What is your phobia?

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Fuzzy Hollynoodles Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0	Message 188042 - Posted: 12 Nov 2005, 0:29:27 UTC Last modified: 12 Nov 2005, 0:49:13 UTC It's amazing what people can be afraid of, so what is your fear? Do you have any phobia's of some kind? Look at these links to get inspired and maybe put a name on your special fear or phobia: Dictionary.com/phobia The Phobia List -phobia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I found this in the Wiki: Luposlipaphobia - The fear of being pursued by timber wolves around a kitchen table while wearing socks on a newly-waxed floor :-D (It's a joke from Gary Larson's The Far Side!) Personally I had a Arachnophobia untill some years ago, where I started to work with it, as it became very unhandy to live in a house with garden and being scared of spiders, as they come inside from the garden every autumn, so now I can even enjoy looking at the tarantulas, and I even think they are very gracious and some fascinating creatures! I still haven't had the experience of holding a tarantula in my hand yet, but that will come! But try to look at these beauties: Tarantulas.com Specially this one is just as beautiful as a gemstone! And I don't panic anymore, when I see a spider crawling on the floor or sitting in the shower curtain! "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me ID: 188042 ·

Captain Avatar Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 15133 Credit: 529,088 RAC: 0	Message 188059 - Posted: 12 Nov 2005, 1:19:51 UTC Dutchphobia- Fear of the Dutch. ID: 188059 ·

ghstwolf Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 14 Oct 04 Posts: 322 Credit: 55,806 RAC: 0	Message 188066 - Posted: 12 Nov 2005, 1:47:25 UTC - in response to Message 188042. Me, it's all about skiourophobia (That's so messed up it doesn't even make the lists) Still looking for something profound or inspirational to place here. ID: 188066 ·

O&O Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 Mar 03 Posts: 63 Credit: 1,348,202 RAC: 6	Message 188068 - Posted: 12 Nov 2005, 1:51:48 UTC Last modified: 12 Nov 2005, 1:52:18 UTC Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - Fear of long words. No doubts! O&O ID: 188068 ·

Captain Avatar Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 15133 Credit: 529,088 RAC: 0	Message 188069 - Posted: 12 Nov 2005, 1:52:27 UTC - in response to Message 188066. Me, it's all about skiourophobia (That's so messed up it doesn't even make the lists) Fear of Skiing? ID: 188069 ·

Scarecrow Send message Joined: 15 Jul 00 Posts: 4520 Credit: 486,601 RAC: 0	Message 188074 - Posted: 12 Nov 2005, 2:21:31 UTC - in response to Message 188070. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - Fear of long words. No doubts! O&O That was quite courageous of you to type that long word! The healing process has begun... ;) i have a deep seated fear of..... OH MY GOD! It's a Squirrel!! (swoon... THUMP!) I was gonna say spiders. ID: 188074 ·

O&O Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 Mar 03 Posts: 63 Credit: 1,348,202 RAC: 6	Message 188076 - Posted: 12 Nov 2005, 2:23:18 UTC - in response to Message 188070. Last modified: 12 Nov 2005, 2:25:53 UTC Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - Fear of long words. No doubts! O&O That was quite courageous of you to type that long word! The healing process has begun... ;) For the fear of biting my tongue ... saying them. Now what can this be called? ... Glossalphobia??! ID: 188076 ·

Darth Dogbytes™ Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Jul 03 Posts: 7512 Credit: 2,021,148 RAC: 0	Message 188078 - Posted: 12 Nov 2005, 2:27:07 UTC Acrophobia Account frozen... ID: 188078 ·

ghstwolf Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 14 Oct 04 Posts: 322 Credit: 55,806 RAC: 0	Message 188080 - Posted: 12 Nov 2005, 2:31:04 UTC - in response to Message 188069. Me, it's all about skiourophobia (That's so messed up it doesn't even make the lists) Fear of Skiing? Squirrels (BTW, that would be the correct name for it), but it was really just setting up a really bad joke. In real life, the closest thing I have to a phobia is ladders. Not heights, or even being "in the open" high up, I just hate being on ladders. Still looking for something profound or inspirational to place here. ID: 188080 ·

