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Some phobias that I researched.

Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing.

Acousticophobia- Fear of noise.

Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens.

Allodoxaphobia- Fear of opinions.

Amathophobia- Fear of dust.

Anablephobia- Fear of looking up.

Ancraophobia- Fear of wind.

Anglophobia- Fear of England or English culture, etc.

Anthrophobia or Anthophobia- Fear of flowers.

Apeirophobia- Fear of infinity.

Aphenphosmphobia- Fear of being touched. (Haphephobia)

Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.

Arithmophobia- Fear of numbers.

Asymmetriphobia- Fear of asymmetrical things.

Atelophobia- Fear of imperfection.

Atychiphobia- Fear of failure

Aulophobia- Fear of flutes.

Aurophobia- Fear of gold.

Auroraphobia- Fear of Northern lights.

Automatonophobia- Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues - anything that falsly represents a sentient being.

Automysophobia- Fear of being dirty.

Bacillophobia- Fear of microbes.

Bacteriophobia- Fear of bacteria.

Barophobia- Fear of gravity.

Basophobia or Basiphobia- Inability to stand. Fear of walking or falling.

Bibliophobia- Fear of books.

Botanophobia- Fear of plants.

Cathisophobia- Fear of sitting.

Catoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors.

Cenophobia or Centophobia- Fear of new things or ideas.

Chaetophobia- Fear of hair.

Chionophobia- Fear of snow.

Chiraptophobia- Fear of being touched.

Chirophobia- Fear of hands.

Chrometophobia or Chrematophobia- Fear of money.

Chromophobia or Chromatophobia- Fear of colors.

Chronophobia- Fear of time.

Chronomentrophobia- Fear of clocks.

Cibophobia- Fear of food.(Sitophobia, Sitiophobia)

Cleptophobia- Fear of stealing.

Clinophobia- Fear of going to bed.

Consecotaleophobia- Fear of chopsticks.

Coulrophobia- Fear of clowns.

Counterphobia- The preference by a phobic for fearful situations.

Cremnophobia- Fear of precipices.

Crystallophobia- Fear of crystals or glass.

Cyberphobia- Fear of computers or working on a computer.

Decidophobia- Fear of making decisions.

Deipnophobia- Fear of dining or dinner conversations.

Dendrophobia- Fear of trees.

Dextrophobia- Fear of objects at the right side of the body.

Didaskaleinophobia- Fear of going to school.

Dikephobia- Fear of justice.

Domatophobia- Fear of houses or being in a house.(Eicophobia, Oikophobia)

Dromophobia- Fear of crossing streets.

Dutchphobia- Fear of the Dutch.

Ecclesiophobia- Fear of church.

Ecophobia- Fear of home.

Eicophobia- Fear of home surroundings.(Domatophobia, Oikophobia)

Eisoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror.

Eleutherophobia- Fear of freedom.

Elurophobia- Fear of cats. (Ailurophobia)

Entomophobia- Fear of insects.

Eosophobia- Fear of dawn or daylight.

Epistemophobia- Fear of knowledge.

Ergophobia- Fear of work.

Francophobia- Fear of France or French culture. (Gallophobia, Galiophobia)

Geliophobia- Fear of laughter.

Gelotophobia- Fear of being laughed at.

Geniophobia- Fear of chins.

Gephyrophobia or Gephydrophobia or Gephysrophobia- Fear of crossing bridges.

Germanophobia- Fear of Germany or German culture.

Gerascophobia- Fear of growing old.

Gerontophobia- Fear of old people or of growing old.

Geumaphobia or Geumophobia- Fear of taste.

Gnosiophobia- Fear of knowledge.

Graphophobia- Fear of writing or handwriting.

Hedonophobia- Fear of feeling pleasure.

Heliophobia- Fear of the sun.

Hellenologophobia- Fear of Greek terms or complex scientific terminology.

Helminthophobia- Fear of being infested with worms.

Hippophobia- Fear of horses.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words.

Hodophobia- Fear of road travel.

Homichlophobia- Fear of fog.

Ichthyophobia- Fear of fish.

Ideophobia- Fear of ideas.

Insectophobia - Fear of insects.

Japanophobia- Fear of Japanese.

Judeophobia- Fear of Jews.

Kainolophobia or Kainophobia- Fear of anything new, novelty.

Kathisophobia- Fear of sitting down.

Kinetophobia or Kinesophobia- Fear of movement or motion.

Koinoniphobia- Fear of rooms.

Lachanophobia- Fear of vegetables.

Laliophobia or Lalophobia- Fear of speaking.

Limnophobia- Fear of lakes.

Linonophobia- Fear of string.

Logizomechanophobia- Fear of computers.

Logophobia- Fear of words.

Lutraphobia- Fear of otters.

Macrophobia- Fear of long waits.

Mageirocophobia- Fear of cooking.

Mechanophobia- Fear of machines.

Melanophobia- Fear of the color black.

Melophobia- Fear or hatred of music.

Metallophobia- Fear of metal.

Metathesiophobia- Fear of changes.

Metrophobia- Fear or hatred of poetry.

Microbiophobia- Fear of microbes. (Bacillophobia)

Microphobia- Fear of small things.

Misophobia or Mysophobia- Fear of being contaminated with dirt or germs.

Mnemophobia- Fear of memories.

Molysmophobia or Molysomophobia- Fear of dirt or contamination.

Motorphobia- Fear of automobiles.

Mottephobia- Fear of moths.

Musophobia or Muriphobia- Fear of mice.

