Are you afraid of.......... ??
By Jaj_sahi
@Jaj_sahi (153)
India
January 19, 2009 2:49am CST
Well, I'm not talking about any book.
One can boast about themselves that they are the bravest person in the world. But, he/she is scared of something or the other. what are you afraid of? exams? numbers? loneliness? spider? darkness? what?
Let me just tell you a few-
Fear of number 13 - triskaidekaphobia
Fear of darkness - Achluophobia
Fear of height - Acrophobia
Fear of being shut in small space - Claustrophobia
Fear of insects - Insectophobia
Fear of being alone - autophobia
Fear of hospitals - Nosocomephobia
Fear of school - Scolionophobia
Fear of accidents - dystychiphobia
Fear of aging - gerascophobia
Fear of sacred objects - hierophobia
Fear of being scratched - amychophobia
And there are many more...
So what are you scared of?? Do tel the name of the 'phobia', if you know. or else just post your fears, I'll try to search for a name..
I'm scared of darkness and loneliness..
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8 responses
@cybersoft01 (1284)
• India
20 Jan 09
I am afraid of heights. For your kind information there are more than 200 phobias.
Some people are afraid lest he might suffer from one of these phobia. So the fear of these phobia is called phobophobia.
Fear of open space - Agoraphobia
Fear of water - Hydrophobia
@Jaj_sahi (153)
• India
21 Jan 09
Ya, that's true,. I have also said (in one of the comments) that fear in worst cases is Phobia, and its not always termed so. Normal fears are acceptable.. Say for example Cynophobia is fear of dogs/ rabies, and hydrophobia- is fear of water in rabies. these conditions are to such an extreme phase that the person will have hyper reflexes when introduced to these surroundings, and may also be defensive.
Anyways, thanks for the response..
@iamsolucky (1241)
• Philippines
20 Jan 09
i got acrophobia, but i try to combat it. I dont want this to be hindrance for me having fun. like my friends will go and ride ferris wheel and i cant. I dont like fear. I am happy that i am really overcoming it step by step. for every fear you have, you actually stopping yourself to enjoy the time and be funny. Not good to say " oh im so afraid all the time. Fist of all, god dont want us to be afraid. Fear not he said, so face your fear and have a good time. Dont let this fear stop you from smiling, enjoying, laughing out with friends. Dont let this fear become worst that you actually stop going out and have fun. Dont let this fear grow bigger and bigger inside you.
Come on and enjoy life to the fullest.
happy mylotting
@antioxidant (438)
• Australia
19 Jan 09
Even if you're afraid of something it is not considered a phobia unless it's affecting your life or it's an intense fear. I'm probably slightly social phobic but other than that i don't have a phobia. I'm scared of the dark, so i'm scared to sleep alone. I hate insects. I'm scared of rejection haha. Can't think of anything else right now.
@Jaj_sahi (153)
• India
19 Jan 09
Ya, pretty true.. Phobia is fear at its worst/extreme conditions.. A lot of 'fears' are not actually phobias.. say people may be scared of water, like diving, or something like that.. but thats not anything equal to hydrophobia (fear of water)which is actually significant in rabies patients.
Anyways, fear of failure (I mean the 'phobia') is Kakorrhaphiophobia. But fear of being rejected is never considered as one of the phobias.. Lol..
And, thank you for the response.
@sunshinelady (7609)
• United States
19 Jan 09
I am afraid of spiders. I will chase one down in the house even if it runs under the couch I will shove the couch out and kill it. No spider in my house stays alive. They give me a creepy feeling just looking at them.
I can't stand being in high places. So I don't go places where I will be high above the ground.
I can't stand being in the dark. For whatever reason that scares me tremendously.
@user_786 (1338)
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19 Jan 09
i liked your topic and the list of phobias.
it probably is true that almost everyone has a fear of something and i know there are 1000's of phobias listed in the dictionary but there still be some sort of fears that have not been given any name yet.
i would think of myself having no fear os something that disturbs me in regular basis - little or more
