Talk:List of phobias/Archive 1

message: Maybe someone with a text-book could go through and make the "more-genuine" phobias appear in bold to distinguish them from the crowd. --Phil 13:03, Feb 5, 2004 (UTC)
: No, don't bold, italicise, perhaps. Dysprosia 22:00, 25 Mar 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Distinguishing types of phobia 

message: The list currently defines dentophobia as "fear of dentists". Shouldn't that be "fear of teeth"? -- Schnee 20:37, 5 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dentophobia 

message: can we please divide this list up into phobias acknowledged by the medical community and phobias invented by word-smiths? Kingturtle 06:55, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  can we please... 

message: IMO 99% doesn't go beyond dicdef. I suggest to keep only items with wikiarticles, the rest must go to wiktionary. Not to say that this article became a playground for SillyDefinitionPhilia (sorry, I don't know how to say this in Greek). Mikkalai 21:45, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wiktionary? 

message: I just cut the below text from the Phobia article; a long list with many red links unlikely to ever be filled in with a dictionary definition, if they even warrent that. I'm moving it here for reference in case it has anything valid that should be added to this article. -- Infrogmation 18:38, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alternative list 

message: I'm not sure why somebody applied a merge template to this page when it was previously split off from the Phobia page some time in the past. I went ahead and removed the merge templates from this page and the Phobia page. If this is disputed, perhaps a consensus can be reached first? — RJH 20:04, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: See Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Afrophobia. The lists on -phobia and Phobia got out of sync, and having them on a single place would make it easier to cleanup the cruft. That's probably why it was put up for merging. Spliting up the list would IMHO be just as good. --cesarb 23:56, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge? 

message: :Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *Support or *Oppose, then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.
*Support obviously. Irbisgreif (talk) 20:08, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: Automatonophobia has a article, but it's not on this list. Can someone add it?--JayGirl (talk) 03:45, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Automatonophobia 

message: At least in the fictional section, two phobias which I believe to be widespread due to the enormously popular Doctor Who series: Parumanurectophobia, fear of small lines on your arms (due to the lines that the characters draw when they have seen a Silence... I know I'd be terrified if I saw one of those lines); and Fletusangelophobia, fear of the Weeping Angels. Yes I made the first one up, so i really doubt it will actually be added, but I ask anyways because if you don't... the answer is always No. 71.203.170.181 (talk) 14:31, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Could we add... 

message: Very un-encyclopaedic at the moment. I don't even know why there is a section for "fictional phobias" (As humorous as Luposlipaphobia is, it's hardly professional), but if it's to stay then many of the things in other sections needs moved there. Many of these are without pipe links or pages of their own and sound like someone just sat down one day and made up phobia names. Also I think it would look better in tables rather than the current style.2.123.30.172 (talk) 18:49, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs a lot of TLC 

message: Hydrophobia in "Aquaphobia, Hydrophobia – fear of water." leads to a disambiguation page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrophobia. Please change to to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquaphobia  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mathijshenquet (talk • contribs) 17:49, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. - Altenmann >t 18:36, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorect link 

message: Many times phobias can be attributed to obsessive compulsive disorder, maybe this should be noted in the article. - 74.214.32.33 (talk) 16:33, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I do not think it should be as this is a list of phobias. Not an article made directly about phobias but a list of phobias. So, if there is an article about phobias then it could be included there. 20:56, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Obsessive compulsive disorder 

message: I think there should be a limit set to a list such as this. There isn't a thing or a concept someone is not in fear of. If you can think of a million things or ideas you will have someone being afraid of them. In other words the list is virtually infinite. I think it is a bit of a game with the editors who keep adding new examples, but this is an encyclopaedia and a few examples to give a taste what it is about should suffice. I really think we should vote on it and agree on a limit to it. Dieter Simon (talk) 00:56, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It is normal in wikipedia to have lists of articles. We have, e.g., List of French people, which of course does not include list of all millions of French live and dead, only the notable ones, ie., the ones which may have a wikipedia article. The same here: only phobias with wikipedia artiles must be listed here. - Altenmann >t 01:09, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. Dieter Simon (talk) 01:48, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  There is almost no end to the list of phobias 

message: Why is this article "Semi-Protected"? Is it because of a supposed infinite list of phobias?  --70.78.201.78 (talk) 08:31, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-Protected? 

