Phobias

[Lozw86]

Do you or does somebody you know have an unusual phobia?

We all know people with irrational fears of spiders or heights but I'd be interested to hear about some of the rare ones and how they impact day to day life

There are websites that list hundreds if not thousands of phobias, many are fears of seemingly inanimate objects. Does anyone have any of these?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_phobias

http://phobialist.com

Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing.
Acarophobia- Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching.
Acerophobia- Fear of sourness.
Achluophobia- Fear of darkness.
Acousticophobia- Fear of noise.
Acrophobia- Fear of heights.
Aerophobia- Fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airbourne noxious substances.
Aeroacrophobia- Fear of open high places.
Aeronausiphobia- Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness.
Agateophobia- Fear of insanity.
Agliophobia- Fear of pain.
Agoraphobia- Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place.
Agraphobia- Fear of sexual abuse.
Agrizoophobia- Fear of wild animals.
Agyrophobia- Fear of streets or crossing the street.
Aichmophobia- Fear of needles or pointed objects.
Ailurophobia- Fear of cats.
Albuminurophobia- Fear of kidney disease.
Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens.
Algophobia- Fear of pain.
Alliumphobia- Fear of garlic.
Allodoxaphobia- Fear of opinions.
Altophobia- Fear of heights.
Amathophobia- Fear of dust.
Amaxophobia- Fear of riding in a car.
Ambulophobia- Fear of walking.
Amnesiphobia- Fear of amnesia.
Amychophobia- Fear of scratches or being scratched.
Anablephobia- Fear of looking up.
Ancraophobia- Fear of wind. (Anemophobia)
Androphobia- Fear of men.
Anemophobia- Fear of air drafts or wind.(Ancraophobia)
Anginophobia- Fear of angina, choking or narrowness.
Anglophobia- Fear of England or English culture, etc.
Angrophobia - Fear of anger or of becoming angry.
Ankylophobia- Fear of immobility of a joint.
Anthrophobia or Anthophobia- Fear of flowers.
Anthropophobia- Fear of people or society.
Antlophobia- Fear of floods.
Anuptaphobia- Fear of staying single.
Apeirophobia- Fear of infinity.
Aphenphosmphobia- Fear of being touched. (Haphephobia)
Apiphobia- Fear of bees.

[cuprabob]

I've got a fear of words that start with the letter "A"

[PAULJ5555]

Did you know everyone is born with two phobias , Falling and loud noises. Everything else we have just learned to be afraid of.

[mike80]

How loud?

[DuncB7]

Sesquipedalophobia - Fear of long words.

Ironic.

[Triumph Man]

I have a phobia, and I hope I don't offend anyone, of Artificial limbs. Especially arms. Legs I'm a bit better now. If I see someone missing and arm, I'm fine. If they've got a prosthetic, I freak out and have to walk away.

[Frank7]

Lozw86 said:

Do you or does somebody you know have an unusual phobia?

We all know people with irrational fears of spiders or heights but I'd be interested to hear about some of the rare ones and how they impact day to day life

There are websites that list hundreds if not thousands of phobias, many are fears of seemingly inanimate objects. Does anyone have any of these?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_phobias

http://phobialist.com

Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing.
Acarophobia- Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching.
Acerophobia- Fear of sourness.
Achluophobia- Fear of darkness.
Acousticophobia- Fear of noise.
Acrophobia- Fear of heights.
Aerophobia- Fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airbourne noxious substances.
Aeroacrophobia- Fear of open high places.
Aeronausiphobia- Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness.
Agateophobia- Fear of insanity.
Agliophobia- Fear of pain.
Agoraphobia- Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place.
Agraphobia- Fear of sexual abuse.
Agrizoophobia- Fear of wild animals.
Agyrophobia- Fear of streets or crossing the street.
Aichmophobia- Fear of needles or pointed objects.
Ailurophobia- Fear of cats.
Albuminurophobia- Fear of kidney disease.
Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens.
Algophobia- Fear of pain.
Alliumphobia- Fear of garlic.
Allodoxaphobia- Fear of opinions.
Altophobia- Fear of heights.
Amathophobia- Fear of dust.
Amaxophobia- Fear of riding in a car.
Ambulophobia- Fear of walking.
Amnesiphobia- Fear of amnesia.
Amychophobia- Fear of scratches or being scratched.
Anablephobia- Fear of looking up.
Ancraophobia- Fear of wind. (Anemophobia)
Androphobia- Fear of men.
Anemophobia- Fear of air drafts or wind.(Ancraophobia)
Anginophobia- Fear of angina, choking or narrowness.
Anglophobia- Fear of England or English culture, etc.
Angrophobia - Fear of anger or of becoming angry.
Ankylophobia- Fear of immobility of a joint.
Anthrophobia or Anthophobia- Fear of flowers.
Anthropophobia- Fear of people or society.
Antlophobia- Fear of floods.
Anuptaphobia- Fear of staying single.
Apeirophobia- Fear of infinity.
Aphenphosmphobia- Fear of being touched. (Haphephobia)
Apiphobia- Fear of bees.