Myrmecophobia- Fear of ants.

Mythophobia- Fear of myths or stories or false statements.

Neophobia- Fear of anything new.

Nephophobia- Fear of clouds.

Nomatophobia- Fear of names.

Numerophobia- Fear of numbers.

Octophobia - Fear of the figure 8.

Olfactophobia- Fear of smells.

Ombrophobia- Fear of rain or of being rained on.

Ommetaphobia or Ommatophobia- Fear of eyes.

Oneirophobia- Fear of dreams.

Oneirogmophobia- Fear of wet dreams.

Onomatophobia- Fear of hearing a certain word or of names.

Ophidiophobia- Fear of snakes. (Snakephobia)

Ophthalmophobia- Fear of being stared at.

Optophobia- Fear of opening one's eyes.

Ornithophobia- Fear of birds.

Orthophobia- Fear of property.

Osmophobia or Osphresiophobia- Fear of smells or odors.

Ostraconophobia- Fear of shellfish.

Panophobia or Pantophobia- Fear of everything.

Papyrophobia- Fear of paper.

Pediculophobia- Fear of lice.

Pediophobia- Fear of dolls.

Phagophobia- Fear of swallowing

Phobophobia- Fear of phobias.

Phonophobia- Fear of noises or voices or one's own voice; of telephones.

Phronemophobia- Fear of thinking.

Phthiriophobia- Fear of lice. (Pediculophobia)

Pogonophobia- Fear of beards.

Porphyrophobia- Fear of the color purple.

Potamophobia- Fear of rivers or running water.

Psellismophobia- Fear of stuttering.

Psychophobia- Fear of mind.

Pteronophobia- Fear of being tickled by feathers.

Pupaphobia - Fear of puppets.

Ranidaphobia- Fear of frogs.

Rupophobia- Fear of dirt.

Russophobia- Fear of Russians

Samhainophobia: Fear of Halloween.

Scoleciphobia- Fear of worms.

Scolionophobia- Fear of school.

Scopophobia or Scoptophobia- Fear of being seen or stared at.

Selaphobia- Fear of light flashes.

Sesquipedalophobia- Fear of long words.

Sinistrophobia- Fear of things to the left or left-handed.

Sinophobia- Fear of Chinese, Chinese culture.

Snakephobia- Fear of snakes. (Ophidiophobia)

Symmetrophobia- Fear of symmetry.

Tachophobia- Fear of speed.

Technophobia- Fear of technology.

Telephonophobia- Fear of telephones.

Testophobia- Fear of taking tests.

Verbophobia- Fear of words.

Verminophobia- Fear of germs.

Vestiphobia- Fear of clothing.

Xanthophobia- Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow.

Xenoglossophobia- Fear of foreign languages.

Zoophobia- Fear of animals.

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I am absolutely TERRIFIED of depths. not heights – depths. I hate staring into deep holes. I am also terrified of going anywhere near the edge of something like a cliff if there's nothing to keep me safe. I can't go within 6 feet of the edge. But if there's a fence or something to stop me falling off, I'm hanging over it.

Weird.

PS. I'm also scared of caterpillars.

I believe that would be

Aeroacrophobia- Fear of open high places.

which I have. I believe it applies to any place where one, if they fell, would fall for a while. On a positive note, at least you don't have logizomechanophobia- Fear of computers! :lol:

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my fear is.. fear of fear.

I'm afraid of fear, If I have a nightmare one night the next night I feel afraid of going to bed in case I have another and I am scared

"The only thing to fear is fear itself"

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Illyngophobia- The fear of getting dizzy

Is there a phobia name for the fear of passing out?

On a more humorous note:

Taxophobia- The fear of taxes

In an episode of Wizards of Waverly Place, one of the characters gets scared and faints, immediately wakes up screaming, and repeats it, then is asked why she did that. She explains that she faints when she's scared, but is also scared of fainting, so she wakes up. :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

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I am absolutely TERRIFIED of depths. not heights – depths. I hate staring into deep holes. I am also terrified of going anywhere near the edge of something like a cliff if there's nothing to keep me safe. I can't go within 6 feet of the edge. But if there's a fence or something to stop me falling off, I'm hanging over it.

Weird.

Bathophobia - Fear of depth

As for me...PANOPHOBIA!!! AHHH!!!

jk

Anablephobia - Fear of looking up (at least for today...slept wrong...)

Ancraophobia - Fear of wind (I knew someone who would almost panic if wind blew in her face)

Felinophobia - Fear of cats (deathly allergies)

Gerascophobia - Fear of growing old (it's happening too fast already!)

Scoptophobia - Fear of being stared at (:unsure:)

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In an episode of Wizards of Waverly Place, one of the characters gets scared and faints, immediately wakes up screaming, and repeats it, then is asked why she did that. She explains that she faints when she's scared, but is also scared of fainting, so she wakes up. :lol: (X8)

:wacko: Wow. I'm scared of passing out but that doesn't give me the same reaction. :) A couple of months ago, in one of my PE classes, I started to get really dizzy (because I forgot to breathe). I thought it was just a drop in blood pressure and that it would pass. Then, my vision blurred. The next thing I knew, I was on my back on the floor with people standing in a circle around me and someone repeatedly telling me their name and that they had medical training. Ever since that incident, I have freaked out whenever I have gotten dizzy.

Is there an actual name for that fear?

Athazagoraphobia- The fear of being forgotten/ignored or just forgetting something. I wonder if there is one specifically for the fear of forgetting to breathe. :blink:

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