Fears and Phobias

[CouchCoach]

Ya got any phobias? No? Look at this list of common phobias and answer that again.

I am claustrophobic to the point of leaving planes when I had to travel. I have to feel some kind of wind on me, particularly inside. I have mild Arachnophobia and also have Anginophobia because my least desirable way to go would be choking or drowning but I do not have a fear of the water.

I got trapped in a small men's room in a restaurant in PA 30 years ago when the lock jammed. It took them 20 minutes to get it unlocked and they finally just broke it open. They had an ambulance and cop car there because of the sounds I was making. The EMT's said my heart rate was off the charts and they immediately started an IV and tried to get me normal again. My wife and the other couple with us said I looked catatonic when they brought me out and I did not remember anything but pounding on the door and yelling when I first realized I could not get out.

Since that day, I have been claustrophobic. I have this friend that is a shrink and she said I didn't become claustrophobic because of that but that was the trigger. She said phobias can lie dormant and just show up and don't even need a trigger and I have friends that can attest to that. I cannot even watch movies where people are trapped in small spaces like closets or coffins or I start to feel my throat closing and my heart pounding.


A
Achluophobia Fear of darkness
Acrophobia Fear of heights
Aerophobia Fear of flying
Algophobia Fear of pain
Agoraphobia Fear of open spaces or crowds
Aichmophobia Fear of needles or pointed objects
Amaxophobia Fear of riding in a car
Androphobia Fear of men
Anginophobia Fear of angina or choking
Anthrophobia Fear of flowers
Anthropophobia Fear of people or society
AphenphosmphobiaFear of being touched
Arachnophobia Fear of spiders
Arithmophobia Fear of numbers
Astraphobia Fear of thunder and lightning
Ataxophobia Fear of disorder or untidiness
Atelophobia Fear of imperfection
Atychiphobia Fear of failure
Autophobia Fear of being alone
B
Bacteriophobia Fear of bacteria
Barophobia Fear of gravity
Bathmophobia Fear of stairs or steep slopes
Batrachophobia Fear of amphibians
Belonephobia Fear of pins and needles
Bibliophobia Fear of books
Botanophobia Fear of plants
C
Cacophobia Fear of ugliness
Catagelophobia Fear of being ridiculed
Catoptrophobia Fear of mirrors
Chionophobia Fear of snow
Chromophobia Fear of colors
ChronomentrophobiaFear of clocks
Claustrophobia Fear of confined spaces
Coulrophobia Fear of clowns
Cyberphobia Fear of computers
Cynophobia Fear of dogs
D
Dendrophobia Fear of trees
Dentophobia Fear of dentists
Domatophobia Fear of houses
Dystychiphobia Fear of accidents
E
Ecophobia Fear of the home
Elurophobia Fear of cats
Entomophobia Fear of insects
EphebiphobiaFear of teenagers
Equinophobia Fear of horses
G
Gamophobia Fear of marriage
Genuphobia Fear of knees
Glossophobia Fear of speaking in public
Gynophobia Fear of women
H
Heliophobia Fear of the sun
Hemophobia Fear of blood
Herpetophobia Fear of reptiles
Hydrophobia Fear of water
Hypochonria Fear of illness
I
IatrophobiaFear of doctors
Insectophobia Fear of insects
K
Koinoniphobia Fear of rooms
L
Leukophobia Fear of the color white
Lilapsophobia Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes
Lockiophobia Fear of childbirth
M
Mageirocophobia Fear of cooking
Megalophobia Fear of large things
Melanophobia Fear of the color black
Microphobia Fear of small things
Mysophobia Fear of dirt and germs
N
Necrophobia Fear of death or dead things
Noctiphobia Fear of the night
Nosocomephobia Fear of hospitals
Nyctophobia Fear of the dark
O
Obesophobia Fear of gaining weight
Octophobia Fear of the figure 8
Ombrophobia Fear of rain
Ophidiophobia Fear of snakes
Ornithophobia Fear of birds
P
Papyrophobia Fear of paper
Pathophobia Fear of disease
Pedophobia Fear of children
Philophobia Fear of love
Phobophobia Fear of phobias
Podophobia Fear of feet
Porphyrophobia Fear of the color purple
Pteridophobia Fear of ferns
PteromerhanophobiaFear of flying
Pyrophobia Fear of fire
S
Samhainophobia Fear of Halloween
Scolionophobia Fear of school
Selenophobia Fear of the moon
Sociophobia Fear of social evaluation
Somniphobia Fear of sleep
T
Tachophobia Fear of speed
Technophobia Fear of technology
Tonitrophobia Fear of thunder
Trypanophobia Fear of needles / injections
V-Z
Venustraphobia Fear of beautiful women
Verminophobia Fear of germs
Wiccaphobia Fear of witches and witchcraft
Xenophobia Fear of strangers or foreigners
Zoophobia Fear of animals

