Change? No. Growth.

[Since no one reads this blog, the following will be just me rambling on and on about me trying to explain what has been going on. If you just want the simplified version, SKIP this crazy stuff and scroll down to the bottom to the "SO WHAT AM I SAYING?"]

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Here we are at the end of November, FINALLY entering into the season of Advent! Whooo!!!

I must say these past two months have been VERY interesting. A lot of change has taken place. Although, I don't want to just label it all as change. Because 98% of it was more "growth."

I guess you can say that things were going pretty well since this past year began. I had started developing an intriguing passion for worship, one that was different than the previous year. I had been talking with one the leaders at the church and sharing with them this passion for worship which eventually lead me to creating a band and along with it, weekly worship sessions on Saturday nights. It was amazing. For a while, those Saturday night Jesus rock sessions were what kept me occupied, along with the volunteer work I was doing during the Sunday mornings and during the week (mostly for the youth on Wednesday nights). Things were great. Pretty steady.

The past 9-10 months I have been a relationship with someone who is now my best friend and someone I truly love. It started with just friendly flirting (which is what smashing a cupcake and pie into a girl's face means) and 9 months later, I am convinced that she's the one. If you actually read my stuff on here then you've been following... But anyways, keep this in mind...

Soooo band, church stuff, beautiful girl.

Late summer ish till now.

Band has played its last weekly service and we planned to move forward with our ministry. Kind of got lost. We continue to practice and play a couple places here and there. Fast forward up till about now and I lost some members that I thought would have stayed with me through the rough. But I guess it's whatever. It took me a bit (a couple of months) but I finally got a crew that told me they are willing to help me out with the 'next phase' in the band with the 'new project'.

Church stuff was hard. For the whole year I had been doing what I enjoyed most running sound and video for the youth on Wednesday nights and helping with big church stuff on Sunday mornings. But in September I had a talk with some people from the church and they said that it would be best if stepped down from the youth group. September would be my last week with them. First week of October, I was LOST. Well, mostly at that point I was still confused and a little angered. But since I do serve a GREAT God, He opened a door for me. In just two short days, I was able to pick up something that not very many people would have: the church's possessional lighting system (crazy expensive lighting board). Apparently the church was in need of another person to be able to learn the system but since the one and only person that knows how to do is has not had the time to teach anyone, God decided He just wanted to teach me. Simple as that.

Like I said before, if you've been reading my stuff (which is probably all of 2 people) then you may have seen how the relationship between this girl and I have developed. I don't want to just simplify it by saying that 10 months ago I just had this crush on this girl and fast forward until now by saying that I am convinced that she is the one. A) That is sketch B) You'd probably say I'm crazy and dumb. C) If you actually learned of how... different this relationship is compared to others, you'd actually call me the king of sketch D) SKETCH! But once again, this whole thing is another story in itself. But the point of this piece of writing (if you can even call it that) is to show the crazy and amazing and intense the change and growth that has taken part over the past few months.

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Soooo quick recap.

1. Music and worship and all was going good. Experienced lots.

2. Church involvement was fun and exciting. Learned lots.

3. Relationship with girl was growing more. Understood lots.

Buuuuut then things happened between mid-September through end of November and here I am looking back and what really happened.

First, we will start with the worship/music part of it. I started those weekend worship nights wanting to "rock out for Jesus" and invite whoever wants to come. Throughout the year I learned a lot about what the whole "worship" thing really is. Basically, everything we do should be in worship to God. Heck, we were made to worship right?

Psalm 100

¹ Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.

² Worship the LORD with gladness;

come before him with joyful songs.

³ Know that the LORD is God.

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we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

⁴ Enter his gates with thanksgiving

and his courts with praise;

give thanks to him and praise his name.

⁵ For the LORD is good and his love endures forever;

his faithfulness continues through all generations.

Psalm 102:18

¹⁸ Let this be written for a future generation,

that a people not yet created may praise the LORD:

Not only has this thirst and hunger for worship fueled my passion, it has also helped me to form and strengthen my relationship with God. Which is FREAKIN AWESOME. Something that has been lacking in the past couple of years. The band (miraculously) is somehow still together. I lost a lot of key people because we had not played often and they all had their reasons. It was hard to have to accept all that but if that's not where God wanted them then it is what is is! But God doesn't just take things away... He provides. I may have lost some band members in the past two months but God provided. And this team is good to go on what he wants us to do. Which leads me to my next thing. Movement 5280. Downtown Youth drop-in center. (I will write more about it in a separate blog post) Pretty much God wants me to lead worship EVERY Friday night and reach out to youth in the downtown Denver area that don't know about the Love of Christ. So therefore since He instilled in me the passion to worship, He wanted to give me the opportunity to express that in the way I want to (Jesus rock) and use it for His Glory and to further the kingdom. AWESOME. Totally excited for it. Like I said, more to be written about this soon. Wednesday nights I used to run sound and stuff for the youth. But since that is no longer my place, I was once again lost. But would it surprise you that God just wanted to put me in another place that would be more useful? The college aged Bible study group has been meeting on Wednesday nights this past year and has been pretty solid. But after lots of talks with the college aged pastor and what his vision is and where he wants to go, I eventually found myself excited to lead worship every Wednesday night as it is growing from a simple Bible study to becoming an actual night of worship. SWEET.

This past year I have learned A LOT as I've had the opportunity to volunteer within the media support that exists for the church. I've learned so much about sound, lighting, and video engineering by watching and doing all thanks to those at the church that allowed me to participate in so many occasions and especially to God for giving me the sharp mind that I have to pick things up so fast and easy. It's crazy to think that I have messed with equipment that costs more than I can think of. The best way to learn is to do and with every treasured moment I had I took advantage and learned as much as I could. After these past two months, I am feeling the calling to thank all those for the experiences and knowledge that I have acquired throughout the year and to take it and actually apply it, once again for the Glory of God to further the Kingdom. How you might ask? (Or if you've actually read this far and actually care to ask any questions) Then the answer would be, with the drop-in center. I am being called into ministry outside of the church into downtown Denver, where it is needed more. Am I good with that? Heck yes I am.

