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...names of phobias can be found online, the people who actually suffer from at least one of them at some point in their life--about 50 million in the U.S. by some estimates--are everywhere. They may be like "Beth," a pseudonym, a middle school student in Boston whose hemophobia, or fear of blood, was so severe that even a figure of speech like "cut it out" could make her faint. Or they may be like "Jean," 38, an executive assistant in New Jersey who is so terrified of balloons that just walking into a birthday party can make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fear Not! | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

...hadephobia: ... hell hagiophobia: ...saints or holy things harpaxophobia: ... being robbed hedonophobia: ... feeling pleasure heliophobia: ... the sun hemophobia: ... blood herpetophobia: ... reptiles heterophobia: ... opposite sex hodophobia: ... road travel homichlophobia: ... fog homilophobia: ... sermons homophobia: ... homosexuality hoplophobia: ... firearms hydrophobia: .... water hypegiaphobia: ... responsibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Phobias From A to Z | 3/24/2001 | See Source »

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