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Written by Erin Frustaci
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Wednesday, 18 October 2006 |
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PHOBIA FACTOR
From fear of heights down to fear of trees, just about anything can be someone’s worst nightmare. Names of specific phobias, though not all recognized as medical terms, generally contain a Greek word. Plus, they are just fun to say. Here’s a short list of some of our favorites:
Acrophobia
Fear of heights
Arachnophobia
Fear of spiders
Arrhenphobia
Fear of men
Atychiphobia
Fear of failure
Autophobia
Fear of being alone
Aviophobia/Aviatophobia
Fear of flying
Coulrophobia
Fear of clowns
Dendrophobia
Fear of trees
Gynephobia or Gynophobia
Fear of women
Hemophobia
Fear of blood
Herpetophobia
Fear of reptiles
Hypsiphobia
Fear of height
Latrophobia
Fear of doctors
Microphobia
Fear of small things
Ophidiophobia
Fear of snakes
Ornithophobia
Fear of birds
Paraskavedekatriaphobia
Fear of Friday the 13th
Philophobia
Fear of love
Phobophobia
Fear of phobias
Sesquipedalophobia
Fear of long words
Somniphobia
Fear of sleep
Suriphobia
Fear of mice
Triskadekaphobia
Fear of the number 13
Xanthophobia
Fear of color or word yellow
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