Friday, November 28, 2014

Phobias


Agateophobia- Fear of insanity.
Acarophobia- Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching.
Aichmophobia- Fear of needles or pointed objects.
Ankylophobia- Fear of immobility of a joint.
Anuptaphobia- Fear of staying single.
Asymmetriphobia- Fear of asymmetrical things
Ataxophobia- Fear of disorder or untidiness.
Atelophobia- Fear of imperfection.
Atephobia- Fear of ruin or ruins.
Athazagoraphobia- Fear of being forgotton or ignored or forgetting.
Atychiphobia- Fear of failure.
Automatonophobia- Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues - anything that falsly represents a sentient being.
Autophobia- Fear of being alone or of oneself.
Bathophobia- Fear of depth.
Catagelophobia- Fear of being ridiculed.
Chronophobia- Fear of time.
Claustrophobia- Fear of confined spaces.
Cleithrophobia or Cleisiophobia- Fear of being locked in an enclosed place.
Clithrophobia or Cleithrophobia- Fear of being enclosed.
Coulrophobia- Fear of clowns
Cremnophobia- Fear of precipices.
Enosiophobia or Enissophobia- Fear of having committed an unpardonable sin or of criticism.
Gerascophobia- Fear of growing old.
Glossophobia- Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak
Helminthophobia- Fear of being infested with worms.
Isolophobia- Fear of solitude, being alone
Kakorrhaphiophobia- Fear of failure or defeat.
Katagelophobia- Fear of ridicule.
Parasitophobia- Fear of parasites
Pnigophobia or Pnigerophobia- Fear of choking of being smothered.
Taeniophobia or Teniophobia- Fear of tapeworms.
Taphephobia Taphophobia- Fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries.

1 comment:

woja said...

Turophobia - fear of cheese
This condition is associated with other anti-social traits such as being a professional politician.