Twelve + One: Phobias


Monday, October 16, 2006

Phobias

I've always told people that I have fear of heights, whenever anyone tries to force me up a high tower or any freaky high place for that matter, referring to it as 'high fright'. Well, I finally took the initiative to search for it's scientific word and I found this whole list of types of phobias..Gosh, some of them are seriously quite unthinkable of and not to mention hilarious! XD Check this out :p

-Acrophobia : Fear of heights [Yeapz..that's me =(. All the same, I still wanna go sky diving at least once in my lifetime! =D Though i know i would freak out and regret like mad when im finally up on the same level as the clouds *gulp* ><]
-Agoraphobia : Fear of public places, crowds or uncontrolled social conditions
-Algophobia : Fear of pain [Who likes feeling pain? =/...oh wait, i forgot. Sadists =)]
-Androphobia : Fear of males [If it's a female, she's bound to turn lessbian. If it's a male, he will never turn gay?]
-Anthropomorphobia : Fear of anthropomorphic traits
-Aquaphobia, Hydrophobia : Fear of water, specificially the morbid fear of drowning [This fella is really gonna stink. I doubt he ever bathes! o.0]
-Aulophobia : Fear of flutes [Wonder if there are phobias for guitars and pianos as well..hmmm]
-Astraphobia : Fear of thunder [My dog? =p]
-Bacillophobia : Fear of microbes and bacteria [Sorry to be the one to break this news to u, but microbes and bacterias are everwhere!]
-Botanophobia : Fear of plants
-Bathophobia : Fear of depth
-Cheimathophobia : Fear of being cold
-Cibophobia : Aversion to food [How long are these people's average lifespan? 5 days? 1 week? 1 month?]
-Claustrophobia : Fear of confined spaces
-Clinophobia : Fear of going to bed or falling asleep [I can't believe there's such a phobia! XD This person will definitely win that 72 hour movie marathon thingie hitz.fm had awhile ago =p]
-Coulropobia : Fear of clowns [Sammy~ *cough cough* =p]
-Dentophobia : Fear of dentist
-Dysmorphophobia : A Phobic obsession with real or imaginary body defect
-Eosophobia : Fear of dawn
-Elasophobia : Fear of being elasominated
-Emetophobia : Fear of vomiting [We will never have to worry about this person getting Bulemia =)]
-Ergasiophobia : Fear of work or functioning, or a surgeons fear of operating
-Erotophobia : Fear of sexual love or sexual questions
-Erythrophobia : Pathological blushing
-Genophobia : Fear of sexual intercourse [This person is destined to be single for life =/]
-Gephyrophobia : Fear of crossing bridges
-Glossophobia : Fear of speaking in public or trying to speak
-Gymnophobia : Fear of nudity [Bathe with their clothes on? =/]
-Heliophobia : Fear of sunlight [I wonder if plants have phobias =p]
-Hemophobia : Blood [Jamaliah =p]
-Hesakosioihesekontahexaphobia : Fear of the number 666
-Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia : Fear of long words [Pls dun ever let whoever with this phobia see the name of this phobia!]
-Lalophobia : Fear of speaking [Bet he wishes he was mute..at least then people won't keep nagging for him to speak =/]
-Ligyrophobia : Fear of loud noises
-Lyssophobia : Fear of going insane [Dude, for having this phobia, u're already insane! =.=]
-Mysophobia : Fear of germs, contamination or dirt
-Necrophobia : Fear of death, the dead
-Neophobia : Fear of newness, novelty [I should find someone like this..i would willingly trade my old stuff for their new n there goes my kind deed for the day! =D]
-Nyctophobia : Fear of darkness
-Osmophobia : Fear of smells
-Paraskavedekatriaphobia : Fear of friday the 13th [Last Friday was Friday the 13th just fyi =p]
-Phyrophobia : Fear of fire
-Radiophobia : Fear of radiation or x-rays
-Sociophobia : Fear of society or people in general [Loners?]
-Taphephobia : Fear of technology [If everyone had this phobia, we would still be living in the era of living in caves and wearing leaves as clothes =/]
-Thalassaphobia : Fear of the sea
-Tokophobia : Fear of childbirth [There goes the human population =(]
-Triskaidekaphobia : Fear of the number 13 [Why not 15,23 or 79?]
-Trypanophobia : Fear of needles, injections or pointed objects
-Xenophobia : Fear of strangers, foregners or aliens [Ahhhh! I dun know u, dun come near me! What? U're my mum? Dun lie! No one introduced u to me while i was still in ur womb!]


So, which of these many phobias do u possess? ;)

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