Halloween Phobia's

wenwilder · #1 (**permalink**) 10-27-2003, 08:44 PM

1. What phobia do vampires have? - Alliumphobia - the fear of garlic

2. What phobias would make a grave diggers job difficult? - Coimetrophobia - fear of cemeteries and Placophobia - fear of tombstones

3. What phobia would make a cetain halloween carving tradition difficult? - Cucurbitophobia - fear of pumpkins

4. What phobia do vampires definately NOT have? - Hemophobia - fear of blood and Noctiphobia - fear of night

5. What number are many people afraid of and what is the name of this phobia? - Triskaidekaphobia - fear of the number 13

6. Those who suffer from Samhainophobia, the fear of halloween, might also suffer from what? - Wiccaphobia - fear of witches, Galephobia - fear of cats, Phasmophobia - fear of ghosts and Demonophobia - fear of demons.

paulhiles · #2 (**permalink**) 10-27-2003, 08:56 PM

LOL! I'm not sure I should post here...

being so close to all the above....

I reckon I've got a chronic case of Phobophobia - the fear of phobias!

:c)

carbonize · #3 (**permalink**) 10-27-2003, 09:08 PM

Wonder if Wenwilder visited my site ??

http://www.carbonize.co.uk/phobias.php

wenwilder · #4 (**permalink**) 10-28-2003, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by carbonize

Wonder if Wenwilder visited my site ??

http://www.carbonize.co.uk/phobias.php

No I haven't visited your site carbonize, but now I will :) I've been collecting phobia's for a long time, about as long as I've been collecting psychology jokes, etc.

vfaulkner · #5 (**permalink**) 10-28-2003, 09:49 AM

Have you been to: www.phobialist.com ??

mikmik · #6 (**permalink**) 10-28-2003, 12:26 PM

Dextrophobia- Fear of objects at the right side of the body.

Geniophobia- Fear of chins

Kosmikophobia- Fear of cosmic phenomenon

vfaulkner - You Rule! You have some cool suggestions when it comes to neat websites. That is where I got the above.

I am off to see 'carbonize.co.uk/phobias.php' if I can avoid the cosmalogical phenomena a bit longer - Dammit!, I keep getting struck by those bleedin' gamma radiations!

Very impressive, carbonize. I think we should add it to our list, vfaulkner.

I can't find the name for my most dreaded nightmare though, 'fear of discovering that you are blonde'. Can anybody help me with this? (o%

mikmik · #7 (**permalink**) 10-28-2003, 12:33 PM

Sorry 3B, just trying to hide my "flaxyphillia"

wenwilder · #8 (**permalink**) 10-28-2003, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by mikmik

Sorry 3B, just trying to hide my "flaxyphillia"

flaxyphillia - cute! :) You really got my phronemophobia going with that one. (Just so ya'll don't have to look it up, it's the fear of thinking)

I forgot a few more 'halloweenish' phobia's, such as:

Sciophobia - fear of shadows
Eosophobia - fear of dawn
Phengophobia - fear of daylight
Dipsophobia - fear of drinking
and lets not forget....
Teratophobia - fear of monsters!

I'm just glad that I'm not pantophobic! ;)

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Vfaulkner and carbonize thanks for the extensive lists. I have yet to read through them but I look forward to it! I'd post mine, but I wouldn't want to aggravate anyone's logophobia. ;)

So anyone going to be dressin' up for this fun filled holiday? I'm going as myself, that always scares everyone! :)

mikmik · #9 (**permalink**) 10-28-2003, 05:56 PM

princepsmactoBufonidaeaphobia - fear in a prince of being turned into a toad

This is what I look like now, so I know what you mean about not having to dress up on Halloween.
It only hurts when I feed him something big, like a guinee pig.
I used to suffer from the 'fear of snakes eating a hole through your head' but I went to aversion therapy and now I feel kinda lonely without the little gaffer.

The clinic didn't even charge me for the treatment!

vfaulkner · #10 (**permalink**) 10-28-2003, 09:15 PM

mik2- You are welcome! Thanks, may I quote you?
would hate to hava a Liticaphobiac* issue.
:-g
One I haven't found yet is:
the fear of being audited (as this is a business forum...)
help anyone?

*Liticaphobia- Fear of lawsuits.

wenwilder · #11 (**permalink**) 10-28-2003, 09:37 PM

I didn't find a phobia on being audited - that is a challenge. I did find a few that I would say none of us are afraid of, what do you think?

Chrometophobia or Chrematophobia- Fear of money.
Ergophobia- Fear of work.
Logizomechanophobia- Fear of computers.
Plutophobia- Fear of wealth.

And this one, well I'm glad I don't suffer from it, because someone would ask what kind of phobia you have and you'd immediately panic! It's kind of like the 's' in lisp.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words.