And if there is anything this past year that is the greatest.... Well you know pretty much ;-) So what's with all this talk about change or growth Josh? If I want to put a time or date or whatever it will probably be in September when I had some conversations about why it would be best for me to start making some adjustments. Like why I had to step down from the youth group. Sure it sucked. And I could say it was because of my relations with the girl. Although saying that makes it sound bad right? Well at first I thought so too. But in all seriousness to put it super simple, they helped me to realize that since the relationship I had with a certain someone was something I (as well as others) strongly believed in, they thought that it would be best for me to step down/move forward with what I am doing, simply for the protection of the relationship and the relationships surrounding it. Make sense? It totally didn't to me. Because at that point I was still just "hanging out with her." It was then that I slowly was starting to realize that my feelings for her and the relationship we had was more than it actually was. As I gave more and more of it to God, He has been showing me that she might just be the one. I can write a whole other post about why that is so crazy (and I probably will. Just not in this one.) All in all, it has been amazing to have developed so much and to come so far as we have. We've still got 4 to 5 years of getting to know each other, yet these past 10 months have already been so much.

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SO WHAT AM I SAYING?

Wow. I wrote a lot. And if you read all of that, you sure have a lot of time on your hands ;-)

BUT, that was all just me getting stuff out of my head. The actual point of all that was because these past two weeks I felt like I am "on the end of the gear shift" of life. Just like the title says, I'm not going through a change, but rather a growth. I am learning to let some things go and accept others. I am looking back and thank God for all that I have experienced and learned. I realize that these past couple of weeks were just transition weeks (which are always hard) but now I am finally about begin the next phase. I am preparing myself for this next year and what God has planned for me. Exciting things are on the way!

PRAISE THE LORD! GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD FOR HE IS GOOD AND HIS LOVE ENDURES FOREVER!

How Pumpkin Pie Is Really Made

Btw, I freakin LOVE pumpkin pie.... Just saying... :-)

Happy THANKSgiving 2010 Everyone!

This is so cliche haha. Writing a post about things I'm thankful for. But, I still want to acknowledge the things that I have to be thankful for and what better of a way then to share it with you!

1. Technology

-Blackberry, Twitter, television, Youtube, Yahoo, PS3, Gmail, Skype, and of course, Facebook! Too many people take all those things for granted. I believe this past year I heard a statement about how here in America we enjoy having multiple televisions and laptops in our homes whereas everywhere else in the world, you would be lucky if you had ONE tv in your house. After Lent this past year, and a computer fast somewhere in between, I was able to let go of my addiction to technology and give it to God. I now view it all as a privilege that I am grateful to have everyday.

2. Driver's License

-You would have to really know me to understand why a driver's license would even make it to the top ten list of things to be thankful for. And if you really knew me you would know how much I appreciate the little things in life. I am thankful to have the certification that allows me to operate a motor vehicle so that I can provide myself and other transportation. Sure, I may not have gotten it at 16 years of age like everyone around me. But I am thankful for all the friends that were generous enough to give me a ride to places all the way till the end of high school, and for the year after that. Every time I get behind the wheel of a car I thank God for giving me the opportunity to drive that car.

3. Magic

-Not very often do you come across a person that can take almost any random object and do something 'cool' with it that would trick a lay person's eyes. I am so thankful that God has given me the unique talent to be able to entertain others with my illusions. I am grateful for the ability to think a little more outside the box than others and be able to take that thought process and mix some creativity into it and have an entertaining outcome that brings smiles to many. I am thankful for the ability to entertain everyone of all ages and for the great tool that I can utilize in connecting with others.

4. Education

-Knowledge is valuable. There so are so many kids in the world that don't even have the opportunity to get even a basic education. I am thankful that my parents taught me the value of learning and how they encouraged me as best as they could through my years of education. And in the end of 12 years, I was able to get that diploma. Even though I do not currently have the finances to be able to go full time at college, I am still thankful that I was able to get accepted in the first place AND that I am able to attend 2 classes. Two is better than none! And that, I am VERY grateful for.

5. Family

-Despite how I sometimes feel about my family, I will honestly say that I am thankful for them. I am thankful that my parents have pushed through it all and are still together. I am thankful for a younger sister who can call me her big brother (when we're not fighting). I am thankful that my family supports me in who I am and who I want to be. Even though we are nothing close to an "average" family, I am grateful to still have people to call my mom, dad, and sister.

6. Home

-A couple of these things that I am thankful for are things that most people take for granted. I think that one of the biggest ones that people overlook is the roof that is currently over their head, the heat that is keeping them warm, and the walls that protect them from the outside weather. I am VERY thankful that I am able to call the basement of our house my own little living space. I have a bed room where I can hang pictures and a dresser where I can keep all my clothes and a comfortable bed that I can sleep on. Then I am thankful for the entertainment system I have outside of my bedroom in the mini "living room area" that is a part of the basement. As my grandparents have taught my parents, and my parents have taught me, I thank God for giving me a place to live in where I can return the favor by opening the doors for others to have a place to hang out and fellowship.

