Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Phobias

This link takes you to  a new one from an NPR article published February 13, 2013.

And here are some statistics -- that may or may not be real -- about what is actually deadly:


Phobias
Source: www.phobialist.com        Compiled by Fredd Culbertson
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,103754,00.html#ixzz2JTYOlmYc

A
ablutophobia: fear of bathing
acarophobia: ... itching
acerophobia: ... sourness
achluophobia: ... darkness
acousticophobia: ... noise
acrophobia: ... heights
aerophobia: ... drafts, air
agliophobia: ... pain
agoraphobia: ... open spaces
agrizoophobia: ... wild animals
agyrophobia: ... crossing the street
aichmophobia: ... needles and other pointed objects
ailurophobia: ... cats
albuminurophobia:.. .kidney disease
alektorophobia: ... chickens
alliumphobia: ... garlic
allodoxaphobia: ... opinions
amathophobia: ... dust
amaxophobia: ... riding in a car
ambulophobia: ... walking
amychophobia: ... being scratched
anablephobia: ... looking up
androphobia: ... men
anemophobia: ... wind
Anglophobia: ... Britain
anthophobia: ... flowers
antlophobia: ... floods
anuptaphobia: ... staying single
apeirophobia: .... infinity
apiphobia: ... bees
arachibutyrophobia: ... peanut butter sticking to roof of mouth
arachnophobia: ... spiders
arithmophobia: ... numbers
asthenophobia: ... fainting
astrophobia: ... celestial space
ataxiophobia: ... muscular incoordination
ataxophobia: ... untidiness
atelophobia: ... imperfection
athazagoraphobia: ... being forgotten or ignored
atychiphobia: ... failure
aulophobia: ... flutes
aurophobia: ... gold
auroraphobia: ... northern lights
automatonophobia: ... ventriloquist dummies, wax statues
automysophobia: ... being dirty
aviophobia: ... flying
B
bacillophobia: ... microbes
ballistophobia: ... missiles or bullets
barophobia: ... gravity
basophobia: ... inability to stand
bathophobia: ... depth
batrachophobia: ... amphibians
bibliophobia: ... books
bogyphobia: ... bogeymen
Bolshephobia: ... Bolsheviks
bromidrosiphobia: ... body smells
bufonophobia: ... toads
C
cacophobia: ... ugliness
cainophobia: ... newness, novelty
caligynephobia: ... beautiful women
carcinophobia: ... cancer
cardiophobia: ... the heart
carnophobia: ... meat
catagelophobia: ... being ridiculed
catapedaphobia: ... jumping
ceraunophobia: ... thunder
chaetophobia: ... hair
chemophobia: ... chemicals
cherophobia: ... gaiety
chionophobia: ... snow
chiraptophobia: ... being touched
cholerophobia: ... anger
chorophobia: ... dancing
chrometophobia: ... money
chromophobia: ... colors
chronomentrophobia: ... clocks
cibophobia: ... food
claustrophobia: ... confined spaces
cleisiophobia: ... being locked in
climacophobia: ... stairs
clinophobia: ... going to bed
coimetrophobia: ... cemeteries
coulrophobia: ... clowns
cremnophobia: ... precipices
cryophobia: ... extreme cold
crystallophobia: ... crystals, glass
cyclophobia: ... bicycles
D
decidophobia: ... making decisions
deipnophobia: ... dining
dementophobia: ... insanity
demonophobia: ... demons
dendrophobia: ... trees
dentophobia: ... dentists
dermatophobia: ... skin lesions
didaskaleinophobia: ... school
dikephobia: ... justice
dinophobia: ... dizziness
diplophobia: ... double vision
dipsophobia: ... drinking
dishabiliophobia: ... undressing
in front of someone
domatophobia: ... houses
doraphobia: ... animal fur or skins
dromophobia: ... crossing streets
dysmorphophobia: ... deformity
dystychiphobia: ... accidents
E
ecclesiophobia: ... church
eisoptrophobia: ... mirrors, or seeing oneself in a mirror
electrophobia: ... electricity
eleutherophobia: ... freedom
emetophobia: ... vomiting
enetophobia: ... pins
enochlophobia: ... crowds
enosiophobia: ... committing an unpardonable sin
entomophobia: ... insects
eosophobia: ... dawn or daylight
epistaxiophobia: ... nosebleeds
epistemophobia: ... knowledge
equinophobia: ... horses
eremophobia: ... being oneself
ereuthrophobia: ... blushing
ergophobia: ... work
euphobia: ... hearing good news
F
febriphobia: ... fever
Francophobia: ... France
frigophobia: ... cold
G
gamophobia: ... marriage
geliophobia: ... laughter
geniophobia: ... chins
genuphobia: ... knees
gerascophobia: ... growing old
glossophobia: ... speaking in public
H
hadephobia: ... hell
harpaxophobia: ... being robbed
hedonophobia: ... feeling pleasure
heliophobia: ... the sun
hemophobia: ... blood
herpetophobia: ... reptiles
heterophobia: ... the opposite sex
hodophobia: ... road travel
homichlophobia: ... fog
homilophobia: ... sermons
hoplophobia: ... firearms
hydrophobia: .... water
hypegiaphobia: ... responsibility
I
iatrophobia: ... doctors
ichthyophobia: ... fish
illyngophobia: ... vertigo
insectophobia: ... insects
iophobia: ... poison
isolophobia: ... solitude
J
Japanophobia: ... Japanese
Judeophobia: ... Jews
K
kainolophobia: ... novelty
katagelophobia: ... ridicule
kathisophobia: ... sitting down
kenophobia: ... empty spaces
kinetophobia : ... motion
kleptophobia: ... stealing
kopophobia: ... fatigue
koniophobia: ... dust
kyphophobia: ... stooping
L
lachanophobia: ... vegetables
leprophobia : ... leprosy
leukophobia: ... the color white
ligyrophobia: ... loud noises
limnophobia: ... lakes
linonophobia: ... string
liticaphobia: ... lawsuits
lockiophobia: ... childbirth
logophobia: ... words
lutraphobia: ... otters
lygophobia: ... darkness

