There is a term especially for the fear of long words and I must say the word itself is pretty fearsome.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
It is not only a mouthful, it is almost unpronounceable as well.
when I was a little girl and just beginning to write my own name, for a day I was in bits and in a temper because I could not write my name which was made up of only four letters. My Auntie Glor patiently taught me how to make a J, E, A, and N.
But what if I had been named like that daughter of the doomed lover Paula Yates and Michael Hutchence.
Imagine learning to write Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence.
Omigod, fear alert, fear alert. I am hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobic! ecckkkk
Doll House at the Museum of Childhood, photo by JMorton
I have just diagnosed myself with a phobia.
Apparently my fear of appliances and anything and everything to do with the house is a real phobia. It exists.
It is called ecophobia from the Greek words, eco meaning house, and of course phobia – fear.
No wonder if I can’t help myself, I won’t lift a finger to do the dishes, cooking, dusting, cleaning, tidying up, mopping, washing, cooking and anything to do with household chores if I can help it. Very minimal household chores with me. LOL
I’m scared to death of being poor. It’s like a fat girl who loses 500 pounds but is always fat inside. I grew up poor and will always feel poor inside. It’s my pet paranoia.
– Cher
The above quote by Cher made me curious whether there is a known phobia with regards to being poor. And of course there is. It is called peniaphobia. It has Greek roots; penia meaning poverty and phobia is of course fear.
To a certain extent we, I think, all have a fear of being poor but not to the point that it would really rule our psyche day in and day out.
Reading that very interesting piece by Peter on surfing in the Philippines made me think of waves, the gigantic waves we had to ride back in December whilst in Pagudpud, Philippines. It was fantastic. It was fun.
It made me wonder though if there is such a thing as a fear of waves, they can be scary. Especially when you are caught unaware.
Of course there is, nowadays, a type of phobia seems to be attached to almost everything. Anyway kymophobia is the fear of waves and its motion. Kymophobia or cymophobia is also has to do with being wary of undulating and rolling landscape.
Cherophobia is the fear of gaiety, happiness, joyfulness or rejoicing. The origin of the word chero is Greek (meaning to rejoice; gaiety or happiness) and phobia is Greek (meaning fear). Cherophobia is considered to be a specific phobia.
What are the causes?
It is generally accepted that phobias arise from a combination of external events (i.e. traumatic events) and internal predispositions (i.e. heredity or genetics). Many specific phobias can be traced back to a specific triggering event, usually a traumatic experience at an early age. Social phobias and agoraphobia have more complex causes that are not entirely known at this time. It is believed that heredity, genetics, and brain chemistry combine with life-experiences to play a major role in the development of phobias. (Wikipedia – phobia).
What are the symptoms?
As with any phobia, the symptoms vary by person depending on their level of fear. The symptoms typically include extreme anxiety, dread and anything associated with panic such as shortness of breath, rapid breathing, irregular heartbeat, sweating, excessive sweating, nausea, dry mouth, nausea, inability to articulate words or sentences, dry mouth and shaking. .
Source: http://common-phobias.com
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One time or another we do suffer a mild case of cherophobia which we usually put down more to superstitions. We do not want to be too happy because we are afraid that something bad is going to happen. We do not want to jinx things and celebrate before the good news had come into fruition.
