Top 100 Phobias

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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 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.

Photophobia

The fear of light caused by something medical or traumatic.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

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

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.

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.Catoptrophobia

Achondroplasiaphobia

The fear of midgets. Because they look differently.

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).

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.

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.

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

Ergophobia

The fear of work. Often due to social or performance anxiety.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ailurophobia

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


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