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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Phobias-of-the-Day

Agateophobia- Fear of insanity.
Agliophobia- Fear of pain.
Amnesiphobia- Fear of amnesia.
Angrophobia - Fear of anger or of becoming angry.
Ankylophobia- Fear of immobility of a joint.
Anthropophobia- Fear of people or society.
Anuptaphobia- Fear of staying single.
Arachnophobia- Fear of spiders.
Asthenophobia- Fear of fainting or weakness.
Ataxiophobia- Fear of ataxia. (muscular incoordination)
Ataxophobia- Fear of disorder or untidiness.
Atelophobia- Fear of imperfection.
Athazagoraphobia- Fear of being forgotton or ignored or forgetting.
Atychiphobia- Fear of failure.
Autophobia- Fear of being alone or of oneself.
Cancerophobia or Carcinophobia- Fear of cancer.
Cardiophobia- Fear of the heart.
Catagelophobia- Fear of being ridiculed.
Chrometophobia or Chrematophobia- Fear of money.
Chronophobia- Fear of time.
Decidophobia- Fear of making decisions.
Dementophobia- Fear of insanity.
Didaskaleinophobia- Fear of going to school.
Diplophobia- Fear of double vision.
Dipsophobia- Fear of drinking.
Dystychiphobia- Fear of accidents.
Enosiophobia or Enissophobia- Fear of having committed an unpardonable sin or of criticism.
Eremophobia- Fear of being oneself or of loneliness.
Gerascophobia- Fear of growing old.
Hadephobia- Fear of hell.
Hamartophobia- Fear of sinning.
Harpaxophobia- Fear of being robbed.
Hormephobia- Fear of shock.
Homophobia- Fear of sameness, monotony or of homosexuality or of becoming homosexual.
Hypengyophobia or Hypegiaphobia- Fear of responsibility.
Hypnophobia- Fear of being hypnotized.
Isolophobia- Fear of solitude, being alone.
Kakorrhaphiophobia- Fear of failure or defeat.
Katagelophobia- Fear of ridicule.
Kopophobia- Fear of fatigue.
Macrophobia- Fear of long waits.
Maniaphobia- Fear of insanity.
Mastigophobia- Fear of punishment.
Meningitophobia- Fear of brain disease.
Metathesiophobia- Fear of changes.
Methyphobia- Fear of alcohol.
Mnemophobia- Fear of memories.
Monophobia- Fear of solitude or being alone.
Monopathophobia- Fear of definite disease.
Nosophobia or Nosemaphobia- Fear of becoming ill.
Nostophobia- Fear of returning home.
Panthophobia- Fear of suffering and disease.
Panophobia or Pantophobia- Fear of everything.
Paralipophobia- Fear of neglecting duty or responsibility.
Peccatophobia- Fear of sinning or imaginary crimes.
Peniaphobia- Fear of poverty.
Philophobia- Fear of falling in love or being in love.
Phobophobia- Fear of phobias.
Phronemophobia- Fear of thinking.
Poinephobia- Fear of punishment.
Ponophobia- Fear of overworking or of pain.
Potophobia- Fear of alcohol.
Pharmacophobia- Fear of drugs.
Psellismophobia- Fear of stuttering.
Psychophobia- Fear of mind.
Rhabdophobia- Fear of being severely punished or beaten by a rod, or of being severely criticized.
Scolionophobia- Fear of school.
Scopophobia or Scoptophobia- Fear of being seen or stared at.
Scotomaphobia- Fear of blindness in visual field.
Sinophobia- Fear of Chinese, Chinese culture.
Social Phobia- Fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations.
Sociophobia- Fear of society or people in general.
Soteriophobia - Fear of dependence on others.
Spectrophobia- Fear of specters or ghosts.
Stygiophobia or Stigiophobia- Fear of hell.
Taphephobia Taphophobia- Fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries.
Thanatophobia or Thantophobia- Fear of death or dying.
Traumatophobia- Fear of injury.
Tremophobia- Fear of trembling.
Tropophobia- Fear of moving or making changes.
Zelophobia- Fear of jealousy.
Zeusophobia- Fear of God.

What & why do you fear?

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

why no fear of sex? haha...

November 13, 2008 12:49 AM  
Blogger JJJJ said...

haha.. there is a term for that i'm sure. too many phobias already. didn't list all!

November 15, 2008 12:54 AM  

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