Phobias: What are you afraid of?

[BogusTrumper]

http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/didyouknow/phobia.asp

The word "phobia" is a term that refers to a group of symptoms brought on by feared objects or situations.

A phobia is a persistent, irrational fear that causes a person to feel intense anxiety.

People develop phobias about many things like darkness, social situations, spiders, or blood.

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alektorophobia: chickens
apeirophobia: infinity
arachibutyrophobia: peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth
androphobia: men
barophobia: gravity
cheimaphobia or cheimatophobia: cold
decidophobia: making decisions
macrophobia: long waits
phalacrophobia: becoming bald
philophobia: falling in love
phronemophobia: thinking
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia: long words


What are you afraid of?

[NoCtUrNaL]

What's the name of the phobia for those that fear midget, right-wing Republican, lap dancers with a speech impediment?

[billsfanone]

Originally posted by NoCtUrNaL
What's the name of the phobia for those that fear midget, right-wing Republican, lap dancers with a speech impediment?

dougflutierushlimbaughelizabethberkleyironmikemike tysonphobia.

[The REAL Sabres]

Sabrejeff's phobias:

allodoxaphobia: opinions
asymmetriphobia: asymmetrical things
autodysomophobia: one that has a vile odor
barophobia: gravity
bogyphobia: the bogeyman
cacophobia: ugliness
catagelophobia: being ridiculed
coprastasophobia: constipation
coulrophobia: clowns
decidophobia: making decisions
dementophobia: insanity
eurotophobia: female genitalia
hierophobia: priests (for obvious reasons)
hippopotomonstrosesq uippedaliophobia: long words
hobophobia: bums or beggars
ideophobia: ideas
leukophobia: the color white
levophobia: things to the left side of the body
luiphobia: syphillis
macrophobia: long waits
menophobia: menstruation
mnemophobia: memories
mycophobia: fear or aversion to mushrooms
neophobia: anything new
nomatophobia: names
octophobia: the figure 8 (also for obvious reasons)
ophthalmophobia: being stared at
panophobia: everything
Papaphobia: the pope
peladophobia: bald people
phobophobia: one's own fears
phronemophobia: thinking
polyphobia: many things
prosophobia: progress
psellismophobia: stuttering
pupaphobia: puppets (especially sock puppets)
rhabdophobia: being severely punished or beaten by a rod
social phobia: being evaluated negatively
symbolophobia: symbolism
teleophobia: definate plans
tropophobia: moving or making changes
zemmiphobia: the great mole rat

[billsfanone]

algoreaphobia - fear of robots

[billsfanone]

I try not to think about my phronemophobia.

[Valerie]

Damn, SabreJeff. How do you get up each morning and leave the house? lol ;)

[The REAL Sabres]

Originally posted by Jaded 7
Damn, SabreJeff. How do you get up each morning and leave the house? lol ;)

I sleep-type with a braille keyboard...

[BironsGirl43]

I'm not really afraid of anything.. except maybe the Sabres losing another game.. I guess you could call it.. Sabreloseagamephobia.. ;)

[EricStratton]

That could be a debilitating condition BironsGirl

[EricStratton]

I quake in fear for long non-sensical posts about mundane topics, especially those involving stats.

I guess I have: WysShivaWings2999aphobia

[billsfanone]

I have this fear that our d linemen will become singing fruitcakes.

[Stealth01]

<i>philophobia: falling in love</i>

Jaded...this one's got YOUR name all over it. :d

As far as I go, I guess my biggest fear is goingtowarwithiraqb4Icanretire-aphobia. :(

[Valerie]

Originally posted by Stealth01 <i>philophobia: falling in love</i>

Jaded...this one's got YOUR name all over it. :d
lol@Stealth. I don't think it's the "falling in love" part that scares me. It's the "getting my heart broken" after I've given it away that scares me. Once was more than enough for me.

[FrankieA]

I'm afraid I don't have a reply for this one.

[honey]

What's the fear of heights phobia? That's me.

[BogusTrumper]

acrophobia: heights

[Stealth01]

Originally posted by Jaded 7
lol@Stealth. I don't think it's the "falling in love" part that scares me. It's the "getting my heart broken" after I've given it away that scares me. Once was more than enough for me.

Never give your heart away before you've loaned it out a few times. :d

[Valerie]

Originally posted by Stealth01 Never give your heart away before you've loaned it out a few times. :d
:) My problem is I only do things 100% or not at all. :(

[BogusTrumper]

100% is better than 0%

Do you want to live or not?

[Stealth01]

Well, Jaded, there's nothing wrong with going 100% on everything. Just know what that 100% consists of. Look at it this way: If you meet a guy, consider 100% to be friends who maybe go out sometimes and have fun. That way, if he turns out to be marriage material, you've got 150%!

[BogusTrumper]

I have nightmares about tornadoes.

I'm in charge of my younger brothers and sisters like I used to be when I was in grade school after school 'til bedtime. There's a tornado warning. You know the weather service one that goes:

This is a tornado warning. I repeat. This is a tornado warning. Take cover immediately.

Followed by the local stations warning:

A tornado warning is in effect. If you are within the sound of my voice, a tornado has been spotted in your area. Go to your basement now. If you are outside, go to the nearest shelter. If you are in a vehicle, pull over to the side of the road and take shelter in the nearest ditch or other low-lying area.

And then I'm in a car so I pull over but there is no ditch or low-lying area because I live in Kansas.

That one wakes me up every time.

[Cowboy]

I have a fear of phobias.

[BogusTrumper]

Originally posted by Cowboy
I have a fear of phobias.

phobophobia: one's own fears