message: I'm calling BS on most of this list.  There are lots of supposed lists of phobias floating around that contain mainly words that have no existence outside of such lists.  Well, wikipedia has one too.
I took a couple of things on this list and did PubMed searches for them.  "Agyrophobia": zero hits.  "Chorophobia": zero hits.
Anybody can take a prefix and affix it to "-phobia".  The result does not belong in an encyclopedia. 68.239.116.212 (talk) 03:29, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nonsense 

message: Benophobia-Fear or dislike of people called Ben (35 known people in Britan)
Dbjaka (talk) 12:35, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Please provide reliable sources for the existence of this phobia. Algebraist 14:09, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Phobia 

message: I very much agree with Muskadderat for having reverted this list. It would have been risky to let it remain. Firstly, any list of phobias is rather subjective in that it is often fraught with difficulties to describe some phobias. Secondly, to tie this list to individuals - celebrities or others - is downright risky since most phobias are connected with psychiatric problems, and unless you can substantiate them and can be pretty certain of your sources you are entering dangerous territory. It is almost like quoting medical reports of these individuals, and anyone would be laying himself open to false information charges.
Dieter Simon (talk) 22:25, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of List of celebrities and their phobias 

message: Isn't there a gay male equivalent of this term? There MUST be. I mean, world-round, gay men are the targets of hate *far* more often than lesbian women. --98.232.188.173 (talk) 21:09, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Lesbophobia – fear/dislike of lesbian women." 

message: Would there be a better name for it? Tisane (talk) 05:55, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. Tragophobia. Almost all of the real phobias (as opposed to stupid ones coined as a joke) use a Greek prefix since -phobia is a Greek suffix. Capra- is Latin.Plantdrew (talk) 01:36, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capraphobia, fear of goats? 

message: please add in:
philophobia, fear of love
enogrossophobia, fear of big words
Hana848 (talk) 19:53, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. —fetch·comms 20:36, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from Hana848, 13 May 2010 

message: I have this fear. I actually avoid PB and J sandwiches. Take it out of the fictional phobias section.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by MaraquanWocky1 (talk • contribs) 21:58, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you really have a phobia? I really doubt you have an "irrational" or "disabling" fear of peanut butter. Does the sight alone of peanut butter make you cringe? That would count as "disabling." Are you obsessed with thought that the peanut butter might jump out of the jar and smear itself on the roof of your mouth? That would be "irrational". I ate some popcorn a few months ago and had a piece stuck in my teeth for a couple of days despite repeated brushing/flossing. I'm wary of eating popcorn now, but it's not a phobia. While I probably won't get popcorn stuck in my teeth for that long again, having some stuck in my teeth for a short time is pretty likely if I eat it. Wanting to avoid that unpleasant situation is pretty rational. Getting some peanut butter stuck on the roof of one's mouth is a fairly likely consequence of eating peanut butter. You might find the sensation less tolerable than most people, but that doesn't make it a phobia.Plantdrew (talk) 01:50, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth 

message: why isn't Bdellophobia (fear of leeches) in there or is it something else? Breawycker (talk) 14:56, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  fear of leechs 

