med term fears

Katsaridaphobia

- The fear of cockroaches. This can easily lead to an excessive cleaning disorder.

Gamophobia

- The fear of commitment or sticking with someone to the end.

Sidonglobophobia

- The fear of cotton balls or plastic foams. Oh, that sound.

Scelerophobia

- The fear of crime involves being afraid of burglars, attackers or crime in general.

Enochlophobia

- The fear of crowds is closely related to Ochlophobia and demophobia.

Nyctophobia

- The fear of darkness. Being afraid of the dark or the night is common for kids.

Thanatophobia

- The fear of death. Even talking about death can be hard.

Iatrophobia

- The fear of doctors. Do you delay doctor visits? You may have this.

Cynophobia

- The fear of dogs. This includes everything from small Poodles to large Great Danes.

Pediophobia

- The fear of dolls. This phobia could well be Chucky-induced.

Vehophobia

- The fear of driving. This phobia affects personal and works life.

Anatidaephobia

- The fear of ducks. Somewhere, a duck is watching you.

Panophobia

- The fear of everything or fear that terrible things will happen.

Atychiphobia

- The fear of failure. It is the single greatest barrier to success.

Basiphobia

- The fear of falling. Some may even refuse to walk or stand up.

Phobophobia

- The fear of fear. The thought of being afraid of objects/situations.

Podophobia

- The fear of feet. Some people fear touching or to look at feet, even their own.

Pyrophobia

- The fear of fire. A natural/primal fear that can be debilitating.

Ichthyophobia

- The fear of fish. Includes small, large, dead and living fish.

Aerophobia

- The fear of flying. 25 million Americans share a fear of flying.

Cibophobia

- The fear of food. The phobia may come from a bad episode while eating, like choking.

Ranidaphobia

- The fear of frogs. Often caused by episodes from childhood.

Mysophobia

- The fear of germs. It is also rightly termed as Germophobia or Bacteriophobia.

Phasmophobia

- The fear of ghosts. AKA Spectrophobia. Whom are you gonna call? Ghostbusters!

Acrophobia

- The fear of heights. Five percent of the general population suffer from this phobia.

Trypophobia

- The fear of holes is an unusual but pretty common phobia.

Equinophobia

- The fear of horses. Animal phobias are pretty common, especially for women.

Aphenphosmphobia

- The fear of intimacy. Fear of being touched and love.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

- The fear of long words. Believe it or not, it's real.

Philophobia

- The fear of love. Being scared of falling in love or emotions.

Androphobia

- The fear of men. Usually seen in younger females, but it can also affect adults.

Musophobia

- The fear of mice. Some people find mice cute, but phobics don't.

Achondroplasiaphobia

- The fear of midgets. Because they look different.

Catoptrophobia

- The fear of mirrors. Being afraid of what you might see.

Mottephobia

- The fear of moths. These insects are only beautiful to some.

Trypanophobia

- The fear of needles. I used to fear needles (that and death).

Agoraphobia

- The fear of open or crowded spaces. People with this fear often won't leave home.

Anthropophobia

- The fear of people. Being afraid of people in all situations.

Glossophobia

- The fear of public speaking. Not being able to do speeches.

Galeophobia

- The fear of sharks in the ocean or even in swimming pools.

Somniphobia

- The fear of sleep. Being terrified of what might happen right after you fall asleep.

Claustrophobia

- The fear of small spaces like elevators, small rooms, and other enclosed spaces.

Ophidiophobia

- The fear of snakes. Phobics avoid certain cities because they have more snakes.

Arachnophobia

- The fear of spiders affects women four times more (48% women and 12% men).

Achievemephobia

- The fear of success. The opposite to the fear of failure.

Triskaidekaphobia

- The fear of the number 13 or the bad luck that follows.

Xenophobia

- The fear of the unknown. Fearing anything or anyone that is strange or foreign.

Astraphobia

- The fear of thunder/lightning AKA Brontophobia, Tonitrophobia, Ceraunophobia.

Emetophobia

- The fear of vomiting and the fear of loss of your self-control.

Aquaphobia

- The fear of water. Being afraid of water or being near water.

Gynophobia

- The fear of women. May occur if you have unresolved mother issues.

aerophobia

fear of air

zoophobia

fear of animals

hematophobia, hemophobia

fear of blood or bleeding

bibliophobia

fear of books

ailurophobia

fear of cats

necrophobia

fear of corpses

gephyrophobia

fear of crossing a bridge

nyctophobia, scotophobia

fear of darkness

thanatophobia

fear of death

cynophobia

fear of dog

pharmacophobia

fear of drugs

phagophobia

fear of eating

clasutrophobia

fear of enclosed places

trichophobia, trichopathophobia

fear of hair

acrophobia

fear of heights

entomophobia

fear of insects

photophobia

fear of lights

gamophobia

fear of marriage

androphobia

fear of men

belonephobia

fear of needles

algophobia

fear of pain

coitophobia, cypridophobia

fear of sexual intercourse

hypnophobia

fear of sleep

ophidiophobia

fear of snakes

arachnophobia

fear of spiders

hodophobia

fear of traveling

emetophobia

fear of vomiting

gynephobia, gynophobia

fear of women

helminthophobia

fear of worms

graphophobia

fear of writing

Paraskevidekatriaphobia

- The fear of Friday the 13th. About 8% of Americans have this phobia.

Theophobia

- The fear of God causes an irrational fear of God or religion.

Autophobia

- The fear of abandonment and being abandoned by someone.

Zoophobia

- The fear of animals. Applies to both vile and harmless animals.

Globophobia

- The fear of balloons. They should be fun, but not for phobics.

Bananaphobia

- The fear of bananas. If you have this phobia, they are scary.

Apiphobia

- The fear of bees. Many people fear being stung by angry bees.

Monophobia

- The fear of being alone. Even while eating and/or sleeping.

Athazagoraphobia

- The fear of being forgotten or not remembering things.

Ornithophobia

- The fear of birds. Individuals suffering from this may only fear certain species.

Hemophobia

- The fear of blood. Even the sight of blood can cause fainting.

Gephyrophobia

- The fear of bridges and crossing even the smallest bridge.

Entomophobia

- The fear of bugs and insects, also related to Acarophobia.

Lepidopterophobia

- The fear of butterflies and often most winged insects.

Koumpounophobia

- The fear of buttons. Clothes with buttons are avoided.

Carcinophobia

- The fear of cancer. People with this develop extreme diets.

Ailurophobia

- The fear of cats. This phobia is also known as Gatophobia.

Metathesiophobia

- The fear of change. Sometimes change is a good thing.

Alektorophobia

- The fear of chickens. You may have this phobia if chickens make you panic.