Phobia

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what is Phobia?

Phobia = a persistent, irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situation that leads to a compelling desire to avoid it. - Dictionary.com

Phobia = an irrational, intense and persistent fear of certain situations, activities, things, animals, or people.The main symptom of this disorder is the excessive and unreasonable desire to avoid the feared stimulus. When the fear is beyond one's control, and if the fear is interfering with daily life, then a diagnosis under one of the anxiety disorders can be made - Wikipedia.com

Dari 2 sumber ini yang gue tangkep adalah Phobia = ketakutan yang berlebihan terhadap sesuatu

ternyata macem-macem phobia itu buanyaaaaak banget. gue kira cuma phobia gelap, darah, tinggi, sama kucing doang (gue tau ada phobia sama kucing gara2 gue adalah salah satunya). ada beberapa yang gak make sense dan juga bikin ngakak kalo sampe ada orang yang punya phobia tersebut. cekidot deh

Psychological conditions

• Ablutophobia – fear of bathing, washing, or cleaning. *gak mandi dong :o*
• Acrophobia, Altophobia – fear of heights.
• Agoraphobia, Agoraphobia Without History of Panic Disorder – fear of places or events where escape is impossible or when help is unavailable.
• Agraphobia – fear of sexual abuse.
• Aichmophobia – fear of sharp or pointed objects (such as a needle or knife).
• Algophobia – fear of pain.
• Agyrophobia – fear of crossing roads. *this doesn't make any sense at all*
• Aibohphobia - fear of palindromes. Recognized as a palindromic version of the word "phobia."
• Androphobia – fear of men. *oh ini gue pernah liat di acara tv nih*
• Anthropophobia – fear of people or being in a company, a form of social phobia.
• Anthophobia – fear of flowers. *ada ya :o*
• Aquaphobia – fear of water. Distinct from Hydrophobia, a scientific property that makes chemicals averse to interaction with water, as well as an archaic name for rabies.
• Arachnophobia- fear of spiders.
• Astraphobia, Astrapophobia, Brontophobia, Keraunophobia – fear of thunder, lightning and storms; especially common in young children.
• Atychiphobia, fear of failure
• Aviophobia, Aviatophobia – fear of flying.
• Bacillophobia, Bacteriophobia, Microbiophobia – fear of microbes and bacteria.
• Blood-injection-injury type phobia – a DSM-IV subtype of specific phobias
• Chorophobia - fear of dancing.
• Cibophobia, Sitophobia – aversion to food, synonymous to Anorexia nervosa.
• Claustrophobia – fear of having no escape and being closed in.
• Coulrophobia – fear of clowns (not restricted to evil clowns).
• Decidophobia – fear of making decisions.
• Dental phobia, Dentophobia, Odontophobia – fear of dentists and dental procedures
• Disposophobia, better known as "compulsive hoarding" – the fear of getting rid of or losing things.
• Dysmorphophobia, or body dysmorphic disorder – a phobic obsession with a real or imaginary body defect.
• Emetophobia – fear of vomiting.
• Ergasiophobia, Ergophobia – fear of work or functioning, or a surgeon's fear of operating.
• Ergophobia – fear of work or functioning.
• Erotophobia – fear of sexual love or sexual questions.
• Erythrophobia – pathological blushing.
• Gelotophobia - fear of being laughed at.
• Gephyrophobia – fear of bridges. *:o*
• Genophobia, Coitophobia – fear of sexual intercourse.
• Gerascophobia – fear of growing old or aging.
• Gerontophobia – fear of growing old, or a hatred or fear of the elderly
• Glossophobia – fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak.
• Gymnophobia – fear of nudity.
• Gynophobia – fear of women.
• Halitophobia - fear of bad breath.
• Haptephobia – fear of being touched. *terus? gak pernah dipegang orang gitu ?*
• Heliophobia – fear of sunlight.
• Hemophobia, Haemophobia – fear of blood.
• Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia – fear of the number 666.
• Hoplophobia – fear of weapons, specifically firearms (Generally a political term but the clinical phobia is also documented).
• Koumpounophobia - fear of sewing buttons.
• Ligyrophobia – fear of loud noises.
• Lipophobia – fear/avoidance of fats in food.
• Medication phobia - fear of medications.
• Megalophobia - fear of large/oversized objects.
• Mysophobia – fear of germs, contamination or dirt.
• Necrophobia – fear of death and/or the dead.
• Neophobia, Cainophobia, Cainotophobia, Cenophobia, Centophobia, Kainolophobia, Kainophobia – fear of newness, novelty.
• Nomophobia – fear of being out of mobile phone contact.
• Nosophobia – fear of contracting a disease.
• Nosocomephobia - fear of hospitals.
• Nyctophobia, Achluophobia, Lygophobia, Scotophobia – fear of darkness.
• Oikophobia - fear of home surroundings and household appliances
• Osmophobia, Olfactophobia – fear of smells.
• Paraskavedekatriaphobia, Paraskevidekatriaphobia, Friggatriskaidekaphobia – fear of Friday the 13th.
• Panphobia – fear of everything or constant fear of an unknown cause.
• Phasmophobia - fear of ghosts, spectres or phantasms.
• Phagophobia – fear of swallowing.
• Pharmacophobia – same as medication phobia.
• Phobophobia – fear of having a phobia. *terus ? *
• Phonophobia – fear of loud sounds.
• Pyrophobia – fear of fire.
• Radiophobia – fear of radioactivity or X-rays.
• Sociophobia – fear of people or social situations.
• Scopophobia – fear of being looked at or stared at.
• Somniphobia – fear of sleep. *gak tidur ?!*
• Spectrophobia – fear of mirrors and one's own reflections.
• Taphophobia – fear of the grave, or fear of being placed in a grave while still alive.
• Technophobia – fear of technology (see also Luddite).
• Telephone phobia, fear or reluctance of making or taking phone calls.
• Tetraphobia – fear of the number 4.
• Thanatophobia – fear of death.
• Thermophobia - fear of heat.
• Tokophobia – fear of childbirth.
• Traumatophobia – a synonym for injury phobia: fear of having an injury.
• Triskaidekaphobia, Terdekaphobia – fear of the number 13.
• Trypanophobia, Belonephobia, Enetophobia – fear of needles or injections.
• Workplace phobia – fear of the workplace.
• Xenophobia – fear of strangers, foreigners, or aliens

