Saturday, March 6, 2010

Fears and Phobias

I always wanted to see what tpye of fears and phobias were out there and I found some interesting things. I know this is real for alot of people and its nothing to laugh at but it was interesting to see what people could have a phobia with and here is what I found.



Agrizoophobia- Fear of wild animals



Chiroptophobia- Fear of bats



Bibliophobia- Fear of books



Elurophobia- Fear of cats



Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens



Ecclesiophobia- Fear of church





Coulrophobia- Fear of clowns








Demophobia- Fear of crowds



Cynophobia- Fear of dogs or rabies



Dutchphobia- Fear of the Dutch



Hoplophobia- Fear of firearms



Alliumphobia- Fear of garlic.



Chirophobia- Fear of hands



Equinophobia- Fear of horses



Genuphobia- Fear of knees



Gamophobia- Fear of marriage



Arrhenphobia- Fear of men



Catoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors



Ballistophobia- Fear of missiles or bullets.



Aichmophobia- Fear of needles or pointed objects



Gerascophobia- Fear of growing old



Didaskaleinophobia- Fear of going to school



Heliophobia- Fear of the sun



Bufonophobia- Fear of toads



Dendrophobia- Fear of trees



Caligynephobia- Fear of beautiful women

Some others that you may have never thought of:

Omphalophobia- Fear of belly buttons.
Soteriophobia - Fear of dependence on others.
Verbophobia- Fear of words.
Russophobia- Fear of Russians
Zelophobia- Fear of jealousy.

Ombrophobia- Fear of rain or of being rained on.
Theatrophobia- Fear of theatres.
Sophophobia- Fear of learning.
Verminophobia- Fear of germs.
Oneirophobia- Fear of dreams
Thanatophobia or Thantophobia- Fear of death or dying.

Zeusophobia- Fear of God or gods.
Pharmacophobia- Fear of drugs
Proctophobia- Fear of rectums
Thalassophobia- Fear of the sea.
Ommetaphobia or Ommatophobia- Fear of eyes.

Zemmiphobia- Fear of the great mole rat.
Rhytiphobia- Fear of getting wrinkles.
Rupophobia- Fear of dirt.
Vestiphobia- Fear of clothing.
Zoophobia- Fear of animals.

Somniphobia- Fear of sleep.
Spacephobia- Fear of outer space.
Thaasophobia- Fear of sitting.
Prosophobia- Fear of progress

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