What are you scared of ?

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 03 Apr 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.

purplelady	03 Apr 2002
I thought you folks might find this interesting. What are you scared of: Gamophobia: Fear of marriage Topophobia: Fear of performing or stage fright Triskaidekaphobia: Fear of the number 13 Gephyrophobia: Fear of crossing bridges Astrapophobia: Fear of lightening Aerophobia: Fear of flying Acrophobia: Fear of heights Brontophobia: Fear of thunder

funkpuss	03 Apr 2002
I think I fear marriage because one of my ex-boyfriends kept on asking me every month to get married but it did feel right and I felt that he didn't want to get married to me but just wanted to trap me. I think having a baby as well really puts the sh**s up me OOhhhhh the pain. But I think that fear came from when my twin sister got pregant at 15. My brothers girlfriend freaks out when she sees fish. I would always have to cover my fish tanks when she came round. She knew the fear fear stemed from when she was a kid. But saying all that I would love to have both and fears are something that you can overcome with time. I think another one is as I'm going though a bit of mild depression. I was thinking OH MY GOD I'm going MAD but I'm not mad ........just a bit quirky and sad, I just need to keep the quirky bit and get ridd of the sad bit and replace it was happy vibes. FP

Emily	03 Apr 2002
Great post purplelady, I'm slightly brontophobic and acrophobic lol :)

purplelady	03 Apr 2002
funkpuss, I think if you feel sad then there's probubly something in your life that caused it . So you have every right to Feel however you feel . And you need to accept that that is how you feel and work through it , until you feel better with time, which you will. And I don't think you need to get rid of the sad bit to appease society or anyone else and replace it with a happy face if that isn't where you're at now. You are entitled to your feelings just as they are. They are there for a reason. However maybe you want to examine them and move on to "happier vibes" when the time is right. Fear of little fishies , regular fish in fish tanks? That's a new one to me! She'd have to run and hide at my house! I think I suffer a little from Gamophobia and Gephyrophobia (I'm not sure I can pronounce that last one!)

jade	03 Apr 2002
totally afraid of heights. :)

Umbrae	03 Apr 2002
hahahahahhaha... I used to be very afraid of heights. So I began jumping out of airplanes. It cured my fear. Then I had a ‘chute malfunction (true story). I lived. Since then the Grim Reaper, the Angel of Death, the Four Horsemen and I have met face to face on four more occasions. They do not scare me anymore.

RedWood	03 Apr 2002
I have a bit of Brontophobia: Fear of thunder. I also fear heights but not climbing mountain heights or trees..It freaks me out to swing high and be on rooftops or something manmade...

jade	03 Apr 2002
funkpuss, i send you a hug, a cup of cocao and some homemade chocolate chip cookies :) love jade ps i feared marriage until i met dave. then my fear left :) when it's right, it's right. :D

Melvis	03 Apr 2002
Definitely Aerophobia! And this was pre-9/11, so it's not a result of that. I know that I just have to get up there in the air and fly, and pretty soon my fear will go away. BTW, Umbrae, you're my new hero! I love the way you conquered your fear with real gusto! Peace, Melvis :TSTRE

funkpuss	04 Apr 2002
Yes I agree with you Purplelady I just need to go through what I'm feeling. But I think I should think more positive and that will help, because I feel like a victim at the moment. Thanks Jade I would love to get married when I find the right person BUT the thing is I think I have found him but he has tons of problems which he need to sort out and I can't help him as I'm a little depressed. But I know in my heart I will never say yes to marriage unless it feels right and i will know when the time comes. I need this space to get my confidence back and the rest will come. FP

Kiama	04 Apr 2002
Here's a really amzing list: 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 or Anemophobia- Fear of wind. Androphobia- Fear of men. Anemophobia- Fear of air drafts or wind. Anginophobia- Fear of angina, choking or narrowness. Anglophobia- Fear of England, 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. Astrophobia- Fear of stars and 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 bogies or the bogeyman. Botanophobia- Fear of plants. Bromidrosiphobia or Bromidrophobia- Fear of body smells. Brontophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning. Bufonophobia- Fear of toads.

Kiama	04 Apr 2002
Cacophobia- Fear of ugliness. Cainophobia or Cainotophobia- Fear of newness, novelty. Caligynephobia- Fear of beautiful women. Cancerophobia- Fear of cancer. 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- Fear of thunder. Chaetophobia- Fear of hair. Cheimaphobia or Cheimatophobia- Fear of cold. 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 or Sitophobia or Sitiophobia- Fear of food. 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. 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- Fear of waves or wave like motions. Cynophobia- Fear of dogs or rabies. Cypridophobia, Cypriphobia, 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 or Oikophobia- Fear of houses or being in a house. 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 or Oikophobia- Fear of home surroundings. 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, Erytophobia or Ereuthophobia- 1) Fear of redlights. 2) Blushing. 3) Red

Kiama	04 Apr 2002
Febriphobia, Fibriphobia or Fibriophobia- Fear of fever. Felinophobia- Fear of cats. (Ailurophobia, Elurophobia, Galeophobia, Gatophobia) Francophobia- Fear of France, French culture. (Gallophobia, Galiophobia) Frigophobia- Fear of cold, cold things. G-Galeophobia or Gatophobia- Fear of cats. Gallophobia or Galiophobia- Fear France, French culture. (Francophobia) Gamophobia- Fear of marriage. Geliophobia- Fear of laughter. Geniophobia- Fear of chins. Genophobia- Fear of sex. Genuphobia- Fear of knees. Gephyrophobia, Gephydrophobia, or Gephysrophobia- Fear of crossing bridges. Germanophobia- Fear of Germany, German culture, etc. 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) 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- Fear of novelty. 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- Fear of thunder and lightning. 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. Kynophobia- Fear of rabies. Kyphophobia- Fear of stooping.

