Friday, July 13, 2012

Friggatriskaidekaphobia

 
Happy Friday the 13th kitties!
Did you know that:
The fear of Friday the 13th is called friggatriskaidekaphobia - "Frigg" is the Norse goddess whom Friday is named after and "triskaidekaphobia" means the fear of "13". It's also known as paraskevidekatriaphobia, partly from the Greek word Friday. It is a real fear - some people who have this disorder are even too afraid to say the words “Friday the 13th”. Others avoid flying on a plane, going to work, or even getting out of bed. According to the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in Asheville, North Carolina, millions of Americans are afraid of Friday the 13th. Symptoms of this fear range from mild anxiety and a nagging sense of doom to full-blown panic attacks.

*wow*
Aren't you glad you're a kitty now?
Me too!
purrs,
Ping

29 comments:

  1. Mama says she thinks she needs to look up fear of everything for me. I am not afraid of you, though, handsome Ping!

    Gemini

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  2. Lookin' good Ping. You guys stay safe, weird day the 13th...

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  3. We think we're gonna go with that whole afraid of gettin out of bed thing! MOL!!!

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  4. Mummy knew a lady who would never come to work on Friday 13th, but mummy finds the number 13 lucky and fridays are good because its the end of the week. Pawsies crossed for a happy day for everyone :)xx

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  5. Humans! They have WAY too many phobias!

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  6. That's really funny coz for the chinese, there is no doom and gloom associated with the number 13. But a 14 is a no-no coz it sounds like "everyday die". MOL!

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  7. Well we always has bad luck no matters what day it is...maybe I should NEVERS get out of bed...and has somebuddy bring my food on a tray

    Puddles

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  8. Good job kitties don't have friggywossit, that's for sure!! xox

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  9. Friday the 13th is my good luck day!!!

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  10. That's one scary long word!! Me and Charlie would much rather just gaze at your handsomeness Mr Ping!! Yay! Take care
    x

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  11. Ping we aren't scared of Friday the 13th - we didn't know there was a word for it - it's too long for us to be able to spell!
    Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx

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  12. Well, we think that's just silly. Nothing different about this Friday, versus any other! Besides, our mom thinks it's *good* luck day!

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  13. I would be more scared of that word that the day!

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  14. Ping that was some sneeze "Friggatriskaidekaphobia"....God bless you. What an interesting post and to learn that the institute is in our state.
    Hugs Madi

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  15. Mr. Ping, you so handsome and make us all feels better. We think we gots nohandapetsus phobia. That's when your pawrent is standing there, and the hand is just right there, doing nothing when it could be petting! It's terrible, Mr. Ping! You can see the hand just there, empty, not petting, just hanging at your pawrents' side!

    Whew, we better calm down, we don't want to scare everybody. :-) You guys don't forget to have more happy!
    Hugs, love and kitty kisses all around.

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  16. Yikes. Can you imagine getting that word in a spelling bee? Happy Friday the 13th, pals!

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  17. I thought the word was "friggin'"triskadekaphobia.... whatever... I'm not afraid of it, but then I'm a black cat, so what's to fear?

    Happy Friday!
    Tipp

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  18. We get more worried when Friday The 13th falls on a Monday. Cuz Mondays are already bad news...

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  19. The only days kitties fear are ones where there are no treats.. absenttreatophobia!

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  20. We're learned something new, thanks! Mercury in retrograde is what I'm dreading.

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  21. Our dad has a friend who won't go out of the house on Friday 13th. Now he can tell him he suffers from a Frigginphobia.

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  22. We're not afraid of Friday the 13th!!

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  23. I never knew this!!! Thanks so much for sharing!

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  24. Good thing we're not afraid of it. Must be hard for those who are. Thanks for the info.

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  25. Thank goodness we don't have to deal with that! Our mom says 13 is her lucky number cause that was the day she was born. The 13th is also the ides of 8 of the months. The other 4 months the ides fall on the 15th (including March).

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  26. M said she even forgets about Friday the 13. Now she's headed for bed and nothing bad has happened yet.

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  27. Silly Humans! I am only a-skeered of things like boxes and bags that might EAT ME!

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  28. Uh, Uh, what you say ?Friggatriskaideeeeeee and some others letters its what you want to believe...mine white cat bring in some countrys luck or bad luck..

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