A list of Phobias - Add yours

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NiceGuy
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November 8th, 2011, 6:09 pm

Phobia is defined as an irrational excessive fear of a situation or something. Many people are even afraid of admitting they have phobia for something. Maybe thats a phobia on its own.
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Lets compile a list of phobias we have come across. I know the list will be endless. Simply add any other phobia thou knoweth. And if you object to any, raise thy objection:

Fear of Spiders: Arachnophobia
Fear of Enclosed Areas: Claustrophobia
Fear of Height: Acrophobia

Simply add yours and you are enriching both yourself and your readers. :w':

Please share...

I'm really not that nice... :mrgreen:
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November 8th, 2011, 6:17 pm

pyrophobia - fear of fire
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Yehmmy
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November 8th, 2011, 9:23 pm

Fear of water hydrophobia?

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krook
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November 10th, 2011, 2:15 pm

Womanophobia

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3 things i fear most: women, money and death.
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bomboy
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November 27th, 2011, 1:48 pm

Fear of food, eatophobia

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Yehmmy
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December 2nd, 2011, 8:54 am

bomboy wrote:Fear of food, eatophobia

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i dont think that's correct.

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December 2nd, 2011, 10:53 am

Amathophobia - fear of dust
Amaxophobia - fear of riding in vehicles
Ambulophobia - fear of walking
Amnesiphobia - fear of amnesia
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Yehmmy
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December 2nd, 2011, 12:51 pm

krook wrote:Womanophobia

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Funny!!!

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Excelsior
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January 12th, 2012, 8:12 am

Graphophobia means the fear of writing or handwriting.
Who would believe what Geliophobia means? :shkd:
Find out and post it.
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Bestnaija
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January 12th, 2012, 10:30 pm

Here is a comprehensive list of phobias.:

Cacophobia - fear of ugliness :shkd:
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 or being embarrassed
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
Chaetophobia - fear of hair
Cheimaphobia or Cheimatophobia - fear of cold
Chemophobia - fear of chemicals or working with chemicals
Cherophobia - fear of gaiety
Chiroptophobia - fear of bats
Chorophobia - fear of dancing
Cibophobia, Sitophobia – aversion to food, synonymous to Anorexia nervosa
Claustrophobia – fear of having no escape and being closed in
Coprophobia - fear of faeces (bowel waste)
Clownphobia- Fear of clowns
Coulrophobia – fear of clowns (not restricted to evil clowns)
Cynophobia - Fear of dogs
Decidophobia – fear of making decisions
Dentophobia, Odontophobia – fear of dentists and dental procedures
Disposophobia, better known as "compulsive hoarding" – the fear of getting rid of or losing things
Dysmorphophobia, or body dysmorphic disorder – a phobic obsession with a real or imaginary body defect
Ebulliophobia - fear of bubbles
Emetophobia – fear of vomiting
Epistemophobia - fear of knowledge
Ergasiophobia, Ergophobia – fear of work or functioning, or a surgeon's fear of operating
Ergophobia – fear of work or functioning
Erotophobia – fear of sexual love or sexual questions
Erythrophobia – pathological blushing
Friggatriskaidekaphobia, Paraskavedekatriaphobia, Paraskevidekatriaphobia - fear of Friday the 13th
Gelotophobia – fear of being laughed at
Gephyrophobia – fear of bridges
Genophobia, Coitophobia – fear of sexual intercourse
Genuphobia - fear of knees/kneeling
Gerascophobia – fear of growing old or aging
Gerontophobia – fear of growing old, or a hatred or fear of the elderly
Glossophobia – fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak
Gurgephobia - fear of the abyss, particular the ocean floor or outer space
Gymnophobia – fear of nudity
Gynophobia – fear of women
Halitophobia - fear of bad breath
Haptephobia – fear of being touched
Heliophobia – fear of sunlight
Hemophobia, Haemophobia – fear of blood
Hitleraphobia- The fear of hitler rising from the dead
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia – fear of the number 666
Hoplophobia – fear of weapons, specifically firearms
Hyalophobia - fear of glass
Hydrophobia - fear of water
Hylophobia - fear of trees, forests or wood
Lachanophobia - fear of vegetables
Ligyrophobia – fear of loud noises
Lipophobia – fear/avoidance of fats in food
Megalophobia - fear of large objects
Mycophobia - fear of mushrooms and fungii
Mysophobia – fear of germs, contamination or dirt
Necrophobia – fear of death and/or the dead
Negrophobia - fear of black people
Nomophobia – fear of being out of mobile phone contact
Nephophobia - fear of clouds
Neophobia, Cainophobia, Cainotophobia, Cenophobia, Centophobia, Kainolophobia, Kainophobia – fear of newness, novelty
Nosophobia – fear of contracting a disease
Novercaphobia - fear of one's stepmother
Nosocomephobia – fear of hospitals
Nyctophobia, Achluophobia, Lygophobia, Scotophobia – fear of darkness
Oikophobia – fear of home surroundings and household appliances
Ombrophobia – fear of rain
Ommetophobia - fear of eyes
Omphalophobia - fear of bellybuttons
Ophidiophobia - fear of snakes
Ophtalmophobia - Fear of being stared at
Ablutophobia – fear of bathing, washing, or cleaning
Acarophobia - fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching
Acerophobia - fear of sourness
Achluophobia - fear of darkness
Acousticophobia - fear of sound and voice
Acrophobia – fear of heights
Aerophobia - fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airborne noxious substances
Aeroacrophobia - fear of open high places
Aeronausiphobia - fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness
Agateophobia - fear of insanity
Agliophobia - fear of pain
AIDSophobia- fear of contracting AIDS
Agoraphobia, Agoraphobia Without History of Panic Disorder – fear of places or events where escape is impossible or when help is unavailable. From another source: 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 crossing roads
Aichmophobia – fear of sharp or pointed objects (such as a needle or knife)
Ailurophobia - fear of cats
Albuminurophobia - fear of kidney disease
Alektorophobia - fear of chickens and poultry
Algophobia - fear of pain
Alliumphobia - fear of garlic
Allodoxaphobia - fear of opinions
Alourophobia - fear of reading aloud
Altophobia - fear of heights
Amathophobia - fear of dust
Amaxophobia - fear of riding in vehicles
Ambulophobia - fear of walking
Amnesiphobia - fear of amnesia
Amychophobia - fear of scratches or being scratched
Anablephobia - fear of looking up
Ancraophobia (Anemophobia) - fear of wind
Androphobia – fear of men
Anemophobia (Ancraophobia) - fear of air drafts or wind
Anginophobia - fear of angina, choking or narrowness
Angrophobia - fear of anger or of becoming angry
Ankylophobia - fear of immobility of a joint
Anthophobia - fear of flowers
Anthropophobia – fear of people or the company of people, a form of social phobia.
Antlophobia - fear of floods http://www.bestnaija.ng/nigerian-forums-f57.html
