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Kirkatronics
07-12-2007, 05:28 PM
ive been looking on the internet, and there are alot of phobias. some weird, and some not.
i want to know if you have any weird phobias or just got any comments about them

Psychological conditions
Acrophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrophobia), Altophobia — fear of heights.
Agoraphobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agoraphobia) — fear of a place or event where escape is impossible or when help is unavailable.
Algophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algophobia) — fear of pain.
Androphobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androphobia) — fear of males (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male).
Aquaphobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquaphobia), Hydrophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrophobia) — fear of water
Arachnaphobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnaphobia) - fear of spiders
Astraphobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astraphobia), Astrapophobia, Brontophobia, Keraunophobia — fear of thunder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunder), lightning (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning) and storms; especially common in young children.
Autophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autophobia) — fear of being alone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solitude).
Aviophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_flying), Aviatophobia — fear of flying.
Bacillophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacillophobia), Bacteriophobia, Microbiophobia — fear of microbes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbe) and bacteria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacterium).
Cibophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cibophobia), Sitophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitophobia) — aversion to food (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food), synonymous to Anorexia nervosa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anorexia_nervosa).
Claustrophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claustrophobia) — fear of confined spaces.
Coulrophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coulrophobia) — fear of clowns (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clown) (not restricted to evil clowns (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_clown)).
Dental phobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_phobia), Dentophobia, Odontophobia — fear of dentists (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentist) and dental procedures.
Dysmorphophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysmorphophobia), or body dysmorphic disorder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_dysmorphic_disorder) — a phobic obsession with a real or imaginary body defect.
Emetophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emetophobia) — fear of vomiting.
Ergasiophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergasiophobia), Ergophobia — fear of work or functioning, or a surgeon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgery)'s fear of operating.
Erotophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotophobia) — fear of sexual love or sexual questions.
Erythrophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythrophobia) — pathological blushing.
Genophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genophobia), Coitophobia — fear of sexual intercourse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_intercourse).
Glossophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossophobia) — fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak.
Heliophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliophobia) — fear of sunlight.
Hemophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemophobia), Haemophobia — fear of blood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood).
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia) — fear of the number 666 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/666_%28number%29).
Hoplophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoplophobia) — fear of firearms (guns).
Lalophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalophobia), Laliophobia — fear of speaking.
Mysophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysophobia) — fear of germs, contamination or dirt.
Necrophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necrophobia) — fear of death, the dead.
Neophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neophobia), Cainophobia, Cainotophobia, Cenophobia, Centophobia, Kainolophobia, Kainophobia — fear of newness, novelty.
Nosophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosophobia) — fear of contracting a disease
Nyctophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyctophobia), Achluophobia, Lygophobia, Scotophobia — fear of darkness.
Osmophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmophobia), Olfactophobia — fear of smells.
Paraskavedekatriaphobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraskavedekatriaphobia), Paraskevidekatriaphobia, Friggatriskaidekaphobia — fear of Friday the 13th (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th).
Panphobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panphobia) — fear of everything or constantly afraid without knowing what is causing it
Phonophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonophobia) — fear of loud sounds.
Pyrophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrophobia) — fear of fire.
Radiophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiophobia) — fear of radioactivity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactivity) or X-rays (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray).
Sociophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_anxiety) — fear/dislike of society or people in general (see also "sociopath (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisocial_personality_disorder)").
Taphophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taphophobia) — fear of the grave (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_%28burial%29), or fear of being placed in a grave while still alive.
Technophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technophobia) — fear of technology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology) (see also Luddite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite)).
Tetraphobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraphobia) - fear of the number 4 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_%28number%29).
Tokophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokophobia) — fear of childbirth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_childbirth).
Triskaidekaphobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskaidekaphobia), Terdekaphobia — fear of the number 13 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_%28number%29).
Trypanophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypanophobia), Aichmophobia, Belonephobia, Enetophobia — fear of needles, injections or of pointed objects.
Xenophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophobia) — fear of strangers, foreigners, or aliens.Zoophobias (http://www.n-europe.com/forum/)
Ailurophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ailurophobia) -- fear of cats (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cats)
Apiphobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apiphobia), Melissophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissophobia) — fear of bees (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee)
Arachnophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnophobia) — fear of arachnids (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnid), usually specific to spiders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider)
Chiroptophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiroptophobia) — fear of bats (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat)
Cynophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynophobia) — fear of dogs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog)
Entomophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomophobia) — fear of insects
Equinophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinophobia), Hippophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippophobia) — fear of horses (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse)
Herpetophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpetophobia) — fear of reptiles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptile)
Musophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musophobia) — fear of mice (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse) and/or rats (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat)
Ophidiophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophidiophobia) — fear of snakes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake)
Ornithophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithophobia) — fear of birds (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird)
Ranidaphobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranidaphobia) -- fear of frogs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog)
Zoophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoophobia) — a generic term for animal phobiasNon-psychological conditions
Hydrophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrophobia) — fear of water (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water) (a symptom of rabies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies)).
Photophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photophobia) — hypersensitivity to light causing aversion to light (a symptom of Meningitis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meningitis)).
Phonophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonophobia) — hypersensitivity to sound causing aversion to sounds.
Osmophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmophobia) — hypersensitivity to smells causing aversion to odors.Biology, chemistry
Acidophobia/Acidophobic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acidophobe) — preference for non-acidic conditions.
Heliophobia/Heliophobic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliophobia) — aversion to sunlight (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun).
Hydrophobia/Hydrophobic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrophobe) — a property of being repelled by water.
Lipophobicity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipophobicity) — a property of fat rejection
Photophobia/Photophobic (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Photophobia_%28biology%29&action=edit) — a negative phototaxis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phototaxis) or phototropism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phototropism) response.
Superhydrophobe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superhydrophobe) — the property given to materials that are extremely difficult to get wet.
Thermophobia/Thermophobic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermophobic) — aversion to heat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat).
Xerophobia/Xerophobic (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Xerophobe&action=edit) — aversion to dryness.Prejudices
Biphobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biphobia) — dislike of bisexuals (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisexual), by either monosexually heterosexuals or homosexuals.
Chemophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemophobia) — prejudice against artificial substances in favour of 'natural' substances.
Ephebiphobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephebiphobia) — fear/dislike of youth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth).
Gerontophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerontophobia) — fear of growing old or a hatred of old people.
Heterophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterophobia) — fear/dislike of heterosexuals.
Homophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophobia) — aversion to homosexuality (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality) or fear of homosexuals. (This word has become a common political term, and many people interpret it as a slur (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Term_of_disparagement).)
Transphobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transphobia) — fear or dislike of transgender (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender) or transsexual (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transsexual) people.
Xenophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophobia) — fear or dislike of foreigners (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreigners)Jocular and fictional phobias
Aibohphobia — a joke term for the fear of palindromes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palindrome), which is a palindrome itself.
Anachrophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anachrophobia) (book title) — fear of temporal displacement.
Anatidaephobia — fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck) is watching you (fictional, from a Gary Larson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Larson) cartoon published in The Far Side Gallery, 4 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Far_Side)).
Anoraknophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoraknophobia)- fear of spiders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider) wearing anoraks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anorak): it is a portmanteau (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau) of "anorak"

