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How many different phobias are recognized by the APA[^]?
I know it's a lot, but I don't know the actual number.
In terms of unrecognized phobias, there must be billions.
If you ever get the chance, take a look at a list of phobias.
Some of them are funny. Take any person, place, or thing,
translate it into a Latin term, and append "phobia" to it.
Whatever it is, I bet it exists. Google it and see what
you get.
I was just reading through a list of phobias.
Here are a few rather interesting ones:
Catoptrophobia is the fear of mirrors.
Are people who suffer from this phobia still afraid of mirrors in the dark?
Wouldn't that just be something like photophobia? I'm guessing that the term
exists, but I don't know. It would be the fear of light. Could you
imagine the horror of seeing a disco ball? I bet there's even a phobia
specific to disco balls. I don't think the word "disco" has a Latin translation.
Ancient Rome probably didn't have many nightclubs.
Here's a good one. Its meaning is obvious.
Cyberphobia is the fear of computers.
Do we have any members who suffer from cyberphobia, here?
I wonder if any men suffer from
Lockiophobia. It's the fear of childbirth.
Megalophobia is an odd one. It's the fear of large things.
WTF is that all about? Size is entirely relative. If you're someone
who suffers from that, you're probably just insane.
As a small child, I had a mild phobia of forklifts. It's called
Forkliftophobia. I know there's no Latin term for forklift,
but what genius came up with that term?
Uh, oh. This is a scary one.
Octophobia. It's the fear of the number 8. That's almost as
terrifying as a moving forklift!
Oh, no. I think I'm having a panic attack.
I gotta get some fresh air.
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Phobophobia sums them all...
"If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization." ― Gerald Weinberg
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We can add a Codophobia, and place most of the QA folks there.
Or, is such a thing already there?
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I've developed (pun intended) a healthy VB(6) phobia during my career!
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Octophobia sounds like a Discworld thing
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Most Discworld wizards seem to suffer from it.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Quote: [Go to Parent]
Octophobia sounds like a Discworld thing
Sounds like an Octopus thing. Octaphobia sounds like a Discworld thing.
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Steve Raw wrote: Octophobia
It's no weirder than Triskaidekaphobia (the fear of the number 13).
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Steve Raw wrote: I wonder if any men suffer from
Lockiophobia. It's the fear of childbirth.
Yep, those men who think they can get pregnant.
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Steve Raw wrote: Octophobia. It's the fear of the number 8. That's almost as terrifying as a moving forklift! I mean, if you think about it... is 8 trying to compete with infinity? Or maybe eight was having a bad day one day and fell over and now it's trying to take over the world and encompass everything. When will eight's angst be quenched? Infinity. It's coming for you.
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: is 8 trying to compete with infinity? I have severe Megalophobia. Infinity is terrifying.
It's like being in pitch-black darkness in front of a mirror.
Do you want to know something really disturbing?
What's worse than 8?
The number 7 is. It's diabolical.
Why is that? Because seven ate nine.
That's digital cannibalism.
Now that I think of it, what is the term for fear of cannibalism?
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Steve Raw wrote: what is the term for fear of cannibalism? Ah, it's called anthropophagusphobia. What would a phobia of long words be called?
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: I mean, if you think about it... is 8 trying to compete with infinity? Or maybe eight was having a bad day one day and fell over and now it's trying to take over the world and encompass everything. When will eight's angst be quenched? Infinity. It's coming for you. Chronomentrophobia is the fear of clocks, watches, or timepieces.
Octophobia is the fear of the number 8.
What would happen if you suffered from both phobias?
Whenever it's 8:00 you'd freak out, run around the room knocking over
furniture, foaming at the mouth, screaming uncontrollably while trying to hide
from your clock. Trauma on that level would most certainly lead to PTSD.
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What do you suppose the term would be to describe a fear of Christmas trees?
I've got nothing. Any ideas?
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Piceaphobia. It sounds all scientificky.
Jeremy Falcon
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I think Piceaphobia sounds more like a fear of fish.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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That would be ichthyophobia, but I understand how you got there from Pisces.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: Piceaphobia.
That's a fear of trees, but the term for fearing Christmas trees is comprised of the two most f***ed up
"words" I have ever seen.
Get this - it's Christougenniatiko dentrophobia
It's as though someone was banging their head on their keyboard to come up with such a term.
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Quote: I wonder if any men suffer from
Lockiophobia. It's the fear of childbirth.
Definitely. I was clueless about how to take care of a newborn. My wife's childbirth was definitely a moment of fear -- now what???
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Marc Clifton wrote: My wife's childbirth was definitely a moment of fear
Your wife is a man?
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Aibohphobia - fear of palindromes.
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Racecar! RACECAR!
Oh, the humanity!
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Fear of the word that describes the condition seems appropriate.
I am 99.99% certain that you invented that word.
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I didn't - I have known it since my youth, it was a common joke.
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