Anuptaphobia - fear of having no husband/wife or of staying single
Apeirophobia - fear of infinity
Aquaphobia – fear of water. Distinct from Hydrophobia, a scientific property that makes chemicals averse to interaction with water, as well as an archaic name for rabies
Arachibutyrophobia - fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of one's mouth
Arachnophobia – fear of spiders
Arithmophobia - fear of numbers
Astraphobia- fear of thunder and lightning
Atychiphobia – fear of failure
Autophobia – fear of loneliness
Aviophobia, Aviatophobia – fear of flying
Bacillophobia - fear of microbes
Bacteriophobia - fear of bacteria
Ballistophobia - fear of missiles or bullets
Barophobia - fear of gravity
Basiphobia - inability to stand, or fear of walking
Bathophobia - fear of depth
Batonophobia - fear of plants
Batophobia - fear of heights or being close to high buildings
Bibliophobia - fear of books
Blennophobia - fear of slime
Blood-injection-injury type phobia – a DSM-IV subtype of specific phobias
Bogyphobia - fear of bogies or the bogeyman
Bromidrophobia or Bromidrosiphobia - fear of body smells
Brontophobia or Ceraunophobia - fear of thunder and lightning
Pistanthrophobia - fear of trusting
Pyrophobia – fear of fire
Pyramiphobia - Fear of pyramid in Egypt
Radiophobia – fear of radioactivity or X-rays
Orinthophobia - fear of birds
Osmophobia, Olfactophobia – fear of smells
Ovophobia - fear of eggs
Oxygenophobia fear of oxygen
Panphobia – fear of everything or constant fear of an unknown cause
Pedophobia - fear of pedophiles
Pediophobia - fear of dolls, mannequins or robots
Phagophobia – fear of swallowing
Pharmacophobia – fear of medications
Philophobia - fear of love
Phobophobia – fear of having a phobia
Phonophobia – fear of loud sounds
Photophobia - the fear of light
Piccophobia - Fear of the colours green and purple
Pogonophobia - fear of beards
Poinephobia - fear of punishment
Porphyrophobia - fear of the color purple
Sichuaphobia - fear of Chinese food
Siderodromophobia - fear of travelling by train
Sociophobia – fear of people or social situations
Scolionophobia - fear of school
Scopophobia – fear of being looked at or stared at
Somniphobia – fear of sleep
Spasmenagaliaphobia (neologism; no official name) - fear of broken glass[3]
Spectrophobia – fear of ghost and phantoms
Stygiophobia - fear of Hell
Taphophobia – fear of the grave, or fear of being placed in a grave while still alive
Technophobia – fear of technology (see also Luddite)
Telephone phobia – fear or reluctance of making or taking phone calls
Tetraphobia – fear of the number 4
Thanatophobia – fear of death
Tokophobia – fear of childbirth or pregnancy
Traumatophobia – a synonym for injury phobia: fear of having an injury
Trichophobia - a morbid disgust caused by the sight of loose hairs
Triskaidekaphobia, Terdekaphobia – fear of the number 13
Trypanophobia, Belonephobia, Enetophobia – fear of needles or injections
Trypophobia - fear of holes
Turophobia - fear of cheese
Workplace phobia – fear of the workplace
Xenophobia – fear of strangers, foreigners, or aliens
Xylophobia, Hylophobia, Ylophobia - fear of trees, forests or wood
[edit]Animal phobias
Main articles: Animal phobia and Zoophobia
Agrizoophobia - fear of wild animals
Ailurophobia – fear of cats
Alektorophobia - fear of chickens
Anopheliphobia - fear of mosquitoes
Apiphobia – fear of bees (also known as melissophobia, from the Greek melissa "bee")
Arachnophobia – fear of spiders and other arachnids
Batrachophobia - fear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc
Bovinophobia - fear of cattle
Bufonophobia - fear of toads
Cetaphobia - fear of whales
Mottephobia - fear of butterflies and/or moths
Murophobia – fear of mice and/or rats
Oncaphobia - fear of jaguars
Ophidiophobia – fear of snakes
Ornithophobia – fear of birds
Ornithoscelidaphobia – fear of dinosaurs
Pardophobia - fear of leopards
Saurophobia - fear of lizards
Selachophobia - fear of sharks
Scoleciphobia – fear of worms
Suchophobia - fear of crocodiles
Xanthophobia - fear of the color yellow
Zoophobia - fear of animals
Chiroptophobia – fear of bats
Cynophobia – fear of dogs
Entomophobia – fear of insects
Equinophobia – fear of horses (also known as hippophobia)
Herpetophobia - fear of reptiles and/or amphibians
Hippophobia - fear of horses
Ichthyophobia – fear of fish
Katsikaphobia - fear of goat
Lutraphobia - fear of otters
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kondo
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January 16th, 2012, 11:23 am

hmmm, this is nice

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January 22nd, 2012, 10:34 am

Yemoja wrote:Fear of water hydrophobia?

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February 4th, 2012, 9:55 pm

Great job guys. :good:
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April 5th, 2021, 3:30 pm

Bestnaijophobia - fear of Bestnaija :excited:
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April 5th, 2021, 3:42 pm

Xenophobia
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