1. Phobias Article lists some of the more amusing phobias, like arachibutyrophobia fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth. http://www.geocities.com/nallen20/FunnyPhobias.txt

Funny Phobias Most of the people in the world have a fear of one kind or another. While most people suffer from pathophobia (fear of disease), monophobia (fear of being alone), glossophobia (fear of public speaking), algophobia (fear of pain), taphephobia (fear of being buried alive), and many more, there are also some less popular phobias. At the end of this essay, I have compiled a list of the phobias that I find amusing. There are many people in the world that suffer from polyphobia, which simply means to have more than one fear. Not so common, people may suffer from antinomial phobias. For example, there are some people that live with vestiophobia (fear of clothes) and gymnophobia (fear of nudity). Another example is people with achluophobia (fear of darkness) and photophobia (fear of light). Watch out guys, within the next seven years, you will probably get married and you will suffer from pentheraphobia, which is one of the scariest phobias in existence, the fear of your mother-in-law! Not all phobias have been in existence for thousands of years. I’m sure that brontophobia (fear of thunder and lightning), febriphobia (fear of fever), and ophidiophobia (fear of snakes) have existed since the Black Ages. Some of the phobias that have formed in the last two centuries would be electrophobia (fear of electricity), motorphobia (fear of automobiles), and aviophobia (fear of flying). In 1945, a brand new phobia was quickly created and escalated drastically in the 1950’s. It is called nucleomituphobia, which is the fear or nuclear weapons. But that’s not the newest phobia in existence as of today. This threat is called cyberphobia (fear of computers). In mild cases, people may be afraid to use a computer or an ATM. In today’s society, technology is deeply integrated. Computers are used in calculators, cars, microwaves, power tools, and many more. So to the cyberphobic, I say, “Get over it, or go to the extreme and move away from the city, abandon your car, hand build your home, hand pump your water, build your fires, and hunt for your own food!” If you have a phobia, there is still hope for you. Phobias can be cured. Remember when you were a child and suffered from clinophobia (fear of going to bed) because of bogyphobia (fear of the bogeyman), achluophobia (fear of darkness), and lachanophobia (fear of vegetables). Now chances are good that you go to bed without checking your closet or looking under your bed, that you don’t go ballistic if the lights go out, and that you eat a salad every so often. Phobias can deeply impact a person’s life. A person with chronophobia (fear of time) probably won’t make it to their 10:00AM dentist appointment on time. A person with chaetophobia (fear of hair) is most likely bald, has no eyelashes, no eyebrows, etc. A person with cibophobia (fear of food) usually hasn’t eaten in weeks and could easily be anorexic. This proves how serious and destructive phobias can be. If you do suffer from any strange phobias, I would suggest calling one-eight-hundred-phobias, for arithmophobics (people who fear numbers) or for logophobics (people who fear words), 1-800-635-1317. This phone number is for entertainment purposes only. Now on a more serious note, in all the years I’ve lived and all the knowledge I’ve acquired, I can only find one, yes one, valid fear. This fear is called zeusophobia, which is the fear of God. In Heaven, the false phobias are destroyed, but in Hell they can be amplified. I still find it hilarious, though, that these phobias exist, especially since someone must have experienced these fears so they could be valid phobias. So if you experience arachibutyrophobia, you’re probably one in a million, but you’re still out there. some fears may be listed more than once A Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing Aerophobia- Fear of swallowing air Ambulophobia- Fear of walking Anablephobia- Fear of looking up Anemophobia- Fear of wind Anthrophobia- Fear of flowers Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth. Arithmophobia- Fear of numbers Aulophobia- Fear of flutes Auroraphobia- Fear of Northern Lights B Barophobia- Fear of gravity Basophobia- Fear of walking Batophobia- Fear of being close to high buildings Bibliophobia- Fear of books Blennophobia- Fear of slime Bogyphobia- Fear of the bogeyman C Cathisophobia- Fear of sitting Catoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors Chaetophobia- Fear of hair Chionophobia- Fear of snow Chromatophobia- Fear of colors Chronophobia- Fear of time Chronomentrophobia- Fear of clocks Cibophobia- Fear of food Clinophobia- Fear of going to bed Cnidophobia- Fear of string D Deciophobia- Fear of making decisions Dendrophobia- Fear of trees Dextrophobia- Fear of objects at the right side of the body Didaskaleinophobia- Fear of school E Eisoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors Eleutherophobia- Fear of freedom Eosophobia- Fear of daylight Epistemophobia- Fear of knowledge Ergophobia- Fear of work Ereuthophobia- Fear of the color red G Geliophobia- Fear of laughter Geniophobia- Fear of chins Genuphobia- Fear of knees Geumaphobia- Fear of taste Gnosiophobia- Fear of knowledge Graphophobia- Fear of writing H Heliophobia- Fear of the sun Helmintophobia- Fear of being infested with worms Hemophobia- Fear of blood Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words Homichlophobia- Fear of fog Hypnophobia- Fear of sleep I Ichthyophobia- Fear of fish Ideophobia- Fear of ideas K Kainophobia- Fear of anything new Kathisophobia- Fear of sitting down L Lachanophobia- Fear of vegetables Leukophobia- Fear of the color white Levophobia- Fear of objects to the left side of the body Linonophobia- Fear of string Logophobia- Fear of words M Melanophobia- Fear of the color black Melophobia- Fear of music Metrophobia- Fear of poetry Mnemophobia- Fear of memories Mottephobia- Fear of moths N Nebulaphobia- Fear of fog Neophobia- Fear of anything new Nephophobia- Fear of clouds Nomatophobia- Fear of names O Octophobia- Fear of the number 8 Ommetaphobia- Fear of eyes Oneirophobia- Fear of dreams Ophthalmophobia- Fear of opening one’s eyes Ostraconophobia- Fear of shellfish P Panophobia- Fear of everything Papyrophobia- Fear of paper Paraskavedekatriaphobia- Fear of Friday the 13th Peladophobia- Fear of bald people Phengophobia- Fear of daylight Phobophobia- Fear of fear Photophobia- Fear of light Phronemophobia- Fear of thinking Pogonophobia- Fear of beards S Sciophobia- Fear of shadows Scolionophobia- Fear of school Selenophobia- Fear of the moon Siderophobia- Fear of stars Sitophobia- Fear of food Sophophobia- Fear of learning Stasibasiphobia- Fear of walking T Thaasophobia- Fear of sitting Trichopathophobia- Fear of hair Triskadekaphobia- Fear of the number 13 V Verbophobia- Fear of words X Xanthophobia- Fear of the color yellow

