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Phobophobia 

Being afraid of being afraid.

This is something you can really get worked up with.
A: Don't scare him. He has phobophobia.
B: AAAAH! That was scary .... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Phobophobia by lyomi June 13, 2012

Phobophobia 

The phobia of being scared. If you have it, you're literary scared of being scared... It's like, phobiception.
You're scared that you'll be scared, but then you realise you're scared of being scared, so then you're scared and then you're even more scared, because you just realised you're scared of being scared and that makes you even more scared which makes you so scared that you're very very scared which completely scares you and you're so scared of being scared that you can't help being scared, but you're scared that you are scared... That's phobophobia for you :/
Phobophobia by TerribleDefinitions February 17, 2015

phophobia 

My roommate tends to avoid Vietnamese and ramen restaurants because of his phophobia.
phophobia by Noodle Muse October 10, 2011

Phobophobiaphobia 

the act of being afraid of the fear of getting scared
Jared got phobophobiaphobia again yesterday.

Phobophobia 

A fear of fear itself. A real phobia.
Bob had Phobophobia, so when he found out, he entered a comatose state and imploded into a black hole
Phobophobia by Supertrain12 December 20, 2019

Phobophobia 

A pathological condition whereby the sufferer fears those who fear pathologically.
Remembering that his friend suffered from an acute case of phobophobia, Timothy abstained from mentioning that hiding in Grandma's trunk made him feel claustrophobic.