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Thursday, April 24, 2003
Posted 03:52 by Del C


heyhey! Subliminy's back! w00t!!!

to continue in the phobia vein from the previous entry:
The World's Strangest Phobias

Phobias, which often begin when we are children, are irrational fears that are so intense they become disabling. Why are the names so unpronounceable and bizarre? And who knew these phobias even existed?

Fear of Body Parts
Opening one's eyes: Optophobia
Chins: Geniophobia
Hands: Chirophobia
Knees: Genuphobia
Getting wrinkles: Rhytiphobia
Becoming bald: Phalacrophobia
Bald people: Peladophobia

Fear of Life's Joys
Feeling pleasure: Hedonophobia
Laughter: Geliophobia
Falling in love: Philophobia
Kissing: Philemaphobia or Philematophobia
Marriage: Gamophobia
Music: Melophobia
Flutes: Aulophobia
Poetry: Metrophobia
Theaters: Theatrophobia
Clowns: Coulrophobia [clowns are among life's joys?! i really do not think so.]
Dancing: Chorophobia
Hearing good news: Euphobia
Flowers: Anthrophobia or Anthophobia
Books: Bibliophobia

Fear of Religion
God: Zeusophobia
Church: Ecclesiophobia
Crosses or the crucifix: Staurophobia
Holy things: Hagiophobia
Priests or sacred things: Hierophobia
Religious ceremonies: Teleophobia
Sermons: Homilophobia
Theology: Theologicophobia
Satan: Satanophobia
Sin: Hamartophobia
Hell: Hadephobia, Stygiophobia or Stigiophobia
Credit for this list of phobias goes to The Phobia List.


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