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Phobias

Started by RainThinker, Oct 31 2008 12:02 AM

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#1 RainThinker

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Posted 31 October 2008 - 12:02 AM

Some funny phobias i've heard about, add your own if you want!:

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia: the fear of long words
Nephophobia: the fear of clouds
Emetophobia: the fear of vomiting
Phagophobia: the fear of being eaten
Bacillophobia: the fear of microbes
Bibliophobia: the fear of books
Barophobia: the fear of gravity
Botanophobia: the fear of plants
Chrematophobia: the fear of money
Kathisophobia: the fear of sitting
Ecophobia: the fear of home

If anyone is offended by any of these phobias, i am deeply sorry and apologize. :mellow:

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#2 Cherry Lane

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Posted 31 October 2008 - 12:10 AM

Botanophobia: the fear of plants

I didn't know there was a word for this (though I guess I should have, every other phobia has a name). I've always called it herbiphobia. I have a self-diagnosed mild case, and due to my immersion therapy I now have some rather nice gardens.

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#3 RainThinker

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Posted 31 October 2008 - 12:39 AM

I didn't know there was a word for this (though I guess I should have, every other phobia has a name). I've always called it herbiphobia. I have a self-diagnosed mild case, and due to my immersion therapy I now have some rather nice gardens.

Almost everyone has at least one phobia, including me. I have a slight, self-diagnosed case of clourophobia: the fear of clowns.
(just something about them, i find extremely creepy)

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#4 andromeda

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Posted 31 October 2008 - 01:31 AM

Almost everyone has at least one phobia, including me. I have a slight, self-diagnosed case of clourophobia: the fear of clowns.
(just something about them, i find extremely creepy)

I actually have a mild fear of a mechanical Santa Claus that they place outside one children's clothing shop in winter time in my hometown.

Edited by andromeda, 31 October 2008 - 01:31 AM.

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#5 Kathleen

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Posted 31 October 2008 - 03:04 AM

Melissophobia - Fear of bees (which I have)

It doesn't NOT mean I'm afraid of my friend Melissa

<(^-^)>

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#6 Violent pedestrian

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Posted 31 October 2008 - 02:43 PM

Almost everyone has at least one phobia, including me. I have a slight, self-diagnosed case of clourophobia: the fear of clowns.
(just something about them, i find extremely creepy)

Its not just you I find them really scary.

I heard the vikings actually had a word for a fear of the beer running out. Only the vikings huh?