Stop help: What is the scientific term of being afraid of the dark?

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What is the scientific term of being afraid of the dark?

Yes, I am implying that I am afraid of the dark lol. Whenever I’m in pitch black dark I stop completely, my breatheing is heavy, and occasionally I faint.

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Mas1st 588 #
An Unknown Location | 3 weeks, 6 days ago (1 minute after post)

Sorry dont know - would darkophobia sound about right?

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Dan TL 344 #
La Mirada, CA, US | 3 weeks, 6 days ago (1 minute after post)

That would be ‘Nyctophobia’

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Squish 27 #
An Unknown Location | 3 weeks, 6 days ago (1 minute after post)

k thank you

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Som #
An Unknown Location | 3 weeks, 6 days ago (1 minute after post)

i though it was necrophobia

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Squish 27 #
An Unknown Location | 3 weeks, 6 days ago (2 minutes after post)

necro is the term of being afraid of death i believe

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Count Nante 802 #
An Unknown Location | 3 weeks, 6 days ago (8 minutes after post)

I would have thhoought it was nauctrophobia, im caulrophobic myself.

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Som #
An Unknown Location | 3 weeks, 6 days ago (9 minutes after post)

oh, i though it ment you were scared of the zombies who keep trying to sodomi*e your dog.

sorry my bad

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Squish 27 #
An Unknown Location | 3 weeks, 6 days ago (10 minutes after post)

Som wrote:
oh, i though it ment you were scared of the zombies who keep trying to sodomi*e your dog.

sorry my bad

Sorry I dont have a dog. I have a cat and 16 guinea pigs

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Count Nante 802 #
An Unknown Location | 3 weeks, 6 days ago (11 minutes after post)

Alhanalem wrote:

Som wrote:
oh, i though it ment you were scared of the zombies who keep trying to sodomi*e your dog.sorry my bad
Sorry I dont have a dog. I have a cat and 16 guinea pigs

16? arent they just gonna keep multipliing if you keep them all?

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Squish 27 #
An Unknown Location | 3 weeks, 6 days ago (16 minutes after post)

No, they are all fixed

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Som #
An Unknown Location | 3 weeks, 6 days ago (16 minutes after post)

Sodomi*e the new guinea pigs!!!

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Count Nante 802 #
An Unknown Location | 3 weeks, 6 days ago (17 minutes after post)

Alhanalem wrote:
No, they are all fixed

I didnt know you could do that…well im done with questions

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Som #
An Unknown Location | 3 weeks, 6 days ago (19 minutes after post)

i wonder if new guinea pigs make good eatting? :P’

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Squish 27 #
An Unknown Location | 3 weeks, 6 days ago (23 minutes after post)

lol search guinea pigs on google images… you’ll see some pics of guinea pigs that have been cooked on the first page lol. As sick as it was, I couldn’t help but laugh

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Som #
An Unknown Location | 3 weeks, 6 days ago (24 minutes after post)

mmmhhhhh, a couple on the barbie, a few more sauted, may a curry one or two, that sounds ggggoooooooodddd!

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Squish 27 #
An Unknown Location | 3 weeks, 6 days ago (31 minutes after post)

hmm if i didnt love the little guys so much i might try one…

lol just kidding

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Som #
An Unknown Location | 3 weeks, 6 days ago (46 minutes after post)

do it, i want to see a movie of a guy biteing the head of a guinea pig on youtube

GO OZZY!!!

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Squish 27 #
An Unknown Location | 3 weeks, 6 days ago (47 minutes after post)

lol the filters would block it

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Som #
An Unknown Location | 3 weeks, 5 days ago (1 hour, 32 minutes after post)

i still want to see that, i mean if they have a movie of a grandma kicking a baby why not that?!?

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sadamus 2 #
An Unknown Location | 3 weeks, 5 days ago (7 hours, 46 minutes after post)

people, people. the proper term is achluophobia. its kinda funny, i brought out a whole bunch of my poetry to read through and within it was a print off of all the phobias.

mritter00 41 #
An Unknown Location | 3 weeks, 4 days ago (1 day, 10 hours after post)

Noctiphobia is the correct term… According the the D.S.M it is defined as fear of night or darkness…. Hope this helps
~Mike

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