Thursday, August 23, 2012

THE FEAR FACTOR

Are you afraid of the dark?   Or are you afraid of ghosts?  Better yet do lizards freak you out or are you one who climbs up chairs at the sight of the mouse. Join the club!!!

According to the dictionary fear is defined as the feeling of agitation and anxiety caused by the presence or imminence of danger. A real simple explanation is being afraid. We all are afraid of something or the other. While some fears are genuine some are formed in our mind. While some are harmless some are debilitating to our life. While some are hilarious some are causes for concern. There are over 530 phobias and this article doesn’t provide medical solutions neither are all the phobias listed. It’s just a list complied of fears in no particular order. You can check with your friends and family to see what fears you have.

WHAT'S YOUR FEAR !!!

Glossophobia
Fear of public speaking
Thanatophobia
Fear of death
Trypanophobia
Fear of needles and injections
Acrophobia, Altophobia
Fear of heights
Gamophobia
Fear of marriage
Achluophobia
Fear of darkness.
Acousticophobia
Fear of noise.
Agliophobia
Fear of pain.
Agoraphobia
Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place.
Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia
Fear of spiders
Bacteriophobia
Fear of bacteria.
Bibliophobia
Fear of books
Bathophobia
Fear of depth
Bogyphobia
Fear of bogeys or the bogeyman.
Cardiophobia
Fear of the heart
Chorophobia
Fear of dancing.
Claustrophobia
Fear of confined spaces
Cyclophobia
Fear of bicycles
Decidophobia
Fear of making decisions
Dentophobia
Fear of dentists
Equinophobia
Fear of horses
Herpetophobia
Fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things
Insectophobia
Fear of insects.
Lachanophobia
Fear of vegetables.
Mycrophobia
Fear of small things.
Myrmecophobia
Fear of ants.
Musophobia or Muriphobia
Fear of mice.
Noctiphobia
Fear of the night.
Numerophobia
Fear of numbers.
Ophidiophobia
Fear of snakes. (Snakephobia)
Pharmacophobia
Fear of taking medicine.
Phasmophobia
Fear of ghosts
Pyrophobia
Fear of fire
Ranidaphobia
Fear of frogs




Danusha Chandrasekaran
An inspirational author striving to inspire people around her.

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