7. Food

-I could totally just be thankful for 'food' in general, but I serious must thank God for one of his greatest creations ever, Chipotle Mexican Grill. (Dangit, just writing about this is making me want one!) AS I WAS SAYING, I am thankful that God provides me with food everyday. I was raised to always be thankful for every ounce of food that I receive and to pray for those who may be less fortunate than I am. It's kind of entertaining to sometimes see my friends when they sometimes get picky over what kind of food they get. But I am grateful for whatever kind of food is laid before me and thank the Lord for his blessings.... Especially when He wants to bless me with a steak-fajita buritto with hot sauce, sour cream, and lettuce from Chipotle... :-)

8. Music

-Amongst the many other talents that God has blessed me with, I am truly grateful for the ability to not only play music, but to use it to bring praises and glory to His name. Since there was no one to teach me how to play music, I thank God for guiding my fingers to where I was eventually able to have learned how to play the guitar and the piano all by myself. I am so grateful for the passion that I have to worship the Lord through music. And through this passion I was able to pull together a band of fellow musicians with the same passion as me. I thank God for all the opportunities I have to praise Him whether it be in the solitude of my basement or with many others.

9. Letha

-I could go on for days for why I am thankful for her. And I don't want to make it corny/cheesy or whatever. But I do want to tell everyone (and her, as well) that I thank God each and everyday for giving me the greatest girl I could ever imagine into my life. As hard as I try I can not simply put into words how blessed I am to have someone who cares for me just as much as I care about them in a special way that can't even be described itself. I truly believe that God has put her into my life for a bigger reason that I can even try to imagine. Instead, I just thank Him for every single moment I get to spend with her and for everything we have gone through and everything we will go through and for her family and how they have accepted me into their own. I do believe I love her and forever and ever I will be grateful for her.

10. God

-Over and over again in the Bible, there are numerous people singing and shouting praises to the Lord God above for all the marvelous works He has done. I want to make sure that today and every moment that I live, that I thank God for sending His Son Jesus Christ to die on the cross for my sins so that I may eternally be a part of His Kingdom. I am thankful for the God who created me and has shaped me to be the person I am today, because if it were not for Him and His abounding grace, I would just be a nobody. I am thankful for His unfailing, never ending Love that He continues to show me each day.

"Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His Love endures forever." [Psalms 106:1]

Today I got to spend Thanksgiving with my family and Letha's family. In the days leading up to it I was kind of nervous as to how it would go. Surprisingly (and thankfully) it went much better than I thought it would! I have said this already, yet I will say it a thousand times more, I am thankful for the Plecker family and especially for Letha. I am looking forward to more Thanksgiving dinners with her and her family and my family in the years to come. :-)

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

The Definition of Atheism

Atheism

The belief that there was nothing and nothing happened to nothing and then nothing magically exploded for no reason creating everything and then a bunch of everything magically rearranged itself for no reason what so ever into self-replicating bits which then turned into dinosaurs.

Yup. That makes perfect sense. There is no God. Mhmm....

;-)

Farkle! I Scare and Intimidate People!

So Friday night, chillin at home. Got 'the Book' on my screen. Playin me some Farkle. Might I just say that it is quite exhilarating throwing dice and trying to rack up points against a random live player that I have never and will never meet in my life. Heck, it's the closest thing to gambling. Good thing it's not for real money. But, it sure is teaching me solid lessons.

First and foremost rule of the key to success is of course, you DON'T gamble. I have it set so that each day, I don't gamble anything, but instead invest in what I already have. I keep a strict rule of not going under a certain amount of chips. Every day, I establish that amount by taking my total number of chips and rounding to the nearest ten-thousand. (Ex, today I had 151,050 chips. So therefore I would not do anything that would make me go under 150,000) So therefore, my goal of the day would be to play as much as I can to reach 160,000 by the end of the day without going under. (And try to get a little extra) So then the next day, if I wake up with 161,000, my new limit would be 160,000 and I would just keep going. Solid system.

ANYWAYS, I'm sure you would have cared less to know all that information and probably want to know what this blog post is about, hopefully not thinking that it is about some silly Facebook game. It's actually about how God has used this game to do some good.

For the past couple of weeks, this other girl and I have tried to beat each other and try to get more chips than the other. I've been keeping up with my solid system, and she's been trying to catch up. We chatted tonight just talking to each other about our games and how she was determined to catch up and I was not going to let her and all this and that. When all of a sudden, she came to the realization that we have never actually talked outside of the small chats we've recently had on 'da book' about this game. And I asked her why and boy was the response shocking.

After she said that we usually don't talk, we kinda paused for a moment and wondered why. She flat out told me:

"anyway you scare me kinda that's why we dont talk i guess

and no offense you seem really stuck up

and like you wouldn't want to bother talking to someone like me"

I was shocked! What!? I scared her? I was stuck up?

Okay, false statement. I wasn't shocked. This would not have been the first time I had heard this. And so I wanted to dig deeper and let her get it all out. She did. And so then I apologized. And as we kept talking she realized that there really was more to me than meets the eye. As she stated, she didn't think that I bothered to talk to "someone like her." I asked her who "someone like her" was... She said, different, an outcast, isn't completely a Christian, all fun but and barely serious... Different.

"i just think that everyone at church thinks they are better than me and that im dirt compared to them so i dont believe anything anyone says there"

I told her she was wrong. She didn't like being judged by "people at church" because of who she was and that is what sometimes keeps h

er from going. Up until tonight she had labeled me as "the leader of those people" (her exact words). I think I nearly died laughing. Once again I apologized and I explained to her that of all those people, I would be the last one to judge anyone for any reason. I told her that I have see firsthand how kids have been turned away from the church simply because they did not find the welcoming environment they thought they could be at. I explained to her how personally frustrated I feel about that and how I am one to stand against that type of behavior.

One time, my friend and I sincerely and seriously went up to her and told her that she looked beautiful that day. No it was not a joke. It was truth. She's one of those that many would call "different" because of how she dresses. But when one Sunday she does something different with her make up and puts on a dress, my friend and I were blown away! So we felt the need to tell her that she was a beautiful girl. She didn't forget it and brought it back up tonight and asked if it was a joke because she sure thought it was. FARKLE, I mean FAIL. It was not. I clarified it with her. She didn't know what to do.