2. Self-Help For Phobias Information about how to receive neurolinguistic programming to possibly help those suffering from phobias. http://www.phobiascured.com/

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3. Phobias - Glossary The Phobia Glossary A complete listing. Click on a phobia name to see its definition. http://psychology.about.com/library/bl/blglos_phobias.htm

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4. The Phobia List Curing phobias, Shyness and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders by Howard Please don t ask me about curing phobias because I know little about them. http://www.phobialist.com/

please visit my sponsors I have been working on this list for several years. It started as a lark one day and grew from there. Please don't ask me about curing phobias because I know little about them. My interest is in the names only. All the phobia names on this list have been found in some reference book. If you're looking for a phobia name that's not on the list....Sorry, but I don't have it. NAVIGATION The PHOBIA LIST FAQ's Page- The Indexed Phobia List- The Phobia List Poster- SITES TO LOOK FOR HELP WITH A PHOBIA- ... Z or Click here for the Indexed Phobia List online. If you appreciate the Phobia List, please help support it. NEWS 10 Years!! The Phobia List has now been on the web for 10 years. It was actually on the pre- World Wide Web internet for a couple of years before the www came into existance. It was a much shorter list then. It's grown because of the interest and help of many people. I want to thank everyone that has helped or tried to help with the tending of the list. Without them this would be a mostly blank page. Thank you all. The List has been pilfered by many and appears in various forms throughout the web. If imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery then I suppose I should be flattered...but plagiarism being what it is......

