Phobias
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.
Samhainophobia
The fear of Halloween affects children/superstitious people.Samhainophobia
Autophobia
The fear of abandonment and being abandoned by someone.
Zoophobia
The fear of animals. Applies to both vile and harmless animals.
Myrmecophobia
The fear of ants. Not as common as Arachnophobia, but may feel just as intense.
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.
Pogonophobia
The fear of beards or being scared of/around bearded men.
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.
Taphophobia
The fear of being buried alive by mistake and waking up in a coffin underground.
Athazagoraphobia
The fear of being forgotten or not remembering things.
Omphalophobia
The fear of belly buttons. Touching and looking at navels.
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.
Pseudodysphagia
The fear of choking often after a bad eating experience.
Coulrophobia
The fear of clowns. Some people find clowns funny, coulrophobics certainly don't.
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.Trypanophobia
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.
Bathophobia
The fear of depths can be anything associated with depth (lakes, tunnels, caves).
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 work 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.
Cacomorphobia
The fear of fat people. Induced by the media. Affects some anorexics/bulimics.
Phobophobia
The fear of fear. The thought of being afraid of objects/situations.
Podophobia
The fear of feet. Some people fear touching or looking 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.
Mysophobia
The fear of germs. It is also rightly termed as Germophobia or Bacterophobia.Trypophobia
Gerascophobia
The fear of getting old. Aging is the most natural thing, yet many of us fear it.
Disposophobia
The fear of getting rid of stuff triggers extreme hoarding.
Phasmophobia
The fear of ghosts. AKA Spectrophobia. Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!
Chaetophobia
The fear of hair. Phobics tend to be afraid of other peoples hair.
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.
Nosocomephobia
The fear of hospitals. Let's face it, no one likes hospitals.
Aphenphosmphobia
The fear of intimacy. Fear of being touched and love.
Ligyrophobia
The fear of loud noises. More than the instinctive noise fear.
Philophobia
The fear of love. Being scared of falling in love or emotions.
Musophobia
The fear of mice. Some people find mice cute, but phobics don't.Catoptrophobia
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).
Agliophobia
The fear of pain. Being afraid something painful will happen.
Anthropophobia
The fear of people. Being afraid of people in all situations.
Tokophobia
The fear of pregnancy involves giving birth or having children.
Glossophobia
The fear of public speaking. Not being able to do speeches.
Ombrophobia
The fear of rain. Many fear the rain due to stormy weather.
Coasterphobia
The fear of roller coasters. Ever seen Final Destination 3?
Didaskaleinophobia
The fear of school. This phobia affects kids mostly.
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.
Telephonophobia
The fear of talking on the phone. Phobics prefer texting.
Technophobia
The fear of technology is often induced by culture/religion.
Chronophobia
The fear of the future. A persistent fear of what is to come.
Triskaidekaphobia
The fear of the number 13 or the bad luck that follows.
Thalassophobia
The fear of the ocean. Water, waves and unknown spaces.
Xenophobia
The fear of the unknown. Fearing anything or anyone that is strange or foreign.Achievemephobia
Astraphobia
The fear of thunder/lightning AKA Brontophobia, Tonitrophobia, Ceraunophobia.
Emetophobia
The fear of vomiting and the fear of loss of your self control.
Ergophobia
The fear of work. Often due to social or performance anxiety.
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.
Photophobia
The fear of light caused by something medical or traumatic.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
The fear of long words. Believe it or not, it's real.
Androphobia
The fear of men. Usually seen in younger females, but it can also affect adults.
Achondroplasiaphobia
The fear of midgets. Because they look differently.
Numerophobia
The fear of numbers and the mere thought of calculations.
Agoraphobia
The fear of open or crowded spaces. People with this fear often wont leave home.
Allodoxaphobia
The fear of opinions. Being afraid of hearing what others are thinking of you.
Spheksophobia
The fear of wasps. You panic and fear getting stung by it.
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.Koumpounophobia
Scoleciphobia
The fear of worms. Often because of unhygienic conditions.
Kinemortophobia
The fear of zombies. Being afraid that zombies attack and turn you into them.
