The following lists include words ending in -phobia, and include fears that have acquired names. In some cases, the naming of phobias has become a word game, of notable example being a 1998 humorous article published by BBC News. In some cases, a word ending in -phobia may have an antonym with the suffix -phil-, e.g.
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In common usage, they also form words that describe dislike or hatred of a particular thing or subject. The suffix is antonymic to -phil-. For more information on the psychiatric side, including how psychiatry groups phobias such as agoraphobia, social phobia, or simple phobia, see phobia.
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Pocrescophobia is the fear of gaining weight. People with this phobia have to be careful because they might develop other psychological disorders, such as bulimia (eating food and throwing it up) or anorexia (refusing to eat). Pocrescophobia is considered to be a specific phobia, which is discussed on the home page. Pocrescophobia is also called Obesophobia.
http://common-phobias.com/Pocresco/phobia.htm
The writer expanded by concurring that eating 10 egg yolks might contribute to the increased calculation of daily fat grams, but for someone who does not even have any weight to lose; this should not be a concern. Here's the thing: eating disorders are not about a fear of getting fat. The weight gain is not fueled by the number on the scale, but by the feeling of perfection at having maintained self-control.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/sandra-charron/eating-disorders_b_5562518.html
To someone on the outside looking into the life of someone with disordered eating issues, ingesting something as common and even mundane as an egg yolk should not even be worth the words used to explain how this harmless act can wreak psychological distress to the person in question. I agree.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/sandra-charron/eating-disorders_b_5562518.html
The English suffixes - phobia , - phobic , - phobe ( from Greek φόβος phobos ,  fear  ) occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational , abnormal , unwarranted , persistent , or disabling fear as a mental disorder ( e.g. agoraphobia ) , in chemistry to describe chemical aversions ( e.g. hydrophobic ) , in ...
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In hopes of trying to provide some helpful information , I have searched the Internet looking for information on Pocrescophobia ( gaining weight fear , getting fat fear , obesity fear , putting on weight ,fear , gaining weight phobia , getting fat phobia , obesity phobia , putting on weight phobia , fear of gaining weight , fear of getting fat , ...
http://common-phobias.com/Pocresco/phobia.htm
1 Anthropophobia – fear of people or the company of people, a form of social phobia. 2  Antlophobia – fear of floods.  Aquaphobia – fear of water. Distinct from hydrophobia, a scientific property that makes chemicals averse to interaction with water, as well as an archaic name for rabies.
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However, there are treatments for phobias, which include counseling, hypnotherapy, psychotherapy, and Neuro-Linguistic programming. Please click on the link at the top of the page called “Treatment Information” to find out more information on these types of treatments.
http://common-phobias.com/Pocresco/phobia.htm
In a matter of weeks, I had mastered this sickness with such ease that when my mother pointed out that I should stop this anorexic bullshit, it only further served to fuel it, as it proved she had noticed my talent. Eating disorders are not about a fear of being fat.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/sandra-charron/eating-disorders_b_5562518.html
what is the fear of getting fat called
The fear of getting fat is called Obesophobia. The fear of getting fat is called obesophobia.