Thursday, February 17, 2011

Phobias...

  1. Venustraphobia: Also known as caligynephobia, this is the fear of beautiful women, and may be caused by low self-confidence or putting too much pressure on appearances.
  2. Anthropophobia: This phobia literally refers to the fear of people but can also mean the fear of having company.
  3. Aphephobia: This phobia causes people to feel afraid when touched.
  4. Autodysomophobia: If you have a bad or "vile" odor, you may trigger someone who has autodysomophobia.
  5. Deipnophobia: Dinner parties, dining and dinner conversation are all off limits for people who suffer from this phobia.
  6. Nomophobia: This modern phobia affects people who are very afraid of losing cell phone contact.
  7. Soteriophobia: Some seriously independent-minded individuals may have soteriophobia, or the fear of becoming dependent on someone else.
  8. Sociophobia: Those who fear being judged by society suffer from sociophobia.
  9. Gamophobia: It’s not just an excuse: some people actually have a valid fear of getting married.
  10. Syngenesophobia: The fear of relatives.
  11. Ecclesiophobia: The fear of church and going to church is called ecclesiophobia.
  12. Spectrophobia: Those who are too afraid to look at their own reflection in a mirror have spectrophobia.
  13. Athazagoraphobia: Athazagoraphobia is the fear of being forgotten.
  14. Gelotophobia: Those who fear being laughed at — and actually evaluate social situations for "signs of laughter and ridicule" — suffer from gelotophobia.
  15. Tachophobia: Anyone who suffers from tachophobia — the fear of speed — may be afraid of riding in cars or trains.
  16. Xerophobia: The fear of dryness is also called xerophobia.
  17. Arithmophobia: Arithmophobia means to the fear of numbers generally.
  18. Bathophobia: This obscure phobia refers to the fear of depth.
  19. Cainophobia: The fear of anything new.
  20. Macrophobia: Doctor’s offices and holiday shopping trips must be nightmares for people who suffer from macrophobia, or the fear of long waits.
  21. Hagiophobia: Holy figures and holy things or ideas are feared by people with hagiophobia.
  22. Sophophobia: Those who are afraid of learning anything new have sophophobia.
  23. Barophobia: While it’s common to have a fear of flying or a fear of heights, others have a fear of gravity, or barophobia.
  24. Chronophobia: The fear of time.
  25. Mnemophobia: The fear of memories.
  26. Allodoxaphobia: If you like to voice your thoughts on a particular subject, you may want to stay away from people with allodoxaphobia, or the fear of opinions.
  27. Porphyrophobia: The color purple causes some people to be very afraid and develop this condition.
  28. Arachibutyrophobia: If you’re desperately afraid of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth, you have arachibutyrophobia.
  29. Coprastasophobia: Some people are actually terribly afraid of becoming constipated.
  30. Didaskaleinophobia: If you’d rather skip class, just claim this phobia, which refers to the fear of going to school.
  31. Nomatophobia: This phobia refers to the fear of names.
  32. Lipophobia: The fear of fats in food may be blamed on the red meat scare of 1977.
  33. Hormephobia: Hormephobia refers to a person’s fear of experiencing shock, which is probably made more likely after an anxiety attack.
  34. Phobophobia: This condition is described as a rare disorder and refers to the fear of having a phobia.
  35. Cymophobia: It’s understandable that some people might be afraid of waves, but this phobia also refers to the fear of "wave-like motions."
  36. Pteronophobia: The idea of being tickled with feathers is upsetting for those with pteronophobia.
  37. Optophobia: Opening one’s eyes is just too stressful for some individuals.
  38. Triskaidekaphobia: fear of the number 13.
  39. Ephebiphobia: fear of teenagers.
  40. Cacophobia: The fear of ugliness

4 comments:

  1. No.30 is not a bad idea.All these phobias are a phobia in a nut shell!

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  2. nice topic reem :P

    you know, just as i was thinking "what about people who're afraid to be afraid?" i read No.34

    some of the fears are just so common, it's weird to think someone's actually afraid of that; like no.40? ugliness?? or no.37? BLINKING?! how do these people live....

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  3. true mrs.shabana

    hehehe thank you nour :D
    i guess there is a phobia for everything out there in this messed up world...
    funny thing is, i cant read almost any of them!!

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  4. ok that is so interesting
    I agree with Mrs.Shabana

    and no.6 seems so creepy what if such a person lost her mobile

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