Kiama	04 Apr 2002
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- Fear of being contaminated with dirt of 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 Murophobia- Fear of mice. Mycophobia- Fear or aversion to mushrooms. Mycrophobia- Fear of small things. Myctophobia- Fear of darkness. Myrmecophobia- Fear of ants. Mysophobia- Fear of germs or contamination or dirt. 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, 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. 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- 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. (imaginary crime) 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 rectum. 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.

Kiama	04 Apr 2002
Q- None! 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, 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 or Hypertrichophobia- Fear of hair. (Chaetophobia) 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- 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.

Kiama	04 Apr 2002
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- None! BTW: Walloons are: 1. A Romanic people inhabiting that part of Belgium which comprises the provinces of Hainaut, Namur, Liege, and Luxembourg, and about one third of Brabant; also, the language spoken by this people. Used also adjectively. (Wete' dictionary) There, so now you know! I think the Papaphobia is funny though... A fear of the Pope!!! Kiama PS- Its amazing just how many things people can be afraid of!

purplelady	07 Apr 2002
Wow Kiama, I am truly amazed that you actually wrote out that whole list! Where did you get it? How come some of the fears have 2 names for the same fear (for instance I think "fear of the cold" has 2 totally seperate names, so does fear of thunder)). Talk about catagorization. I guess it just goes to show that there are more fears available than we've ever even thought of! But how could anyone be afraid of the northern lights, or opinions, or dust?! I don't like dust , and dusting can be kind-of scary. But to be truly phobic of dust , they'd have to be afraid of literally Everything , because every object just about , has Some dust on it!

floracove	02 May 2002
Acrophobia- Fear of heights Aeroacrophobia- Fear of open high places. Altophobia- Fear of heights Androphobia- Fear of men. ~~Especially Dirty Old ones. Angrophobia - Fear of anger or of becoming angry. ~~I hate to be put in the position to have to raise my voice, makes me feel bad and totally ruins my day! Apiphobia- Fear of bees ~~had a dream as a child of being stung right in the top of head Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth ~~mmmhhh blah blah blah Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia- Fear of spiders ~~ran face first into a humongus river spider at 6yrs old Arrhenphobia- Fear of men ~~men have always hit on me and I especially CAN NOT stand dirty old men(major hebie-jebies) Autodysomophobia- Fear of one that has a vile odor ~~can't stand stank. Aviophobia or Aviatophobia- Fear of flying. ~~been there done that...(no more) Bathmophobia- Fear of stairs or steep slopes ~~fear falling Claustrophobia- Fear of confined spaces Cleithrophobia or Cleisiophobia- Fear of being locked in an enclosed place Heliophobia- Fear of the sun ~~light complection, me burn bad!!! I am totally a UN-Ithyphallophobia- Fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis. Ophidiophobia- Fear of snakes. (Snakephobia) ~~ran one mile before mother caught up with me at the river, he was coming right at me...I was getting out of his way!!! Pediculophobia- Fear of lice ~~HATE those things~(what is their purpose in life anyway?? Spheksophobia- Fear of wasps. Thalassophobia- Fear of the sea. ~~I love the sea but do not want out in the middle of it, there are things out there that will EAT you!!

Morgeinne	02 May 2002
I was too lazy to go through the whole list. So sue me. It's nine o clock and I still have to make a bunch more cookies for the Spanish Fiesta tomorrow. *Sigh* So you know what I am doing while they cook. Anyway... I have a fear of flying in passenger planes--I don't mind if I'm the one FLYING the actual plane but I am scared of being in a plane someone else is controlling. Heights, definitely...fear of heights. And, fear of being abandoned. Now I have another question for us non-virgins...would you rather have erotophobia or would you rather be a nympho? Well, that's my .02... *hugs* your very tired Morgeinne

floracove	02 May 2002
I'm a nympho, what can I say? Would not want to be any other way... I guess I should say borderline nympho, cause I only want my man... over and over and.....

Sam	04 May 2002
I'm afraid of getting murdered. what is the scientific name for that???

jakyle	05 May 2002
I haven't laughed this hard in a long time. Kiama, thank you for typing them all out. excellent!! What about a fear of being new to the forum,and hope that I'm not intruding? Everyone seems so friendly, so I hope that you don't mind me replying every now and then..............Floracove and I had ALOT of the same ones.................Going on vacation is tough for me because I have a fear of planes(I'm getting better)Why must they have to go up so HIGH????Fear of crowds.(especially on a plane)Fear of being in a confined space for too long. A car=because I get motion sickness.also..........fear of being poisoned. The big one I have is a fear of any INSECT. I live in Arizona,so in the summer I can truly be a pain if there are bugs anywhere in my vicinity. Don't kill them, just have my boyfriend get them back outside(if I find them in the house)

Bings	05 May 2002
I suffer from Aerophobia (fear of flying). I have flown many many times and my fear gets worse each time. The last time I flew was about 4 years ago and I swore then that I would never get in another airplane. Just the thought of doing so makes me panic. I also have Acrophobia (fear of heights). I didn't realize how bad this fear was until last summer. While in Toronto with friends I went up in the CN Tower. I was very reluctant to go but my friends were willing to cancel their plans to go up and stay on the ground with me. I couldn't let them miss out so up I went. I had the worse panic attack of my life while up there. I start screaming uncontrolably at the top of my lungs. I became so hysterical that I had a private elevator ride back to the ground. Dianne

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