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    Points:8

    Don't be afraid of these fearful words

    All these fearful words deal with fear (-phobia). But don't be afraid of these words. Let's learn their meaning.

    Acrophobia =Fear of heights
    Aerophobia = Fear of flying
    Agoraphobia = Fear of public space
    Ailurophobia = Fear of cats
    Amathophobia = Fear of dust
    Arachnophobia = Fear of spiders
    Astrapophobia = Fear of lightning
    Claustrophobia = Fear of closed space
    Emetophobia = Fear of vomiting
    Ereuthophobia = Fear of blushing
    Genophobia = Fear of sex
    Haematophobia = Fear of blood
    Keraunophobia = Fear of thunder
    Microphobia = Fear of germs/microbes
    Mysophobia = Fear of dirt
    Nyctophobia = Fear of the dark
    Ochlophobia = Fear of crowds
    Ornithophobia = Fear of birds
    Pathophobia = Fear of disease
    Pnigophobia = Fear of choking
    Pteronophobia = Fear of feathers
    Pyrophobia = Fear of fire
    Triskaidekaphobia = Fear of number 13 (thirteen)
    Xenophobia = Fear of strangers
    Zoophobia = Fear of animals

    Please tell us which word/words is/are applicable in your case.
  • #775897

    Points:3
    A good collection from the author and the list has given almost all the phobias. As far as I am concerned I have the following phobias.
    1. I have a problem with dust allergy. So can I say I am having Amathophobia?
    2. I have Microphobia.
    3. I have Pathophobia
    The author has given the list but not mentioned the words that are applicable to him. He may share that information for the benefit of other members.
    drrao
    always confident

  • #775903

    Points:4
    We are thankful to the author for taking pains to enrich our knowledge many a time with exciting words. These words would serve the ready made solutions in most of the situations. The words provided by him ends with the phobia denoting to fears.
    More or less, we all are facing with some sort of phobias but such phobias would vary from man to man and even for the same phobias there might be the variance of the intensity from one to the other.
    I suffer from both the Microphobia and Pathophobia time to time. I would like to know what sort of phobia, the author is facing him self.

  • #775907

    Points:1
    Dr. Rao Sir and Jha sir have sought to know about my phobia, if any. In this regard, I must admit that in earlier days, I suffered from Acrophobia , i.e fear of heights. I used to dream that I was falling from an aeroplane or from a high-rise.

    However, eventually I purchased a flat in a high-rise building and my flat is on the top-floor of the building. I stayed in that flat for more than 10 years before shifting to my present Government accommodation. In those ten years, my fear of heights has largely been controlled.
    Kabhi un mad-bhari ankhon se piya tha ek jaam, aajtak hosh nehi, hosh nehi, hosh nehi—Jigar Moradabadi ("Once I drank a cup from those drunken eyes; till now I haven't regained my senses!")

  • #775911

    Points:4
    The author has given a comprehensive list of various phobias that create fear in us. Most of the people suffer from one kind of phobia or other. Some accept it in public while others do not, of course, due to personal reasons.
    In my case, I am having certain amount of phobia out of the list mentioned above. These are pertaining to the fear of height, fear of blood, fear of dark, fear of dust, fear of lightening, fear of microbes etc.
    I am having these phobias since my school time and I don't feel that any of them is lessened by now to any degree.
    Actually, these phobias, to some extent, help us in taking precautions and preventions in our lives.
    Knowledge is power.

  • #775912

    Points:3
    In this context, I humbly submit that I feel 'phobia' is not normal unease/fear. Phobia relates to very high level of fear which forces people to undertake various irrational/illogical/unnatural action. As for example, I have heard that some people having Microphobia or Pathophobia completely stop going out of their home because they are mortally afraid of catching diseases.

    I request members to comment on this aspect.
    Kabhi un mad-bhari ankhon se piya tha ek jaam, aajtak hosh nehi, hosh nehi, hosh nehi—Jigar Moradabadi ("Once I drank a cup from those drunken eyes; till now I haven't regained my senses!")

  • #775916

      

    Points:5
    A nice collection of words related to various phobias that we humans some time or the other suffer from. In this respect, I have one phobia that has been there since my childhood. Claustrophobia or fear of closed space does sometimes get on my nerves. Even thinking of being entrapped in a closed space gets my head into a tizzy. A few examples are upper berth accommodation in a 3AC railway coach, very small lift enclosures, godowns or basement rooms where there are no provisions for windows or sunlight creeping in. I was wondering about the 41 survivors in the recent tunnel collapse, and how tough a time they had trapped there for 17 days. It gives me creeps, watching those English movies, which sometimes depict prison cells, especially the ones in Southeast Asian countries, where prisoners, mainly drug offenders are kept in cells that are no bigger than small cubicles. Thanks, Lord, I am no way into such things.

    I have a friend, whose wife, till recently, was very much afraid of heights. Her phobia was to such a level that she never used to fly by any airline nor would she climb a high-rise building taking a lift. But things are improving. She has started flying and has also climbed into lifts. My friend often visits us (our apartment is on the 10th floor) seeing it as an opportunity for his wife to get a hang of the lifts as early as possible.
    Patience and perseverance pays

  • #775920

    Points:4
    The post has become quite interesting with the varied responses offered by the respectable members and I could see that more or less, all of us are in the grip of phobias to some extent. However not to be panicked if the same is within the manageable level.
    Partha Sir has nicely clarified when the some form of the phobia could turn out to be a dangerous level including himself. Thanks God that he has managed his Acrophobia to a manageable level. This could be due to his shifting to a flat existing on the top floor providing him an opportunity to contain his anxiety level to a significant level.
    Dhruv Sir has narrated his personal experiences when his phobias heightened with the numerous incidents. To sum up, the entire content was interesting.

  • #775921

    Points:1
    So many responses, but no one is talking about Triskaidekaphobia! I am really astonished!
    Kabhi un mad-bhari ankhon se piya tha ek jaam, aajtak hosh nehi, hosh nehi, hosh nehi—Jigar Moradabadi ("Once I drank a cup from those drunken eyes; till now I haven't regained my senses!")

  • #775928

      

    Points:6

    As Partha has said in his response above at #779512, phobia is not normal fear. It is an abnormality and may rise up to psychotic levels. It can be an indication of schizophrenia and may require medical attention if it becomes uncontrollable.

    From the list of words provided by the author, I think I have acrophobia. I am afraid of heights but only when the height is open. I don't mind climbing stairs or going to the top of high-rise buildings provided they are properly guarded.

    As for triskaidekaphobia, since the author has mentioned it, I have never been influenced by the number 13 nor Friday, the 13th. It is, I think, a superstition.

    Let me add three other words to the list-
    Scelerophobia- the fear of someone hiding in your house
    Thalassophobia- the fear of deep water bodies
    Phasmophobia- the fear of ghosts
    'Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all'.
    -Aristotle


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