message: Chorophobia redirects to the "List of phobias", so I believe that it is redundant to have the word in the list be a link (as a link in the article redirecting the user to the same article seems silly.  I think there's a word for that kind of self-referent redirect, but I cannot recall it).  Several other phobias, such as Traumatophobia and Somniphobia, link to an article that is only a sentence or two long, and that contains a very brief description of the phobia, often not much longer than the snippet next to the word on the list.  It seems to me that the word Chorophobia should either not remain a link, or it should link to a (stub) article so as to conform to the format that seems to be standard.
Also, I did not check every single phobia link on the list to see if there are any other redundant redirects like the above, but I have not yet seen any.  If there are any more, then they should probably also follow whatever rule is established for Chorophobia.
Sorry that I'm just an IP right now, but I lost both my Wiki password and access to the account the password gets emailed to, and I just haven't gotten around to making a new account.  :)64.254.164.163 (talk) 20:12, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I might check the other links later for any other circular redirects. Thanks, Stickee (talk) 06:35, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from 64.254.164.163, 5 October 2010 

message: Add to the list of phobias:
Trypophobia - Fear of holes and/or clusters of small holes such as the Lotus seed pod (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nelumbo_Nucifera_fruit_-_botanic_garden_Adelaide.jpg)
Deanupton (talk) 11:05, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Favonian (talk) 12:03, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from Deanupton, 13 October 2010 

message: Please insert link to Phobia of Buttons (Koumpounophobia) under 'Koumpounophobia'. Previous page had been deleted, but has now been resurrected with scholarly sources.
Koumpounophobic (talk) 13:43, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Done The link to Koumpounophobia was already in place, and the article has been renamed to that.  Favonian (talk) 18:59, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: That article now redirects back to this page, so clicking it gets the user nowhere.  I can't find scholarly references to such a phobia, but surely the link should not redirect back to this very page. Etoile (talk) 01:19, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from Koumpounophobic, 13 October 2010 

message: Is there a specific phobia for tornadoes? Which I have (for reasons I feel justified)?
If not, how is tornadophobia?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.27.125.233 (talk) 06:37, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Tornados sound like a pretty rational thing to be afraid of. Rational fears are not phobias. If you see a news report on TV about one happening two states away and get freaked out, then maybe you have a phobia.Plantdrew (talk) 01:54, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fear of Tornadoes 

message: is this section limited to joke phobias or does it also want references to well known jokes, such as "what's the proper name for a fear of men in uniform?" - "common sense!",  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.183.140.32 (talk) 09:32, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jocular and fictional phobias 

message: It is mentioned at http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/keraunothnetophobia Dedwarmo (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 14:56, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Keraunothnetophobia, fear of falling man made satellites 

message: Elykphobia- The fear of bathroom sinks.
This is very common phobia these days.  Many people not only get injured on sinks by slipping but also loose objects in the drain.  Some people do this so often it conditions them to be afraid of going near the sink.  Instead of using the sink these people would most often use the shower.
Badfish86 (talk) 13:47, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from Badfish86, 12 February 2011 

message: Tonitrophobia-A fear of lightning and thunder.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.106.9.134 (talk) 10:26, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tonitrophobia 

message: porphyrophobia- the fear of the colour purple
Nickeleyley (talk) 16:34, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Baseball Watcher 18:58, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: porphyrophobia is not a legitimate medical disorder.  The article porphyrophobia is in middle of a deletion discussion right now, I suggest the administrators look at that before adding porphyrophobia to this list. --Ashershow1talk•contribs 00:29, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from Nickeleyley, 6 March 2011 

message: This article does not seem to have all the phobias listed here.  Are they not all worthy of this list? --Ashershow1talk•contribs 23:58, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: If you think it's a reliable source then I don't see why not. Also there are some phobias commented out in the article for verification, ie fear of cotton balls etc. SlightSmile 00:46, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Also note the article is temporarily semi-protected to stabalize it in order to give serious editors a chance to work on it without the jokes. SlightSmile 00:59, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Larger list 

message: Fragapane Phobia - fear of Birthdays
Jmgm123 (talk) 20:32, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: * I cannot find any serious source for Fragapane Phobia online.  If you have one, please list it here and I'll be glad to add it. --Ashershow1talk•contribs 20:48, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from Jmgm123, 20 March 2011 

message: Fear of space aliens and the dead. It exists no doubt. Why is it not listed? 76.68.54.131 (talk) 03:28, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  What about baaraparchuterphobia? 

