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.