What do you fear?

Iceman · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 4:15 pm Post subject:

Official phobias:
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.

Unofficial phobias:
Fear of mayonnaise
Fear of milk
Fear of mustard
Fear of pies
Fear of ramen noodles
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Bobman · Joined: 15 Dec 2003 Posts: 3416 Location: California

Are you $%*#ing me? How is ANYONE afraid of the sun, the power source for all life on earth?
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MacGyver · Joined: 16 Oct 2004 Posts: 644 Location: Who knows.

Quote:Hemophobia or Hemaphobia or Hematophobia- Fear of blood.

So what do they do? Kill themselfs?
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sweeteyes · Joined: 30 Sep 2005 Posts: 965 Location: australia

fear of crumbs and ice cream?????????....... Shocked

wat bout fear of gettin fat and fear of buttons...

MacGyver · Joined: 16 Oct 2004 Posts: 644 Location: Who knows.

Quote:wat bout fear of gettin fat and fear of buttons...

Do they have a fear of belly buttons? Shocked

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Iceman · Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 5:16 pm Post subject:

Might be a fear of belly buttons, I wouldn't be surprised.

As far as people who are afraid of the sun...I guess vampires would be in that category, no?

Official phobias:
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.

Unofficial phobias:
Fear of root beer
Fear of soggy bread
Fear of toast crumbs in the butter tub
Fear of undercooked tater tots
Fear of whipped cream
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Iceman · Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 5:18 pm Post subject:

Official phobias:
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.

Unofficial phobias:
Fear of becoming a ghost
Fear of becoming a parent
Fear of having blood pressure taken
Fear of going on boats
Fear of people breathing
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Iceman · Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 5:21 pm Post subject:

Official phobias:
Hypnophobia- Fear of sleep or of being hypnotized.
Hypsiphobia- Fear of height.
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.

Unofficial phobias:
Fear of causing someone's death through carelessness
Fear of clothes disappearing in public
Fear of people coughing
Fear of someone cracking their knuckles
Fear of disappearing
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Iceman · Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 5:24 pm Post subject:

Official phobias:
Japanophobia- Fear of Japanese.
Judeophobia- Fear of Jews.
Kainolophobia or 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 or Ceraunophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning.(Astraphobia, Astrapophobia)
Kinetophobia or Kinesophobia- Fear of movement or motion.
Kleptophobia- Fear of stealing.

Unofficial phobias:
Fear of dreams coming to life
Fear of drinking out of the bottom of a cup
Fear of dying in a humorous way
Fear of accidentally eating a "freshness packet"
Fear of eating from a spoon
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The Man Of Steel · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 6:45 am Post subject:

Kathisophobia- Fear of sitting down

How much you wanna bet that these people have strong legs? Laughing

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sweeteyes · Joined: 30 Sep 2005 Posts: 965 Location: australia

ridiculous.... Rolling Eyes

Iceman · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 1:56 pm Post subject:

Official phobias:
Koinoniphobia- Fear of rooms.
Kopophobia- Fear of fatigue.
Koniophobia- Fear of dust. (Amathophobia)
Kosmikophobia- Fear of cosmic phenomenon.
Kymophobia- Fear of waves. (Cymophobia)
Kynophobia- Fear of rabies.
Kyphophobia- Fear of stooping.
Lachanophobia- Fear of vegetables.
Laliophobia or Lalophobia- Fear of speaking.
Leprophobia or Lepraphobia- Fear of leprosy.

Unofficial phobias:
Fear of entering a body of water because someone might drop in an electrical appliance
Fear of falling
Fear of finding a dead body or body part
Fear of flying, like Peter Pan
Fear of being hit by a meteor, moon rock, or other space debris
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Iceman · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 1:59 pm Post subject:

Official phobias:
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.

Unofficial phobias:
Fear of getting hiccups and never being able to stop
Fear of hearing a recording of your own voice
Fear of hearing people eat
Fear of inanimate objects coming to life and killing you
Fear of being laid off from work
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Iceman · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 2:03 pm Post subject:

Official phobias:
Lutraphobia- Fear of otters.
Lygophobia- Fear of darkness.
Lyssophobia- Fear of rabies or of becoming mad.
Macrophobia- Fear of long waits.
Mageirocophobia- Fear of cooking.
Maieusiophobia- Fear of childbirth.
Maniaphobia- Fear of insanity.
Mastigophobia- Fear of punishment.
Mechanophobia- Fear of machines.
Megalophobia- Fear of large things.

Unofficial phobias:
Fear of being left behind after the Rapture
Fear of licking dry materials-socks, towels, etc.
Fear of losing hearing
Fear of living forever, in ANY kind of afterlife
Fear of being poked
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