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6. Treatment For Phobias Curing phobias, Shyness and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders by Doctor Howard Simple or specific phobias have been quite effectively treated with http://www.phobialist.com/treat.html

Treatment for Phobias exposure treatment , so called because the patient is exposed to the phobic stimulus as part of the therapeutic process. One simple form of exposure treatment is that of flooding , where the person is immersed in the fear reflex until the fear itself fades away. Some phobic reactions are so strong that flooding must be done through one's imagining the phobic stimulus, rather than engaging the phobic stimulus itself. Some patients cannot handle flooding in any form, so an alternative classical conditioning technique is used called counter-conditioning (Watson, 1924). In this form, one is trained to substitute a relaxation response for the fear response in the presence of the phobic stimulus. Relaxation is incompatible with feeling fearful or having anxiety, so it is said that the relaxation response counters the fear response. This counter-conditioning is most often used in a systematic way to very gradually introduce the feared stimulus in a step-by-step fashion known as systematic desensitization , first used by Joseph Wolpe (1958). This desensitization involves three steps: (1) training the patient to physically relax, (2) establishing an anxiety hierarchy of the stimuli involved, and (3) counter-conditioning relaxation as a response to each feared stimulus beginning first with the least anxiety-provoking stimulus and moving then to the next least anxiety-provoking stimulus until all of the items listed in the

7. Anxiety Disorders Among Children A source of information regarding the more common types of anxiety disorders, such as separation anxiety, panic disorder, social phobias, and obsessivecompulsive disorder. http://www.npi.ucla.edu/caap/anxieties/anxiety_problems.htm

Common anxiety and related problems among children For more information, click on the disorder that interest you: - Fears of being away from Mom and Dad or of sleeping alone - fear and avoidance of elevators, heights or water - fear and avoidance of certain animals, insects - unreasonable fear of needles or blood - physical sensations like racing heart, trouble catching breath, dizziness - panic attacks or feeling really scared out of the blue - frequent prolonged worrying - worries that are hard to control - uncomfortable shyness - reluctance to talk or interact or attend social events - intrusive unpleasant thoughts - need to repeat certain actions - involuntary muscle movement - repetitive vocalizations - repetitive pulling of hair - failure to speak in one or more specific social situations Selective Mutism home anxiety problems studies ... contact us

8. National Phobics Society - The Anxiety Disorders Charity UK organisation formed by a sufferer of agoraphobia for those affected by anxiety disorders. Contains detailed information about a range of phobias http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

9. The Phobias Page The list of phobias. appear as a link to its definition here use a href= http//www.ojohaven.com/fun/phobias.html lilapsophobia lilapsophobia /a . http://www.ojohaven.com/fun/phobias.html

The Phobias The [Web] link beside phobia names searches the web using Alta Vista for that phobia. The [Book] link beside some phobia names searches for books relating to that topic. The [Movie] link beside some phobia names searches The Internet Movie Database for television and film productions relating to that topic. While this page is hardly definitive, i've worked very hard at making it comprehensive. I'm not done - i'll work on it as i can. I've footnoted sources wherever possible. Please mail me at ojo@ojohaven.com with any comments, questions, or corrections you may have. Feel free to link into this page. Each letter and each phobia name is also an anchor. To have the word, say, lilapsophobia , appear as a link to its definition here use <a href="http://www.ojohaven.com/fun/phobias.html#lilapsophobia">lilapsophobia</a> Jump List: The Linguistic Fun Page OjoHaven Feedback a ... z Abluthophobia : Fear of bathing. Acarophobia : Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching. Fear of skin infestation by mites or ticks Acerophobia : Fear of sourness Achluophobia : Fear of darkness.

