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Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by DrMB(op): 8:45am On Jan 27
Ever feel like your heart is about to jump out of your chest because of a tiny spider or a long bridge? You aren't just 'scared', there’s actually a name for that. Here are 22 phobias that prove our brains are weirder than we think.
Think you’re fearless? Check this list of 22 phobias and see if you can make it to the end without finding yours.
Be honest: How many of these did you have to Google to make sure they were real? Let me know your 'fear count' in the comments!
Types of Phobias

1) Hydrophobia → Fear of water
2) Melissophobia → Fear of bees
3) Basiphobia → Fear of falling
4) Pediophobia → Fear of dolls
5) Pyrophobia → Fear of fire
6) Algophobia → Fear of pain
7) Stygiophobia → Fear of hell
8 ) Dendrophobia → Fear of trees
9) Ornithophobia → Fear of birds
10) Selachophobia → Fear of sharks
11) Chiroptophobia → Fear of bats
12) Macrophobia → Fear of long waits
13) Erythrophobia → Fear of blushing
14) Myrmecophobia → Fear of ants
15) Gephyrophobia → Fear of bridges
16) Kinemortophobia → Fear of zombies
17) Phasmophobia → Fear of ghosts
18) Herpetophobia → Fear of reptiles
19) Necrophobia → Fear of corpses
20) Thanatophobia → Fear of death or dying
21) Taphophobia → Fear of being buried alive
22) Philophobia → Fear of falling in love or emotional attachment
Source

Re: Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by NJV: 8:58am On Jan 27
God has not given me the spirit of fear, but of power, of love and of a sound mind. (2 Timothy 1 vs 7)
Re: Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by illicit(m):
I knew a lot of weird phobias at uni...

Ailurophobia is the fear of cats

Anglophobia - England or English

Alektorophobia- Chicken

Androphobia - Men

Ambulophobia- walking

Amaxophobia - moving vehicle

Gerontophobia- fear of old people etc
Re: Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by Mikocake(m): 9:06am On Jan 27
What of fear of dirty toilets and bathroom?
Re: Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by Kriss216: 9:26am On Jan 27
Mikocake:
What of fear of dirty toilets and bathroom?
Shitophobia.
Re: Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by BATified2023: 3:19pm On Jan 27
Na snake me I fear cos I can't stand it
Re: Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by Albert0011(m): 3:22pm On Jan 27
I have 2 phobias only.
Fear of of being in an enclosed space claustrophobia
And fear of heights Acrophobia
Re: Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by patrikoolar: 3:23pm On Jan 27
Where is the fear of sense?

Many of our leaders lack it

But the fear of love na d koko o
Re: Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by Kalapizim(m): 3:23pm On Jan 27
Pussilophobia
The fear of toto grin grin
Re: Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by MatrixReloaded: 3:23pm On Jan 27
Our daddy manna fell in all
All of the above.
Re: Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by ELKHALIFAISIS(m): 3:24pm On Jan 27
What of fear of touching dry things like tissue papers, catton papers, I always dip my fingers in water or saliva before touching tissue or dry papers, even if I touch it accidentally i will still touch water or saliva thereafter...
Re: Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by Lovit(m): 3:25pm On Jan 27
Sane Nigerians fears this one below:

ISLAMOPHOBIA
Re: Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by Moniya4Real(m): 3:26pm On Jan 27
Omo! Na that no 6 and 7 be the main koko


DrMB:
Ever feel like your heart is about to jump out of your chest because of a tiny spider or a long bridge? You aren't just 'scared', there’s actually a name for that. Here are 22 phobias that prove our brains are weirder than we think.
Think you’re fearless? Check this list of 22 phobias and see if you can make it to the end without finding yours.
Be honest: How many of these did you have to Google to make sure they were real? Let me know your 'fear count' in the comments!



Source
Re: Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by Godfullsam(m): 3:27pm On Jan 27
ONE SINGLE FEAR OF EVRY MAN IS POVERTY.


WHAT PHOBIA IS IT CALLED?
Re: Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by floridam(m): 3:28pm On Jan 27
Femophobia: Fear woman
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Peace
Re: Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by christejames(m): 3:28pm On Jan 27
And you didn't add Tinobia? shocked




The fear of Tinupoo
Re: Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by TempUser: 3:28pm On Jan 27
Mine isn't there.

Tryophobia - fear of holes cry
Re: Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by Emu4life(m): 3:29pm On Jan 27
Claustrophobia and Fear of heights
Anddd the last onehuh

FEAR OF WOMEN
Re: Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by DropsMic(m):
I only have one phobia, and it’s bathmophia.

Re: Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by cybriz82(m): 3:29pm On Jan 27
Nothing concern average Nigerian with all this.. d only fear most of us get na sapaphobia..
Re: Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by tobenuel(m): 3:29pm On Jan 27
SAPAphobia.. APCphobia thats my phobias
Re: Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by muyico(m): 3:30pm On Jan 27
Almost everything I carried
Except 🦇 bat and snakes I no fear
Re: Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by richiemcgold:

Is there anything like fear of poverty? 🤥🤥

That's the only phobia I have


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A reply:

SpencerForbes:
I just checked now and it’s peniaphobia. I think I share the same fear.
shocked
Re: Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by Kriely(m): 3:31pm On Jan 27
Homophobia - fear of being gay
Re: Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by Emu4life(m): 3:31pm On Jan 27
Albert0011:
I have 2 phobias only.
Fear of of being in an enclosed space claustrophobia
And fear of heights Acrophobia
Is that me in another town??
Re: Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by Zuckembego: 3:36pm On Jan 27
Every religion person is a stygiophobia
Re: Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by GenFunction: 3:37pm On Jan 27
Fear of coming out to vote in Nigerian elections is called what?
Re: Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by Jayboi(m): 3:41pm On Jan 27
Phobias are definitely more than 22. One is Agoraphobia. Fear of being in the public
Re: Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by DonnChine: 3:42pm On Jan 27
What about womephobia, fear of women?
Re: Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by TheStoriesOfMan: 3:43pm On Jan 27
Godfullsam:
ONE SINGLE FEAR OF EVRY MAN IS POVERTY.


WHAT PHOBIA IS IT CALLED?
Sapaphobia. Fear or temporary unable to withdraw cash.
Re: Types Of Phobias: Can You Get Through This List Without Cringing? by Lucifyre: 3:43pm On Jan 27
Used to have Stygiophobia and Thanatophobia then I sought truth and freed myseld from the grasp of religion, both phobias died.
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