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Your first client of the day is Jeanie. She has run up hundreds of dollars in medical bills because she has bacteriophobia. Can you tell her what she's afraid of before she goes to another doctor?

Bacteria. Bacteriophobia is the fear of bacteria.

Amanda comes to see you again because she still can't step foot in a library. You tell her she has bibliophobia. What is this phobia?

Fear of books. Bibliophobia is the fear of books.

Candace gets scared to death when she goes to parties where she doesn't know anyone. You tell her she has xenophobia and Candace asks what that is? What do you tell her?

Fear of foreigners or strangers. Xenophobia is the fear of foreigners or strangers.

Daniel freaks out everytime he stops at a stop light. When he came in to see you, he freaked out when he saw your multi-colored outfit. What phobia can you tell Daniel he has?

Chromophobia. The fear of the colors is Chromophobia or Chromatophobia.

Henry tells you that his wife, Henriette, eats like a bird. He asks you if she could have pocresophobia or obesophobia. What did Henry ask you his wife's fear could be?

Gaining weight. Pocresophobia or obesophobia is the fear of gaining weight.

Evelyn confesses to you that she always puts things to her right because she can't stand anything to the left of her. What do you say the name of her phobia is?

Levophobia. Levophobia is the fear of anything to the left side of the body.

Samuel has been seeing you for three years now, but he has never said a word in all that time. What can you diagnose him as having?

Logophobia. Logophobia is the fear of words.

Jake came to you the day after he saw the movie 'Speed'. You told him he freaked out in the theater not because of the dark, but because he has tachophobia. What did you tell him this phobia was?

Fear of speed. Tachophobia is the fear of speed.

It's the last appointment of the day so you're eating a quick dinner of garlic bread. Brian comes in and suddenly has a panic attack before running out of the room. You add Alliumphobia to the list of phobias Brian has. What is this a fear of?

Garlic. Alliumphobia is the fear of garlic.

As you pass your secretary's office, you say a quick goodbye to her as she is getting ready to go to bed. Your secretary has ecophobia. What is your secretary's worst fear?

Home. Ecophobia is the fear of home.