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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
Word of the Day on August 7, 2017

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

photophobia 

Photophobia is a fear of, or adverse physical or psychological reaction to light. Whether from rapid change of light intensity, or sudden burst of bright light, as from a camera flash. Not to be confused with heliophobia, which is a fear of the Sun.
When we went to the laser light show, Jon must've got a case of photophobia. He puked and had a seizure.
photophobia by Bada Bing, Bada Boom September 1, 2013

phobiaphobia 

The fear of being afraid.
AHHHHHHHHHHH!
I think I have phobiaphobia!
phobiaphobia by onomiyaki July 15, 2005

phophobia 

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

phobiaphobiaphobia 

A person who suffers from a very common psychological illness where they fear fearing fear.
here is an example of a girl who has phobiaphobiaphobia;

Guy: "I think im afraid of fear"

Girl: "ewww get away from me"
phobiaphobiaphobia by blahhhhxzc October 24, 2009
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"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."
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