10. Home Page Classification of phobias and information about treatment. Includes some information about panic attacks as well. http://phobias.mywebhealthcenter.com

NEW! Phobia Bookstore Home Search the Web: Powered by: find11.com What are you afraid of today? No matter what your fear, there are probably other people who are afraid of the same thing. In the West, phobias are the one of the most commonly diagnosed mental disorders.The phobic person is not alone. As much as thirteen percent of the population may currently have phobias, and as many as sixty percent of people have been affected by a phobia at some point in their life. When the fears of the phobic person get to the point of causing great anxiety, and start to disrupt normal life, it is time to get some help. If these fears cause misery, or a desire to flee from the fear, (the Greek word phobos means extreme fear and flight), the phobic person may need some help to get over these fears. The Greeks, Phobos was a god who could help them win in battle. Phobos could so confuse the enemy, and strike in them a feeling of abject terror. The enemy would be stunned into inaction, so that the victory of the Greeks would be assured. For some people, even just the thought of their phobia is enough to provoke the fear response of the actual feared situation. Sometimes the fear is so strong they can feel physical symptoms such as dizziness or nausea, many of the same feelings that come with

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12. The Lifeline Anxiety Disorder Newsletter Website Designed for people, and the families of people, who suffer from the panic brought about by fears, anxieties, and phobias. http://www.designandcopy.ca/lifeline

Lifeline Anxiety Disorder Newsletter Best viewed using Microsoft Internet Explorer 6+ or A quarterly newsletter for people - and families of people - who suffer from the panic brought about by fears, anxieties and phobias. document.write("" + day + month); document.write(myweekday + ", " + year + "."); CURRENT ISSUE SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION BACK ... HOME Stay current. Click here: search tips Click here to listen to a CBC Sounds Like Canada interview about this site. HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CURRENT ISSUE If you wish to comment on any of the articles in this issue or past issues, please go to the Lifeline Anxiety Disorder Message Board and click a relevant topic to start a conversation. Asthmatics more likely to suffer frequent panic attacks. Having asthma appears to possibly increase anxiety levels and, in turn, cause panic in some individuals. Panic attacks, on the other hand, may trigger an episode of asthma... read on Reprocessing therapy builds self esteem. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is quickly proving highly effective in treating post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), phobias, eating disorders, depression and plain low-self esteem... read on Lifeline's Media Review The Instinct to Heal: Curing Stress, Anxiety and Depression Without Drugs and Without Talk Therapy

13. Social Phobia/Social Anxiety Association Nonprofit organization, seeking to educate the public about social phobia, the most common anxiety disorder. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

14. MedlinePlus: Phobias phobias. Overviews; Let’s Talk Facts about phobias (American Psychiatric Association) Links to PDF; phobias (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/phobias.html

@import url(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/images/advanced.css); Skip navigation Other health topics: A B C D ... List of All Topics Phobias Contents of this page: From the NIH Overviews Treatment Coping ... Teenagers Search MEDLINE/PubMed for recent research articles on Phobias You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages: Anxiety Panic Disorder Mental Health and Behavior From the National Institutes of Health Anxiety Disorders (National Institute of Mental Health) Overviews Let’s Talk Facts about Phobias (American Psychiatric Association) - Links to PDF Phobias (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Treatment Anxiety Disorders Information: Guide to Treatment (Anxiety Disorders Association of America) Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (NAMI) Medications (National Institute of Mental Health) Psychosocial Treatments (NAMI) Coping (American Academy of Family Physicians) Specific Conditions Panic Disorder: Panic Attacks and Agoraphobia (American Academy of Family Physicians) Social Phobia (National Institute of Mental Health) Social Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Social Phobia, a Real Illness

