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Andy Mac
17th November 2006, 02:28 PM
There must be some pretty nervous folk out there, check out this link!!:eek:
http://phobialist.com/#A
I can't find fear of wooden things...but I'm sure there is a fear of work, Yakkaphobia, I think I'm suffering from it now!!:D

Here's an excerpt:

Teutophobia- Fear of German or German things.
Textophobia- Fear of certain fabrics.
Thaasophobia- Fear of sitting.
Thalassophobia- Fear of the sea.
Thanatophobia or Thantophobia- Fear of death or dying.
Theatrophobia- Fear of theatres.
Theologicophobia- Fear of theology.
Theophobia- Fear of gods or religion.
Thermophobia- Fear of heat.
Tocophobia- Fear of pregnancy or childbirth.
Tomophobia- Fear of surgical operations.

Cheers!:D

Bleedin Thumb
17th November 2006, 02:53 PM
Sorry I couldn't open that link I suffer from Phobophobia.

Iain
17th November 2006, 03:33 PM
Xylophobia, or in my case the price:o

Shrek3
8th April 2011, 06:52 PM
These are not really medical phobia but coined in books or articles. I liked the last one: :D

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words.
Bibliophobia - Fear of books
Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing.
Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
Consecotaleophobia- Fear of chopsticks
Didaskaleinophobia- Fear of going to school.
Optophobia- Fear of opening one's eyes
Panophobia or Pantophobia- Fear of everything.
Paraskavedekatriaphobia- Fear of Friday the 13th.
anatidaphobia - the fear that somehow, somewhere a duck is watching you!
Source: GigglePEDIA.com

joe greiner
8th April 2011, 08:37 PM
Aibohphobia - fear of palindromes.

Cheers,
Joe

underfoot
8th April 2011, 09:09 PM
Teutophobia- Fear of German or German things.
Textophobia- Fear of certain fabrics.
Thaasophobia- Fear of sitting.
Thalassophobia- Fear of the sea.
:D
That would explain a few things...it seems I suffer from Teutotextothasalassophobia
...a fear of sitting by the sea on german fabrics

skot
8th April 2011, 09:12 PM
Aibohphobia - fear of palindromes.


Love this one

underfoot
9th April 2011, 06:04 AM
Luposlipaphobia...a fear of being chased around a freshly waxed kitchen floor by a large wolf whilst wearing only socks