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Showing posts with label Thursday Thirteen - More Phobias. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thursday Thirteen - More Phobias. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Thursday Thirteen - More Phobias!

I started this list a few weeks ago. Here are some more of mankind's deepest fears:
(Please feel free to add your comments about your fears...)

Androphobia: Fear of men -
While not generally fearful of men, there are a few I've given wide berth!!!
Anthropophobia: Fear of human companionship -
I'm pretty solitary. Lots of people scare me to death!
Bathophobia: Fear of deep places -
Claire should be very happy this doesn't affect her; otherwise, she couldn't have gone spelunking!
Gynephobia: Fear of women -
Just one: the Wicked Witch of the North that I had the pleasure of working for. And when I finally stood up to her - the fear vanished!
Hedonophobia: Fear of pleasure -
Weird...can't even imagine!
Hypengyophobia: Fear of responsibility -
My kids all went through this one at about age 15...
Hypnophobia: Fear of sleep -
I have insomnia. Does that count???
Nyctophobia: Fear of night or darkness -
I had "night frights" as a child and had to sleep with a light on but not as an adult. Once in awhile, if something spooks me and I'm by myself, I can still feel the hairs on the back of my neck waving in the breeze.
Pathophobia: Fear of disease -
Only radiation sickness!
Pediophobia: Fear of children or dolls -
Ill behaved children and old dolls give me the willies. Where do clowns fall? I hate clowns!
Scopophobia: Fear of being stared at -
When I wore my first two-piece bathing suit at the beach when I weighed 120#; later in life, it was when I weighed 269 and wore a tent!
Tocophobia: Fear of childbirth -
Not until I had my first child!
Triskaidekaphobia: Fear of the number thirteen -
This has crept into society since there is no 13th floor designated in a high rise building. Silly...That's like one of Empress Bee's Blond jokes - there's still a 13th floor!!!
Here's the link for Thursday Thirteen!