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simple self hypnosis method to quit smoking, drinking, for fast weight loss, to gain confidence, self esteem and assertiveness. Selfhypnosis helps change whatever it is you would like to change and add to yourself whatever you think you lack. Zap fears and phobias and bad habits, create love, joy and happiness. transform your life with this unique hypnotherapy technique. NOW! A simple self hypnosis technique, out method can be used for everything Tavira, Portugal. From now on you can forget your fears. Forget your phobias. Quit smoking. Stop drinking. Rid yourself of bad habits. Lose weight. With this self hypnosis method you can change whatever it is about yourself you would like to change. And you can add to yourself whatever you think you lack. You may want to boost your confidence, increase your charm and desirability, raise your self esteem and become more assertive. Forget your shrink. Forget the blues. Forget everything about yourself that shoots you in the foot. Use our self hypnosis technique and in a short time from now you can become the person you really want to be. You can be dynamic, poised, self assured, create a good impression and be loved by others. This may look like a bit of pie in the sky stuff. Read on and you'll soon think differently about hypnotherapy. Did you know that the conscious mind, uses only a measly

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17. American Psychiatric Association phobias can interfere with your ability to work, socialize, and go about a phobias are emotional and physical reactions to feared objects or situations. http://www.psych.org/public_info/phobias.cfm

18. Scared Discusses separation anxiety, thunderstorm anxiety and obsessivecompulsive disorder. http://www.geocities.com/harbaugh4/scared.html

Phobias and Other Anxiety Separation anxiety - it's not just for doggies anymore. Cats have the ability to be just as destructive and annoying as dogs, in this regard. Well, maybe not AS annoying. Separation anxiety is demonstrated by several things, centered on how the cat acts when you leave, when you're gone, and when you return. Here, your cat is a dog. You try to leave, and she runs to the door, crying, climbing at the wall, saying take me too!! She tries to sneak out the door and run with you to work. When you're gone, she cries, and destroys things she never does when you're around. And when you return, it's the biggest event of the world - all is right, because you are home!! Flattering, but...not preferable. Your cat must be retrained, because it's causing her extreme stress every time you leave, she's destroying things, and you may not always be able to successfully chase her when she sneaks out. What can you do? The first task is for the owner. Change *your* routine. We don't realize it, but we do the exact same things again and again every day. Your cat will figure out that when you put on shoes, turn off the TV, pick up your briefcase and grab your keys, you're on the way out. So, instead, do things out of order. Put your keys in your pocket a half hour before you're ready to leave. Put on your shoes right away after showering. When you aren't leaving, go put on your shoes, pick up your keys and bag - and walk back to the couch and sit down. This will help to break her of the patterned response.

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20. Fears & Phobias Case Histories Menu People with unnecessary Fears and phobias will often be delighted with EFT. They show EFT being applied to a wide variety of Fears and phobias so that http://www.emofree.com/fear.htm

Search this Site For Newcomers Newcomer's Message Free Get Started Pkg. Free Stuff Learn EFT EFT Training Videos Workshops Workshop Guidelines How to Order Order Training Videos FAQ Tutorial Download EFT Manual ... EFT Certificate Email Support Free EFT Newsletter EFT Newsletter Archives Related Email Lists Other Become an Affiliate Make a Payment Contact EFT Advisory Board Henry Altenberg, MD Daniel J. Benor, MD Bill Bergman, MD Irene A. Cohen, MD Sandro de Rosa, MD Judith Friedman, MD Lillian Gross, MD Myron Koch, MD David Lake, MD Gary Peterson, MD Curtis Steele, MD, ABPN Raul Vergini, MD Patricia Carrington, PhD Christopher Hegarty, PhD Dr. Alexander Lees Cheryl Richardson, author Nancy Steele, PhD, TSTA People with unnecessary Fears and Phobias will often be delighted with EFT. The problem often vanishes in a few minutes and, even when it doesn't, relief is usually a few brief sessions away. The menu below will take you to a series of actual cases written by experienced EFT'ers and clients. They show EFT being applied to a wide variety of Fears and Phobias so that you can get an "inside look" at the artistic use of this process. Some of the Fears and Phobias listed below are very severe and of long duration. Newcomers wishing to learn EFT should first visit our Newcomer's Message.

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