Photophobia (biology)
a negative phototaxis or phototropism response, or a tendency to stay out of the light
Dysmorphophobia, body dysmorphic disorder
a phobic obsession with a real or imaginary body defect
Hoplophobia
a political term for fear of weapons, specifically firearms
Hydrophobia/hydrophobic
a property of being repelled by water
Lipophobicity
a property of fat rejection (sometimes also called lipophobia)
Oleophobicity
a property of oil rejection
Traumatophobia
a synonym for injury phobia: fear of having an injury
Eurotophobia
aversion to female genitals
Cibophobia, sitophobia
aversion to food, synonymous with anorexia nervosa
Thermophobia
aversion to heat
Heliophobia/heliophobic
aversion to sunlight
Lipophobia
avoidance of fats in food[15][16][17] (see also Lipophobicity)
Pornophobia
dislike or fear of pornography; may be used in reference to the opposition to visual nudity
Basophobia, basiphobia
fear associated with astasia-abasia (fear of walking/standing erect) and a fear of falling
Androphobia
fear of adult men[4]
Technophobia
fear of advanced technology (see also Luddite)
Aerophobia
fear of aircraft or flying
Batrachophobia
fear of amphibians
Zoophobia
fear of animals
Myrmecophobia
fear of ants
Pedophobia, paedophobia, pediaphobia
fear of babies and children
Bacteriophobia
fear of bacteria
Halitophobia
fear of bad breath
Globophobia
fear of balloons
Chiroptophobia
fear of bats
Pogonophobia
fear of beards
Venustraphobia
fear of beautiful women
Frigophobia
fear of becoming too cold
Melissophobia, apiphobia
fear of bees
Monophobia
fear of being alone or isolated or of one's self
Gelotophobia
fear of being laughed at
Scopophobia
fear of being looked at or stared at
Nomophobia
fear of being out of mobile phone contact
Toxiphobia
fear of being poisoned
Ophthalmophobia
fear of being stared at
Haphephobia
fear of being touched
Ornithophobia
fear of birds
Hemophobia, haemophobia
fear of blood
Bibliophobia
fear of books
Gephyrophobia
fear of bridges
Koumpounophobia
fear of buttons[10]
Carcinophobia
fear of cancer
Ailurophobia
fear of cats
Coimetrophobia
fear of cemeteries
Chemophobia
fear of chemicals
Tokophobia
fear of childbirth or pregnancy
Chronomentrophobia
fear of clocks
Coulrophobia
fear of clowns
Chromophobia, chromatophobia
fear of colors
Cyberphobia
fear of computers
Nosophobia
fear of contracting a disease
Mageirocophobia
fear of cooking
Agyrophobia
fear of crossing streets
Enochlophobia
fear of crowds
Achluophobia
fear of darkness
Nyctophobia, achluophobia, lygophobia, scotophobia
fear of darkness
Necrophobia
fear of death or the dead
Demonophobia, daemonophobia
fear of demons
Dentophobia
fear of dentists
Dental fear, odontophobia
fear of dentists and dental procedures
Teratophobia
fear of disfigured people
Cynophobia
fear of dogs
Oneirophobia
fear of dreams
Vehophobia
fear of driving
Thanatophobia
fear of dying
Phallophobia
fear of erections
Panphobia
fear of everything or constant fear of an unknown cause
Phobophobia
fear of fear itself or of having a phobia
Coprophobia
fear of feces or defecation[4]
Pyrophobia
fear of fire
Hoplophobia
fear of firearms
Ichthyophobia
fear of fish, including fear of eating fish, or fear of dead fish
Pteromerhanophobia
fear of flying
Obesophobia
fear of gaining weight
Verminophobia
fear of germs
Mysophobia
fear of germs, contamination or dirt
Phasmophobia
fear of ghosts or phantoms
Taphophobia, taphephobia
fear of graves, or fear of being placed in a grave while still alive
Gerascophobia
fear of growing old or aging
Gerontophobia
fear of growing old, or a hatred or fear of the elderly
Cherophobia
fear of happiness
Claustrophobia
fear of having no escape and being closed in
Acrophobia
fear of heights
Trypophobia
fear of holes or textures with a pattern of holes[13]
Oikophobia
fear of home surroundings and household appliances
Equinophobia
fear of horses
Nosocomephobia
fear of hospitals
Domatophobia
fear of houses
Hypochondria
fear of illness
Entomophobia
fear of insects
Insectophobia
fear of insects
Tomophobia
fear of invasive medical procedure[11]
Autophobia
fear of isolation[5]
Genuphobia
fear of knees or the act of kneeling
Phonophobia
fear of loud sounds or voices
Philophobia
fear of love
Gamophobia
fear of marriage
