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Here is a "frightening" list
I especially thought of Fetal (maybe he/she has a "fear of religion").
Scary! The World's Strangest Phobias
Phobias, which often begin when we are children, are irrational fears that are so intense they become disabling. Why are the names so unpronounceable and bizarre? And who knew these phobias even existed?
Fear of Body Parts
Opening one's eyes: Optophobia
Chins: Geniophobia
Hands: Chirophobia
Knees: Genuphobia
Getting wrinkles: Rhytiphobia
Becoming bald: Phalacrophobia
Bald people: Peladophobia
Check These Out:
• WebMD: Phobias
• Books on Phobias
• Oddly Enough News
• Wacky Warnings: Are We That Dumb?
• News of the Weird
• Crazy Classified Ads
• Urban Legends
Fear of Life's Joys
Feeling pleasure: Hedonophobia
Laughter: Geliophobia
Falling in love: Philophobia
Kissing: Philemaphobia or Philematophobia
Marriage: Gamophobia
Music: Melophobia
Flutes: Aulophobia
Poetry: Metrophobia
Theaters: Theatrophobia
Clowns: Coulrophobia
Dancing: Chorophobia
Hearing good news: Euphobia
Flowers: Anthrophobia or Anthophobia
Books: Bibliophobia
Fear of Religion
God: Zeusophobia
Church: Ecclesiophobia
Crosses or the crucifix: Staurophobia
Holy things: Hagiophobia
Priests or sacred things: Hierophobia
Religious ceremonies: Teleophobia
Sermons: Homilophobia
Theology: Theologicophobia
Satan: Satanophobia
Sin: Hamartophobia
Hell: Hadephobia, Stygiophobia or Stigiophobia
Food Fears
Dining or dinner conversations: Deipnophobia
Food or eating: Sitophobia or Sitiophobia
Meat- Carnophobia
Mushrooms- Mycophobia
Peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth- Arachibutyrophobia
Garlic- Alliumphobia
Fear of Colors
Purple: Porphyrophobia
Red: Erythrophobia, Erytophobia or Ereuthophobia
Yellow: Xanthophobia
White: Leukophobia
Colors: Chromophobia or Chromatophobia
Fear of Work
Work: Ergophobia or Ponophobia
Learning: Sophophobia
Imperfection: Atelophobia
Knowledge: Gnosiophobia or Epistemophobia
Computers or working on computers: Cyberphobia
Opinions: Allodoxaphobia
Expressing opinions: Doxophobia
Fear of Animals
Dogs: Cynophobia
Cats: Aclurophobia, Ailurophobia, Elurophobia, Felinophobia, Galeophobia, or Gatophobia
Horses: Equinophobia or Hippophobia
Mice: Musophobia, Murophobia or Suriphobia
Spiders: Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia
Toads: Bufonophobia
Wild animals: Agrizoophobia
Bees: Apiphobia or Melissophobia
Ants: Myrmecophobia
Fear of Weather
Sunshine: Phengophobia
Ice or frost: Pagophobia
Ice, frost or extreme cold: Cryophobia
Thunderstorm: Brontophobia
Credit for this list of phobias goes to The Phobia List Web site, which has done an extraordinary job of identifying hundreds of different phobias. Phobias are tough to crack. WebMD says that while a phobic person understands that the fear is excessive or groundless, efforts to resist it only bring on more anxiety. If a phobia not treated, the person may become withdrawn, depressed, and socially incapacitated.
--Cathryn Conroy
Ladskater
I especially thought of Fetal (maybe he/she has a "fear of religion").
Scary! The World's Strangest Phobias
Phobias, which often begin when we are children, are irrational fears that are so intense they become disabling. Why are the names so unpronounceable and bizarre? And who knew these phobias even existed?
Fear of Body Parts
Opening one's eyes: Optophobia
Chins: Geniophobia
Hands: Chirophobia
Knees: Genuphobia
Getting wrinkles: Rhytiphobia
Becoming bald: Phalacrophobia
Bald people: Peladophobia
Check These Out:
• WebMD: Phobias
• Books on Phobias
• Oddly Enough News
• Wacky Warnings: Are We That Dumb?
• News of the Weird
• Crazy Classified Ads
• Urban Legends
Fear of Life's Joys
Feeling pleasure: Hedonophobia
Laughter: Geliophobia
Falling in love: Philophobia
Kissing: Philemaphobia or Philematophobia
Marriage: Gamophobia
Music: Melophobia
Flutes: Aulophobia
Poetry: Metrophobia
Theaters: Theatrophobia
Clowns: Coulrophobia
Dancing: Chorophobia
Hearing good news: Euphobia
Flowers: Anthrophobia or Anthophobia
Books: Bibliophobia
Fear of Religion
God: Zeusophobia
Church: Ecclesiophobia
Crosses or the crucifix: Staurophobia
Holy things: Hagiophobia
Priests or sacred things: Hierophobia
Religious ceremonies: Teleophobia
Sermons: Homilophobia
Theology: Theologicophobia
Satan: Satanophobia
Sin: Hamartophobia
Hell: Hadephobia, Stygiophobia or Stigiophobia
Food Fears
Dining or dinner conversations: Deipnophobia
Food or eating: Sitophobia or Sitiophobia
Meat- Carnophobia
Mushrooms- Mycophobia
Peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth- Arachibutyrophobia
Garlic- Alliumphobia
Fear of Colors
Purple: Porphyrophobia
Red: Erythrophobia, Erytophobia or Ereuthophobia
Yellow: Xanthophobia
White: Leukophobia
Colors: Chromophobia or Chromatophobia
Fear of Work
Work: Ergophobia or Ponophobia
Learning: Sophophobia
Imperfection: Atelophobia
Knowledge: Gnosiophobia or Epistemophobia
Computers or working on computers: Cyberphobia
Opinions: Allodoxaphobia
Expressing opinions: Doxophobia
Fear of Animals
Dogs: Cynophobia
Cats: Aclurophobia, Ailurophobia, Elurophobia, Felinophobia, Galeophobia, or Gatophobia
Horses: Equinophobia or Hippophobia
Mice: Musophobia, Murophobia or Suriphobia
Spiders: Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia
Toads: Bufonophobia
Wild animals: Agrizoophobia
Bees: Apiphobia or Melissophobia
Ants: Myrmecophobia
Fear of Weather
Sunshine: Phengophobia
Ice or frost: Pagophobia
Ice, frost or extreme cold: Cryophobia
Thunderstorm: Brontophobia
Credit for this list of phobias goes to The Phobia List Web site, which has done an extraordinary job of identifying hundreds of different phobias. Phobias are tough to crack. WebMD says that while a phobic person understands that the fear is excessive or groundless, efforts to resist it only bring on more anxiety. If a phobia not treated, the person may become withdrawn, depressed, and socially incapacitated.
--Cathryn Conroy
Ladskater