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среда, 8 декабря 2010 г.

Unusual phobias

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  1. I really like this list of phobias))) I've never heard about them, but they're very funny)

    * Ambulophobia – the fear of walking
    * Anablephobia – the fear of looking up
    * Aulophobia – the fear of flutes
    * Barophobia – the fear of gravity
    * Cataptrophobia – the fear of mirrors
    * Chionophobia – the fear of snow
    * Chromatophobia – the fear of colours
    * Chronomentrophobia – the fear of time
    * Cnidophobia – the fear of string
    * Cyberphobia – the fear of working with computers
    * Genuphobia – the fear of knees
    * Geumapobia – the fear of taste
    * Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia – the fear of long words
    * Hypnophobia – the fear of sleep
    * Kyphophobia – the fear of stooping
    * Levophobia – the fear of objects to the left
    * Metrophobia – the fear of poetry
    * Mnemophobia – the fear of memories
    * Octophobia – the fear of the figure eight
    * Ommetaphobia – the fear of eyes
    * Optophobia – the fear of opening one’s eyes
    * Peladophobia – the fear of bald people
    * Scuirophobia – the fear of squirrels
    * Siderophobia – the fear of stars

    When I was a child I had a toy ram, but I was afraid of it very much. And when I was naughty my parents put this toy in front of me and at that moment I started to cry. It was my childish phobia)))

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  2. Thank's, Masha!
    Now I have a new phobia. It is called mashausinggooglephobia. It has appeared right now) when I saw all top unusual phobias by Masha.
    So I have to work with psychologists.

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  3. I found some interesting phobias. I have never heard about them
    Aichmophobia – fear of sharp or pointed objects (such as a needle or knife).
    Agyrophobia – fear of crossing roads.
    Androphobia – fear of men.
    Chorophobia - fear of dancing.
    Dendropophobia, - fear of losing teeth
    Gephyrophobia – fear of bridges.
    Halitophobia - fear of bad breath.
    Haptephobia – fear of being touched.
    Telephone phobia, fear or reluctance of making or taking phone calls.
    Tetraphobia – fear of the number 4.
    Thanatophobia – fear of death.
    Tokophobia – fear of childbirth.

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  4. http://www.unusualphobias.com/Phobias.html
    Fear of Being Sucked Down a Toilet -- "The louder they flush, the worse it is."

    Fear of Drains -- Such as those at the bottom of a pool or spa. 11 submissions for this one so far.

    Fear of Hair of Pasta in the Plug Hole (Drain)

    Fear of Not Having Access to a Toilet -- Now this one makes sense to me. :)

    Fear of Public Restrooms -- Not mere disgust, but fear. Probably related to either Aerophobia or Bacteriophobia.

    Fear of Toilets -- Submitter includes, though to a lesser extent, plumbing fixtures, pipe-work in basements, drain holes, & sewage drains.

    Fear of Toilet Cisterns -- "If the lid is ajar, I get a bit twitchy. If the lid is off -- forget it -- I can't go in the room." Submitter has been known to take spouse in the bathroom to help comfort/protect her if a suspicious-looking cistern was present. She suggested "Crapperophobia."

    Fear of Toilets Flushing

    Fear of Toilet Paper

    Fear of the Toilet Overflowing -- and drowning in the process... *YUCK!*

    Fear of Wall-Hung Toilets

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  5. Here’s the list of the weirdest phobias in my opinion:

    Anemophobia- Fear of wind
    Anthrophobia- Fear of flowers

    Bibliophobia- Fear of books
    Blennophobia- Fear of slime

    Cathisophobia- Fear of sitting
    Chaetophobia- Fear of hair
    Cibophobia- Fear of food

    Dendrophobia- Fear of trees
    Dextrophobia- Fear of objects at the right side of the body

    Epistemophobia- Fear of knowledge
    Ergophobia- Fear of work
    Ereuthophobia- Fear of the color red

    Geliophobia- Fear of laughter
    Geniophobia- Fear of chins
    Genuphobia- Fear of knees
    Geumaphobia- Fear of taste
    Gnosiophobia- Fear of knowledge
    Graphophobia- Fear of writing

    Ideophobia- Fear of ideas

    Kathisophobia- Fear of sitting down

    Lachanophobia- Fear of vegetables
    Leukophobia- Fear of the color white
    Levophobia- Fear of objects to the left side of the body
    Logophobia- Fear of words

    Melanophobia- Fear of the color black

    Nebulaphobia- Fear of fog
    Nephophobia- Fear of clouds
    Nomatophobia- Fear of names
    Ostraconophobia- Fear of shellfish

    Phronemophobia- Fear of thinking

    Sophophobia- Fear of learning

    Thaasophobia- Fear of sitting
    Trichopathophobia- Fear of hair

    Xanthophobia- Fear of the color yellow

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  6. OMG!
    It's so FRIGHTFUL to live even)
    You've found so many unusual phobia, that I can hardly add anything to such a full list of fears.
    Just a definition of phobia (given by an old faithful Wikipedia): A phobia (from the Greek: φόβος,phóbos, meaning "fear" or "morbid fear") is an irrational, intense and persistent fear of certain situations, activities, things, animals, or people. The main symptom of this disorder is the excessive and unreasonable desire to avoid the feared stimulus. When the fear is beyond one's control, and if the fear is interfering with daily life, then a diagnosis under one of the anxiety disorders can be made.

    As for me, I've never considered phobia as anything really frightful (maybe because I've never noticed I've one). I consider them as something unusual but really annoying sometimes, because in my opinion some phobia come to people because of lack of useful activity and profusion of imagination)

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  7. You guys are kidding? So much phobias. I wonder if I manage to find some free of them to mention. That's incredible! Oh, I found some, here they are:
    Agoraphobia - fear of places or events where escape is impossible or when help is unavailable.
    Acrophobia (also called Altophobia) - fear of heights.
    Agraphobia - fear of sexual abuse.
    Couldrophobia - fear of clowns.
    Emetophobia - fear of vomiting.
    Gymnophobia - fear of nudity.
    Hemophobia - fear of blood.

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  8. I found some interesting fobies too:
    Classicsphobia - the fear of the medieval arts
    Hyper-specific numerophobia - the fear of number 211
    Garthbrooksautophobia - the fear of death by crashing a car while listening to country music
    Beepaphobia - the fear of ringing bells or some sound signals.

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  11. Fear of Not Having Access to a Toilet
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    I'm a creator of this phobia :D

    Aurophobia — fear of gold
    Bibliophobia — fear of books
    Vikkaphobia – fear of sorcerers and sorcery
    Genuphobia — fear of France and the French culture
    Globophobia — fear of balloons
    Disophobia — fear of alcohol
    Zeusophobia — fear of gods
    Zemmiphobia — fear of the big mole
    Ichthyophobia — fear of fishes
    Caligihephobia — fear of beautiful women
    Leicophobia — fear of white color
    Luthraphobia — fear of otters
    Medomalacuphobia — fear of lost an erection
    Medhorthophobia — fear of a penis in a condition of erection
    Microphobia — fear of small things
    Octophobia — fear of figure 8
    Popephobia — fear of the Pope
    Papirophobia — fear of a paper
    Pteronophobia — fear that you will be tickled by a plumelet
    Pentherophobia — fear of the mother-in-law
    Photophobia — fear before drinking alcohol
    Pupophobia — fear of dolls
    Tokophobia — fear of pregnancy and sorts
    Triponophobia — fear of injections
    Philemophobia — fear of kisses
    Herophopbia — fear of fun
    Emetophobia — fear of a nausea and vomiting

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