Phobias:Do you have one?

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You’ve probably heard of arachnophobia, thanks in part to the movie with the same name, and claustrophobia, but what about gamophobia or phobophobia? Here’s a brief introduction to phobias, from the familiar to the more obscure. Acrophobia: Fear of heights Agoraphobia: Fear of being in a public place Ailurophobia: Fear of cats Androphobia: Fear of men Anthropophobia: Fear of human companionship Arachnophobia: Fear of spiders Bathophobia: Fear of deep places Claustrophobia: Fear of enclosed spaces Cynophobia: Fear of dogs Entomophobia: Fear of insects Ereuthophobia: Fear of blushing Gamophobia: Fear of marriage Gephyrophobia: Fear of crossing a bridge Gymnophobia: Fear of seeing a naked person Gynephobia: Fear of women Hedonophobia: Fear of pleasure Hypengyophobia: Fear of responsibility Hypnophobia: Fear of sleep Ichthyophobia: Fear of fish Mysophobia: Fear of dirt Nostophobia: Fear of going home Nyctophobia: Fear of night or darkness Ophidiophobia: Fear of snakes Pathophobia: Fear of disease Pediophobia: Fear of children or dolls Phobophobia: Fear of phobias Psychrophobia: Fear of the cold Scopophobia: Fear of being stared at Spectrophobia: Fear of mirrors Tocophobia: Fear of childbirth Theophobia: Fear of God Triskaidekaphobia: Fear of the number thirteen Zoophobia: Fear of animals