Fear of the Number '666' -- Submitter refuses to call a number with those digits. Also will buy more/less to avoid a $6.66 charge. See Triskadekadekaphobia and Octophobia.
Fear of Adam's Apples
Fear of Ankles
Fear of Balloons -- Same list as "balloons popping".
Fear of Band-Aids -- Submitter says she goes mental if she even hears the word (although they call them 'sticking plasters' where she comes from -- wherever that is)
Fear of Basketballs -- Especially orange & black ones.
Fear of Beeps -- "...when something (oven, alarm clock, etc.) my heart starts racing and I get all nervous and irritated." Again, see Ligyrophobia.
Fear of Body Organs
Fear of Boredom
Fear of Bouncy Castles
Fear of Bridges -- Also, see Acrophobia.
Fear of Broken Glass
Fear of Buoys
Fear of Bureaucracy
Fear of Buttons -- A must-read! One of the most popular submissions. One called this koumpounophobia.
Fear of Cell Phones
Fear of Cellophane
Fear of Cigarettes --One submitter suggested: Kapnophobia. Click the phobia to see her reasoning. Also, see Toxiphobia.
Fear of Clarinets being played poorly.
Fear of Claymation -- You know, like "Gumby" and guys like that.
Fear of Clusters -- A very popular submission. For consideration, see: Asymmetriphobia and Herpetophobia.
Fear of Coils
Fear of Coral & Coral Reefs
Fear of Corners -- Apparently the corners of anything. He even sleeps in a round bed.
Fear of Cotton -- Isn't cotton "the fabric of our lives"??
Fear of Cracks -- Such as on parched earth.
Fear of Cramps -- see Algiophobia, Ponophobia, Odynophobia, or Odynephobia.
Fear of Diaper Decks
Fear of Diatoms -- Apparently, some kind of microorganism.
Fear of Domes
Fear of Electric Wheel Chairs
Fear of Escalators
Fear of Eyeballs
Fear of Being Fat and Lazy
Fear of Feet -- I guess this is the opposite of a foot fetish. One Greek (yea!) and one Latin name suggested. Click to read.
Fear of Felt -- See Textophobia.
Fear of Female Flatulence -- Need I say more? A variation of Bromidrosiphobia. Also, see Aerophobia and Osmophobia.
Fear of Ferris Wheels
Fear of Fire Sprinklers
Fear of Foreheads -- Specifically large, bare foreheads.
Fear of Fountains
Fear of the Front Door -- Click for details.
Fear of Frosted Glass
Fear of Gas Masks
Fear of Hair
Fear of Halloween Masks -- Similar to Samhainophobia.
Fear of Hallucinations
Fear of Holes -- There is A LOT of overlap with the 'clusters' fear. See descriptions for details.
Fear of Homework -- Preposterous!
Fear of Jewelry
Fear of Necklace Jewelry Clasps
Fear of Kleenex
Fear of the Letter "I" and "J" Next to Each Other
Fear of Lines at the Bottom of Pools
Fear of Magnified Objects
Fear of Merry-Go-Rounds
Fear of Mirrors
Fear of Mold -- Also see Mycophobia.
Fear of Muppets
Fear of Noises When You Don't Know Where They're Coming From
Fear of Objects Sticking out of the Water (such as trees)
Fear of Odd Numbers -- Also, see Fear of Numbers.
Fear of Open Closet Door or Drawers When Trying to Sleep
Fear of Open Doors
Fear of Paper (and things related to paper) -- Also see Papyrophobia.
Fear of Paper Bags
Fear of Pinecones
Fear of Pine Trees
Fear of Pool Lights -- Submitter says he's petrified of them, even if the lights are turned off.
Fear of Pressure Changes
Fear of Pubic Hairs
Fear of (Electrical) Pylons
Fear of Rainbows -- Yes, they're terrible, aren't they?
Fear of Revolving Doors
Fear of Rocks
Fear of Roller-Coasters -- Someone suggested: "Veloxrotaphobia".
Fear of Rubber Bands -- Submitter includes 'anything rubber or latex'.
Fear of Ships -- Submitter would rather eat road kill than go by one.
Fear of Side-Effects from Medications
Fear of Smelling Bad
Fear of Smokestacks
Fear of Soap Bubbles
Fear of Soccer Balls (Outside US, read: Footballs)
Fear of Socks
Fear of Wet Socks
Fear of Spider Webs
Fear of Spandex -- He calls it 'Latexiophobia'.
Fear of Spit
Fear of Sprinklers
Fear of Being Strangled by Stuffed Animals
Fear of Stubby Pencils
Fear of Styrofoam (Polystyrine) -- One submitter has managed to avoid styrofoam cups for 15 years!
Fear of Suffocation
Fear of Sunflowers -- Also, see Anthrophobia or Anthophobia.
Fear of being a 'Third Wheel'
Fear of Toes & Toes Bending
Fear of Touching Velvet or the Hairs on a Peach -- See Textophobia.
Fear of Tongues
Fear of Umbrellas
Fear of Large Underwater Rocks, Boats, Planes, Statues, Trees, and/or Roots
Fear of Veins -- I have a feeling they're not alone with this one. See Hemophobia, Hemaphobia, or Hematophobia.
Fear of Ventilation Fans in Restrooms
Fear of Ventriloquist Dolls
Fear of Waterfalls
Fear of Wedding Gowns -- Submitter is female, by the way.
Fear of Weeds -- and seaweed and tree roots.
Fear of Weeping Willows
Fear of Windows & Window-Related
Fear of Windshield Wipers
Fear of the word 'Pilates'
Fear of Wrists -- One suggested "carpusophobia". |