Animal phobias

• Ailurophobia – fear/dislike of cats. *ini gue ini*
• Apiphobia – fear/dislike of bees (also known as melissophobia, from the Greek melissa "bee").
• Arachnophobia – fear/dislike of spiders and other arachnids.
• Chiroptophobia – fear/dislike of bats.
• Cynophobia – fear/dislike of dogs.
• Entomophobia – fear/dislike of insects.
• Equinophobia – fear/dislike of horses (also known as hippophobia).
• Herpetophobia - fear/dislike of reptiles and/or amphibians.
• Ichthyophobia – fear/dislike of fish.
• Musophobia – fear/dislike of mice and/or rats.
• Ophidiophobia – fear/dislike of snakes.
• Ornithophobia – fear/dislike of birds.
• Scoleciphobia – fear of worms.

Non-psychological conditions

• Hydrophobia – fear of water (a symptom of rabies). * :o *
• Photophobia – hypersensitivity to light causing aversion to light
• Phonophobia – hypersensitivity to sound causing aversion to sounds.
• Osmophobia – hypersensitivity to smells causing aversion to odors.

Biology, chemistry

• Acidophobia/Acidophobic – preference for non-acidic conditions.
• Heliophobia/Heliophobic – aversion to sunlight.
• Hydrophobia/Hydrophobic – a property of being repelled by water.
• Lipophobicity – a property of fat rejection
• Ombrophobia – avoidance of rain
• Photophobia (biology) a negative phototaxis or phototropism response, or a tendency to stay out of the light
• Superhydrophobe – the property given to materials that are extremely difficult to get wet.
• Thermophobia – aversion to heat.

Prejudices and discrimination

• Biphobia – fear/dislike of bisexuals.
• Christianophobia - fear/dislike of Christians
• Ephebiphobia – fear/dislike of youth.
• Gerontophobia, Gerascophobia – fear/dislike of aging or the elderly.
• Heterophobia – fear/dislike of heterosexuals.
• Homophobia – fear/dislike of homosexuality or homosexuals.*woww*
• Islamophobia - fear/dislike of Muslims
• Judeophobia – fear/dislike of Jews.
• Lesbophobia – fear/dislike of lesbians.*HAHA*
• Pedophobia, Pediophobia – fear/dislike of children.
• Psychophobia – fear/dislike of mental illness or the mentally ill.
• Transphobia – fear/dislike of transgender or transsexual people.
• Xenophobia – fear/dislike of foreigners.

Jocular and fictional Phobias

• Anachrophobia – fear of temporal displacement, 
• Anatidaephobia – fear of being watched by a duck. * :o*
• Arachibutyrophobia – fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth. 
• Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia – fear of long words. *ckckkc*

• Keanuphobia - fear of Keanu Reeves, 
• Luposlipaphobia - fear of being pursued by timber wolves around a kitchen table while wearing socks on a newly waxed floor
• Nihilophobia - fear of nothingness
• Venustraphobia – fear of beautiful women, *hahahahahah this is really funny*
• Spasmaynagaialia phobia - fear of broken glass

so, What's your phobia(s) ?