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Friday Bunny #33 – Astraphobia

Friday, August 27th, 2010

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33. Astraphobia – Fear of thunder and lightning. (a bit like a sequel to Episode #32).

You should see the proper version here: Friday Bunny #33… just click and move your mouse over the illustration! ;)

*This phobia is known under many other names. For example: Astrapophobia, Tonitrophobia, Brontophobia, Ceraunophobia or also Keraunophobia.

Friday Bunny #32 – Nephophobia

Friday, August 20th, 2010

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32. Nephophobia – Fear of clouds.

Friday Bunny #31 – Paraskavedekatriaphobia

Friday, August 13th, 2010

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31. Paraskavedekatriaphobia – Fear of Friday the 13th.

Are you superstitious? Me not at all. There is also Triskaidekaphobia – Fear of the number 13.

A new beginning

Saturday, August 7th, 2010

..Only not for me, but for a reader of this blog, who kindly asked me to make something that symbolizes it. I believe that the Phoenix bird is an appropriate one. :-)

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Friday Bunny #30 – Somniphobia

Friday, August 6th, 2010

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30. Somniphobia – Fear of sleep.

(There is also hypnophobia – fear of sleep or of being hypnotized.)

Friday Bunny #29 – Thalassophobia

Friday, July 30th, 2010

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29. Thalassophobia – Fear of the sea.

Friday Bunny #28 – Hypsiphobia

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

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28. Hypsiphobia – Fear of heights (or Altophobia).

Also:
Batophobia – Fear of heights or being close to high buildings.
Aeroacrophobia – Fear of open high places.

Friday Bunny #27 – Leukophobia

Friday, July 16th, 2010

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27. Leukophobia – Fear of the color white.

Friday Bunny #26 – Neophobia

Friday, July 9th, 2010

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26. Neophobia – Fear of anything new.

A phobia (from the Greek: φόβος,phóbos, meaning “fear” or “morbid fear”) is an irrational, intense and persistent fear of certain situations, activities, things, animals, or people. The main symptom of this disorder is the excessive and unreasonable desire to avoid the feared stimulus. When the fear is beyond one’s control, and if the fear is interfering with daily life, then a diagnosis under one of the anxiety disorders can be made.

Most phobias are classified into three categories:

1. Social phobia- fears involving other people or social situations such as performance anxiety or fears of embarrassment by scrutiny of others, such as eating in public.

2. Specific phobias – fear of a single specific panic trigger such as spiders, snakes, dogs, water, heights, flying, catching a specific illness, etc. Many people have these fears but to a lesser degree than those who suffer from specific phobias.

3. Agoraphobia – a generalized fear of leaving home or a small familiar ‘safe’ area, and of possible panic attacks that might follow. May also be caused by various specific phobias such as fear of open spaces, social embarrassment (social agoraphobia), fear of contamination (fear of germs, possibly complicated by obsessive-compulsive disorder) or PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) related to a trauma that occurred out of doors.

If you are interested in this matter, here is a phobia definitions list.

Friday Bunny #23 – Spectrophobia

Friday, June 18th, 2010

23. Spectrophobia — Fear of spectres or ghosts. Also: Phasmophobia.

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*This episode of Friday Bunny was based and created on Michel’s original idea and with his invaluable participation.


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