And here are some statistics -- that may or may not be real -- about what is actually deadly:
http://themetapicture.com/things-that-kill-more-people-than-sharks/
Just Interesting: Strange Phobias
Phobias
Source: www.phobialist.com Compiled
by Fredd Culbertson
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,103754,00.html#ixzz2JTYOlmYc |
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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
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
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
V
vaccinophobia: ... vaccinations venustraphobia: ... beautiful women verbophobia: ... words verminophobia: ... germs vestiphobia: ... clothing vitricophobia: ... stepfathers |
