Fun with fears

We all have fears. If we didn't we probably wouldn't be in this forum. But with as much time as we spend troubled by what we're scared of, sometimes it can help to use a little laughter therapy. I was putting some books up in the attic recently and came across this list of phobias that I had saved. Some are common, some are more serious, and still others are a bit more amusing (not that I'm suggesting we laugh at the misfortune of others). But I just thought I'd share for fun:

Ablutophobia- Fear of bathing
Agyrophobia- Fear of streets or crossing the street
Aichmophobia- Fear of needles or pointed objects
Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens
Alliumphobia- Fear of garlic
Amathophobia- Fear of dust
Androphobia- Fear of men
Anthrophobia - Fear of flowers
Anuptaphobia- Fear of staying single
Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth
Astraphobia - Fear of thunder and lightning
Atelophobia- Fear of imperfection
Atychiphobia- Fear of failure
Aulophobia- Fear of flutes
Auroraphobia- Fear of Northern lights
Automatonophobia- Fear of ventriloquists' dummies
Barophobia- Fear of gravity
Batophobia- Fear of heights
Belonephobia- Fear of needles
Bibliophobia- Fear of books
Blennophobia- Fear of slime
Bromidrosiphobia - Fear of body smells
Carnophobia- Fear of meat
Catagelophobia- Fear of being ridiculed
Chionophobia- Fear of snow
Chorophobia- Fear of dancing
Chrometophobia - Fear of money
Clinophobia- Fear of going to bed
Contreltophobia- Fear of sexual abuse
Coprastasophobia- Fear of constipation
Coulrophobia- Fear of clowns
Cyberphobia- Fear of computers
Demophobia- Fear of crowds
Dentophobia- Fear of dentists
Didaskaleinophobia- Fear of going to school
Ecophobia- Fear of home
Emetophobia- Fear of vomiting
Ephebiphobia- Fear of teenagers
Eremophobia- Fear of loneliness
Ereuthrophobia- Fear of blushing
Ergophobia- Fear of work
Euphobia- Fear of hearing good news
Gamophobia- Fear of marriage
Gelotophobia- Fear of being laughed at
Gerascophobia- Fear of growing old
Glossophobia- Fear of speaking in public
Gynephobia - Fear of women
Hemophobia - Fear of blood
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia- Fear of long words (My favorite - I love the irony)
Iatrophobia- Fear of going to the doctor
Lachanophobia- Fear of vegetables (something most children have)
Lockiophobia- Fear of childbirth
Macrophobia- Fear of long waits (stay away from the DMV!)
Misophobia- Fear of being contaminated with dirt or germs
Necrophobia- Fear of death or dead thing
Neopharmaphobia- Fear of new drugs
Nephophobia- Fear of clouds
Nosocomephobia- Fear of hospitals
Nudophobia- Fear of nudity
Obesophobia- Fear of gaining weight
Ombrophobia- Fear of rain
Omphalophobia- Fear of belly buttons
Ophthalmophobia- Fear of being stared at
Pantophobia- Fear of everything.
Papaphobia- Fear of the Pope
Paraskavedekatriaphobia- Fear of Friday the 13th
Pedophobia- Fear of children
Peladophobia- Fear of bald people
Pentheraphobia- Fear of mother-in-law
Phobophobia- Fear of phobias
Pogonophobia- Fear of beards
Psellismophobia- Fear of stuttering
Pteronophobia- Fear of being tickled by feathers
Rhytiphobia- Fear of getting wrinkles
Scolionophobia- Fear of school
Selenophobia- Fear of the moon
Sophophobia- Fear of learning
Syngenesophobia- Fear of relatives
Taphophobia- Fear of being buried alive
Testophobia- Fear of taking tests
Thantophobia- Fear of death or dying
Tomophobia- Fear of surgical operations
Triskaidekaphobia- Fear of the number 13
Trypanophobia- Fear of injections
Urophobia- Fear of urine or urinating
Venustraphobia- Fear of beautiful women
Wiccaphobia- Fear of witches

Great thanks a lot guys, I now have like 40 new phobias to call my own! Lol! Just kidding. I do have a few of those already though. Thanks for the laugh and interesting read;)
S.C.

I read through the lists again, and I'm thinking aren't a lot of these just survival instincts?!?

I'm (wisely) going to avoid teenaged clowns with beards holding slimy dental instruments during a full moon (ephcoulpogoblennodentoselenaphobia)

OMGsh...now I have Rhytiphobia;)

S.C.

Sweet! Sign me up. Maybe we could get a package deal on dermabrasion too-I don't think I'm afraid of that:)

Hee, hee-Love it-laughter is the best medicine!;)

(I can picture you and Kitt sitting on a couch w/ your foil hats straight out of that scene from the movie 'Signs')