Entry 14; Phobias and Other Things That Keep Me Awake at Night

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Acrophobia- fear of heights

Aerophobia- the fear of being on an airplane or other flying vehicle while in flight

Agliophobia- fear of pain

Agoraphobia- to fear and avoid places or situations that might cause you to panic and make you feel trapped, helpless or embarrassed (also Demophobia)

Alexithymia- the inability to describe emotions in the self

Anthropophobia- fear of other humans

Apeirophobia- fear of infinity or eternity

Aphenphosmphobia- fear of intimacy, in romantic and family related relationships

Athazagoraphobia- fear of being forgotten or ignored, also forgetting

Atychiphobia- fear of failure or defeat

Autophobia- fear of isolation

Aviophobia- fear of flying

Basiphobia- fear of not being able to stand up and walk

Bedingungslose Liebe- unconditional love; German

Catoptrophobia- fear of mirrors

Claustrophobia- fear of enclosed/confined spaces

Chronophobia- fear of time, or the passing time

Coasterphobia- fear of roller coasters

Coulrophobia- fear of clowns

Dementophobia- fear of going insane (also Maniaphobia)

Enochlophobia- fear of crowds

Enosiophobia- fear of having committed an unpardonable sin or of criticism (also Enissophobia)

Epistemophobia- fear of knowledge

Fernweh- wanderlust, or the desire to travel; German

Genophobia- fear of sexual intercourse or other sexual activities with a romantic partner or otherwise

Glossophobia- fear of public speaking

Hadephobia- fear of Hell

Hedonophobia- fear of feeling pleasure

Isolophobia- fear of solitude, or of being alone

Kenophobia- fear of voids or empty spaces

Knismolagnia- arousal to being tickled

Maieusiophobia- fear of childbirth

Mazeophobia- fear of being lost

Metathesiophobia- fear of changes

Monophobia- fear of being alone and having to cope without a specific person, or perhaps any person, in close proximity

Nyctophilia- to have a preference to the night or darkness

Nyctophobia- fear of the night or darkness

Oniochalasia- to purchase objects as a mean of mental relaxation

Panophobia- a vague and persistent dread of some unknown evil (also Omniphobia)

Pediophobia- fear or worry of dolls, belongs to category of 'Automatonophobia'

Phobophobia- fear of phobias

Philophobia- fear of emotional attachment or falling in love

Sedatephobia- fear of quiet

Somniphobia- fear of going to sleep

Taphephobia- fear of being buried alive

Thalassophobia- fear of the sea or sea travel

Thantophobia- fear of death or dying

Tokophobia- fear of pregnancy and childbirth

Trypanophobia- fear of needles

Werifesteria- to wander through the forest longingly in search of mystery

Xenophobia- fear and hatred of strangers or anything that is strange and foreign

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