Pharmacophobia
fear of medications
Musophobia, murophobia, suriphobia
fear of mice or rats
Catoptrophobia
fear of mirrors
Spectrophobia
fear of mirrors
Eisoptrophobia
fear of mirrors or seeing one's reflection in a mirror[6][7]
Belonephobia
fear of needles
Trypanophobia, belonephobia, enetophobia
fear of needles or injections
Neophobia, cainophobia, cainotophobia, centophobia, kainolophobia, kainophobia, metathesiophobia, prosophobia
fear of newness, novelty, change or progress
Acousticophobia
fear of noise - a branch of phonophobia
Gymnophobia
fear of nudity[8]
Numerophobia
fear of numbers
Hedonophobia
fear of obtaining pleasure
Osmophobia, olfactophobia
fear of odors
Agoraphobia
fear of open places
Algophobia
fear of pain
Sociophobia
fear of people or social situations
Radiophobia
fear of radioactivity or X-rays
Herpetophobia
fear of reptiles
Nostophobia, ecophobia
fear of returning home
Roller coaster phobia
fear of roller coasters
Genophobia, coitophobia
fear of sexual intercourse
Erotophobia
fear of sexual love or sexual abuse
Sexophobia
fear of sexual organs or sexual activities
Aichmophobia
fear of sharp or pointed objects such as a needle or knife
Somniphobia
fear of sleep
Hypnophobia, somniphobia
fear of sleep or nightmares[9]
Ophidiophobia
fear of snakes
Glossophobia
fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak
Arachnophobia
fear of spiders
Stasiphobia
fear of standing or walking
Xenophobia
fear of strangers, foreigners, or aliens
Phagophobia
fear of swallowing
Melanophobia
fear of the color black
Porphyrophobia
fear of the color purple
Erythrophobia, erytophobia, ereuthophobia
fear of the color red, or fear of blushing
Xanthophobia
fear of the color yellow
Ecophobia
fear of the home
Noctiphobia
fear of the night
Triskaidekaphobia, terdekaphobia
fear of the number 13
Tetraphobia
fear of the number 4
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia
fear of the number 666
Thalassophobia
fear of the sea, or fear of being in the ocean
Heliophobia
fear of the sun or sunlight
Tonitrophobia
fear of thunder
Astraphobia
fear of thunder and lightning
Chronophobia
fear of time and time moving forward
Lilapsophobia
fear of tornadoes or hurricanes
Siderodromophobia
fear of trains or railroads
Hodophobia
fear of travel
Dendrophobia
fear of trees
Cacophobia
fear of ugliness
Emetophobia
fear of vomiting
Spheksophobia
fear of wasps
Hydrophobia
fear of water, see aquaphobia
Aquaphobia
fear of water. Distinct from hydrophobia, a scientific property that makes chemicals averse to interaction with water, as well as an archaic name for rabies
Ancraophobia
fear of wind or drafts
Gynophobia
fear of women
Ergophobia, ergasiophobia
fear of work or functioning, or a surgeon's fear of operating
Helminthophobia
fear of worms
Scoleciphobia
fear of worms
Ephebiphobia
fear of youth; inaccurate, exaggerated and sensational characterization of young people
Bibliophobia
fear or hatred of books, as a cultural phenomenon[14]
Telephone phobia
fear or reluctance of making or taking telephone calls
Chiroptophobia
fear/dislike of bats
Melissophobia, apiphobia
fear/dislike of bees
Ailurophobia
fear/dislike of cats
Cynophobia
fear/dislike of dogs
Ichthyophobia
fear/dislike of fish
Ranidaphobia
fear/dislike of frogs
Batrachophobia
fear/dislike of frogs and other amphibians
Hippophobia
fear/dislike of horses
Entomophobia
fear/dislike of insects
Murophobia
fear/dislike of mice or rats
Herpetophobia
fear/dislike of reptiles or amphibians
Ostraconophobia
fear/dislike of shellfish
Ophidiophobia
fear/dislike of snakes
Arachnophobia
fear/dislike of spiders and other arachnids
Photophobia
hypersensitivity to light causing aversion to light
Osmophobia
hypersensitivity to smells causing aversion to odors
Phonophobia
hypersensitivity to sound causing aversion to sounds
Thermophobia
intolerance to high temperatures
Acidophobia/acidophobic
preference for non-acidic conditions
Superhydrophobe
the property given to materials that are extremely difficult to get wet
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.
Colorphobia
chromophobia
Trichophobia
delusional fear of something in the roots of the hair that stops it from growing,[12] or fear of hair loss
Odontophobia
dental fear