December 13th, 2007 at 10: 33 am jokerswild says: phobophobia is the fear of phobias. weird, huh?. From Wordnik.com. [LOINCLOTHS AND MAMMOTHS AND STUFF] Reference
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself," he was admonishing America against "phobophobia," or, the fear of being afraid. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 2] Reference
You see, it was not until some years later that I first heard about "phobophobia," but, I confess, I thought it meant fear of stuttering. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 2] Reference
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself," he was warning us against phobophobia, the fear of being afraid. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 1] Reference
Rather than being affected by environmental stimuli, sufferers of phobophobia are set off by the internal sensations of fear itself, which is further exacerbated by experiencing those exact same sensations. From Wordnik.com. [The Spark of Yahoo!] Reference
I have phobophobia: I’m deathly afraid of being afraid of things. From Wordnik.com. [Things That Creak « XUP] Reference
Google hits on the term (hits include both with and without the hyphen), a negligible number (compare 1,490,000 for homophobia, 34,900 for phobophobia (fear of fear), 29,200 for heterophobia (fear of heterosexuals), 14,900 for gamophobia. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
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