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  • 21-05-2006 9:03pm
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    senordingdong
    Registered Users Posts: 10,673 ✭✭✭✭


    Hey all...what's the name of the disorder in which people are afraid if the outdoors and large spaced and all?
    The opposite of claustrophobic.


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    [Deleted User]
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    http://phobialist.com/
    Agoraphobia- Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place.

    [edit]

    Hrm, I thought it was spelt 'agrophobia'.


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    senordingdong
    Registered Users Posts: 10,673 ✭✭✭✭senordingdong


    Any idea on the pronounciation?

    I thought I had been pronouncing it correctly all the time but a friend called me on it.


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    Earthhorse
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    A-gore-a-phobia.

    Though I'm pretty sure it's been refined in recent years to encompass a wider range of symptoms.


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    senordingdong
    Registered Users Posts: 10,673 ✭✭✭✭senordingdong


    Ok, thanks.


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    Oriel
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    Earthhorse wrote:
    A-gore-a-phobia.

    Though I'm pretty sure it's been refined in recent years to encompass a wider range of symptoms.
    /edit - after reading more cafefully, I realise my error...


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