Friday, February 13, 2009

Strange phobias that you might be interested in knowing.

1) Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia- The fear of the number 666.
2) Somniphobia- The fear of going to sleep.
3) Aquaphobia- The fear of water
4) Ichtyophobia- The fear of eating fish
5) Neophobia- The fear of trying new things.
6) Anthropophobia- The fear of people
7) Agoraphobia- The fear of going to public places.
8) Trichophobia- The fear of loose hair on clothing.
9) Tetraphobia- The fear of the number 4
10) Xenophobia- The fear of people from other countries
11) Nyctophobia- Extreme fear of the dark.
12) Gephyrophobia- The fear of bridges.
13) Bathophobia- The fear of depths
14) Phagophobia- The fear of swallowing.
15) Heliophobia- The fear of sunlight
16) Ergophobia- The fear of work.
17) Gynophobia- The fear of women
18) Caligynephobia- The fear of beautiful women.
19) Androphobia- The fear of men
20)Gerascophobia- The fear of growing old.

Well, these are all the phobias that I think are quite interesting, feel free to check them out at Wikipedia or any search engine.

2 comments:

  1. Chris, do you know what is the term for fear of all creepy crawlies. Want know why I am asking? I am very very scared of creepy crawlies!

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  2. Entomophobia is the fear of insects and arachnophobia is the fear of spiders. I hope that answers ur question zhi xin! :)

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