Feb 17, 2009 20:58
Well, Sara, since you said you had a fear of Friday the 13th,
I decided to go look up the different types of phobias!
Sooooo, here are some I find hilarious!
I just couldn't resist listing the funny/weird ones from A to Z! (:
Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing.
Alliumphobia- Fear of garlic.
Ancraophobia- Fear of wind.
Anuptaphobia- Fear of staying single.
Botanophobia- Fear of plants.
Bibliophobia- Fear of books.
Bolshephobia- Fear of Bolsheviks.
Barophobia- Fear of gravity.
Cherophobia- Fear of gaiety.
Chaetophobia- Fear of hair.
Coulrophobia- Fear of clowns.
Cyclophobia- Fear of bicycles.
Dipsophobia- Fear of drinking.
Dextrophobia- Fear of objects at the right side of the body.
Doxophobia- Fear of expressing opinions or of receiving praise.
Ecclesiophobia- Fear of church.
Ecophobia- Fear of home.
Ephebiphobia- Fear of teenagers.
Epistemophobia- Fear of knowledge.
Geliophobia- Fear of laughter. (what a sad person he/she must be...)
Hagiophobia- Fear of saints or holy things.
Hemophobia or Hemaphobia or Hematophobia- Fear of blood.
Hypsiphobia- Fear of height.
Hypengyophobia or Hypegiaphobia- Fear of responsibility.
Koinoniphobia- Fear of rooms. (seriously???)
Kyphophobia- Fear of stooping
Lachanophobia- Fear of vegetables.
Laliophobia or Lalophobia- Fear of speaking.
Macrophobia- Fear of long waits.
Nephophobia- Fear of clouds. (how can anyone be afraid of pretty, white, fluffy clouds???)
Numerophobia- Fear of numbers.
Nostophobia- Fear of returning home.
Ophthalmophobia- Fear of being stared at. (LOL)
Papaphobia- Fear of the Pope.
Pediophobia- Fear of dolls.
Philophobia- Fear of falling in love or being in love.
Plutophobia- Fear of wealth.
Prosophobia- Fear of progress.
Rhytiphobia- Fear of getting wrinkles.
Scolionophobia- Fear of school.
Siderophobia- Fear of stars. (STARS?!)
Tachophobia- Fear of speed.
Telephonophobia- Fear of telephones.
Theophobia- Fear of gods or religion.
Triskaidekaphobia- Fear of the number 13.
Uranophobia or Ouranophobia- Fear of heaven. (Haha, that's really weird.)
Vestiphobia- Fear of clothing.
Zelophobia- Fear of jealousy.
Zeusophobia- Fear of God or gods.
DONE! :D