| Jul 7, 2008 @ 10:13 PM |
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burnslikethesun
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Phobias:
Achluophobia Fear of darkness.
Acousticophobia Fear of noise.
Acrophobia Fear of heights.
Agoraphobia Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded places.
Ailurophobia Fear of cats.
Alektorophobia Fear of chickens.
Alliumphobia Fear of garlic.
Allodoxaphobia Fear of opinions.
Altophobia Fear of heights.
Amaxophobia Fear of riding in a car.
Ambulophobia Fear of walking.
Ancraophobia or Anemophobia Fear of wind.
Androphobia Fear of men.
Anglophobia Fear of England, English culture, etc.
Anthrophobia Fear of flowers.
Antlophobia Fear of floods.
Anuptaphobia Fear of staying single.
Apeirophobia Fear of infinity.
Aphenphosmphobia Fear of being touched.
Apiphobia Fear of bees.
Apotemnophobia Fear of persons with amputations.
Arachnephobia/Arachnophobia Fear of spiders.
Arithmophobia Fear of numbers.
Arrhenphobia Fear of men.
Arsonphobia Fear of fire.
Astraphobia/Astrapophobia Fear of thunder and lightning.
Astrophobia Fear of stars/space.
Ataxophobia Fear of disorder or untidiness.
Atelophobia Fear of imperfection.
Athazagoraphobia Fear of being forgotton or ignored or forgetting.
Atychiphobia Fear of failure.
Aurophobia Fear of gold.
Automatonophobia Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues
Automysophobia Fear of being dirty.
Autophobia Fear of being alone or of oneself.
Aviophobia/Aviatophobia Fear of flying.
Bacillophobia Fear of microbes.
Bacteriophobia Fear of bacteria.
Bathmophobia Fear of stairs or steep slopes.
Batophobia Fear of heights.
Batrachophobia Fear of amphibians (like frogs)
Belonephobia Fear of pins and needles.
Bibliophobia Fear of books.
Botanophobia Fear of plants.
Brontophobia Fear of thunder and lightning.
Cacophobia Fear of ugliness.
Cainophobia/Cainotophobia Fear of newness, novelty.
Caligynephobia Fear of beautiful women.
Carnophobia Fear of meat.
Catagelophobia Fear of being ridiculed.
Catoptrophobia Fear of mirrors.
Cenophobia / Centophobia Fear of new things or ideas.
Ceraunophobia Fear of thunder.
Chaetophobia Fear of hair.
Chionophobia Fear of snow.
Chiraptophobia Fear of being touched.
Chirophobia Fear of hands.
Chorophobia Fear of dancing.
Chrometophobia/Chrematophobia Fear of money.
Chromophobia/Chromatophobia Fear of colors.
Chronomentrophobia Fear of clocks.
Cibophobia/Sitophobia/Sitiophobia Fear of food.
Claustrophobia Fear of confined spaces.
Climacophobia Fear of stairs.
Clinophobia Fear of going to bed.
Coimetrophobia Fear of cemeteries.
Coulrophobia Fear of clowns.
Cyberphobia Fear of computers.
Cyclophobia Fear of bicycles.
Cymophobia Fear of waves.
Cynophobia Fear of dogs.
Demophobia Fear of crowds.
Dendrophobia Fear of trees.
Dentophobia Fear of dentists.
Didaskaleinophobia Fear of going to school.
Dipsophobia Fear of drinking.
Dishabiliophobia Fear of undressing in front of someone.
Dromophobia Fear of crossing streets.
Eisoptrophobia Fear of mirrors.
Elurophobia Fear of cats.
Emetophobia Fear of vomiting.
Entomophobia Fear of insects.
Ephebiphobia Fear of teenagers.
Epistaxiophobia Fear of nosebleeds.
Equinophobia Fear of horses.
Ergophobia Fear of work.
Felinophobia Fear of cats.
Gamophobia Fear of marriage.
Geliophobia Fear of laughter.
Genophobia Fear of sex.
Gephyrophobia, Gephydrophobia, or Gephysrophobia Fear of crossing bridges.
Gerascophobia Fear of growing old.
Glossophobia Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak.
Gynephobia/Gynophobia Fear of women.
Haphephobia/Haptephobia Fear of being touched.
Harpaxophobia Fear of being robbed.
Heliophobia Fear of the sun.
Hemophobia/Hemaphobia/Hematophobia Fear of blood.
Hierophobia Fear of priests or sacred things.
Hominophobia Fear of men.
Hylophobia Fear of forests.
Iatrophobia Fear of doctors.
Ichthyophobia Fear of fish.
Judeophobia Fear of Jews.
Keraunophobia Fear of thunder and lightning.
Kymophobia Fear of waves.
Lachanophobia Fear of vegetables.
Ligyrophobia Fear of loud noises.
Limnophobia Fear of lakes.
Liticaphobia Fear of lawsuits.
Lockiophobia Fear of childbirth.
Logizomechanophobia Fear of computers.
Logophobia Fear of words.
Lygophobia Fear of darkness.
Macrophobia Fear of long waits.
Mageirocophobia Fear of cooking.
Maieusiophobia Fear of childbirth.
Megalophobia Fear of large things.
Melissophobia Fear of bees.
Methyphobia Fear of alcohol.
Microphobia Fear of small things.
Misophobia Fear of being contaminated with dirt/germs.
Monophobia Fear of solitude or being alone.
Motorphobia Fear of automobiles.
Musophobia/Murophobia Fear of mice.
Necrophobia Fear of death / dead things.
