Scared?

What are you scared of?

Or maybe the more pertinent question is “does it have a name”?

Here are some of my favorites.

Agoraphobia Fear of the mall.
Gamophobia Fear of marriage.
Rhytiphobia Fear of getting wrinkles.
Arachibutyrophobia Fear of peanut butter's sticking to the roof of one's mouth.
Homilophobia Fear of sermons.
Onomatophobia Fear of hearing certain words.
Ephebiphobia Fear of teenagers.
Genuphobia Fear of knees.
Necrophobia Fear of death.
Scholeciphobia Fear of worms.
Anuptaphobia Fear of staying single.
Myxophobia Fear of slime.
Amychophobia Fear of being scratched.
Chionophobia Fear of snow.
Novercaphobia Fear of your stepmother.
Coulrophobia Fear of clowns.
Catagelophobia Fear of being ridiculed.
Euphobia Fear of hearing good news.
Myctophobia Fear of darkness.
Bigtittiephobia Fear of girls with giant tits

OK, so I made the last one up..........

I’m sure there are many more fears in the world – I just don’t know if there is a field of study for each of them.

Do psychiatry students have to study this stuff and memorize it like they do the muscles in the body?

Is any of this in Trivial Pursuit?

I’ll be glad when this week is over because I’m thinking of some very strange stuff.

Peace.