#291619 - Tue Jan 10 2006 09:46 AM
Futurephobic
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There must be a "-phobia" word for fear of the future but i can't find it. Anyone happen to know? Long time no post. There used to be a forum for bits of trivia we were trying to find out, i think. I was a regular like 7 years ago anyway  Hope this forum is the right one now.
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#291620 - Tue Jan 10 2006 05:49 PM
Re: Futurephobic
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Apeirophobia -- fear of infinity
Chronophobia -- discomfort concerning time
Gerascophobia -- fear of growing old
Not the future per se but the nearest that I could find.
Yes this is the forum you mentioned, it has changed its name but is the same one, combined with others.
The alternative is to ask in AFT (Ask FunTrivia) which is on the other part of the site and requires a separate registration, the same one as for quizzes.
I can certainly remember you but it wasn't so long ago, you last posted on Wed Jan 08 2003, and before that in 2000.
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#291621 - Tue Jan 10 2006 10:29 PM
Re: Futurephobic
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Registered: Wed Mar 30 2005
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To follow on from Sue: Thanatophobia - fear of death Neophobia - fear of new things Cainophobia or Cainotophobia- Fear of newness, novelty Cenophobia or Centophobia- Fear of new things or ideas. Macrophobia- Fear of long waits. Metathesiophobia- Fear of changes. Prosophobia- Fear of progress Tropophobia- Fear of moving or making changes From what I've (not) found, the specific term doesn't exist - maybe you should coin it? I think the term 'future shock' is usually used to express this fear.
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#291622 - Wed Jan 11 2006 04:09 AM
Re: Futurephobic
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"fear of new things" wow it even has a name!
edit: *smacks forhead*
Edited by Copago (Wed Jan 11 2006 04:20 AM)
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#291624 - Wed Jan 11 2006 05:12 AM
Re: Futurephobic
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Registered: Mon Feb 10 2003
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Lol, what a fearful lot.
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* Ablutophobia - Fear of washing or bathing.
* Acarophobia - Fear of itching or of insects whose bites cause itching.
* Acerophobia - Fear of sourness.
* Achluophobia, Lygophobia, Nyctophobia, Scotophobia - Fear of darkness.
* Acousticophobia- Fear of noise.
* Acrophobia, Altophobia - Fear of heights.
* Aerophobia - Fear of flying, drafts, air swallowing or airborne noxious substances.
* Aeroacrophobia - Fear of open high places.
* Aeronausiphobia - Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness.
* Afrophobia, fear or dislike of Africans or African culture or people of African ancestry
* Agateophobia, Dementophobia, Maniaphobia - Fear of insanity.
* Agliophobia, Algophobia, Odynophobia, Odynephobia - Fear of pain.
* Agoraphobia - Fear of the outdoors, crowds or uncontrolled social conditions.
* Agraphobia, Contreltophobia - Fear of sexual abuse.
* Agrizoophobia - Fear of wild animals.
* Agyrophobia, Dromophobia - Fear of streets or crossing the street.
* Aibohphobia - Fear of palindromes (not necessarily an actual word; aiboh is not of course Greek or Latin for Palindrome, but is simply intended to make the word itself palindromic)
* Aichmophobia, Belonephobia, Enetophobia - Fear of needles or pointed objects.
* Ailurophobia, Elurophobia, Felinophobia, Galeophobia, Gatophobia - Fear of cats.
* Albuminurophobia - Fear of kidney disease.
* Alektorophobia - Fear of chickens.
* Alliumphobia - the abnormal fear of garlic that may extend to a variety of plants characterized by their pungent odor including onions, leeks, chives, and shallots. Allium is the onion genus.
* Allodoxaphobia - Fear of opinions.
* Amathophobia, Koniophobia - Fear of dust.
* Amaxophobia - Fear of riding in a car.
* Ambulophobia, Stasibasiphobia, Stasiphobia - Fear of walking or standing.
* Androphobia - Fear of men.
* Anemophobia - Fear of air.
* Amerophobia, Columbophobia - Fear of the United States, American culture, etc.
* Amnesiphobia - Fear of amnesia.
* Amychophobia - Fear of scratches or being scratched.
* Anablephobia - Fear of looking up.
* Ancraophobia, Anemophobia - Fear of wind.
* Androphobia, Arrhenphobia, Hominophobia - Fear of men.
* Anginophobia - Fear of angina, choking or narrowness.
* Anglophobia - Fear of England, English culture, etc.
* Angrophobia - Fear of anger or of becoming angry.
* Ankylophobia - Fear of immobility of a joint.
* Anthrophobia, Anthophobia - Fear of flowers.
* Anthropophobia - Fear of people or society.
* Antidaeophobia - Fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you (fictional, from Gary Larson cartoon).
* Antlophobia - Fear of floods.
* Anuptaphobia - Fear of staying single.