She kept labeling herself as one who is an outcast and is different from "all those people" at church. I simply told her, I am not like "all those people." Prior to this conversation she asked me about my relationship with the girl I am in one with and she accepted it and was cool with it. And with the music and the magic and the relationship I have and my own view of people, she finally understood that I was different, kind of like her but in different ways. And with that, it made her feel a bit better.

Since this was not the first I that someone was "scared" or "intimidated" of me, I finally started to realize why I am the way I am. At church or wherever else, I might be the dude who likes to make his presence known whenever he enters a room (I guess to put it one way) and to make people feel uncomfortable. I view that as my way of loving people. Sure it might scare them or whatever. But God would not have made me this way if it wasn't for a purpose. And He would not have opened up the opportunities that I have had to connect with people like the girl I talked to tonight. The one who feels they are the outcast because they are "different." I believe that God made me different in my own special ways so that He could use me to express His Love to others like with the girl I talked to tonight. And when I say "different," I mean DIFFERENT," but unique and special! (Did I miss any similar words?)

Tonight, I gained a new friend because God was able to open up the opportunity for me to reach out to one whom He loves and wanted me to make sure that they were not left out. Sure she may say that she's not "completely a Christian." Maybe that's why I've been put into her life. To show her the way. Whatever God wants to use me for, I'm down.

She considers one of the elderly ladies from the church as one of her only real friends. This is because they spend a lot of time together and the lady is the one who takes her to church. She feels bad because she thinks she is using the lady to get rides because she doesn't have a license. I promised her that in January, I would pick her up, we would go over to the lady's house and do housework all day and hang out with her.

She's down. I'm excited.

A List of Phobias

Tell me which ones you have or you think sound cool.

LIST OF PHOBIAS


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Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing.
Acarophobia- Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching.
Acerophobia- Fear of sourness.
Achluophobia- Fear of darkness.
Acousticophobia- Fear of noise.
Acrophobia- Fear of heights.
Aerophobia- Fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airbourne noxious substances.
Aeroacrophobia- Fear of open high places.
Aeronausiphobia- Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness.
Agateophobia- Fear of insanity.
Agliophobia- Fear of pain.
Agoraphobia- Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place.
Agraphobia- Fear of sexual abuse.
Agrizoophobia- Fear of wild animals.
Agyrophobia- Fear of streets or crossing the street.
Aichmophobia- Fear of needles or pointed objects.
Ailurophobia- Fear of cats.
Albuminurophobia- Fear of kidney disease.
Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens.
Algophobia- Fear of pain.
Alliumphobia- Fear of garlic.
Allodoxaphobia- Fear of opinions.
Altophobia- Fear of heights.
Amathophobia- Fear of dust.
Amaxophobia- Fear of riding in a car.
Ambulophobia- Fear of walking.
Amnesiphobia- Fear of amnesia.
Amychophobia- Fear of scratches or being scratched.
Anablephobia- Fear of looking up.
Ancraophobia- Fear of wind. (Anemophobia)
Androphobia- Fear of men.
Anemophobia- Fear of air drafts or wind.(Ancraophobia)
Anginophobia- Fear of angina, choking or narrowness.
Anglophobia- Fear of England or English culture, etc.
Angrophobia - Fear of anger or of becoming angry.
Ankylophobia- Fear of immobility of a joint.
Anthrophobia or Anthophobia- Fear of flowers.
Anthropophobia- Fear of people or society.
Antlophobia- Fear of floods.
Anuptaphobia- Fear of staying single.
Apeirophobia- Fear of infinity.
Aphenphosmphobia- Fear of being touched. (Haphephobia)
Apiphobia- Fear of bees.
Apotemnophobia- Fear of persons with amputations.
Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia- Fear of spiders.
Arithmophobia- Fear of numbers.
Arrhenphobia- Fear of men.
Arsonphobia- Fear of fire.
Asthenophobia- Fear of fainting or weakness.
Astraphobia or Astrapophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning.(Ceraunophobia, Keraunophobia)
Astrophobia- Fear of stars or celestial space.
Asymmetriphobia- Fear of asymmetrical things.
Ataxiophobia- Fear of ataxia. (muscular incoordination)
Ataxophobia- Fear of disorder or untidiness.
Atelophobia- Fear of imperfection.
Atephobia- Fear of ruin or ruins.
Athazagoraphobia- Fear of being forgotton or ignored or forgetting.
Atomosophobia- Fear of atomic explosions.
Atychiphobia- Fear of failure.
Aulophobia- Fear of flutes.
Aurophobia- Fear of gold.
Auroraphobia- Fear of Northern lights.
Autodysomophobia- Fear of one that has a vile odor.
Automatonophobia- Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues - anything that falsly represents a sentient being.
Automysophobia- Fear of being dirty.
Autophobia- Fear of being alone or of oneself.
Aviophobia or Aviatophobia- Fear of flying.


B-

Bacillophobia- Fear of microbes.
Bacteriophobia- Fear of bacteria.
Ballistophobia- Fear of missiles or bullets.
Bolshephobia- Fear of Bolsheviks.
Barophobia- Fear of gravity.
Basophobia or Basiphobia- Inability to stand. Fear of walking or falling.
Bathmophobia- Fear of stairs or steep slopes.
Bathophobia- Fear of depth.
Batophobia- Fear of heights or being close to high buildings.
Batrachophobia- Fear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc.
Belonephobia- Fear of pins and needles. (Aichmophobia)
Bibliophobia- Fear of books.
Blennophobia- Fear of slime.
Bogyphobia- Fear of bogeys or the bogeyman.
Botanophobia- Fear of plants.
Bromidrosiphobia or Bromidrophobia- Fear of body smells.
Brontophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning.
Bufonophobia- Fear of toads.


