Friday, August 31, 2012

Phobia

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Assalamualaikum :) A phobia (from the Greek: φόβος, Phóbos, meaning "fear" or "morbid fear") is, when used in the context of clinical psychology, a type of anxiety disorder, usually defined as a persistent fear of an object or situation in which the sufferer commits to great lengths in avoiding, typically disproportional to the actual danger posed, often being recognized as irrational. In the event the phobia cannot be avoided entirely the sufferer will endure the situation or object with marked distress and significant interference in social or occupational activities.

List of phobias:

Achluophobia- Fear of darkness.
Agrizoophobia- Fear of wild animals.
Ailurophobia- Fear of cats.
Aichmophobia- Fear of needles or pointed objects.
Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens.
Anuptaphobia- Fear of staying single.
Bacteriophobia- Fear of bacteria.
Batophobia- Fear of heights or being close to high buildings.
Bufonophobia- Fear of toads.
Caligynephobia- Fear of beautiful women.
Coprophobia- Fear of feces.
Coulrophobia- Fear of clowns.
Decidophobia- Fear of making decisions.
Dentophobia- Fear of dentists.
Entomophobia- Fear of insects
Euphobia- Fear of hearing good news.
Hypsiphobia- Fear of height.
Hemophobia or Hemaphobia or Hematophobia- Fear of blood.
Herpetophobia- Fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things.
Illyngophobia- Fear of vertigo or feeling dizzy when looking down.
Katsaridaphobia- Fear of cockroaches.
Laliophobia or Lalophobia- Fear of speaking.
Novercaphobia- Fear of your step-mother.
Obesophobia- Fear of gaining weight.
Ophidiophobia- Fear of snakes.
Omphalophobia- Fear of belly buttons.
Oneirophobia- Fear of dreams.
Octophobia - Fear of the figure 8.
Odontophobia- Fear of teeth or dental surgery.
Pteromerhanophobia- Fear of flying.
Pteronophobia- Fear of being tickled by feathers.
Pupaphobia - Fear of puppets.
Pogonophobia- Fear of beards.
Peladophobia- Fear of bald people.
Parturiphobia- Fear of childbirth.
Spacephobia- Fear of outer space.
Scelerophibia- Fear of bad men, burglars.
Trypanophobia- Fear of injections.
Technophobia- Fear of technology.
Zoophobia- Fear of animals.
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As for me, i had hemophobia and Lalophobia. What about you? Do you have a phobia on something?

4 comments:

  1. Ak rasa ak mcm ad Illyngophobia tpi xtahu la samada tu gayat je kot ;D
    sebab ak pernah juga main roller coster (tpi tutup mata) =="

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  2. Oh begitu, mmg ramai pun ada illyngophobia yakni gayat ni. Saya sndiri pun ada tp sikit je :)

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  3. herpetophobia. geli gila ulat! yerk. HAHA :O

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