How many phobias does monk have

For every missed night out on the town on a date, kids tend to give you several little miracles as compensation. Take our eldest. A fairly brilliant little guy who is a voracious reader and convenient listener. He has been known to make observations that are both delightful and mortifying.

We fight off his nightly chatterbox mode—pausing TiVo frequently to hear long explanations about characters he is reading in his books or creating in his drawings—to squeeze any kind of grown-up time out of the day. Then he comes up with this gem on the occasion of his eighth birthday: "Mom? There is a moment in almost every show where Monk cracks a confident smile in realization that he knows who committed the crime. The case might not be solved until he also figures out how the deed was done, but Adrian knows guilt when he sees it.

Parenting also relies on that gut feeling that we will eventually figure out the details. Lawrence Cohen identified ten traits of good parents for Parenthood. This list includes playfulness, reflection , emotional balance, and self-acceptance. The common theme is that parenting takes some practice to get better, and requires some guesswork to keep things moving.

Sometimes, you just have to do things because they feel right without quite knowing why they do. When asked if he were ever a child, Monk's response to Julie his assistant's daughter is: "Very briefly. The roots of his severe OCD played out in school by making him an easy target for bullies. His strongest moment came in college when he got up the nerve to call his true love. While Monk may not have much empathy he can draw from his own experiences, most of us have some moments we cherish from our childhood.

These memories can be helpful in understanding the world from the eyes of our children, even if we have grown past many of their obstacles.

As Alicia Lieberman points out in her book, The Emotional Life of the Toddler , there is a difference in perspective between adults and children.

When we wave our remotes at the TiVo, toddlers think we have magical powers, and it frustrates them that they cannot do the same thing. Unlike adults, toddlers are often interrupted in their tasks by being swooped up and deposited in some other room.

Imagine that happening with your supervisor at your work. Taking the time to understand these distinctions can help parents be a little more patient watching their kids grow up. In one episode, Monk jumps up onto a table to avoid a chance encounter with an escaped snake.

His longtime friend, Leland Stottlemeyer , points out that Adrian is afraid of heights. Leland receives a clarification from his nervous colleague. Over the years, Monk has claimed over distinct fears. Monk on Patrol Mr. Monk is a Mess Mr. Monk Gets Even Mr. Monk Helps Himself. Monk Gets on Board Mr. Monk and the New Lieutenant. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? List of Adrian Monk's Phobias.

Edit source History Talk 0. Greatest Fears [ ] Fear of germs mysophobia, verminophobia, germophobia, germaphobia, bacillophobia, or bacteriophobia [1] Fear of needles trypanophobia or aichmophobia In Mr. Monk and the End Part Two , Monk seems to have at least partially conquered his fear of needles. Fear of dentists dentophobia heightened by his encounter with Dr.

Bloom in Mr. Monk Goes to the Dentist Fear of milk galaphobia, lactaphobia or lactophobia Fear of death thanatophobia; also known as death anxiety Fear of snakes ophidiophobia or ophiophobia Fear of lightning astraphobia, astrapophobia, brontophobia, keraunophobia, or tonitrophobia Fear of mushrooms mycophobia Fear of heights acrophobia In Mr.

Monk Goes to the Carnival and Mr. Monk and the Daredevil , Monk temporarily overcomes his fear of heights, both times to save his assistant. Monk Gets Even , where he is forced to go undercover as a clown. It's confirmed he overcame it in Mr.

Monk Gets on Board. Fear of cocoons [5] Fear of coloring books [7] Fear of coughing tussaphobia, or pertussphobia Fear of crooked paintings [19] Fear of curly hair [7] D [ ] Fear of darkness scotophobia or lygophobia [20] Fear of decaffeinated coffee [11] Fear of deserts [5] Fear of diapers [6] Fear of dirt rupophobia [21] Fear of dirty hands possibly a subtype of mysophobia Fear of disappointing his father [22] Fear of disorder ataxophobia Fear of dogs kynophobia less likey since temporarily owning dog.

Fear of driving vehophobia Fear of dryer lint Fear of dust amathophobia [4] Fear of dust bunnies [7] E [ ] Fear of egg whites possibly a subtype of ovophobia [11] Fear of enclosed spaces claustrophobia [23] [22] The fear possibly originated when Monk was locked in a locker at school as a child. In Mr. Monk and the Magician , it is implied that this fear had been heightened after being buried by Steve Connoly in Mr. Monk and the Buried Treasure.