message: Why is Aquaphobia listed in the "Non-psychological conditions" list as well as the "Psychological Conditions" list? It is not a hypersensitive medical condition like the others listed there. paxman (talk) 13:20, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Aquaphobia 

message: Much of this article is pure nonsense, school-boy jokes and utter trivia. Unless there is a robust article or a reliable reference, I am proposing to remove all unreferenced and unsupported alleged phobias. If you disagree please comment now .  Velella  Velella Talk   22:19, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I completely agree.  Although I would say you don't need to ask for consensus to make the changes you propose, as per WP:Source list.  You definitely are well within the clear if you want to go ahead and do that to keep this list sensical.  Cheers!      Thorncrag   22:30, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quality or lack of 

message: Still having trouble finding the dividing line between a phobia and a normal anxiety. 
I had chicken pox and either measles or mumps together at age five. My godmother, bless her heart, to make me feel better, bought me some pink flavoured sweet popcorn. I ate it. And because I had the two diseases, I vomited. It was the most traumatic experience in my life to that time, and I have never gotten over it. I see pink sweet things (popcorn, pink iced donuts, other pink coloured desserts; but not pink yoghurt, perhaps because it is not sweet) on a table and I feel instantly and strongly nauseated. I have to leave the table. In fact even writing this paragraph here makes me feel slightly unwell.
So. Is this a phobia (because it seems an over-reaction), or a normal anxiety (because of how it happened), or some other name?
58.165.216.125 (talk) 08:15, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fear of sugar? 

message: Is there a phobia about fear of conflict or fear of confrontation?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skysong263 (talk • contribs) 02:19, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  fear of conflict? 

message: Add another phobia to the list: 
Batophobia - the intense, persistent, irrational and unwarranted fear of heights or being close to high buildings.   
Reference:  http://myanxietyattacks.com/anxiety-disorders/phobias-fears/batophobia
Kbingham (talk) 14:55, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done for now: not a reliable source. As this seems to be a medical condition, you'll need to find a medical source. --Six words (talk) 22:05, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 18 May 2012 

message: Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia – fear of long words
Did someone make this up, because this is just wrong....I mean If you have a fear of long words, then why is it a long word?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.28.37.191 (talk) 19:59, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia really? 

message: Ecophobia - the fear of going home
78.150.235.114 (talk) 08:30, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made.    Mdann52 (talk) 10:12, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 12 June 2012 

message: whats the name of fear of authority?
Just granpa (talk) 10:17, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  fear of authority 

message: Baraphobia - Fear of gravity
 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Floating Boat A boat that can float! 06:49, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 29 June 2012 

message: Listed in the article but is NOT  areal phobia, just the name of some film. It isn't attested to either, and the link for 'chromophobia' goes right to the film rather than a real discussion of the supposed condition. Please fix this asap. 78.133.45.141 (talk) 09:39, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chromophobia 

message: What about a fear of open plastic bags?  I have it.Madeleined2 (talk) 22:25, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  fear of plastic bags 

message: Several sources claim Homophobia is more than just a fear of homosexuals and homosexuality
"Homophobia – Fear of sameness, monotony or of homosexuality or of becoming homosexual" From fearofstuff.com and http://phobialist.com/ 
(See here for more)
Other sources include:
http://www.fun-with-words.com/phobias_e-h.html
http://guidewhois.com/2011/04/fear-of-monotony/
http://www.changethatsrightnow.com/monotony-phobia/
http://www.anxietymatters.com/symptoms_of_anxiety/phobias/phobias/h/Homophobia.htm
http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/phobias.htm
So I doubt it should be classified as "Prejudices and discrimination" and anyone who says otherwise hasn't done their research.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.187.238.60 (talk) 10:49, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Homophobia 

message: should be added to the fictional phobia section. "The fear of being so awesome that the world can't handle it and everyone dies"  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.147.7.238 (talk) 22:03, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Please find a reliable source before you add it! Lova Falk talk 13:59, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mephobia 

