A post thats research has resulted in my fear of the great mole rat.

When I decide to write, I often will peruse the internet for inspiration. Today I was found a website dedicated to phobias. I also like to make lists. So I made a list of phobias that left me with questions or were just plain funny:

Pantophobia – the fear of everything. How would a person live with this? Would they have to live in a medically induced coma?
Agateophobia - fear of insanity. Would you be so afraid of insanity that you’d go insane?
Ambulophobia - Fear of walking. Does this person crawl everywhere? Or sprint?
Astraphobia/Astrapophobia/Ceraunophobia/Keraunophobia - Fear of thunder and lightning. Why don’t they have words for the opposite of these fears? Because I personally adore thunder and lightning. So I’m going to make up a brand new word: Astralovia – the act of adoring thunder and lightning.
Bibliophobia - Fear of books. WHAT!? Who the crap has this? I know that the written word is powerful but, come on, this is just sad!
Cherophobia - Fear of gaiety. These people don’t want to be happy and festive? Why?
Cholerophobia - Fear of anger or the fear of cholera. I’m confused. What if I’m afraid of cholera but not anger?
Consecotaleophobia - Fear of chopsticks. Did they really invent a word for this? How many people have had it? This leads me to wonder how many have to have a fear before that fear deserves a name.
Homilophobia - Fear of sermons. I just thought this one was funny.
Ithyphallophobia - Fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis. WHAT!? ROFL Maybe this is what happens after men have an adverse reaction to Viagra.
Oneirogmophobia - Fear of wet dreams. Wait I’m confused. I thought those would be considered happy dreams. 

I decided to make a separate list of all my personal fears:

Atelophobia - Fear of imperfection.
Arachnephobia/Arachnophobia - Fear of spiders.
Acrophobia - Fear of heights.
Amaxophobia - Fear of riding in a car.
Atychiphobia - Fear of failure.
Claustrophobia - Fear of confined spaces.
Lachanophobia - Fear of vegetables. I’m hoping this means fear of eating them.
Paraskavedekatriaphobia- Fear of Friday the 13th.

I also made a list of things that I’m afraid of but no one would believe:

Athazagoraphobia - Fear of being forgotten or ignored or forgetting.
Atomosophobia - Fear of atomic explosions. Who doesn’t have this fear?
Barophobia - Fear of gravity. What happens if it stops working one day!?
Bogyphobia - Fear of bogeys or the bogeyman. I have at least one future blogs written about this.
Decidophobia - Fear of making decisions. I would much rather someone else make the decisions.
Gephyrophobia or Gephydrophobia or Gephysrophobia - Fear of crossing bridges.
Hypengyophobia or Hypegiaphobia - Fear of responsibility.
Ichthyophobia - Fear of fish. One bit me. I promise a future post on that.
Kynophobia - Fear of rabies. That shit’s scary. I’ve seen The Crazies.
Mageirocophobia - Fear of cooking.
Meningitophobia - Fear of brain disease. I’m sure that’s what’s wrong with me.

Then I made a list of things I think (please note this is my evaluation and not in any way based on fact) people in my family (I’m not naming names…) are afraid of:

Aerophobia - Fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airborne noxious substances. (mom)
Aphenphosmphobia - Fear of being touched. (Haphephobia) (sister)
Batrachophobia - Fear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc.(mom-in-law)
Dentophobia - Fear of dentists. (Boi)
Toxiphobia or Toxophobia or Toxicophobia- Fear of poison or of being accidentally poisoned. (some family members should be)
Phalacrophobia - Fear of becoming bald. (I think dad was…oops too late now!)
Social Phobia - Fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations. (brother)
Trypanophobia - Fear of injections. (Boi)

List of fears I have that have no name:
Fear of returning phone calls.
Fear of listening to voicemails.
Fear of unannounced visitors.
Fear of Boi on an irregular basis.
Fear of being molested by an animal.
Fear of my car falling apart while driving or riding in it.
Fear of used kitty litter.

While reading this list of phobias, I developed a new fear:Picture found at: http://bestiarumvocabulum.wordpress.com/2009/03/03/naked-mole-rats/

Zemmiphobia - Fear of the great mole rat.

After making all of these lists, I have now become paranoid that someone out there will read this and now know all of my fears and will come and abduct me and use all of them against me. I wonder if they make a word for that fear?