 

[GhostOfPelluer]

I have a fear of reading long posts

 

[CouchCoach]

I have a fear of reading long posts

That's Coachophobia.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Ya got any phobias? No? Look at this list of common phobias and answer that again.

I am claustrophobic to the point of leaving planes when I had to travel. I have to feel some kind of wind on me, particularly inside. I have mild Arachnophobia and also have Anginophobia because my least desirable way to go would be choking or drowning but I do not have a fear of the water.

I got trapped in a small men's room in a restaurant in PA 30 years ago when the lock jammed. It took them 20 minutes to get it unlocked and they finally just broke it open. They had an ambulance and cop car there because of the sounds I was making. The EMT's said my heart rate was off the charts and they immediately started an IV and tried to get me normal again. My wife and the other couple with us said I looked catatonic when they brought me out and I did not remember anything but pounding on the door and yelling when I first realized I could not get out.

Since that day, I have been claustrophobic. I have this friend that is a shrink and she said I didn't become claustrophobic because of that but that was the trigger. She said phobias can lie dormant and just show up and don't even need a trigger and I have friends that can attest to that. I cannot even watch movies where people are trapped in small spaces like closets or coffins or I start to feel my throat closing and my heart pounding.


A
Achluophobia Fear of darkness
Acrophobia Fear of heights
Aerophobia Fear of flying
Algophobia Fear of pain
Agoraphobia Fear of open spaces or crowds
Aichmophobia Fear of needles or pointed objects
Amaxophobia Fear of riding in a car
Androphobia Fear of men
Anginophobia Fear of angina or choking
Anthrophobia Fear of flowers
Anthropophobia Fear of people or society
AphenphosmphobiaFear of being touched
Arachnophobia Fear of spiders
Arithmophobia Fear of numbers
Astraphobia Fear of thunder and lightning
Ataxophobia Fear of disorder or untidiness
Atelophobia Fear of imperfection
Atychiphobia Fear of failure
Autophobia Fear of being alone
B
Bacteriophobia Fear of bacteria
Barophobia Fear of gravity
Bathmophobia Fear of stairs or steep slopes
Batrachophobia Fear of amphibians
Belonephobia Fear of pins and needles
Bibliophobia Fear of books
Botanophobia Fear of plants
C
Cacophobia Fear of ugliness
Catagelophobia Fear of being ridiculed
Catoptrophobia Fear of mirrors
Chionophobia Fear of snow
Chromophobia Fear of colors
ChronomentrophobiaFear of clocks
Claustrophobia Fear of confined spaces
Coulrophobia Fear of clowns
Cyberphobia Fear of computers
Cynophobia Fear of dogs
D
Dendrophobia Fear of trees
Dentophobia Fear of dentists
Domatophobia Fear of houses
Dystychiphobia Fear of accidents
E
Ecophobia Fear of the home
Elurophobia Fear of cats
Entomophobia Fear of insects
EphebiphobiaFear of teenagers
Equinophobia Fear of horses
G
Gamophobia Fear of marriage
Genuphobia Fear of knees
Glossophobia Fear of speaking in public
Gynophobia Fear of women
H
Heliophobia Fear of the sun
Hemophobia Fear of blood
Herpetophobia Fear of reptiles
Hydrophobia Fear of water
Hypochonria Fear of illness
I
IatrophobiaFear of doctors
Insectophobia Fear of insects
K
Koinoniphobia Fear of rooms
L
Leukophobia Fear of the color white
Lilapsophobia Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes
Lockiophobia Fear of childbirth
M
Mageirocophobia Fear of cooking
Megalophobia Fear of large things
Melanophobia Fear of the color black
Microphobia Fear of small things
Mysophobia Fear of dirt and germs
N
Necrophobia Fear of death or dead things
Noctiphobia Fear of the night