Misfit Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21804 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0	Message 188092 - Posted: 12 Nov 2005, 3:10:27 UTC - in response to Message 188042. I found this in the Wiki: Luposlipaphobia - The fear of being pursued by timber wolves around a kitchen table while wearing socks on a newly-waxed floor So that's what Celtic Wolf has been up to lately. me@rescam.org ID: 188092 ·

Misfit Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21804 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0	Message 188093 - Posted: 12 Nov 2005, 3:11:51 UTC Boincophobia is what thousands of classic users have. me@rescam.org ID: 188093 ·

Octagon Send message Joined: 13 Jun 05 Posts: 1418 Credit: 5,250,988 RAC: 109	Message 188109 - Posted: 12 Nov 2005, 3:48:22 UTC If you have Doxophobia (fear of receiving praise) or Prosophobia (fear of progress) or Tropophobia (fear of making changes), how does the shrink reassuringly let you know that you're making progress against your fear? How do you tell a sufferer of Euphobia (fear of good news) that the condition is not as bad as originally diagnosed? How do you explain to a patient that he suffers from Hellenologophobia (fear of Greek terms or complex terminology)? The doctors who coined the terms Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia and Sesquipedalophobia (both fear of long words) were jackasses... Is hypnotherapy a good treatment choice for Hypnophobics (who fear being hypnotized)? A new drug has been invented to treat Neopharmaphobia (fear of new drugs) and Pharmacophobia (fear of taking drugs)! Okay, so it's a placebo. No animals were harmed in the making of the above post... much. ID: 188109 ·

Ariane Von WolfLand Send message Joined: 21 Aug 05 Posts: 480 Credit: 211 RAC: 0	Message 188110 - Posted: 12 Nov 2005, 3:51:43 UTC LOL ! Thanks God, i have not any phobia LOL! ID: 188110 ·

Darth Dogbytes™ Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Jul 03 Posts: 7512 Credit: 2,021,148 RAC: 0	Message 188122 - Posted: 12 Nov 2005, 4:25:45 UTC - in response to Message 188110. LOL ! Thanks God, i have not any phobia LOL! Catagelophobia? Account frozen... ID: 188122 ·

Captain Avatar Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 15133 Credit: 529,088 RAC: 0	Message 188128 - Posted: 12 Nov 2005, 4:30:49 UTC Fear of Crap! Craprophobia... "coprophobia," a word derived from the Greek "kopros" (dung) and "phobos" (fear) ID: 188128 ·

Ariane Von WolfLand Send message Joined: 21 Aug 05 Posts: 480 Credit: 211 RAC: 0	Message 188138 - Posted: 12 Nov 2005, 5:52:49 UTC - in response to Message 188122. LOL ! Thanks God, i have not any phobia LOL! Catagelophobia? Oh perhaps you mean SCATOPHOBIA ? Oh no Dog, i have not any SKATOS phobia . ID: 188138 ·

Raven Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Aug 02 Posts: 373 Credit: 99,071 RAC: 0	Message 188154 - Posted: 12 Nov 2005, 8:38:36 UTC There's the old standby that many hotel architects seem to have: triskaedekaphobia. (Fear of the number 13) I suppose Asians, by comparison, would have quatrophobia? (Fear of the number 4) ID: 188154 ·

Spectrum Send message Joined: 14 Jun 99 Posts: 468 Credit: 53,129,336 RAC: 0	Message 188164 - Posted: 12 Nov 2005, 9:59:47 UTC Last modified: 12 Nov 2005, 10:01:06 UTC Fear of being stranded somewhere with nothing but Brussel Spouts to sustain me, that's all I am going to say. ID: 188164 ·

Ariane Von WolfLand Send message Joined: 21 Aug 05 Posts: 480 Credit: 211 RAC: 0	Message 188166 - Posted: 12 Nov 2005, 10:05:39 UTC - in response to Message 188154. There's the old standby that many hotel architects seem to have: triskaedekaphobia. (Fear of the number 13) I suppose Asians, by comparison, would have quatrophobia? (Fear of the number 4) Oh Raven, how amazing , 13 & 4 are my luck numbers LOL ID: 188166 ·

Es99 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0	Message 188168 - Posted: 12 Nov 2005, 10:14:35 UTC Fear of spiders. I'd rather have a clown scuttling across my ceiling than a spider. ..and one I've just discovered: Fear of being stranded somewhere with Spectrum when he has nothing but Brussel Spouts to sustain him. Reality Internet Personality ID: 188168 ·

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