Daily advice

[Heather]

But wait, there's more - and they get much, much worse!

[Heather]

The statement below is true.
The statement above is false.

[Dave Smith]

Yes Heather I also like that, In fact I think I will keep it for future use.Thanks.

TTFN

The one about Kleppptttiii, (Stealing.)

[Bob Pacey]

Eighty- Five Dave you are slipping old fella.


A Penny saved is a penny earned.

Robert

[warooa]

I was in a little old second hand book shop the other day, and there was a book on phobias. I was gunna buy it but was afraid it wouldn't help me.

[Kym]

I just looked up the phobia list on wikipedia, and goodness me, I've got quite a few of them! I've highlighted a few of the really "interesting" ones

Ablutophobia – fear of bathing, washing, or cleaning
Acrophobia, – fear of heights
Aichmophobia – fear of sharp or pointed objects (such as a needle or knife)
Agyrophobia – fear of crossing roads
Alektorophobia - fear of chickens and poultry
Amathophobia - fear of dust
Amaxophobia - fear of riding in vehicles
Alourophobia - fear of reading aloud
Androphobia – fear of men
Anthophobia – fear of flowers
Arachibutyrophobia - fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of one's mouth
Arachnophobia – fear of spiders
Arithmophobia - fear of numbers
Astraphobia- fear of thunder and lightning
Atychiphobia – fear of failure
Autophobia – fear of loneliness
Aviophobia, Aviatophobia – fear of flying
Bacteriophobia - fear of bacteria
Ballistophobia - fear of missiles or bullets
Barophobia - fear of gravity
Basiphobia - inability to stand, or fear of walking
Bathophobia - fear of depth
Batonophobia - fear of plants
Batophobia - fear of heights or being close to high buildings
Bibliophobia - fear of books
Blennophobia - fear of slime
Bogyphobia - fear of bogies or the bogeyman
Bromidrophobia or Bromidrosiphobia - fear of body smells
Brontophobia or Ceraunophobia - fear of thunder and lightning
Cacophobia - fear of ugliness
Cainophobia or Cainotophobia - fear of newness, novelty
Caligynephobia - fear of beautiful women
Cancerophobia or Carcinophobia - fear of cancer
Cardiophobia - fear of the heart
Carnophobia - fear of meat
Catagelophobia - fear of being ridiculed or being embarrassed
Catapedaphobia - fear of jumping from high and low places
Cathisophobia - fear of sitting
Catoptrophobia - fear of mirrors
Cenophobia or Centophobia - fear of new things or ideas
Chaetophobia - fear of hair
Cheimaphobia or Cheimatophobia - fear of cold
Chemophobia - fear of chemicals or working with chemicals
Chiroptophobia - fear of bats
Chorophobia - fear of dancing
Cibophobia, Sitophobia – aversion to food, synonymous to Anorexia nervosa
Claustrophobia – fear of having no escape and being closed in
Coprophobia - fear of faeces (bowel waste)
Coulrophobia – fear of clowns (not restricted to evil clowns)
Decidophobia – fear of making decisions
Dentophobia, Odontophobia – fear of dentists and dental procedures
Disposophobia, better known as "compulsive hoarding" – the fear of getting rid of or losing things
Dysmorphophobia, or body dysmorphic disorder – a phobic obsession with a real or imaginary body defect
Ebulliophobia - fear of bubbles
Emetophobia – fear of vomiting
Epistemophobia - fear of knowledge
Ergasiophobia, Ergophobia – fear of work or functioning, or a surgeon's fear of operating
Ergophobia – fear of work or functioning
Erythrophobia – pathological blushing
Friggatriskaidekaphobia, Paraskavedekatriaphobia, Paraskevidekatriaphobia - fear of Friday the 13th
Gelotophobia – fear of being laughed at
Gephyrophobia – fear of bridges
Genuphobia - fear of knees/kneeling
Gerascophobia – fear of growing old or aging
Gerontophobia – fear of growing old, or a hatred or fear of the elderly
Glossophobia – fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak
Gurgephobia - fear of the abyss, particular the ocean floor or outer space
Gymnophobia – fear of nudity Combine this one with the fear of mirrors and you've got a real mess!
Gynophobia – fear of women
Halitophobia - fear of bad breath
Haptephobia – fear of being touched
Heliophobia – fear of sunlight
Hemophobia, Haemophobia – fear of blood
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia – fear of the number 666
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia - fear of long words
Hoplophobia – fear of weapons, specifically firearms (Generally a political term but the clinical phobia is also documented)
Hyalophobia - fear of glass
Hydrophobia - fear of water, frequently noted as a common symptom of rabies
Hylophobia - fear of trees, forests or wood
Lachanophobia - fear of vegetables Look out, the broccoli's going to eat you!!! Ligyrophobia – fear of loud noises
Lipophobia – fear/avoidance of fats in food
Medication phobia – fear of medications
Megalaphobia - fear of large objects
Mycophobia - fear of mushrooms
Mysophobia – fear of germs, contamination or dirt
Necrophobia – fear of death and/or the dead
Negrophobia - fear of black people
Nomophobia – fear of being out of mobile phone contact
Nosophobia – fear of contracting a disease
Novercaphobia - fear of one's stepmother
Nosocomephobia – fear of hospitals
Nyctophobia, Achluophobia, Lygophobia, Scotophobia – fear of darkness
Oikophobia – fear of home surroundings and household appliances
Ommetophobia - fear of eyes
Omphalophobia - fear of bellybuttons
Ophidiophobia - fear of snakes
Orinthophobia - fear of birds
Osmophobia, Olfactophobia – fear of smells
Ovophobia - fear of eggs
Ordacleaphobia - fear of imperfection
Oxygenophobia - fear of oxygen Do they stop breathing???
Panphobia – fear of everything or constant fear of an unknown cause
Pediophobia - fear of dolls, mannequins or robots
Piccophobia - Fear of the colours green and purple
Phagophobia – fear of swallowing
Pharmacophobia – same as medication phobia
Philophobia - fear of love
Phobophobia – fear of having a phobia You're kidding!!!???
Phonophobia – fear of loud sounds
Photophobia - the fear of light
Pogonophobia - fear of beards
Poinephobia - fear of punishment
Porphyrophobia - fear of the color purple Not a problem for me and Heather ..
Postphobia - fear of Postmen
Pyrophobia – fear of fire
Radiophobia – fear of radioactivity or X-rays
Sichuaphobia - fear of Chinese food
Siderodromophobia - fear of traveling by train
Sociophobia – fear of people or social situations
Scolionophobia - fear of school
Scopophobia – fear of being looked at or stared at
Somniphobia – fear of sleep
Spasmenagaliaphobia (neologism; no official name) - fear of broken glass[3]
Spectrophobia – fear of ghost and phantoms
Taphophobia – fear of the grave, or fear of being placed in a grave while still alive
Telephone phobia – fear or reluctance of making or taking phone calls
Tetraphobia – fear of the number 4
Thanatophobia – fear of death
Tokophobia – fear of childbirth or pregnancy
Traumatophobia – a synonym for injury phobia: fear of having an injury
Trichophobia - a morbid disgust caused by the sight of loose hairs
Triskaidekaphobia, Terdekaphobia – fear of the number 13
Trypanophobia, Belonephobia, Enetophobia – fear of needles or injections
Turophobia - fear of cheese Well, cheese can be really scary sometimes!
Workplace phobia – fear of the workplace
Xenophobia – fear of strangers, foreigners, or aliens
Xylophobia, Hylophobia, Ylophobia - fear of trees, forests or wood

