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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 phobia is the fear of speed bumps?
Tachophobia is the term that most phobia lists use to refer to the fear of speed.
What is the name of the phobia?
The phobia of have a phobia or a fear is called "Phobophobia". This is not something rare. A lot of people have this phobia.
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Strangely, yes, there is an irrational fear of being too happy. The name of this phobia is Cherophobia.
Generally people with the phobia fear being too happy because they are worried something tragic will happen as a result of their over-happiness.
What phobia is for fear of knowing the truth?
I haven't seen referenced any specific name for "fear/phobia of reality". However, the good news is no one stops you from "inventing" it, the way the other phobias' names (and many, many other words) were invented.
The most common way of naming a phobia is to use the Greek word naming the object of that phobia and the -phobia suffix.
Greek for reality being πραγματικότητα(transliterated pragmatikoteta), and for real, πραγματική (transliterated pragmatike), you can safely use pragmatophobia to name the "fear of reality".
As an alternative, the Latin words for the object of the "fear" have been used...
From that point of view, you could use realitophobia (coming from the Medieval Latin word realitas, initially a juridic term for "real estate", derived from the Latin word res, a generic term roughly equivalent to "thing/things"). But that sounds a little too "plain" if you ask me. LE: Ups, I just found out the word "pragmatophobia" was used by the Polish philosopher Zygmund Zawirski in the very title of one of his books, Symbolomania and Pragmatophobia. And, as a personal note: I took "fear of reality" not in the sense of actual fear/terror (like arachnophobia, the fear of spiders, for instance), but to mean the denial of reality, hiding from it, the unwillingness to acknowledge certain aspects pertaining to reality.
What is the fear of running off the road called?
There is no term I can find for the specific fear of turning left.. But Levophobia is the fear of things to the left side of the body, and Sinistrophobia is the fear of things to the left of left-handed.
lefty idis?
What is the phobia the faer of Halloween called?
I've checked the latin words. It's Formidophobia. Formido meaning fear, terror, and for some reason it includes "scarecrow." So, in essence, Formidophobia is a fear of scarecrows.
What phobia is the fear of house or home surroundings?
Oikophobia is the name of the phobia relating to the fear of house or home surroundings, wheras, fear of leaving the house is called "agoraphobia." Oikaphobia is a particular morbid dislike of home or an abnormal fear of being home or in one's house. It is a fear of home life or surroundings, often including house-hold appliances, equipment, electricity, bathtubs, household chemicals, and many other common objects in the home.
What phobia is the fear of losing a loved one called?
Necrophobia is the abnormal fear of dead things (e.g., corpses) as well as things associated with death (e.g., coffins, tombstones)
Thanatophobia is fear of death,
What is the name of the phobia for the fear of sponges?
i share this phobia, its the texture for me i think i know what you mean, it doesnt matter if there wet or dry but if i rub one on my skin it gives me goosebumps and shivers up my spine, its horrible, but even if i just imagine being touched by a sponge it gives me shivers and goosebumps. but unfortunately i dont know what the phobia is called, i do know its a very rare phobia and theres no info anywhere lol were special or wierd lol i prefer special lol
What is the phobia for fear of leprechauns?
chromatophobia is the fear of the colour green...... if that helps at all lol XD
there is no real fear of dying because every human brain is subconsciously programed to fear death! some scientists may come up with a name but it isn't really a fear if every single person in the world has it.
the only thing i can think of that might relate to that is the fear of not dying of which name temporarily escapes me. professor H Slade XXX
What phobia is the fear of pool filters?
There is not a specific name for a phobia that is for the fear of pool drains. However, the fear of pool drains is not an uncommon fear.
What phobia is the fear of extreme cold such as ice and frost?
ok i may be only 12 years old but i am into phobias . fear of the cold and feezing is called by many names there is ...
cheimatophobia - frigophobia - psychophobia
these are all words for fear of the cold or freezing . you do know its highly unlikely to be frozen though it happens . never mind hope this helps .
this was posted by k8 the gr8 in , Hawaii
What phobia is the fear of black people?
The fear of other races would fall under the fear of anyone that is unlike one's self, which is called xenophobia. The opposite reaction - attraction to people who are unlike one's self - is called xenophilia.
