You’ve probably heard of arachnophobia, thanks in part to the movie with the same name, and claustrophobia, but what about gamophobia or phobophobia? Here’s a brief introduction to phobias, from the familiar to the more obscure.
*This post was first posted on November 14th 2008 and am reposting it today :-).
Acrophobia: Fear of heights
Agoraphobia: Fear of being in a public place
Ailurophobia: Fear of cats
Androphobia: Fear of men
Anthropophobia: Fear of human companionship
Arachnophobia: Fear of spiders
Bathophobia: Fear of deep places
Claustrophobia: Fear of enclosed spaces
Cynophobia: Fear of dogs
Entomophobia: Fear of insects
Ereuthophobia: Fear of blushing
Gamophobia: Fear of marriage
Gephyrophobia: Fear of crossing a bridge
Gymnophobia: Fear of seeing a naked person
Gynephobia: Fear of women
Hedonophobia: Fear of pleasure
Hypengyophobia: Fear of responsibility
Hypnophobia: Fear of sleep
Ichthyophobia: Fear of fish
Mysophobia: Fear of dirt
Nostophobia: Fear of going home
Nyctophobia: Fear of night or darkness
Ophidiophobia: Fear of snakes
Pathophobia: Fear of disease
Pediophobia: Fear of children or dolls
Phobophobia: Fear of phobias
Psychrophobia: Fear of the cold
Scopophobia: Fear of being stared at
Spectrophobia: Fear of mirrors
Tocophobia: Fear of childbirth
Theophobia: Fear of God
Triskaidekaphobia: Fear of the number thirteen
Zoophobia: Fear of animals
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The following were comments left by Antares and Danielykl.
Malaysian phobias by Antares
- Agiphobia (fear of being prosecuted by Abdul Gani Patail)
- Anwarphobia (fear of becoming the parliamentary opposition)
- Bumiphobia (fear of company going bankrupt)
- Petraphobia (fear of being exposed on Malaysia Today)
- Salmonolabraphobia (fear of lips turning pink)
- Tyrannophobia (fear of being oppressed)
- Toyophobia (fear of being attacked through Utusan Malaysia by rabid dentist)
- Sinophobia (irrational fear of Slant Eyes)
- Umnophobia (fear of absolutely no change)
- Velluphobia (fear of traveling on toll highways)
And this one is from danielykl:
-Albarphobia (fear of getting bald and despised)
* Please feel free to add on to the list. Thanks. Have a nice day!
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