C-

Cacophobia- Fear of ugliness.
Cainophobia or Cainotophobia- Fear of newness, novelty.
Caligynephobia- Fear of beautiful women.
Cancerophobia or Carcinophobia- Fear of cancer.
Cardiophobia- Fear of the heart.
Carnophobia- Fear of meat.
Catagelophobia- Fear of being ridiculed.
Catapedaphobia- Fear of jumping from high and low places.
Cathisophobia- Fear of sitting.
Catoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors.
Cenophobia or Centophobia- Fear of new things or ideas.
Ceraunophobia or Keraunophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning.(Astraphobia, Astrapophobia)
Chaetophobia- Fear of hair.
Cheimaphobia or Cheimatophobia- Fear of cold.(Frigophobia, Psychophobia)
Chemophobia- Fear of chemicals or working with chemicals.
Cherophobia- Fear of gaiety.
Chionophobia- Fear of snow.
Chiraptophobia- Fear of being touched.
Chirophobia- Fear of hands.
Cholerophobia- Fear of anger or the fear of cholera.
Chorophobia- Fear of dancing.
Chrometophobia or Chrematophobia- Fear of money.
Chromophobia or Chromatophobia- Fear of colors.
Chronophobia- Fear of time.
Chronomentrophobia- Fear of clocks.
Cibophobia- Fear of food.(Sitophobia, Sitiophobia)
Claustrophobia- Fear of confined spaces.
Cleithrophobia or Cleisiophobia- Fear of being locked in an enclosed place.
Cleptophobia- Fear of stealing.
Climacophobia- Fear of stairs, climbing, or of falling downstairs.
Clinophobia- Fear of going to bed.
Clithrophobia or Cleithrophobia- Fear of being enclosed.
Cnidophobia- Fear of stings.
Cometophobia- Fear of comets.
Coimetrophobia- Fear of cemeteries.
Coitophobia- Fear of coitus.
Contreltophobia- Fear of sexual abuse.
Coprastasophobia- Fear of constipation.
Coprophobia- Fear of feces.
Coulrophobia- Fear of clowns.
Counterphobia- The preference by a phobic for fearful situations.
Cremnophobia- Fear of precipices.
Cryophobia- Fear of extreme cold, ice or frost.
Crystallophobia- Fear of crystals or glass.
Cyberphobia- Fear of computers or working on a computer.
Cyclophobia- Fear of bicycles.
Cymophobia or Kymophobia- Fear of waves or wave like motions.
Cynophobia- Fear of dogs or rabies.
Cypridophobia or Cypriphobia or Cyprianophobia or Cyprinophobia - Fear of prostitutes or venereal disease.


D-

Decidophobia- Fear of making decisions.
Defecaloesiophobia- Fear of painful bowels movements.
Deipnophobia- Fear of dining or dinner conversations.
Dementophobia- Fear of insanity.
Demonophobia or Daemonophobia- Fear of demons.
Demophobia- Fear of crowds. (Agoraphobia)
Dendrophobia- Fear of trees.
Dentophobia- Fear of dentists.
Dermatophobia- Fear of skin lesions.
Dermatosiophobia or Dermatophobia or Dermatopathophobia- Fear of skin disease.
Dextrophobia- Fear of objects at the right side of the body.
Diabetophobia- Fear of diabetes.
Didaskaleinophobia- Fear of going to school.
Dikephobia- Fear of justice.
Dinophobia- Fear of dizziness or whirlpools.
Diplophobia- Fear of double vision.
Dipsophobia- Fear of drinking.
Dishabiliophobia- Fear of undressing in front of someone.
Domatophobia- Fear of houses or being in a house.(Eicophobia, Oikophobia)
Doraphobia- Fear of fur or skins of animals.
Doxophobia- Fear of expressing opinions or of receiving praise.
Dromophobia- Fear of crossing streets.
Dutchphobia- Fear of the Dutch.
Dysmorphophobia- Fear of deformity.
Dystychiphobia- Fear of accidents.


E-

Ecclesiophobia- Fear of church.
Ecophobia- Fear of home.
Eicophobia- Fear of home surroundings.(Domatophobia, Oikophobia)
Eisoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror.
Electrophobia- Fear of electricity.
Eleutherophobia- Fear of freedom.
Elurophobia- Fear of cats. (Ailurophobia)
Emetophobia- Fear of vomiting.
Enetophobia- Fear of pins.
Enochlophobia- Fear of crowds.
Enosiophobia or Enissophobia- Fear of having committed an unpardonable sin or of criticism.
Entomophobia- Fear of insects.
Eosophobia- Fear of dawn or daylight.
Ephebiphobia- Fear of teenagers.
Epistaxiophobia- Fear of nosebleeds.
Epistemophobia- Fear of knowledge.
Equinophobia- Fear of horses.
Eremophobia- Fear of being oneself or of lonliness.
Ereuthrophobia- Fear of blushing.
Ergasiophobia- 1) Fear of work or functioning. 2) Surgeon's fear of operating.
Ergophobia- Fear of work.
Erotophobia- Fear of sexual love or sexual questions.
Euphobia- Fear of hearing good news.
Eurotophobia- Fear of female genitalia.
Erythrophobia or Erytophobia or Ereuthophobia- 1) Fear of redlights. 2) Blushing. 3) Red.


