly expelled.
Electronics because I am the only girl and we are in the shifty little room at the back of the school that doesn't seem to be attatched to anything.
I guess that isn't a phobia though. Only a fear.

[Nikhar]

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Oh...so claustrophobic! :p

[Heathcliff]

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Oh...so claustrophobic! :p
Poor dear.
I don't know if I am or if I'm just regaining asthma from childhood.

I was never scared of heights until last new years eve. I don't know how it snuck up on me...

[Satan]

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia and hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia. Well, not really!

Fear of immortality. Is there any medical term for this?

[soundofmusic]

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia and hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia. Well, not really!

Fear of immortality. Is there any medical term for this?

I came here Satan, to find your fears...Hahaha:reddevil::reddevil:

Now, face them, yes, :grouphug: lets all lay hands on satan, banish his fear of long words and numbers like 666...
Now sister, we did not mean for you to put your hands on Brother Satan in that manner...:drool5: Well gracious, look where he has the mark of the devil, you say that was tatooed...Golly that must have hurt:ack2:

[Maximilianus]

A phobia to being unforgiven, and another to being forgotten.

[Heathcliff]

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia and hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia. Well, not really!

Fear of immortality. Is there any medical term for this?

(sings) Always look on the bright, side of life!!

[TurquoiseSunset]

Heights...even watching them on screen. Like the skyscraper scene in King Kong or the platform fight scene in Star Trek. Even though heights scare me (a lot) it's doesn't really make my life difficult, just hilarious at times :D

Also, it's not a phobia, but certain flying insects give me the screamin' heebie jeebies when they fly close to me. Moths (normal and giant) and those bugs that sit in trees and scream all day during summer...ugh...I only mention this because I had a giant moth encounter this evening, hehehe. The horror and skin crawlies are still fresh in my mind, lol! My family finds it hilarious and my mom always regrets not having a camera close by, seeing as I practically bounce off the walls trying to escape the little monsters!

[Maximilianus]

I often have a phobia to barking dogs. The popular saying states that barking dogs never bite. Well, let me tell you it's a sovereign lie. Both dogs I've been attacked by have barked first, and bitten next. So don't you ever blindly confide in popular sayings. Experience in the field can prove them utterly wrong.

[TurquoiseSunset]

I often have a phobia to barking dogs. The popular saying states that barking dogs never bite. Well, let me tell you it's a sovereign lie. Both dogs I've been attacked by have barked first, and bitten next. So don't you ever blindly confide in popular sayings. Experience in the field can prove them utterly wrong.

So now you're more of a cat person I suppose? :)

[Heathcliff]

I often have a phobia to barking dogs. The popular saying states that barking dogs never bite. Well, let me tell you it's a sovereign lie. Both dogs I've been attacked by have barked first, and bitten next. So don't you ever blindly confide in popular sayings. Experience in the field can prove them utterly wrong.
Well no kidding, an agitated dog will attack you. If not, then you are pretty lucky.

I've got a fear of sleeping and weirdos from your class are coming into your camp cabin. I mean, how can you sleep when you should probably be on guard? They are strangers after all.

[Maximilianus]

So now you're more of a cat person I suppose? :)
That would be a natural move... provided they don't bite :p


Well no kidding, an agitated dog will attack you. If not, then you are pretty lucky.
True :nod:


I've got a fear of sleeping and weirdos from your class are coming into your camp cabin. I mean, how can you sleep when you should probably be on guard? They are strangers after all.
When among strangers, sleeping has less priority http://smiles.kolobok.us/personal/triniti.gif ... :p

[Heathcliff]

When among strangers, sleeping has less priority http://smiles.kolobok.us/personal/triniti.gif ... :p
I'd rather live. ;)

[applepie]

Not too much, there isn't much in this world that scares me. Dolls do a bit, they just creep me out :blush:

As for something a bit more serious, I would have to say my biggest fear is failure. I'm kind of your classic over achiever type, and the idea of not making something that I put my mind to happen just terrifies me.