message: I want to add a phobia
Dirumpophobia - The fear of society collapsing
Usulama (talk) 19:52, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ... discospinster talk 21:07, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 13 November 2012 

message: Why are we accumulating such an absurd, useless, artificial and futile list of nonsense. The list is in theory endless. The main criterion for inclusion seems to be if someone else has used the word before.
What purpose does this page serve apart from a troll magnet? Almost all of the terms listed here are so vanishingly rare as to be almost non-existent.
A page that lists the more common phobias that are referenced from a medical source might be more use (if any use). Richard Avery (talk) 15:45, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: One purpose is that if somebody wants to know more about a certain phobia, but doesn't know its name, s/he can check the list and find out the name, and in almost all cases, the article. Lova Falk talk 16:24, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems to me that it should, at least, be limited to medically agreed upon phobias (as defined by paragraph 2 in the Wikipedia article on Phobias) since it's supported by DSM-IVhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobias#cite_note-2 68.35.140.132 (talk) 06:05, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Why? If we have an article about it, why shouldn't it be in this list? Lova Falk talk 15:11, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  what exactly is the purpose of this page 

message: Disposophobia has for it's definition that it is "sometimes wrongly defined as 'compulsive hoarding'" so why is its hyperlink pointing to the "Compulsive Hoarding" article
68.35.140.132 (talk) 05:58, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect Link 

message: The word Pupaphobia has been remooved from this page there's never been a word for fear of robots and there has ben lots of phobias that was never added down on the list. Tuesday, February 19. 2013 3:02. -D3323.
:That's because there was no article or source provided. ... discospinster talk 23:28, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wiki error 

message: * Anditchophoia – fear of being on time
AJ 16:52, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made.  TOW  talk   18:57, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 21 February 2013 

message: "new phobia; Jocular, humorous; Menephobia: A dread or fear of Mondays. From 'Mene'  Greek for Moon. A sufferer is known as a Menephobe. "
An extreme case is also seen as Menedekatriaphobia, a fear of Monday the 13th. 
Discovered by Uncle Mike at fiveminutevacations.com
Link is here; 
submitted by Mike
70.123.104.227 (talk) 12:18, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Please see WP:RS. A "humorous" blog is not an RS, sorry. Begoon talk 02:20, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 16 May 2013 

message: I think episcophobia - a fear of bishops - should be added as Queen Victoria had it when she was a child. if anyone can find a source, add it. Visokor (talk) 15:24, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  bishop fear 

message: Please add ... 
Pistanthrophobia [Fear of trusting people] 
Word comes from
Pisti (Πίστη = Which means faith) + Anthropos (Άνθρωπος = Human) + Phobia (Φοβία = Fear, Phobia)
Thanks !!!
173.48.111.140 (talk) 20:40, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: There would need to be a reliable source in order to add it to the article. ... discospinster talk 13:50, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 8 July 2013 

message: I realize that there was a time, years ago, when there were a lot of fake phobias on this page. But now it seems like it has gotten pruned too much. I looked at several of the references and they list more phobias that aren't on this list. So, do we pick and choose what we find acceptable or humorous? Or do try to include all legitimate (diagnosed) phobias? Liz Let's Talk 20:19, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expand this list 

message: Fear of peanut butter getting stuck to the roof of your mouth. This is truly a confirmed phobia.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aquaphobia (talk • contribs) 05:24, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Then there should be a reliable source verifying it. ... discospinster talk 17:03, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arachibutyrophobia 

message: fear of bishops. If Queen Victoria had this, then surely it would be a real phobia. Visokor (talk) 10:34, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Episcophobia 

message: Please re-add this Phobia to the fictional section. It was removed for unknown reasons.
Anatidaephobia - The fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you.
(http://bigmentaldisease.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/anatidaephobia.png)
: A joke word, not used in real English. Should not be added. 86.130.40.127 (talk) 00:45, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anatidaephobia