And then there are all the animal phobias ...

Ailurophobia – fear/dislike of cats
Alektorophobia - fear of chickens
Apiphobia – fear/dislike of bees (also known as melissophobia, from the Greek melissa "bee")
Arachnophobia – fear/dislike of spiders and other arachnids
Batrachophobia - fear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc
Bovinophobia - fear/dislike of cattle
Bufonophobia - fear of toads
Cetaphobia - fear/dislike of Whales
Chiroptophobia – fear/dislike of bats
Cynophobia – fear/dislike of dogs
Entomophobia – fear/dislike of insects
Equinophobia – fear/dislike of horses (also known as hippophobia)
Herpetophobia - fear/dislike of reptiles and/or amphibians
Ichthyophobia – fear/dislike of fish
Katsikaphobia - fear/dislike of goat
Lutraphobia - fear/dislike of otters
Mottephobia - fear/dislike of butterflies and/or moths
Murophobia – fear/dislike of mice and/or rats
Oncaphobia - fear of jaguars
Ophidiophobia – fear/dislike of snakes
Ornithophobia – fear/dislike of birds
Ornithoscelidaphobia – fear/dislike of dinosaurs
Pardophobia - fear of leopards
Saurophobia - fear of lizards
Selachophobia - fear of sharks
Scoleciphobia – fear of worms
Suchophobia - fear of crocodiles
Zoophobia - fear of animals

[Maureen K Clifford]

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia - fear of long words

Lucky no one in ABPA suffers from this one

but suspect a huge % of our population has this one - Nomophobia – fear of being out of mobile phone contact and made even worse if you suffer from this as well Taphophobia – fear of the grave, or fear of being placed in a grave while still alive. There's an added bonus every funeral director could offer - a fully charged mobile phone and torch attached to the inside of every casket..to be sure, to be sure

This one I can relate to - Oncaphobia - fear of jaguars, but Mercedes don't worry me at all.

[Bob Pacey]

You forgot the most important one Kim !!

Holysnappinduckshitaphobia The fear of waking up on a Sunday morning to find that someone has posted a long list of Phobia's on the site and just when you get to the Z it starts again.


AAAAAAAHHHHHHH


Bob

[Maureen K Clifford]

I note there was no Idiotphobia Bob so you and I will be quite safe

Perhaps it is covered by this - Postphobia - fear of Postmen/women or those who post

[warooa]

Whattabout . . . Fobia = a fear of misspelt words