[Heathcliff]

Not too much, there isn't much in this world that scares me. Dolls do a bit, they just creep me out :blush:
I know entirely what you mean. Especially in the dark afeter seeing a scary movie about them. Their lifeless eyes... I am beyond frightened of ventriloquist dummies. Also I don't like clowns either.


As for something a bit more serious, I would have to say my biggest fear is failure. I'm kind of your classic over achiever type, and the idea of not making something that I put my mind to happen just terrifies me.
Agreed a hundred percent. So when you aren't sure of something you take it as a big joke. That's what I do.

[Maximilianus]

As for something a bit more serious, I would have to say my biggest fear is failure. I'm kind of your classic over achiever type, and the idea of not making something that I put my mind to happen just terrifies me.
Unfortunately (maybe) for me I'm not an over-achiever as I used to be like a decade ago, but I often experience the horrors of failure more times than wanted or needed (maybe because I'm not an over-achiever anymore). Either way, be it an over-achiever or not, failure is always there to give one the worst creeps, I believe.


I know entirely what you mean. Especially in the dark afeter seeing a scary movie about them. Their lifeless eyes... I am beyond frightened of ventriloquist dummies. Also I don't like clowns either.

When you see something human-like, not alive, the feeling that it may gather a life of its own is quite :yikes:


Agreed a hundred percent. So when you aren't sure of something you take it as a big joke. That's what I do.
And... does it work? http://smiles.kolobok.us/artists/just_cuz/JC_thinking.gif

[Heathcliff]

And... does it work? http://smiles.kolobok.us/artists/just_cuz/JC_thinking.gif
Well, when you mess it up, you could just as well say you weren't trying. Spares a little humiliation. And then if you succeed you look like a genius.

Like how I'm not cool, calm and collected; I stress about everything, except emergency situations. However I have a lot more fun playing games. :lol:

[Maximilianus]

Well, when you mess it up, you could just as well say you weren't trying. Spares a little humiliation. And then if you succeed you look like a genius.
Sounds like a very well warmed-up method http://smiles.kolobok.us/standart/to_clue.gif


Like how I'm not cool, calm and collected; I stress about everything, except emergency situations. However I have a lot more fun playing games. :lol:
:D

[Plumbum]

So, do you avoid the kitchen or just bad neighborhoods:confused:

Good question. I love to cook and I use small knives for cooking and whatnot, so I don't necessarily avoid the kitchen unless big butcher knives are involved.

[Maximilianus]

At the moment my biggest fear is knives, or basically anything sharp. I feel like they're horrific accidents waiting to happen.


I love to cook and I use small knives for cooking and whatnot, so I don't necessarily avoid the kitchen unless big butcher knives are involved.
I, on the other hand, have never feared a knife. I love them all in every shape and possible size, even more when they are big, and swords even more than knives, but I understand the feeling. It's quite scary to see what happens if you have an accident by handling them.

[Heathcliff]

I, on the other hand, have never feared a knife. I love them all in every shape and possible size, even more when they are big, and swords even more than knives, but I understand the feeling. It's quite scary to see what happens if you have an accident by handling them.
I do not fear knives, I don't think. However I'm paranoid about knife safety.
I think my mum drilled it into me. :p

I like katanas especially, they look awesome.

[janesmith]

Don't know if it has a formal name but I've got a phobia of holding and sucking ice lolly sticks. Makes me gag. Weird or more common than I think?

[Maximilianus]

I do not fear knives, I don't think. However I'm paranoid about knife safety.
I think my mum drilled it into me. :p
Safety is always healthy.


I like katanas especially, they look awesome.
Me too. Like I could use one right now for beheading purposes :p


Don't know if it has a formal name but I've got a phobia of holding and sucking ice lolly sticks. Makes me gag. Weird or more common than I think?
Maybe that's something like a repulsion. I think a phobia would be a more serious condition. Not sure though.

[Heathcliff]

Me too. Like I could use one right now for beheading purposes :p
Ouchy. Remind me not to get on your bad side. :lol:

I like looking at them. :p

[Maximilianus]

Ouchy. Remind me not to get on your bad side. :lol:

I don't think you could :)


I like looking at them. :p
I like wielding them http://smiles.kolobok.us/rpg/assassin.gif (not exactly katanas but the closest emoticon I could find :p)