Daft
07-12-2007, 07:19 PM
Anatidaephobia (http://soas.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2313789632)

Charlie
07-12-2007, 07:24 PM
According to the UrbanDictionary...

Ithyphallophobia
Fear of erect penises


Anyone here got that? :heh:

Gizmo
07-12-2007, 07:30 PM
Hippopotomonstrosedelaquipelaphobia (God I hope I spelled that right).

The fear of long words.

James
07-12-2007, 07:30 PM
According to the UrbanDictionary...

Ithyphallophobia
Fear of erect penises


Anyone here got that? :heh:

No. Not that that means I like them I just don't fear them.

But I do suffer, as I imagine a lot of people do, terribly from Arachnophobia.

Slaggis
07-12-2007, 07:34 PM
I am pretty freaked out by clowns. They just look like they're about to whip a knife out and stab me whilst smiling/laughing etc.

Eenuh
07-12-2007, 07:34 PM
One of my sister's friends actually went to a psychiatrist this week and was diagnosed as having a phobia for school. O.o

Stefkov
07-12-2007, 10:57 PM
Hippopotomonstrosedelaquipelaphobia (God I hope I spelled that right).

The fear of long words.
I'm proud to say I learnt how to say and spell that.
I have a fear of Phones. I hate answering them, I hate making phone calls.

Dante
07-12-2007, 11:05 PM
Eh..I got a lot of fears. :red:

Gizmo
08-12-2007, 12:05 PM
I'm proud to say I learnt how to say and spell that.
I have a fear of Phones. I hate answering them, I hate making phone calls.

Did I get it right? :yay:

Strider
08-12-2007, 12:15 PM
Well i go red just speaking to people, which has led me to hate public speaking or just to people i don't know... maybe i do have Erythrophobia? Dun dun dun!

Bluejay
08-12-2007, 12:20 PM
I don't like not being able to move my legs. Like crawling through a tunnel or having weight on my legs.

Shorty
08-12-2007, 02:01 PM
I am a bit agoraphobic I think. I feel dizzy in huge spaces.

Stefkov
08-12-2007, 03:14 PM
Did I get it right? :yay:
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
You mixed up the 'quippedali' bit.

Jonnas
08-12-2007, 04:07 PM
Psychological conditions
Acrophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrophobia), Altophobia — fear of heights.
Agoraphobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agoraphobia) — fear of a place or event where escape is impossible or when help is unavailable.
Taphophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taphophobia) — fear of the grave (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_%28burial%29), or fear of being placed in a grave while still alive.

If Agoraphobia means exactly that, then I think I have these.
I'm not sure about Taphophobia, though. I'm only scared of being buried alive (one of the most terrifying deaths I can think of).


Zoophobias (http://www.n-europe.com/forum/)
Arachnophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnophobia) — fear of arachnids (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnid), usually specific to spiders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider)
Entomophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomophobia) — fear of insects

Oddly, I have an irrational fear of insects, except spiders (also bees). I never understood why, since many people suffer of the opposite.

Prejudices

Chemophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemophobia) — prejudice against artificial substances in favour of 'natural' substances.

Heh, look at that. I hate prejudice, yet I seem to have one (it's not that big, but it's there to some extent).



Jocular and fictional phobias


Anoraknophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoraknophobia)- fear of spiders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider) wearing anoraks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anorak)

I don't know about you, but I think an anorak-wearing spider would be quite creepy.:heh:


Xenophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophobia) — fear of strangers, foreigners, or aliens.

Also, I thought Xenophobia was just prejudice. Why is it listed in the "phobia" section?

mcj metroid
08-12-2007, 05:31 PM
tetraphobia lol