Walking is as good as running when it comes to reducing
the risk of heart attack or stroke,
according to the results of a large study
sponsored by the U.S. government.
-Anonymous
ambulophobia: An excessive fear of walking.
amenomania, amoenomania: 1. Delusions of pleasant thoughts and agreeable hallucinations; a form of monomania. 2. A mania characterized by cheerfulness, gaiety, etc.
Americamania, Americomania: A craze for things that are American; an excessive desire to have American styles, food, culture, etc.
Americaphobia, Americophobia: An extreme fear and hatred for things that are American; a radical desire to destroy America's cultural influence; especially, in other countries.
amnesiophobia: An abnormal fear of having amnesia or loss of memory. This fear is now commonly related to the development of Alzheimer's disease. There are two basic types of amnesia that people fear: 1. The inability to form new memories in which the individual either does not consolidate what is perceived into permanent memory storage or can not retrieve recent memories. 2. The loss of memory of events that occurred before the memory disturbance began.
No, doctor, I don't ever remember having amnesia.
An asylum for the sane
would be empty in America.
-George Bernard Shaw
amputees: apotemnophobia
amychophobia, amyctophobia: An excessive fear of being lacerated, scratched, or clawed; particularly, by cats, dogs, puppies, and kittens. For those who have severe allergic reactions to animal scratches, animal hair, or fleas, the fear is justified.
anablepophobia: An excessive fear of looking up at high places. These phobics avoid looking up at the tops of tall buildings in cities and at the tops of mountains while in the country. A phobic of heights becomes overwhelmingly uncomfortable and fearful, sometimes having symptoms associated with panic attacks; such as, palpitations, sweating, dizziness, and difficulty in breathing.
andromania: Another term for nymphomania; an excessive sexual desire by women for men.
androphobia: A morbid fear or hatred of men, usually by women, that may be caused by unpleasant experiences with certain men or because of some particular characteristics of men.
This woman wants to do away with
the "man" in "manicurist".
androphonomania: An obsolete term for homicidal insanity.
anemomania: An obsessive desire to have "fresh" air in which a person is always leaving windows open; sometimes, despite cold conditions.
anemophobia, ancraophobia: 1. An abnormal fear of drafts, cyclones, winds, hurricanes, etc. Some phobics have such fears when the weather changes; such as, when dark clouds appear or at times when they can hear the wind. This phobia may be related to anxiety of motion, whirlpools, or of waves. 2. In biology, intolerance of exposure to wind.
anginaphobia, anginophobia, angionophobia: An extreme anxiety of choking or painful constriction around the heart; heart attack; narrowness; angina pectoris, or related heart problems.
Angina pectoris is not a sharp pain, but rather a sensation of pressure, squeezing, or tightness. It usually starts in the center of the chest under the breastbone (sternum) and radiates to the throat area.
The first time a person has uncomplicated angina pectoris, he or she may fear that a fatal heart attack is occurring. The victim may become extremely anxious and even have a panic attack that will aggravate the chest pains.
Anglomania: An excessive admiration of English customs, etc.
Anglophobia: Fear or hatred of England and all things that are English; such as, the English language and things relating to English culture.
angrophobia: Fear of anger or of becoming angry.
Anger is a symptom, a way of cloaking
and expressing feelings too awful
to experience directly:
hurt, bitterness, grief
and, most of all,
fear.
-Joan Rivers, Still Talking
animals: ailurophobia, cynophobia, musophobia, zoomania, zoophobia
animals (wild): agrizoomania, agrizoophobia
ankylophobia: Fear of the immobility of a joint or that a joint will get stuck in place; such as, the knee and/or ankle joints when walking or running.
anopheliphobia: An abnormal fear or hatred of mosquitoes (especially malarial mosquitoes).
Scientific research has established that all
the blood-feeding mosquitoes are female
and that the males have no interest
whatsoever in consuming blood.
anthomania: An extravagant passion or desire for having flowers.
anthophobia: An excessive fear of flowers in general, or of a particular kind of flower, or of the characteristics of certain flowers; such as, sizes or textures.
Inaction breeds doubt and fear.
Action breeds confidence and courage.
If you want to conquer fear, do not sit at home and
think about it. Go out and get busy.
-Dale Carnegie (1888-1955), author of
How to Win Friends and Influence People
