I heard the fear of long words is an odd name for a phobia. I am curious what kinds of phobias there are... Do you know any?
2006-12-22 11:59:22 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Fear of Clocks - Chronomentrophobia.
Fear of Cooking - Mageirocophobia.
Fear of Dust - Amathophobia.
Fear of Opening one's eyes - Optophobia
Fear of Gravity - Barophobia.
Fear of Hands - Chirophobia.
2006-12-22 12:07:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes it's not the fear that's the most interesting but how people respond to it. I've listed unusual phobias that are often linked with interesting responses to them.
Phronemophobia - Fear of thinking.
Anuptaphobia - Fear of staying single.
Chaetophobia - Fear of hair
Hedonophobia - Fear of feeling pleasure.
2006-12-22 20:10:00 · answer #2 · answered by mode_of_transportation 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um...there is the fear of the number 666, called hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia. there is also quadriphobia, the fear of 4-way stops and not knowing who goes next. Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth (and is also the one I find most ridiculous). Panophobia is a rare medical condition in which the sufferer literally fears everything. This includes physical objects, ideas, sounds, touch, etc. Androphobia — fear of males. Botanophobia is the fear of plants. Clinophobia — fear of going to bed or falling asleep. Gephyrophobia — fear of crossing bridges....Yes, there are man phobias, if you want more, go surf the 'net.
2006-12-22 20:24:06 · answer #3 · answered by Dynamite 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello Dear....=)
There are a whole lot of strange phobias..
I think the strangest one I have ever personally encountered is "papyraphobia" -- irrational fear of paper.
Personally, I have an irrational fear of telephones, but I don't know what you would call that....."telephonaphobia" perhaps??
Namaste,
--Tom
2006-12-22 20:04:58 · answer #4 · answered by glassnegman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know the names:
I fear anything physical such as clothing, blanket being put over my head, henceforth when I undress I do on arm, then the other and finally over my head.
I fear oranges, cellphones, horse drawn carriages and airplanes.
2006-12-22 21:55:30 · answer #5 · answered by Laela (Layla) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
vestiophobia- fear of clothes
gymnophobia fear of nudity
penthraphobia-fear of your mother in law
arachibutyrophobia- fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth
and the one you were trying to think of is
hippopotomonstrosesquippedalio phobia
2006-12-22 20:04:38 · answer #6 · answered by gacohio@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Podophobia= fear of feet
2006-12-22 21:09:09 · answer #7 · answered by Yasmine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Claustrophobia is the fear of tight spaces.
2006-12-22 20:08:11 · answer #8 · answered by Josh S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cynophobia(fear of dogs)
2006-12-23 10:02:47 · answer #9 · answered by Celebrity girl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fear of plastic, fear of large metal objects, fear of water etc
2006-12-22 20:03:50 · answer #10 · answered by fade_this_rally 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