What Really Scares People: Top 10 Phobias

livescience ^

[JoeProBono]

10 - The Dentist

9 - Dogs

8 - Frightful Flight

7 - Thunder and Lightning

6 - The Dark

5 - Harrowing Heights

4 - Other People

3 - Scary Spaces

2 - Creepy Crawlies

1 - Slithering Snakes

[MNDude]

anyone else hate those horrible house centipedes?

[Fetid Facts]

LOL

The first thing I did after opening the link was to scroll down to see if anyone had posted a picture of Helen Thomas.

[Califreak]

The original poster said Pelosi wearing a nightgown.

I just one upped the original poster.

[a fool in paradise]

Don't ever watch this movie then..

[Califreak]

I forgot about that.

I guess that would be an awful good reason to be afraid of clowns.

[Cyber Liberty]

Thunder and Lightning

People are afraid of two of my kittehs?

[Moltke]

10 - The Obama administration

9 - The Obama administration

8 - The Obama administration

7 - The Obama administration

6 - The Obama administration

5 - The Obama administration

4 - The Obama administration

3 - The Obama administration

2 - The Obama administration

1 - The Obama administration

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Those of us who play bar trivia will notice that the real phobia names are not given in some of the articles. Here they are;

10 - The Dentist: Dentophobia

9 - Dogs: Cynophobia

8 - Frightful Flight: Aviophobia, Aviatophobia, or Pteromerhanophobia

7 - Thunder and Lightning: Astraphobia or Astrapophobia, Brontophobia, Ceraunophobia, or Keraunophobia

Tonitrophobia- Fear of thunder.

6 - The Dark: Achluophobia, Lygophobia, Myctophobia, Nyctohylophobia, Nyctophobia, or Scotophobia

5 - Harrowing Heights: Acrophobia, Altophobia, or Batophobia

4 - Other People: Anthropophobia, or Sociophobia

3 - Scary Spaces: Agoraphobia

2 - Creepy Crawlies:

Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia- Fear of spiders.

Acarophobia- Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching.

Entomophobia or Insectophobia- Fear of insects.

Isopterophobia- Fear of termites, insects that eat wood.

1 - Slithering Snakes: Ophidiophobia, or Snakephobia

BTW, if the trivia question ever shows up about what is peoples biggest fear then it's none on this list. That would be Glossophobia- Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak.

[murron]

Last year at this time I had this awful phobia about Obama getting elected. When will my phobia go away?

[Psalm 73]

"The original poster said Pelosi wearing a nightgown."

Um, that would be me - but I could not fathom thinking anything beyond that (I have SOME scruples) - but YOU, oh man, that's just not right!!

[OB1kNOb]

[OB1kNOb]

8 - Frightful Flight

[BenLurkin]

[Califreak]

See.

There are worse things than Helen Thomas.

; )

[MNDude]

UGH!

[Revolting cat!]

Didn't the Stones once opened for him around that time?

[PA Engineer]

Nancy Pelosi. In a nightgown.

#10 on the list. ;-)

[antisocial]

“I always heard public speaking is #1”

Is for me! that’s why I’ll never run for public office.

[Global2010]

GAY ZOMBIES!

[Global2010]

It is not the dentist.
It is the his bill.