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Phobias
Strong fear of a situation or thing that is extremely strong and causes anxiety is a phobia. Phobias could be of heights, bridges, talkiing to a group, or any number of other things. Ask and answer questions about the different types of phobias, what they are, how they happen, how to overcome them, and more in this category.
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What is marshmallow phobia called?
Althaiophobia is fear of marshmallow's
Althaiophobia~fear of marshmellow's
What phobia is the fear of peanut butter sticking to your gums?
"Arachibutyrophobia" (pronounced I-RA-KID-BU-TI-RO-PHO-BI-A)
What is it called when you're scared of cereal?
there is no specific term for fear of ceral.
Fear of food though is Cibophobia.
What phobia is the fear of hot dogs?
Since hot dogs are a food, technically it would be sitophobia (fear of food), however, if you are afraid of hot dogs in particular it could be carnophobia (fear of meat).
What is the name of the phobia for fear of tomato sauce?
Mortuusequusphobia: abnormally afraid of ketchup.
Etymology from Australian rhyming slang "dead horse" for red sauce, aka ketchup.
Mortuusequusphobic
Is there a name for fear of olives?
There is no name for fear of olives, but lachanophobia is the fear of vegetables.
How do you get over the fear of doing a no-hand back flip?
Can you do the back flip first of all?? If you can then you shouldn't be afraid to do them. I taught myself how to do a back flip. I guess i just had a lot of bravery and courage.
If you are scared of doing the back flip on hard ground then....
I taught myself on the trampoline. Then i started doing it on my mattress. I had this really soft but firm carpet and i covered it with pillows. After i grew confident i took all the pillows off and started doing it on the plain carpet. Then after i got the courage i just started doing it on the ground.
· xenophobic - abnormal fear of foreign things, especially strangers or foreign people
Is there a name for the fear of flying a kite?
"Aviophobia" and, less commonly, "aviatophobia" are used.
What does the word Florida mean?
Feast of Flowers (Easter)
According to his chroniclers, Ponce de León named the region La Florida ("flowery land") because it was then the Easter Season, known in Spanish as Pascua Florida (roughly "Flowery Easter"), and because the vegetation was in bloom.
What is the name of the fear of flushing toilets?
Maybe the toilet's hard to flush, but the fear of toilets people have, they're almost always scared of public toilets.
Why do some people fear rats and mice?
Rats i guess are kinda weird to poeple you dont have to be afraid of them im afraid of spiders but oh well. there frigting because that just what were scared of. and thier more afraid of us than we are of them
How can you get rid of your fear of talking to people?
- Over 90% of people are quite shy and some simply force themselves to talk to strangers or are able to public speak at meetings. Some people take courses on public speaking or join a theater group to get over their fear. Many actors have problems of shyness and fear of talking to people and through theater they begin to open up more.
What Phobia Is it when You are Afraid of Long words?
Yes, the fear of long words does exist.
There are two names for this phobia. The first is hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia. The second, a shorter version, is sesquipedalophobia.
Ironically they are both long words.
Correct phobia for fear of golf?
Yes, a phobia is just an irrational fear of something. I can think of few things that it's more irrational to be scared of than golf carts.
What is the phobia of thinking most textures are disgusting?
Phobia isn't where you think things are disgusting, its where you fear something so bad, that you can't stand it. Someone that i know has a phobia of spiders, and one time there was a spider in her car, and she pulled over in the middle of the freeway and climed on top of her car, and rode home in a police car. THAT'S what phobia is.
