What Do You Fear? Name Your Phobia. (1 Viewer)

[Steve Christou]

What do you fear? What gives you the heebie-jeebies? What sends shivers down your spine?

I have a fear of insects, heights, clowns give me the creeps. When I see a dog I always cross the other side of the road, spiders freak me out.

Any of these give you chills...

Cynophobia - Fear of dogs
Felinophobia- Fear of cats
Entomophobia- Fear of insects.
Arachnophobia - Fear of spiders
Acrophobia- Fear of heights
Agoraphobia- Fear of open spaces
Claustrophobia- Fear of confined spaces
Gymnophobia- Fear of nudity.
Venustraphobia- Fear of beautiful women.
Heterophobia- Fear of the opposite sex
Genophobia- Fear of sex.
Pedophobia- Fear of children.
Coulrophobia- Fear of clowns.
Cyberphobia- Fear of computers or working on a computer[!]
Brontophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning.
Hypnophobia- Fear of sleep
Gerascophobia- Fear of growing old.
Necrophobia- Fear of death
Phobophobia- Fear of fear

Check this link for a comprehensive list of phobias

http://www.phobialist.com/

 

[brentl]

Coulrogenophobia - fear of sex with clowns!

Brent

 

[John Watson]

Popophobia - fear of having to listen to Tears for Fears forever

 

[Holadem]

I do my utmost to avoid the company of anything with more than 4 limbs.

--
H

 

[John Watson]

Silicaphobia - fear of the silica packet thread returning

 

[Dennis Nicholls]

Hoplophobia - fear of firearms


I would have thought that brontophobia would be fear of dinosaurs.

 

[John Watson]

Quadraphobia - fear of Sting

 

[MarkHastings]

Threadaphobia - Fear of threads discussing phobias

 

[John Watson]

Fotophobia - fear of papparazzi

 

[Magnus T]

Those damn, dirty apes!

In other words...

apeophobia

 

[MarkHastings]

Frodophobia - Fear of The Lord of the Rings

 

[John Watson]

Frodophobia, hehe

But HEY! It was my turn!

Suitaphobia - fear of lawyers

 

[John Watson]

PS about Photophobia - apparently veerrry common among Vampires

 

[BrianW]

Radioteratophobia - Fear of radioactive monsters.

It's a curse.

 

[Steve Christou]

Phallophobia- Fear of an erect penis [looks down] aaargh! It's monstrous!!Keep away! [makes sign of cross]

Mycrophobia- Fear of small things. Hehehe no worries there [looks down again] eeeek!
Damn that phallophobia!

Megalophobia- Fear of large things. Wasn't that phallophobia? eeeek! Help it's loose!

Walloonphobia- Fear of the Walloons. What the hell is a Walloon?

Panophobia - Fear of everything. wow! imagine living in a constant state of panic, brrr

Those damn, dirty apes!

Sticks and stones....

 

[John Watson]

Phlatuphobia - fear of farting

 

[MarkHastings]

HEY! It was my turn!

Sound like you have Roundaphobia - Fear of losing ones turn (a.k.a BackToYouaPhobia)


p.s. And don't confuse the fear of The Lord of the Rings with:
Flatlyophobia - Fear of The Lord of the Dance

 

[John Watson]

ACtually, Mark, upto that point, I WAS on for every second shot!

Anyway

Retrophobia - fear of sequels

 

[Paul M.Kuziel]

Inefficientoverratedphobia- This is the fear of inefficient over rated speakers that costs thousands of dollars.

 

[Steve_Tk]

Defecaloesiophobia- Fear of painful bowels movements

ow

Some of those are ridiculous, like this one

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words

Who is actually afraid of long words, or clouds, or greek words and philosophy?