Fear of Swarms

iVillage Member
Registered: 06-09-2006
Fear of Swarms
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Fri, 06-09-2006 - 12:44am

Does anyone else have a fear of swarms? A swarm is defined as "a large number of animate or inanimate things massed together and usually in motion".

Im terrified of them (when my dog had fleas I literally screamed and jumped backwards, dispite my poor dog sitting there shivering in the bathtub, wondering why I was screaming).

However I have found no word for this phobia.

Im actually offended, cause Ive heard this is a common fear. So why isnt there a word for it?

Are we getting shafted?

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-22-2003
Fri, 06-09-2006 - 8:16am

I had to laugh about the shafted part, lol.

Sheri Ann