Holy cow! The power of language.
Introducing "phobia" - a persistent, excessive, unrealistic fear of an object, animal or situation...
(from "Mind Your Body"):
THE A-Z OF FEAR
Achluophobia: Fear of darkness
Agliophobia: Fear of pain
Bacteriophobia: Fear of bateria
Brontophobia: Fear of thunder and lightning
Chiraptophobia: Fear of being touched
Claustrophobia: Fear of confined spaces
Didaskaleinophobia: Fear of going to school
Dysmorphophobia: Fear of deformity
Elurophobia: Fear of cats
Enochlophobia: Fear of crowds
Gamophobia: Fear of marriage
Gerascophobia: Fear of growing old
Haemaphobia: Fear of blood
Homophobia: Fear of sameness or homosexuality
Latrophobia: Fear of going to the doctor
Lachanophobia: Fear of vegetables
Necrophobia: Fear of death or dead things
Nelophobia: Fear of grass
Ophidiophobia: Fear of snakes
Ornithophobia: Fear of birds
Pediophobia: Fear of dolls
Paedophobia: Fear of children
Sciophobia: Fear of shadows
Scoleciphobia: Fear of worms
Thantophobia: Fear of dying
Zoophobia: Fear of animals
Sheesh... I never knew there could be such complicated words... and such unusual fears too.
Hmmm, am sure we all have our own pet fears... just don't let it/them devour ourselves & mutate into some life-crippling anxiety disorders loh. Good luck.
Me, my pet fear is:
Loved-ones-leave-me-phobia: Self-explanatory.
2 comments:
u've left out one of the most common kind... commitment-phobia.
that's for u, not me lah. eh big kay, like Nike says, just do it! i'd help pray for u along the way, promise. =)
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