Posted: Thurs., Sep. 4, 2008, 1:51pm PT

Top phobias list

Mr. Monk has everything to fear but fear itself

1. Germs (bacillophobia)

2. Needles (belonephobia)

3. Snakes (ophidiophobia)

4. Milk (lactophobia)

5. Heights (acrophobia)

6. Crowds (demophobia)

7. Death (thanatophobia)

8. Lightning (keraunphobia)

9. Elevators (related to claustrophobia)

10. Puppets (pupaphobia)

11. Disorder (ataxophobia)

12. Dark (achluophobia)

13. Enclosed spaces (cleithrophobia)

14. Dirt (mysophobia)

15. Spiders (arachnophobia)

16. Driving (amaxophobia: fear of riding in a car)

17. Bullies (none specifically)

18. Fire (pyrophobia)

19. Mushrooms (mycophobia)

20. Tap water (potamophobia: fear of running water)

21. Noises (phonophobia)

22. Touching (aphephobia)

23. Monkeys (pithikosophobia)

24. Beautiful women (caligynephobia)

25. Imperfection (atelophobia)

26. Dogs (cynophobia)

27. Cats (ailurophobia)

28. Flying (aviophobia)

29. Rabbits (leporiphobia)

30. Bridges (gephyrophobia)

31. Public speaking(glossophobia)

32. Flies (pteronarcophobia)

33. Slime (blennophobia)

34. Birds (ornithophobia)

35. Rivers (potamophobia)

36. Tunnels (none per se but probably claustrophobia)

37. Caves (probably claustrophobia or speleophobia)




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