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Necrophobia 11 14.10%
Brontophobia 6 7.69%
Carcinophobia 8 10.26%
Emetophobia 9 11.54%
Acrophobia 26 33.33%
Claustrophbia 19 24.36%
Agoraphobia 9 11.54%
Aerophobia 11 14.10%
Sociophobia 24 30.77%
Arachnophobia 20 25.64%
Fear of the number 42/other please list 21 26.92%
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Old 09-15-2005, 09:46 AM
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If you try 4 & 23 & 42, you may lose your fear of it. I don't understand your other issues.
huh???

I was joking about the 'Lost' numbers...not the number fears listed above.
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I don't have any of those to the degree that it would be considered a phobia (where it's debilitating), but I would say that I am partially affected in three of them.
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what do you mean try? perhaps that's a regular activity
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If I'm afraid of zombies, would that count as Necrophobia? Or would that be some sort of special Necrovitaephobia?
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Alliumphobia- Fear of garlic.

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For the two people who voted for Emetophobia so far, here's your chance to do something about it!
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