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