M
mageirocophobia: ... cooking
mastigophobia: ... punishment
mechanophobia: ... machines
melophobia: ... music
merinthophobia: ... being tied up
metathesiophobia: ... changes
methyphobia: ... alcohol
microphobia: ... small things
misophobia: ... dirt or germs
mnemophobia: ... memories
motorphobia: ... automobiles
musophobia: ... mice
mycophobia: ... mushrooms
myxophobia: ... slime
N
necrophobia: ... death
neopharmaphobia: ... new drugs
neophobia: ... anything new
nephophobia: ... clouds
noctiphobia: ... night
nomatophobia: ... names
nosocomephobia: ... hospitals
novercaphobia: .... stepmothers
numerophobia: ... numbers
O
ochophobia: ... vehicles
odontophobia: ... dental surgery
odynophobia: ... pain
oikophobia: ... home
olfactophobia: ... smell
ombrophobia: ... rain
ommetaphobia: ... eyes
ophidiophobia: ... snakes
ophthalmophobia: ... being
stared at
ornithophobia: ... birds
osphresiophobia: ... smells
ostraconophobia: ... shellfish
ouranophobia: ... heaven
P
pagophobia: ... ice or frost
panthophobia: ... disease
papyrophobia: ... paper
parasitophobia: ... parasites
pediophobia: ... dolls
pedophobia: ... children
phalacrophobia: ... becoming bald
pharmacophobia: ... medicines
phasmophobia: ... ghosts
philemaphobia: ... kissing
philophobia: ... falling in love
phobophobia: ... phobias
phonophobia: ... noises
phthisiophobia: ... tuberculosis
placophobia: ... tombstones
plutophobia: ... wealth
pogonophobia: ... beards
poinephobia: ... punishment
pteromerhanophobia: ... flying
pupaphobia: ... puppets
pyrophobia: ... fire
R
radiophobia: ... radiation, X rays
ranidaphobia: ... frogs
rhabdophobia: ... punishment
rhytiphobia: ... getting wrinkles
rupophobia: ... dirt
Russophobia: ... Russians
S
samhainophobia: ... Halloween

scabiophobia: ... scabies
scelerophobia: ... bad men, burglars
sciophobia: ... shadows
scoleciphobia: ... worms
scotomaphobia: ... blindness
scriptophobia: ... writing in public
selenophobia: ... the moon
seplophobia: ... decaying matter
siderodromophobia: ... trains
siderophobia: ... stars
sinistrophobia: ... left-handedness
sphexsophobia: ... wasps
stenophobia: ... narrow places
symbolophobia: ... symbolism
symmetrophobia: ... symmetry
syngenesophobia: ... relatives
T
tachophobia: ... speed
taphephobia: ... being buried alive
tapinophobia: ... being contagious
taurophobia: ... bulls
technophobia: ... technology
teleophobia: ... definite plans
testophobia: ... taking tests
thalassophobia: ... the sea
thanatophobia: ... death or dying
theatrophobia: ... theaters
thermophobia: ... heat
tonitrophobia: ... thunder
toxiphobia: ... poison
traumatophobia: ... injury
tremophobia: ... trembling
triskaidekaphobia: ... the number 13
trypanophobia: ... injections
U
uranophobia: ... heaven
V
vaccinophobia: ... vaccinations
venustraphobia: ... beautiful women
verbophobia: ... words
verminophobia: ... germs
vestiphobia: ... clothing
vitricophobia: ... stepfathers
W
wiccaphobia: ... witches
X
xanthophobia: ... the color yellow
xenophobia: ... strangers
xerophobia: ... dryness
xylophobia: ... forests
Z
zelophobia: ... jealousy
zemmiphobia: ... the great mole rat
zeusophobia: ... God or gods
zoophobia: ... animals