Top 100 Phobias
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.