Nosocomephobia Fear of hospitals
Nyctophobia Fear of the dark
O
Obesophobia Fear of gaining weight
Octophobia Fear of the figure 8
Ombrophobia Fear of rain
Ophidiophobia Fear of snakes
Ornithophobia Fear of birds
P
Papyrophobia Fear of paper
Pathophobia Fear of disease
Pedophobia Fear of children
Philophobia Fear of love
Phobophobia Fear of phobias
Podophobia Fear of feet
Porphyrophobia Fear of the color purple
Pteridophobia Fear of ferns
PteromerhanophobiaFear of flying
Pyrophobia Fear of fire
S
Samhainophobia Fear of Halloween
Scolionophobia Fear of school
Selenophobia Fear of the moon
Sociophobia Fear of social evaluation
Somniphobia Fear of sleep
T
Tachophobia Fear of speed
Technophobia Fear of technology
Tonitrophobia Fear of thunder
Trypanophobia Fear of needles / injections
V-Z
Venustraphobia Fear of beautiful women
Verminophobia Fear of germs
Wiccaphobia Fear of witches and witchcraft
Xenophobia Fear of strangers or foreigners
Zoophobia Fear of animals

Lilapsophobia is probably my biggest one. Probably more stuff than that as well.

 

[Runwildboys]

Oh good, nothing about bees. I guess I'm not afraid of them!

Seriously though, while I'm not really claustrophobic, I have a deep fear of being buried alive, or being unable to move.

 

[OmerV]

I have Acrophobia - not to the point that I freak out over any situation where heights are involved (such as being in tall building), but I will freak at being outside on or near a ledge, even if it's one I realistically have next to no chance of going over. When I was younger I briefly dated a girl that was into skydiving, and one day I told her I would do it to, but when we went the plane they used was having repairs done. I never went back, but I've often wondered if I could have gone through with it. One side of me tells me that I wouldn't have backed down once actually getting in the air, but I really can't say that with full convictioin.

A lot of the other phobias on the list are things that I'm mildly uncomfortable with, but I don't think anything that I'm irrational about or affected by enough to call it a phobia.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

I have Acrophobia - not to the point that I freak out over any situation where heights are involved (such as being in tall building), but I will freak at being outside on or near a ledge, even if it's one I realistically have next to no chance of going over. When I was younger I briefly dated a girl that was into skydiving, and one day I told her I would do it to, but when we went the plane they used was having repairs done. I never went back, but I've often wondered if I could have gone through with it. One side of me tells me that I wouldn't have backed down once actually getting in the air, but I really can't say that with full convictioin.

A lot of the other phobias on the list are things that I'm mildly uncomfortable with, but I don't think anything that I'm irrational about or affected by enough to call it a phobia.

Yeah, I don't mind heights, but I HATE ladders.

 

[OmerV]

Yeah, I don't mind heights, but I HATE ladders.

The older I get the more I hate ladders. I guess I'm not as confident in my ability to get out of a bad situation if the ladder starts to lean or fall. In recent years I've gotten where I don't like getting on my roof even though it's only a one story house and the pitch isn't particularly steep.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

The older I get the more I hate ladders. I guess I'm not as confident in my ability to get out of a bad situation if the ladder starts to lean or fall. In recent years I've gotten where I don't like getting on my roof even though it's only a one story house and the pitch isn't particularly steep.