* Apeirophobia - Fear of infinity.
* Aphenphosmphobia, Chiraptophobia, Haphephobia, Haptephobia - Fear of being touched.
* Apiphobia, Melissaphobia, Melissophobia - Fear of bees.
* Apotemnophobia - Fear of persons with amputations.
* Aquaphobia - Fear of water, specifically the morbid fear of drowning.
* Arachibutyrophobia - Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
* Arcanophobia - Fear of magic
* Arachnophobia - Fear of spiders.
* Arithmophobia - Fear of numbers.
* Arsonphobia, Pyrophobia - Fear of fire.
* Asthenophobia - Fear of fainting or weakness.
* Astraphobia, Astrapophobia, Brontophobia, Keraunophobia - Fear of thunder and lightning. It is especially common in young children.
* Astrophobia - Fear of stars and celestial space.
* Asymmetriphobia - Fear of asymmetry.
* Ataxiophobia - Fear of ataxia.
* Ataxophobia - Fear of disorder or untidiness.
* Atelophobia - Fear of imperfection.
* Atephobia - Fear of ruin or ruins.
* Athazagoraphobia - Fear of being forgotten, ignored or forgetting.
* Atomosophobia - Fear of atomic explosions.
* Atychiphobia, Kakorrhaphiophobia - Fear of failure.
* Aulophobia - Fear of flutes.
* Aurophobia - Fear of gold.
* Auroraphobia - Fear of the Northern Lights or for Chileans, Argentinians, Falkland Islanders or Antarctic explorers, fear of the Southern Lights.
* Australophobia, Novahollandiaphobia - Fear of Australia, Australians, Australian culture etc.
* Autodysomophobia - Fear that one has a vile odour.
* Automatonophobia - Fear of any inanimate object that represents a sentient being, eg. statues, dummies, robots, etc.
* Automysophobia - Fear of being dirty.
* Autophobia, Eremophobia, Ermitophibia, Isolophobia, Monophobia - Fear of being alone or fear of oneself.
* Aviophobia, Aviatophobia, Pteromerhanophobia - Fear of flying.
The rest of the alphabet of fears can be found here. I was going to list the rest but probably there are people here who suffer from spamophobia. The sixth last one listed above gave me some amusement.
Edited by damnsuicidalroos (Wed Jan 11 2006 05:14 AM)
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#291627 - Wed Jan 11 2006 07:06 AM
Re: Futurephobic
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Be afraid Skunkee, be VERY afraid!!!
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#291628 - Wed Jan 11 2006 07:39 AM
Re: Futurephobic
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Registered: Wed Mar 30 2005
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Loc: Canberra ACT Australia
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If we have nothing to fear but fear itself, then what is the term for the fear of fear?
Phobophobia, I kid you not!
Oh, and fear of Vegemite is Yummynutritiophobia...  
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#291629 - Fri Jan 13 2006 04:35 PM
Re: Futurephobic
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I have a question. It is one that I have to deal with everyday at the gym. Fear of public restrooms, especially showers / bathstalls. I have looked everywhere but cannot find a name.
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#291630 - Fri Jan 13 2006 06:13 PM
Re: Futurephobic
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There's urophobia, but that's when you can't 'go' (especially in public 'restrooms'). I also found this generic "When a person has a persistent, irrational fear of an object or situation and a strong urge to avoid that object or situation, he has a "simple phobia" -- an inappropriately intense reaction triggered by a single stimulus." Also in the close but no cigar category: Places, certain- Topophobia Bacteria- Bacteriophobia. Bathing or washing - Ablutophobia Contamination, dirt or infection- Molysmophobia or Molysomophobia. Dampness, moisture or liquids- Hygrophobia. Filth or dirt- Rhypophobia Germs- Verminophobia. Liquids, dampness or moisture- Hygrophobia Mirrors or seeing oneself in a mirror- Eisoptrophobia Running water- Potamophobia. Undressing in front of someone- Dishabillophobia. Gymnophobia, Nudophobia - Fear of nudity [that one even has the word 'gym' in it!] You've probably already seen all these, but I love looking at this stuff! Though it does rather open one up hypochondriacal self-diagnosis, being highly suggestible doesn't help. But how about this highly topical one: Ortographobia - Fear of spelling mistakes Oh, and one for colliwobbles: Phobophobiaphobia - Fear of fear of phobias 
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#291632 - Fri Jan 13 2006 06:29 PM
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#291633 - Fri Jan 13 2006 06:43 PM
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My "favorite" fear is the one Charlie Brown has: Panophobia, Pantophobia - Fear of everything.  Could anyone actually have that and survive...?
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#291634 - Sun Jan 15 2006 06:43 PM
Re: Futurephobic
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Great gu ys! thanks for all the feedback
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#291635 - Tue Jan 17 2006 09:23 AM
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Eh?
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