Some are, but most aren't. I do have an irrational fear of heights, I get worried when I'm on a high balcony, even though I know that it is structurally sound. I even had a panic attack while rock climbing in REI when I was 10.

Just because something is common doesn't mean it's rational.

Not really got a phobia of anything since I will put myself through it to achieve X.
So some things I dislike are: Being in crowded spaces with other people where I can't go back the way I came or move foward - did this once waiting to go on a rollercoaster, 30mins without moving in scorching tempertures, until I got a sick feeling and jumped the fences back to the park.
I don't mind sitting exams, but rather the build up to the event it unsettles me.

That is a freaky picture! I'm afraid of deep waters too. The thought of me being deep underwater and seeing a shark or something weird is what scares me.

Heights

I have a friend who is a flight corporal in the RAF, he's scared of heights but certified to fligh fighter jets, go figure

Reminds me of that episode of Bones with the 'Gravedigger' (he buries people alive with a set amount of oxygen, say 12hrs worth, then if they don't pay a ransom, he doesn't give a location!).


I suppose there's a lot of debate over what's really rational and what's not these days. The way I see it, a fear of heights it irrational...but the fear of falling is just evolution, and completely rational


Anyone who's played Oblivion suffers from this, surely? I for one will never again eat an apple I find in my pocket that wasn't there 5 minutes ago

I am terrified of double posts...

I am terrified of double posts...

EDIT...REALLY?!?

Btw Hellmouth...http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/347/0/6/underwater_clown_concept_by_insanityandsugar-d4iz3ek.jpg...

Not sure if genuine

Phobias are irrational fears. That is not an irrational fear.

Well if I lived in a place where I can carry a gun, that would be my answer to that phobia.
If I didnt, find what other legal things I could carry around and use as a weapon. Allthough keys should be fine if you go for the eyes... Not like I have ever been paranoid enough to think about keying peoples eyes thinking they would attack me. Atleast not in the last few years.

LMFAO. Its genuine alright. Still chuckling

It's irrational if you're afraid of it happening all the time.

social phobia O_o

cant walk outside during the daytime
cant go shopping/movies/restaraunts
cant go to parties
no friends
no woman
stuck at home 24/7
etc...

add OCD, depression, anxiety and chronic fatigue to this and you would think im slightly mad

...thank god for computer

If I have one I don't know what it is yet.

*Posting here since I didn't feel it was worth starting a new thread without searching*

I don't quite know if you'd call it a phobia, but I'm very fearful that a Zombie Apocalypse will occur. >_>

Being stranded in deep, dark water. Though, a phobia is an irrational fear, I think my fear is pretty rational.

I'd say my fear is relatively rational as well, seeing as lord only knows what todays biochem weapons can do.

Like others here, I'm quite severely agoraphobic (or socially phobic, depending: which isn't to say unsociable, I actually really like being around people... in theory. But my parents rather conditioned me to feel uncomfortable around pretty much everyone.) My partner is arachnophobic just to make things interesting. I keep having to rescue spiders from her.

Do you sparkle?

But, seriously, why not?

honestly, will someone please explain these??




Aibohphobia - fear of palindromes.

Palinfobia - fear of Sarah Palin.

Anatidaephobia – the fictional fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you.

Anoraknophobia - fear of spiders wearing a parka.

Arachibutyrophobia – fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia - fear of the number 666.

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia – fear of long words.

Keanuphobia – fear of Keanu Reeves.

Luposlipaphobia – fear of being pursued by timber wolves around a kitchen table while wearing socks on a newly waxed floor.

Nihilophobia – fear of nothingness.

Omphalophobia - fear of Belly buttons.

Turophobia - fear of cheese.

Tetraphobia - fear of the number four.

Xanthophobia - fear of the colour yellow.




..because I'm having some difficulty taking a few of these seriously.

Sad thing is some of them might be serious, but I feel for the doctor trying to treat someone who has these "phobias"

Anatidaephobia and luposlipaphobia are from The Far Side cartoons. I can't see how you could have a phobia of Sarah Palin, I think its perfectly rational to be afraid that she's in any sort of position of power.

The last ones *might* be real.. dunno. I came across a list once and these stood out as the strangest ones.

Palinfobia can't be real, can it? I mean, fear of Sarah Palin becoming president of the United states and thus having control of the nuclear launch codes.. sure.

Who isn't?

But as a person to fear her.. nope. Maybe a little queezy, like when you throw up in your mouth.. I'll go that far.


I fear that I don't read enough far side..

is there a word for that?

Some of them are serious, but most are in fact fictional. Some examples are Keanuphobia, Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia (which has perfectly justifiable roots in the name, but nobody has it), and Abiohphobia, which is a palindrome within itself. Some real ones would be Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia (which I have a bit of), Arachibutyrophobia, and Tetraphobia, which is more common in Eastern Asia because the number is very similar to the Chinese word for "death", much like 13 here in the US. Other fake ones to note are Luposlipaphobia and Anatidaephobia, from the comic The Far Side, which Lobotomite and I mentioned earlier in the thread. And then there is Xanthophobia, which believe it or not, is real.