An A-Z of phobias ..
By patootie
@patootie (3592)
January 16, 2007 4:45pm CST
a phobia for every letter of the alphabet ... except Q ..!
Arachibutyrophobia .. Fear of getting peanut butter stuck to the roof of the mouth
Brontophobia .. Fear of thunder
Chionophobia .. Fear of snow
Didaskaleinophobia .. Fear of going to school
Eleutherophobia .. Fear of freedom
Febriphobia .. Fear of fever
Gephyrophobia .. Fear of crossing a bridge
Hippophobia .. Fera of horses
Iophobia .. Fear of rust
Japanophobia .. Fear of Japan
Kakorrhaphiophobia .. Fear of failure
Lunaediesophobia .. Fear of Mondays
Metrophobia .. Fear of poetry
Nephophobia .. Fear of clouds
Optophobia .. Fear of opening ones eyes
Phobologophobia .. Fear of phobia words
Q ??
Rhinophobia .. Fear of noses
Stasiphobia .. Fear of standing
Triskadekaphobia .. Fear of the number thirteen
Urophobia .. Fear of urinating
Vacansopapurosophobia .. Fear of blank paper
Walloonphobia .. Fear of Walloons
Xerophobia .. Fear of dryness and dry places
Ylophobia .. Fear of forests or woods
Zelophobia .. Fear of jealousy
Incredible isn't it .. and this is just a small handful of the hundreds of phobias that must blight peoples lives daily ... and how on earth would you work some of these words into a conversation hahaha !!
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25 responses
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
16 Jan 07
As a child I used to suffer with brontophobia and used to hide under the covers, or run to my mums room with my bear and blanket! Dad used to tell me to go back to bed. The funniest phobia has got to be Rhinophobia, the fear of noses! Oh no, here comes a nose run, hide! LOL... Some great phobias there Toots, strange and very very strange indeed.
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@dangerdvd (320)
• Italy
17 Jan 07
For the letter "A" you would put arachnofoby!!!!!! i have a terrible fear of spider!!!!
@Jemina (5770)
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17 Jan 07
This is awesome! I have been looking for a complete list of all phobias. Do you have 'em? Your postings are quite informative. I hope to see more of this kind of quality postings. I remember when I was a kid and I think until now I still have it--fear of doing nothing. I hope to get over with it.
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@pendragon (3349)
• United States
17 Jan 07
Hmmm Q, fear of the letter Q..hah, j/k...I think I'm working on a case of Chionophobia...These are cool, thanks for posting!
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
17 Jan 07
I like the fear of phobia words. How funny is that. Everybody has a fear of something. There must be a word for those who are afraid to admit that they have a fear.
@patrice7 (1191)
• United States
17 Jan 07
well i dont have any of the phobias listed above but thank you for informing us. i know a friend of mine who is claustrophobic. he doesnt use the elevator because he is afraid of closed spaces and he has been traumatized by it because of his past experience with the elevator. last summer our class at 7:00 am was on the 7th floor and he had to walk all the way up because he wouldnt use the elevator. the extent of his fear is really high. imagine walking 7 floors up everyday!. im glad i didnt have to do that.
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@Island_Geko (3759)
• Canada
18 Jan 07
i know all my phobia, and they aren't that intersting but if you look at the TV Show Monk...well now there is a guy with many many phodia and it debilitates his life. http://www.usanetwork.com/series/monk/
@patootie (3592)
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17 Jan 07
It does take a bit of time to collate this kind of lists .. there are a lot of folks who just copy and paste without checking the facts ..
I always try to cross reference everything in my lists for accuracy before posting .. so for every single phobia I have had to find and check that phobia with at least two web sites ..
I'm sure I shall still end up with the odd error here and there .. but hopefully not too often
@Adrenochrome (1653)
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17 Jan 07
My personal favourite is 'Pogophobia' or the fear of beards! This must be a morning problem for any adult man, though it is probably no fun having Walloonphobis if you live in Belgium. Thanks for the fun list.
@Adrenochrome (1653)
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17 Jan 07
Might I suggest, 'Quasimodophobis' as a fear of hunchbacks or bell-towers? Then you could have all 26 letters covered.
@Jaytech (2251)
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17 Jan 07
I knew someone once that had a phobia of buttons & cotton wool, he wouldn't let people into his home with any form of clothing with buttons on, suffice to say, he rarely had visitors.
@iamken (15)
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17 Jan 07
They make you think that the people who made the words are actually trying to patronise those who suffer from them!
And how on earth can you be scared of noses!!! Or even opening you eyes!?
Like somebody previously stated, the human mind IS amazing, bbut also very wierd...
@southrnbell21 (7)
• United States
17 Jan 07
here's a good one! Aphenphosmphobia: the fear of being touched..... i cant imagine going my whole life without being touched....
@ashiflett (1045)
• United States
17 Jan 07
Thank you for sharing this with us. This is very interesting.
@philipjones (214)
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17 Jan 07
Fear of facing GCSEs, SATS, etc, I hate them lots, so does everyone, everyone does them.
@philipjones (214)
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17 Jan 07
I hate Creepy Crawlies, they are all over the place, ya never know when they might creep up on ya hehe.
