Halloween Related Phobias

There are a lot of fears or phobias, out there. Halloween certainly has it's share. Here is a list of those we are aware of:

Name: Fear of:

Achluophobia Garlic

Arachnophobia Spiders

Bogyphobia the Bogeyman

Catoptropobia Mirrors

Ceraunophobia Thunder

Claustrophobia Confined spaces, like coffins

Cleisiophobia being locked in

Coimetrophobia Cemetaries

Cucurbitophobia pumpkins....heaven forbid!!!

Dementophobia Insanity

Demonophobia Demons

Eisoptrophobia mirrors, or seeing oneself in a mirror

Hagiophobia saints or holy things

Heliophobia the sun

Hemophobia blood

Noctiphobia night

Phasmophobia ghosts

Placophobia tombstones

Samhainophobia Halloween, what's to be afraid of!?!

Satanophobia Satan

Staurophobia the crucifix

Taphephobia being buried alive

Triskaidekaphobia The number 13

Wiccaphobia witches



This was again found on a message board and posted by che11eness at http://www.budget101.com/.



I thought it was fascinating and wanted to share it, but since it was a list, it was hard to rewrite, so I want to be clear that this is from another source than me. Interesting stuff. I remember doing similiar lists for my junior high school newspaper!