This fear was cured in Monk and Harold Krenshaw in Mr. Monk Goes to Group Therapy. Fear of excrements excrementophobia, coprophobie; also inofficially referred to as "poopaphobia" [12] F [ ] Fear of fallopian tube Fear of fear itself phobophobia [22] Fear of feet podophobia Fear of fire pyrophobia Fear of foreign countries [5] Fear of French films possibly a subtype of gallophobia [5] Fear of frogs ranidaphobia or batrachophobia [24] ranked equally to possums, soccer riots, and hailstones G [ ] Fear of germs mysophobia, verminophobia, germophobia, germaphobia, bacillophobia, or bacteriophobia This is likely the most recurrent phobia that appears in Monk , shown through Monk's hesitation or outright refusal to shake hands or touch the floor among others and his constant use of wipes.

Fear of gingivitis [25] Fear of giraffes [5] Fear of glaciers [26] Fear of granola [5] [7] H [ ] Fear of heights Acrophobia Fear of hailstones grandophobia [24] ranked equally to possums, soccer riots, and hailstones Fear of harmonicas Fear of helicopters [27] Fear of hornets Fear of hospitals nosocomephobia [28] The fear possibly originated from the events of Mr. Monk Goes to the Hospital. I [ ] Fear of immersion therapy [29] Fear of imperfection atelophobia Fear of infections germaphobia or germophobia Fear of insects entemophobia [2] J [ ] Fear of jungles [5] K [ ] Fear of khaki [5] Fear of kissing philemaphobia Fear of kiwifruit [5] L [ ] Fear of ladders stepnophobia [30] Fear of ladybugs coccinellidaephobia Fear of lasers [26] Fear of lepers [31] Fear of leprosy Fear of lions [5] Fear of lint [7] Fear of lists that end on or [32] Fear of loincloths [5] M [ ] Fear of "Made in China" labels on things [5] Fear of meerkats [5] Fear of mice musophobia, murophobia or suriphobia [33] Fear of monkeys pithecophobia [5] [34] Fear of milk galaphobia, lactaphobia or lactophobia [26] Fear of mixed nuts [7] Fear of mixed vegetables brumotactillophobia [35] N [ ] Fear of nature biophobia Fear of Neil Diamond [7] Fear of new places neophobia [36] Fear of nudity gymnophobia [37] [11] O [ ] None.

P [ ] Fear of phone booths [32] Fear of pills possibly a subtype of pharmacophobia especially regarding multi-colored pills Fear of polyester [5] Fear of possums didelphiphobia or didelphophobia [24] ranked equally to possums, soccer riots, and hailstones Fear of public speaking glossophobia; also known as speech anxiety [26] [38] Fear of puppets pupaphobia Q [ ] Fear of questions Fear of quicksand [5] R [ ] Fear of rabbits leporiphobia [11] Fear of radiation radiophobia [39] Fear of rats musophobia, murophobia or suriphobia Fear of risks Fear of rivers potamophobia Fear of rodeos [26] Fear of round objects In Mr.

Monk's Favorite Show , it is stated that Monk's favorite snack consists of ten round crackers and a glass of apple juice, which is odd considering that he is supposed to be afraid of round objects. S [ ] Fear of salted peanuts [5] Fear of scorpions [5] Fear of sidewalk cracks [19] Fear of sleeveless T-shirts [7] Fear of snakes ophidiophobia [5] Fear of spears [5] Fear of spiders arachnophobia [11] Fear of spitting queunliskanphobia [40] Fear of splinters [7] Fear of slime myxophobia or blennophobia Fear of soccer riots [24] ranked equally to possums, soccer riots, and hailstones T [ ] Fear of tampons [6] Fear of Tarzan [5] Fear of taxis possibly a subtype of motorphobia Still, he takes a taxi a total of four times throughout the series.

Monk and the Garbage Strike , Monk suffers from a mental breakdown and drives a garbage truck. Fear of tsunamis possibly a subtype of cymophobia [1] Fear of tumbleweeds [9] Fear of tunnels [11] U [ ] Fear of underwater Fear of underwear [43] Fear of uneven surfaces [9] Fear of untucked shirts [7] V [ ] Fear of vomiting emetophobia W [ ] Fear of wind ancraophobia or anemophobia [11] X [ ] Fear of X-ray machines radiophobia [39] Y [ ] None known Z [ ] Fear of zebras [5] Fear of zoos possibly Zoophobia Trivia [ ] Monk once inadvertently made up the fear of pillows.

While claiming to have a total of phobias in one episode, he claims to have in another. In one of the books Natalie claims he has phobias. In another book Natalie says Monk has "primary" phobias, and over secondary phobias. This list has a total of phobias. Monk's ranking of his phobias shifts constantly. Monk's th Case , he tells Randy Disher that his fear of nudity is ranked immediately below his fear of death.

Similarly, in Mr. Monk and the End Part One , he states that he prefers dying to having to vomit. Natalie Teeger is required to carry around a list of his phobias at all times and make additions when prompted. Monk and the Candidate and Mr.

Monk vs. Monk Meets the Playboy , Mr. Monk Goes to the Ballgame , Mr.