F-

Febriphobia or Fibriphobia or Fibriophobia- Fear of fever.
Felinophobia- Fear of cats. (Ailurophobia, Elurophobia, Galeophobia, Gatophobia)
Francophobia- Fear of France or French culture. (Gallophobia, Galiophobia)
Frigophobia- Fear of cold or cold things.(Cheimaphobia, Cheimatophobia, Psychrophobia)


G-

Galeophobia or Gatophobia- Fear of cats.
Gallophobia or Galiophobia- Fear France or French culture. (Francophobia)
Gamophobia- Fear of marriage.
Geliophobia- Fear of laughter.
Geniophobia- Fear of chins.
Genophobia- Fear of sex.
Genuphobia- Fear of knees.
Gephyrophobia or Gephydrophobia or Gephysrophobia- Fear of crossing bridges.
Germanophobia- Fear of Germany or German culture.
Gerascophobia- Fear of growing old.
Gerontophobia- Fear of old people or of growing old.
Geumaphobia or Geumophobia- Fear of taste.
Glossophobia- Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak.
Gnosiophobia- Fear of knowledge.
Graphophobia- Fear of writing or handwriting.
Gymnophobia- Fear of nudity.
Gynephobia or Gynophobia- Fear of women.


H-

Hadephobia- Fear of hell.
Hagiophobia- Fear of saints or holy things.
Hamartophobia- Fear of sinning.
Haphephobia or Haptephobia- Fear of being touched.
Harpaxophobia- Fear of being robbed.
Hedonophobia- Fear of feeling pleasure.
Heliophobia- Fear of the sun.
Hellenologophobia- Fear of Greek terms or complex scientific terminology.
Helminthophobia- Fear of being infested with worms.
Hemophobia or Hemaphobia or Hematophobia- Fear of blood.
Heresyphobia or Hereiophobia- Fear of challenges to official doctrine or of radical deviation.
Herpetophobia- Fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things.
Heterophobia- Fear of the opposite sex. (Sexophobia)
Hierophobia- Fear of priests or sacred things.
Hippophobia- Fear of horses.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words.
Hobophobia- Fear of bums or beggars.
Hodophobia- Fear of road travel.
Hormephobia- Fear of shock.
Homichlophobia- Fear of fog.
Homilophobia- Fear of sermons.
Hominophobia- Fear of men.
Homophobia- Fear of sameness, monotony or of homosexuality or of becoming homosexual.
Hoplophobia- Fear of firearms.
Hydrargyophobia- Fear of mercurial medicines.
Hydrophobia- Fear of water or of rabies.
Hydrophobophobia- Fear of rabies.
Hyelophobia or Hyalophobia- Fear of glass.
Hygrophobia- Fear of liquids, dampness, or moisture.
Hylephobia- Fear of materialism or the fear of epilepsy.
Hylophobia- Fear of forests.
Hypengyophobia or Hypegiaphobia- Fear of responsibility.
Hypnophobia- Fear of sleep or of being hypnotized.
Hypsiphobia- Fear of height.


I-

Iatrophobia- Fear of going to the doctor or of doctors.
Ichthyophobia- Fear of fish.
Ideophobia- Fear of ideas.
Illyngophobia- Fear of vertigo or feeling dizzy when looking down.
Iophobia- Fear of poison.
Insectophobia - Fear of insects.
Isolophobia- Fear of solitude, being alone.
Isopterophobia- Fear of termites, insects that eat wood.
Ithyphallophobia- Fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis.


J-

Japanophobia- Fear of Japanese.
Judeophobia- Fear of Jews.


K-

Kainolophobia or Kainophobia- Fear of anything new, novelty.
Kakorrhaphiophobia- Fear of failure or defeat.
Katagelophobia- Fear of ridicule.
Kathisophobia- Fear of sitting down.
Kenophobia- Fear of voids or empty spaces.
Keraunophobia or Ceraunophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning.(Astraphobia, Astrapophobia)
Kinetophobia or Kinesophobia- Fear of movement or motion.
Kleptophobia- Fear of stealing.
Koinoniphobia- Fear of rooms.
Kolpophobia- Fear of genitals, particularly female.
Kopophobia- Fear of fatigue.
Koniophobia- Fear of dust. (Amathophobia)
Kosmikophobia- Fear of cosmic phenomenon.
Kymophobia- Fear of waves. (Cymophobia)
Kynophobia- Fear of rabies.
Kyphophobia- Fear of stooping.


L-

Lachanophobia- Fear of vegetables.
Laliophobia or Lalophobia- Fear of speaking.
Leprophobia or Lepraphobia- Fear of leprosy.
Leukophobia- Fear of the color *****.
Levophobia- Fear of things to the left side of the body.
Ligyrophobia- Fear of loud noises.
Lilapsophobia- Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes.
Limnophobia- Fear of lakes.
Linonophobia- Fear of string.
Liticaphobia- Fear of lawsuits.
Lockiophobia- Fear of childbirth.
Logizomechanophobia- Fear of computers.
Logophobia- Fear of words.
Luiphobia- Fear of lues, syphillis.
Lutraphobia- Fear of otters.
Lygophobia- Fear of darkness.
Lyssophobia- Fear of rabies or of becoming mad.


M-

Macrophobia- Fear of long waits.
Mageirocophobia- Fear of cooking.
Maieusiophobia- Fear of childbirth.
Malaxophobia- Fear of love play. (Sarmassophobia)
Maniaphobia- Fear of insanity.
Mastigophobia- Fear of punishment.
Mechanophobia- Fear of machines.
Medomalacuphobia- Fear of losing an erection.
Medorthophobia- Fear of an erect penis.
Megalophobia- Fear of large things.
Melissophobia- Fear of bees.
Melanophobia- Fear of the color black.
Melophobia- Fear or hatred of music.
Meningitophobia- Fear of brain disease.
Menophobia- Fear of menstruation.
Merinthophobia- Fear of being bound or tied up.
Metallophobia- Fear of metal.
Metathesiophobia- Fear of changes.
Meteorophobia- Fear of meteors.
Methyphobia- Fear of alcohol.
Metrophobia- Fear or hatred of poetry.
Microbiophobia- Fear of microbes. (Bacillophobia)
Microphobia- Fear of small things.
Misophobia or Mysophobia- Fear of being contaminated with dirt or germs.
Mnemophobia- Fear of memories.
Molysmophobia or Molysomophobia- Fear of dirt or contamination.
Monophobia- Fear of solitude or being alone.
Monopathophobia- Fear of definite disease.
Motorphobia- Fear of automobiles.
Mottephobia- Fear of moths.
Musophobia or Muriphobia- Fear of mice.
Mycophobia- Fear or aversion to mushrooms.
Mycrophobia- Fear of small things.
Myctophobia- Fear of darkness.
Myrmecophobia- Fear of ants.
Mythophobia- Fear of myths or stories or false statements.
Myxophobia- Fear of slime. (Blennophobia)


