Any weird phobias?

[elila]

Maybe a stupid topic, but does anyone have any weird phobias or know people that have had them? I was checking out this site:

http://www.phobialist.com/

one of my phobias:

Aphenphosmphobia - Fear of being touched

I feel weird when people get all close, even family members.

It takes a while for me to warm up to new boyfriends too. Don't like touchy-feely people

Some interesting ones:

Caligynephobia- Fear of beautiful women.

Ephebiphobia- Fear of teenagers.

Allodoxaphobia- Fear of opinions. ( I don't get this one)

Sesquipedalophobia- Fear of long words. (Sesquipe- GAH! Too long!)

Automatonophobia- Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues - anything that falsly represents a sentient being.

(Ugh, those things are creepy...)

I should say right now that this isn't anything meant to upset or make fun of people- we all have phobias, right?

[vertigo]

I'm afraid of heights... even though this is common, I find it very irrational I know that the odds of me (for example) falling out of an entirely enclosed observation deck of a skyscraper are about the chance of me getting pushed over by a fly Yet, still, the fear is a little bit there.

Fortunatly, I can overcome it very quickly for incredibly cool things involving heights... i.e.- Climbing the Eiffel Tower by stairs, hiking along some mountains in Switzerland... (I loved that Choir Tour! )

[monkeygirl]

This one takes the cake:

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words.

this is another personal fave:

Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth

As for phobias that I have...I'm afraid of the Law & Order sound. Sends me into a childlike state and I cover my ears, grimacing. :'(

[elila]

I'm afraid of heights

Acrophobia, I am too, a little.

This one takes the cake:

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words.

Woah! Didn't see that one, just scanned over the list.

As for phobias that I have...I'm afraid of the Law & Order sound. Sends me into a childlike state and I cover my ears, grimacing. :'(

I wonder what that would be called?

Edited April 29, 2005 by elila

[karatekid1975]

I have a few ....

Fear of lightning. I almost got struck a couple of times.

I think I have a fear of flying too (air planes, not rides - coasters, ect). I never did, but I recently found out that we are going to take a trip, and I kind of "cringed" at the thought of flying.

I used to have a fear of "puplic speaking" but that was cured by martial arts (leading the student oath).

[vertigo]

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words.

Isn't that a little cruel?? Who would invent such a word!