Reading that lot made me wonder if anyone has both Agraphobia, and Agoraphobia, fear of being sexually abused in an open space?

[98elise]

PAULJ5555 said:

Did you know everyone is born with two phobias , Falling and loud noises. Everything else we have just learned to be afraid of.

Those are not phobia's. Phobia's are abnormal (ie irrational or extreme).

I doubt they are the only ones pre-programmed either.

[Roofless Toothless]

Cliff tops .

I can't go any where near the top of a cliff. I can't even bear to watch people near one, or see films of people walking near a cliff edge.

[generationx]

I used to know someone with Koumpounophobia - the fear of (clothing) buttons. That's a pretty random one and made buying clothes challenging by all accounts.

[geeks]

Wife has a phobia of Beads

Mine is cotton wool!

[Ki3r]

Triumph Man said:

I have a phobia, and I hope I don't offend anyone, of Artificial limbs. Especially arms. Legs I'm a bit better now. If I see someone missing and arm, I'm fine. If they've got a prosthetic, I freak out and have to walk away.

My granddad had a prosthetic leg. I didn't know at the time but he used to bounce me on his legs. It fell off when I was on it (would have been around six?). It scared the st out of me. Took me a while to get over that one.

For me its toilets. Public toilets are a no no, I would rather piss in a bush. Work toilets I can cope with pissing in, but I can't st in other toilets other than mine, and only then its the upstairs one.

I can count on one hand the amount of times I've taken a st in other toilets in the last ten years...and thats been a case of you either get to a toilet or you st yourself.

[DaveGoddard]

I have a major fear of being locked into places - like in a room or building - and not being able to get out. No matter where I am I always have to be able to see a possible escape route.

[iphonedyou]

Trypophobia isn't, I think, officially recognised. But I have it, as confirmed when a kindly PHer posted a link to a gross YouTube thread of a dog with mangoworms. Basically a fear of large numbers of closely but irregularly spaced holes, particularly where there's a suggestion of danger or just plain grimness.

Thinking back, it's always been something I've been aware of. Ever since I was little and I remember a Doctor Who episode where some monster's face was covered in holes.

[worsy]

Fear of falling

http://video.dailymail.co.uk/video/mol/2016/06/19/...

This would be me

[Doofus]

generationx said:

I used to know someone with Koumpounophobia - the fear of (clothing) buttons.

Me too. Mind you, she was fairly bonkers in general...

[OzzyR1]

Ki3r said:

For me its toilets. Public toilets are a no no, I would rather piss in a bush. Work toilets I can cope with pissing in, but I can't st in other toilets other than mine, and only then its the upstairs one.

I can count on one hand the amount of times I've taken a st in other toilets in the last ten years...and thats been a case of you either get to a toilet or you st yourself.

What do you do on holiday?

[Doofus]

OzzyR1 said:

Ki3r said:

For me its toilets. Public toilets are a no no, I would rather piss in a bush. Work toilets I can cope with pissing in, but I can't st in other toilets other than mine, and only then its the upstairs one.

I can count on one hand the amount of times I've taken a st in other toilets in the last ten years...and thats been a case of you either get to a toilet or you st yourself.

What do you do on holiday?

A carrier bag, and an excess luggage fee, presumably...

[RumbleOfThunder]

Ki3r said:

Triumph Man said:

I have a phobia, and I hope I don't offend anyone, of Artificial limbs. Especially arms. Legs I'm a bit better now. If I see someone missing and arm, I'm fine. If they've got a prosthetic, I freak out and have to walk away.

My granddad had a prosthetic leg. I didn't know at the time but he used to bounce me on his legs. It fell off when I was on it (would have been around six?). It scared the st out of me. Took me a while to get over that one.

For me its toilets. Public toilets are a no no, I would rather piss in a bush. Work toilets I can cope with pissing in, but I can't st in other toilets other than mine, and only then its the upstairs one.

I can count on one hand the amount of times I've taken a st in other toilets in the last ten years...and thats been a case of you either get to a toilet or you st yourself.

Think a girl at my work has a similar problem. So going on holiday, how do you manage? Obviously you would need to use the one in your hotel room, would it take time to get comfortable with it? Does it not being "public" help?

[PAULJ5555]

Albuminurophobia- Fear of kidney disease.





Strange one this, I'm sure we all fear Kidney Disease