Library Phobias

Collected by Karen Evans

Scared of spiders?  Dread walking under a ladder?  Do you stay home on Friday the 13th?  Does the color blue send you running inside from the sky?  Many people have phobias or quirks which make their lives more difficult.  Below are some phobias pertaining to education (although some may seem like oxymorons).  Think how much more difficult your life would be if you suffered from bibliophobia!

Cenophobia is the fear of new things or ideas, definitely bad for academics.

Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school--ok, one could register for class and never attend  

Ephebiphobia is the fear of teenagers--this statement stands on its own

Epistemophobia is the fear of knowledge--some will never have to fear this phobia

Graphophobia is the fear of writing--doctors seem to suffer from this more than librarians

Koniophobia is the fear of dust

Logizomechanophobia is the fear of computers--it has been rumored people suffering from this phobia are fighting for the return of card catalogs

Logophobia is the fear of words

Phronemophobia is the fear of thinking--goes along with the fear of knowledge

Scolionophobia is the fear of school.

Scriptophobia is the fear of writing in public.

Sophophobia is the fear of  learning.

Bibliophobia is the fear of books.