Neophobia Fear of anything new.
Nosocomephobia Fear of hospitals.
Numerophobia Fear of numbers.
Ochlophobia Fear of crowds or mobs.
Ophidiophobia Fear of snakes.
Ophthalmophobia Fear of being stared at.
Ornithophobia Fear of birds.
Pedophobia Fear of children.
Peladophobia Fear of bald people.
Phasmophobia Fear of ghosts.
Placophobia Fear of tombstones.
Plutophobia Fear of wealth.
Pogonophobia Fear of beards.
Potamophobia Fear of rivers or running water.
Pteronophobia Fear of being tickled by feathers.
Pupaphobia fear of puppets.
Pyrophobia Fear of fire.
Rhytiphobia Fear of getting wrinkles.
Rupophobia Fear of dirt.
Scolionophobia Fear of school.
Selachophobia Fear of sharks.
Sesquipedalophobia Fear of long words.
Tachophobia Fear of speed.
Technophobia Fear of technology.
Telephonophobia Fear of telephones.
Testophobia
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| Jul 7, 2008 @ 10:18 PM |
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CathyCRN
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<<<< Clinophobia Fear of going to bed...I might miss something in the sex thread 
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| Jul 7, 2008 @ 10:19 PM |
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your_princess
Posts: 3,389
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what is the phobia called where you fear stupid people?
Allodoxaphobia Fear of opinions....how appropriate for the recent forum chatterings...
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| Jul 7, 2008 @ 10:23 PM |
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CathyCRN
Posts: 4,016
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Automatonophobia Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues or Coulrophobia Fear of clowns
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| Jul 8, 2008 @ 2:57 AM |
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RainbowSharpie
Posts: 1,010
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I have Arachnephobia and Claustrophobia.
One time I was in a closet and there were huge spiders. 
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| Jul 8, 2008 @ 2:02 PM |
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kattsmeow
Posts: 22,625
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 None of the above.
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| Jul 8, 2008 @ 2:54 PM |
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Gallows_Humor
Posts: 13,645
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I have an aversion to..... princesses ....
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| Jul 8, 2008 @ 3:15 PM |
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doncasto
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Complicat-a-phobia . . .intense irrational fear of complicated and/or dramatic social interactions (usually with Y chromosome challenged humans) It is found predominantly in retired male persons, especially those that have been . . .
. . .too old too soon, too single too long, too picky too late.
YMMV
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| Jul 8, 2008 @ 3:28 PM |
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LipGlossQueen9
Posts: 10,951
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Apiphobia Fear of bees.
Arachnephobia/Arachnophobia Fear of spiders.
Atelophobia Fear of imperfection.
Athazagoraphobia Fear of being forgotton or ignored or forgetting.
Atychiphobia Fear of failure.
Autophobia Fear of being alone or of oneself.
Cacophobia Fear of ugliness.
Catagelophobia Fear of being ridiculed.
Catoptrophobia Fear of mirrors.
Cynophobia Fear of dogs.
Dendrophobia Fear of trees. (evergreens)
Gerascophobia Fear of growing old.
Misophobia Fear of being contaminated with dirt/germs.
Rhytiphobia Fear of getting wrinkles
I could have any number of these
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| Jul 8, 2008 @ 3:31 PM |
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lell
Posts: 1,458
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Batrachophobia -- fear of frogs and toads
Just in case gallows finds a princess!!
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| Jul 8, 2008 @ 4:50 PM |
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grumblebear
Posts: 10,559
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Arachibutyrophobia: that's a fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth
Ballistophobia: a fear of bullets... but why would anyone want to overcome their fear of bullets? Isn't that a good thing to be afraid of?,
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia: fear of long words...
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| Jul 8, 2008 @ 5:42 PM |
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Gallows_Humor
Posts: 13,645
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Complicat-a-phobia . . .intense irrational fear of complicated and/or dramatic social interactions (usually with Y chromosome challenged humans) It is found predominantly in retired male persons, especially those that have been . . .
. . .too old too soon, too single too long, too picky too late.
.....all I can say to this is...doctor....heal thyself... 
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| Jul 8, 2008 @ 5:58 PM |
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Jankia
Posts: 11,892
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katts- None of the above   I wonder the word is to describe a fear that my children might have to suffer in a world that Ive never had to in.
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| Jul 8, 2008 @ 6:10 PM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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guess it got cut off...I couldn't find testophobia in the dictionary, wonder if it's a fear of quizzes or of testicles...
They left out scotophobia, a pretty common one...fear of the dark.
I'll lay claim to gamophobia...fear of marriage 
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| Jul 8, 2008 @ 6:33 PM |
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lj450
Posts: 9,550
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I have shemightbeadudeaphobia
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| Jul 8, 2008 @ 6:43 PM |
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BandTMom
Posts: 38,041
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I am afraid of heights. 
And did you notice how many names there were for "fear of men"?
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| Jul 8, 2008 @ 7:19 PM |
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mzlara388
Posts: 1,029
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Pondering the fear of meat... 
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| Jul 8, 2008 @ 7:48 PM |
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signme
Posts: 12,578
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Sheeeeeeeeeeeesh! I didn't know there were so many things I could be afraid of!
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| Jul 8, 2008 @ 7:56 PM |
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Jankia
Posts: 11,892
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Not to many contributors to this thead.We must be the select few that dont have Phobophobia.
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| Jul 8, 2008 @ 8:20 PM |
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stormy73
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I'm T-T-T-T-TERRIFIED of ph-ph-ph-ph-phobias!
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