N-

Nebulaphobia- Fear of fog. (Homichlophobia)
Necrophobia- Fear of death or dead things.
Nelophobia- Fear of glass.
Neopharmaphobia- Fear of new drugs.
Neophobia- Fear of anything new.
Nephophobia- Fear of clouds.
Noctiphobia- Fear of the night.
Nomatophobia- Fear of names.
Nosocomephobia- Fear of hospitals.
Nosophobia or Nosemaphobia- Fear of becoming ill.
Nostophobia- Fear of returning home.
Novercaphobia- Fear of your step-mother.
Nucleomituphobia- Fear of nuclear weapons.
Nudophobia- Fear of nudity.
Numerophobia- Fear of numbers.
Nyctohylophobia- Fear of dark wooded areas or of forests at night
Nyctophobia- Fear of the dark or of night.


O-

Obesophobia- Fear of gaining weight.(Pocrescophobia)
Ochlophobia- Fear of crowds or mobs.
Ochophobia- Fear of vehicles.
Octophobia - Fear of the figure 8.
Odontophobia- Fear of teeth or dental surgery.
Odynophobia or Odynephobia- Fear of pain. (Algophobia)
Oenophobia- Fear of wines.
Oikophobia- Fear of home surroundings, house.(Domatophobia, Eicophobia)
Olfactophobia- Fear of smells.
Ombrophobia- Fear of rain or of being rained on.
Ommetaphobia or Ommatophobia- Fear of eyes.
Oneirophobia- Fear of dreams.
Oneirogmophobia- Fear of wet dreams.
Onomatophobia- Fear of hearing a certain word or of names.
Ophidiophobia- Fear of snakes. (Snakephobia)
Ophthalmophobia- Fear of being stared at.
Opiophobia- Fear medical doctors experience of prescribing needed pain medications for patients.
Optophobia- Fear of opening one's eyes.
Ornithophobia- Fear of birds.
Orthophobia- Fear of property.
Osmophobia or Osphresiophobia- Fear of smells or odors.
Ostraconophobia- Fear of shellfish.
Ouranophobia or Uranophobia- Fear of heaven.


P-

Pagophobia- Fear of ice or frost.
Panthophobia- Fear of suffering and disease.
Panophobia or Pantophobia- Fear of everything.
Papaphobia- Fear of the Pope.
Papyrophobia- Fear of paper.
Paralipophobia- Fear of neglecting duty or responsibility.
Paraphobia- Fear of sexual perversion.
Parasitophobia- Fear of parasites.
Paraskavedekatriaphobia- Fear of Friday the 13th.
Parthenophobia- Fear of virgins or young girls.
Pathophobia- Fear of disease.
Patroiophobia- Fear of heredity.
Parturiphobia- Fear of childbirth.
Peccatophobia- Fear of sinning or imaginary crimes.
Pediculophobia- Fear of lice.
Pediophobia- Fear of dolls.
Pedophobia- Fear of children.
Peladophobia- Fear of bald people.
Pellagrophobia- Fear of pellagra.
Peniaphobia- Fear of poverty.
Pentheraphobia- Fear of mother-in-law. (Novercaphobia)
Phagophobia- Fear of swallowing or of eating or of being eaten.
Phalacrophobia- Fear of becoming bald.
Phallophobia- Fear of a penis, esp erect.
Pharmacophobia- Fear of taking medicine.
Phasmophobia- Fear of ghosts.
Phengophobia- Fear of daylight or sunshine.
Philemaphobia or Philematophobia- Fear of kissing.
Philophobia- Fear of falling in love or being in love.
Philosophobia- Fear of philosophy.
Phobophobia- Fear of phobias.
Photoaugliaphobia- Fear of glaring lights.
Photophobia- Fear of light.
Phonophobia- Fear of noises or voices or one's own voice; of telephones.
Phronemophobia- Fear of thinking.
Phthiriophobia- Fear of lice. (Pediculophobia)
Phthisiophobia- Fear of tuberculosis.
Placophobia- Fear of tombstones.
Plutophobia- Fear of wealth.
Pluviophobia- Fear of rain or of being rained on.
Pneumatiphobia- Fear of spirits.
Pnigophobia or Pnigerophobia- Fear of choking of being smothered.
Pocrescophobia- Fear of gaining weight. (Obesophobia)
Pogonophobia- Fear of beards.
Poliosophobia- Fear of contracting poliomyelitis.
Politicophobia- Fear or abnormal dislike of politicians.
Polyphobia- Fear of many things.
Poinephobia- Fear of punishment.
Ponophobia- Fear of overworking or of pain.
Porphyrophobia- Fear of the color purple.
Potamophobia- Fear of rivers or running water.
Potophobia- Fear of alcohol.
Pharmacophobia- Fear of drugs.
Proctophobia- Fear of rectums.
Prosophobia- Fear of progress.
Psellismophobia- Fear of stuttering.
Psychophobia- Fear of mind.
Psychrophobia- Fear of cold.
Pteromerhanophobia- Fear of flying.
Pteronophobia- Fear of being tickled by feathers.
Pupaphobia - Fear of puppets.
Pyrexiophobia- Fear of Fever.
Pyrophobia- Fear of fire.


