A brief introduction to phobias. Do you suffer from any?

United States
May 1, 2007 7:38am CST
Some of these I've never heard of Acrophobia: Fear of heights Agoraphobia: Fear of being in a public place Ailurophobia: Fear of cats Androphobia: Fear of men Anthropophia: 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 Ichthyophoibia: 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 13 Zoophobia: fear of animals
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Keleidescope
@Keleidescope (204)
• United States
26 May 07
I don't know what mine is called, but I have a fear of moths. I can't explain it and a lot of people laugh at me, but there it is.
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amanda9724
@amanda9724 (28)
• United States
1 May 07
I am deathly afraid of spiders. I know it;s silly and that most can't hurt me, my step father laughs at me, but hey it's psychological. I can't help it.
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danjenkins
@danjenkins (646)
• United States
1 May 07
I refuse to let fear control my life. Fear is my enemy. Faith is my weapon which overcomes fear. Feed your faith and starve your fears!
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sunshinelady
@sunshinelady (7609)
• United States
30 May 07
I am deathly afraid of heights. So I have acrophobia and I won't even go to the edge of a high place. Ferris Wheels to me you can't pay me to go on one. I live near St. Louis and you couldn't get me up on the arch for all the money in the world. I also am deathly afraid of spiders. Bathophobia. I can't stand the sight of them. They are creepy and I kill everyone I see. I also have claustrophobia. I can not absolutely stand to be in a small space. I go crazy and start to hollar and carry on. Some of the others you have listed I don't have any of the others and didn't know there were so many phobias out there. Thanks for the great discussion.
safire
@safire (23)
• Philippines
30 May 07
what do you call the fear of an event like your birthday ? i get fearful beginning the first day of my birth month because as i can recall, either something wonderfully good or something sad happens on my birthday...
Giabelle
@Giabelle (59)
• Philippines
31 May 07
I know someone who has acrophobia, fear of heights. It seems that this fear was acquired from his parents who also has thesame phobia. I dislike worms or any crawling insects, that's why AXN's reality show "the fear factor" doesn't appeal to me at all.