Well, my current job has me carrying slightly heavy things up and down ladders. When ladders are shaky, there's not much scarier.

 

[YosemiteSam]

I have Arachnophobia. It all started when one night while I was sleeping. I was sleeping on my back and turned my head to the side and I felt something hairy touching my face. I opened my eyes and it was a very large tarantula on my pillow which was now touching my face! It completely freaked me out!

Anyhow, I went from laying flat to airborne and had the light switch turned on before I even touched the ground.

Ever since that day, I haven't been keen on spiders. When the movie Arachnophobia, I lost a bet with my brother and his payment was I had to go see the movie with him. It was rough to watch in the beginning when they started showing the spiders, but after a while I got used to it and it wasn't as bad.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Oh good, nothing about bees. I guess I'm not afraid of them!

It's called Apiphobia

 

[The Fonz]

How about fear of time?
I for one does not like as much as I can to know the time and date I have no idea why but i had this feeling since i was a kid.

 

[Tabascocat]

Spiders and clowns.....that's it!

 

[Runwildboys]

It's called Apiphobia

I figured something starting with "api", but usually they add unnecessary letters, to make it sound more official, like triskaidekaphobia.

 

[Runwildboys]

Spiders and clowns.....that's it!

At the same time or individually?

 

[Runwildboys]

I have Arachnophobia. It all started when one night while I was sleeping. I was sleeping on my back and turned my head to the side and I felt something hairy touching my face. I opened my eyes and it was a very large tarantula on my pillow which was now touching my face! It completely freaked me out!

Anyhow, I went from laying flat to airborne and had the light switch turned on before I even touched the ground.

Ever since that day, I haven't been keen on spiders. When the movie Arachnophobia, I lost a bet with my brother and his payment was I had to go see the movie with him. It was rough to watch in the beginning when they started showing the spiders, but after a while I got used to it and it wasn't as bad.

Was this native to where you live, or was it a prank?

 

[Tabascocat]

At the same time or individually?

Separate, together......it makes no difference, they all need to be exterminated

 

[Runwildboys]

The older I get the more I hate ladders. I guess I'm not as confident in my ability to get out of a bad situation if the ladder starts to lean or fall. In recent years I've gotten where I don't like getting on my roof even though it's only a one story house and the pitch isn't particularly steep.

I was framing houses in New Hampshire one winter, right at the base of the White Mountains. One day, it was so cold you couldn't tell the plywood on the roof was frosted over. I took a couple steps and my feet came out from under me, and I was on my butt, sliding down the roof before I even knew I wasn't standing anymore!
Well, that roof was two stories high, and on the edge of a 75 foot cliff, and I didn't have time to try to pull out my hammer and sink the claw into the plywood.
We put a nailer (a 2x4, nailed to the roof) across for just such an event, so I stiffened up my legs and braced for impact, hoping that nailer would hold, which it did.
After a minute or two I stopped shaking enough to crawl back up to the peak, and over to the ladder.
I'm a lot more careful about roof condions now.

 

[OmerV]

I was framing houses in New Hampshire one winter, right at the base of the White Mountains. One day, it was so cold you couldn't tell the plywood on the roof was frosted over. I took a couple steps and my feet came out from under me, and I was on my butt, sliding down the roof before I even knew I wasn't standing anymore!
Well, that roof was two stories high, and on the edge of a 75 foot cliff, and I didn't have time to try to pull out my hammer and sink the claw into the plywood.
We put a nailer (a 2x4, nailed to the roof) across for just such an event, so I stiffened up my legs and braced for impact, hoping that nailer would hold, which it did.
After a minute or two I stopped shaking enough to crawl back up to the peak, and over to the ladder.
I'm a lot more careful about roof condions now.

And did you find yourself needing to go to the bathroom and clean up afterward? That's scary as hell.

 

[Shinaoi]

At the same time or individually?

Well “It” from Stephen King book is both lol