Only because I'm bored to death, and because I'm virtually an insomniac at the moment, here's a list of phobias [I swear, I gotta post that link up to the list sooner or later] that I actually have. Funny but true...
The [Alphabetized] Phobias of the Principessa of Excelsios...
Achluophobia- Fear of darkness.
Acrophobia- Fear of heights.
Aichmophobia- Fear of needles or pointed objects.
Algophobia- Fear of pain.
Altophobia- Fear of heights.
Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia- Fear of spiders.
Astraphobia or Astrapophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning.(Ceraunophobia, Keraunophobia)
Athazagoraphobia- Fear of being forgotton or ignored or forgetting.
Ballistophobia- Fear of missiles or bullets.
Batophobia- Fear of heights or being close to high buildings.
Belonephobia- Fear of pins and needles. (Aichmophobia)
Brontophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning.
Catagelophobia- Fear of being ridiculed.
Ceraunophobia or Keraunophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning.(Astraphobia, Astrapophobia)
Cnidophobia- Fear of stings.
Counterphobia- The preference by a phobic for fearful situations.
Cynophobia- Fear of dogs or rabies.
Dementophobia- Fear of insanity.
Dystychiphobia- Fear of accidents.
Enosiophobia or Enissophobia- Fear of having committed an unpardonable sin or of criticism.
Gephyrophobia or Gephydrophobia or Gephysrophobia- Fear of crossing bridges.
Helminthophobia- Fear of being infested with worms.
Herpetophobia- Fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things.
Iatrophobia- Fear of going to the doctor or of doctors.
Insectophobia - Fear of insects.
Katagelophobia- Fear of ridicule.
Keraunophobia or Ceraunophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning.(Astraphobia, Astrapophobia)
Lilapsophobia- Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes.
Lygophobia- Fear of darkness.
Maniaphobia- Fear of insanity.
Melissophobia- Fear of bees.
Myctophobia- Fear of darkness.
Necrophobia- Fear of death or dead things.
Nyctophobia- Fear of the dark or of night.
Odynophobia or Odynephobia- Fear of pain. (Algophobia)
Ophidiophobia- Fear of snakes. (Snakephobia)
Panthophobia- Fear of suffering and disease.
Paraskavedekatriaphobia- Fear of Friday the 13th.
Philophobia- Fear of falling in love or being in love.
Ponophobia- Fear of overworking or of pain.
Pyrophobia- Fear of fire.
Scoleciphobia- Fear of worms.
Snakephobia- Fear of snakes. (Ophidiophobia)
Social Phobia- Fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations.
Soteriophobia - Fear of dependence on others.
Spheksophobia- Fear of wasps.
Taeniophobia or Teniophobia- Fear of tapeworms.
Taphephobia Taphophobia- Fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries.
Taurophobia- Fear of bulls.
Thanatophobia or Thantophobia- Fear of death or dying.
Tonitrophobia- Fear of thunder.
Topophobia- Fear of certain places or situations, such as stage fright.
Trypanophobia- Fear of injections.
...does that make me look pathetic? :-)
~ 'Sunshine'
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