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Herpetophobia Fear of Reptiles

Herpetophobia Fear of Reptiles For many people the idea of seeing or touching a reptile can cause severe and intense fear and anxiety. This can be experienced in varying degrees. In the lesser degrees this is just a general fear … Continue reading

Hypsiphobia Fear of height

Hypsiphobia Fear of height There are certain fears or phobias that most people would have heard of, a fear of flying for example or a fear of spiders is also a common example. Another such phobia is the pathological and … Continue reading

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia- Fear of long words

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia- Fear of long words It has been said that of all human communication only 7% rely on the words that we use. However small that figure might sound, the use of words is a very important part of our … Continue reading

Hypnophobia Fear of sleep or of being hypnotized

Hypnophobia Fear of sleep or of being hypnotized It might surprise readers that as a hypno-psychotherapist I do occasionally get clients who are morbidly afraid of being hypnotised. Because of the way hypnosis is portrayed in some parts of the … Continue reading

Hypengyophobia or Hypegiaphobia Fear of responsibility

Hypengyophobia or Hypegiaphobia€“ Fear of responsibility For many of us when we were children, we railed against our parents in an every increasing attempt to get more privileges and to be treated like “grown-ups”. Most of us learned at that … Continue reading

Hominophobia Fear of men

Hominophobia Fear of men In a previous post I discussed a fear of women, so it seems only right to now look at the phenomena of the fear of men. Hominophobia is a worry and fear of men in general. … Continue reading

Hippophobia an exaggerated or irrational worry of horses

Hippophobia an exaggerated or irrational worry of horses Some animals and humans have for all of time had a symbiotic relationship with one another. Humans have had pets which become domesticated and even considered part of their respective family. Still … Continue reading

Heliophobia – Fear of the sun

Heliophobia – Fear of the sun From the beginning of time, the sun has been worshipped as being the most powerful god, source of power, as well as being a great mystery. The sun has be recognised as being absolutely … Continue reading

Haphephobia or Haptephobia Fear of being touched

Haphephobia or Haptephobia Fear of being touched Human contact is something that the vast majority of people of the world not only want, but need. It is a way of conveying emotions, affection and love. Whilst the majority of the … Continue reading

Hamartophobia- Fear of sinning

Hamartophobia- Fear of sinning For regular readers of this blog, you will detect a pattern over the past couple of entries. First we had the fear of hell, then the fear of saints and holy things, now and finally we … Continue reading

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