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R-

Radiophobia- Fear of radiation, x-rays.
Ranidaphobia- Fear of frogs.
Rectophobia- Fear of rectum or rectal diseases.
Rhabdophobia- Fear of being severely punished or beaten by a rod, or of being severely criticized. Also fear of magic.(wand)
Rhypophobia- Fear of defecation.
Rhytiphobia- Fear of getting wrinkles.
Rupophobia- Fear of dirt.
Russophobia- Fear of Russians.


S-

Samhainophobia: Fear of Halloween.
Sarmassophobia- Fear of love play. (Malaxophobia)
Satanophobia- Fear of Satan.
Scabiophobia- Fear of scabies.
Scatophobia- Fear of fecal matter.
Scelerophibia- Fear of bad men, burglars.
Sciophobia Sciaphobia- Fear of shadows.
Scoleciphobia- Fear of worms.
Scolionophobia- Fear of school.
Scopophobia or Scoptophobia- Fear of being seen or stared at.
Scotomaphobia- Fear of blindness in visual field.
Scotophobia- Fear of darkness. (Achluophobia)
Scriptophobia- Fear of writing in public.
Selachophobia- Fear of sharks.
Selaphobia- Fear of light flashes.
Selenophobia- Fear of the moon.
Seplophobia- Fear of decaying matter.
Sesquipedalophobia- Fear of long words.
Sexophobia- Fear of the opposite sex. (Heterophobia)
Siderodromophobia- Fear of trains, railroads or train travel.
Siderophobia- Fear of stars.
Sinistrophobia- Fear of things to the left or left-handed.
Sinophobia- Fear of Chinese, Chinese culture.
Sitophobia or Sitiophobia- Fear of food or eating. (Cibophobia)
Snakephobia- Fear of snakes. (Ophidiophobia)
Soceraphobia- Fear of parents-in-law.
Social Phobia- Fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations.
Sociophobia- Fear of society or people in general.
Somniphobia- Fear of sleep.
Sophophobia- Fear of learning.
Soteriophobia - Fear of dependence on others.
Spacephobia- Fear of outer space.
Spectrophobia- Fear of specters or ghosts.
Spermatophobia or Spermophobia- Fear of germs.
Spheksophobia- Fear of wasps.
Stasibasiphobia or Stasiphobia- Fear of standing or walking. (Ambulophobia)
Staurophobia- Fear of crosses or the crucifix.
Stenophobia- Fear of narrow things or places.
Stygiophobia or Stigiophobia- Fear of hell.
Suriphobia- Fear of mice.
Symbolophobia- Fear of symbolism.
Symmetrophobia- Fear of symmetry.
Syngenesophobia- Fear of relatives.
Syphilophobia- Fear of syphilis.


T-

Tachophobia- Fear of speed.
Taeniophobia or Teniophobia- Fear of tapeworms.
Taphephobia Taphophobia- Fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries.
Tapinophobia- Fear of being contagious.
Taurophobia- Fear of bulls.
Technophobia- Fear of technology.
Teleophobia- 1) Fear of definite plans. 2) Religious ceremony.
Telephonophobia- Fear of telephones.
Teratophobia- Fear of bearing a deformed child or fear of monsters or deformed people.
Testophobia- Fear of taking tests.
Tetanophobia- Fear of lockjaw, tetanus.
Teutophobia- Fear of German or German things.
Textophobia- Fear of certain fabrics.
Thaasophobia- Fear of sitting.
Thalassophobia- Fear of the sea.
Thanatophobia or Thantophobia- Fear of death or dying.
Theatrophobia- Fear of theatres.
Theologicophobia- Fear of theology.
Theophobia- Fear of gods or religion.
Thermophobia- Fear of heat.
Tocophobia- Fear of pregnancy or childbirth.
Tomophobia- Fear of surgical operations.
Tonitrophobia- Fear of thunder.
Topophobia- Fear of certain places or situations, such as stage fright.
Toxiphobia or Toxophobia or Toxicophobia- Fear of poison or of being accidently poisoned.
Traumatophobia- Fear of injury.
Tremophobia- Fear of trembling.
Trichinophobia- Fear of trichinosis.
Trichopathophobia or Trichophobia- Fear of hair. (Chaetophobia, Hypertrichophobia)
Triskaidekaphobia- Fear of the number 13.
Tropophobia- Fear of moving or making changes.
Trypanophobia- Fear of injections.
Tuberculophobia- Fear of tuberculosis.
Tyrannophobia- Fear of tyrants.


U-

Uranophobia or Ouranophobia- Fear of heaven.
Urophobia- Fear of urine or urinating.


V-

Vaccinophobia- Fear of vaccination.
Venustraphobia- Fear of beautiful women.
Verbophobia- Fear of words.
Verminophobia- Fear of germs.
Vestiphobia- Fear of clothing.
Virginitiphobia- Fear of rape.
Vitricophobia- Fear of step-father.


W-

Walloonphobia- Fear of the Walloons.
Wiccaphobia: Fear of witches and witchcraft.


X-

Xanthophobia- Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow.
Xenoglossophobia- Fear of foreign languages.
Xenophobia- Fear of strangers or foreigners.
Xerophobia- Fear of dryness.
Xylophobia- 1) Fear of wooden objects. 2) Forests.
Xyrophobia-Fear of razors.

Y-

Z-

Zelophobia- Fear of jealousy.
Zeusophobia- Fear of God or gods.
Zemmiphobia- Fear of the great mole rat.
Zoophobia- Fear of animals.