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A Variety of PhobiasMillions of people in America suffer intensely with phobias or panic disorder. In an attempt to escape their fears, they go to great lengths to avoid an object, place, or situation that provokes it. Phobia takes many forms. What follows is a list of fears that limit the lives of phobics and (and sometimes their families), some of which may surprise you. A LIST OF PHOBIASAAblutophobia: Fear of washing or bathing Acarophobia: Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching Acerophobia: Fear of sourness Achluophobia: Fear of darkness Acousticophobia: Fear of noise Acrophobia: Fear of heights Aerophobia: Fear of flying, drafts, air swallowing, or airborne noxious substances Aeroacrophobia: Fear of open high places Aeronausiphobia: Fear of vomiting secondary to air sickness Agliophobia: Fear of pain Agoraphobia: Fear of open spaces, being in crowded, public places or leaving a safe place Agraphobia: Fear of sexual abuse Agrizoophobia: Fear of wild animals Agyrophobia: streets or crossing the street Aichmophobia: needles or pointed objects Ailurophobia: cats Albuminurophobia: kidney disease Alektorophobia: chickens Algophobia: pain Alliumphobia: garlic Allodoxaphobia: opinions Altophobia: heights Amathophobia: dust Amaxophobia: riding in a car Ambulophobia: walking Amnesiphobia: amnesia Amychophobia: scratches or being scratched Anablephobia: looking up Ancraophobia or Anemophobia: wind Androphobia: men Anemophobia: air drafts or wind Anginophobia: angina, choking or narrowness Anglophobia: England, English culture, etc Angrophobia: becoming angry Ankylophobia: immobility of a joint Anthrophobia or Anthophobia: flowers Anthropophobia: people or society Antlophobia: floods Anuptaphobia: staying single Apeirophobia: infinity Aphenphosmphobia: being touched (Haphephobia) Apiphobia: bees Apotemnophobia: persons with amputations Arachibutyrophobia: peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia: spiders Arithmophobia: numbers Arrhenphobia: men Arsonphobia: fire Asthenophobia: fainting or weakness Astraphobia or Astrapophobia: thunder and lightning Astrophobia: stars and celestial space Asymmetriphobia: asymmetrical things Ataxiophobia: ataxia (muscular incoordination) Ataxophobia: disorder or untidiness Atelophobia: imperfection Atephobia: ruin or ruins Athazagoraphobia: being forgotten or ignored or forgetting Atomosophobia : atomic explosions Atychiphobia: failure Aulophobia: flutes Aurophobia: gold Auroraphobia: Northern lights Autodysomophobia: one that has a vile odor Automatonophobia: ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues - anything that falsely represents a sentient being Automysophobia: being dirty Autophobia: being alone or of oneself Aviophobia or Aviatophobia: flying BBacillophobia: microbes Bacteriophobia: bacteria Ballistophobia: missiles or bullets Bolshephobia: Bolsheviks Barophobia: gravity Basophobia or Basiphobia: inability to stand or of walking or falling Bathophobia: depth Batonophobia: plants Batophobia: heights or being close to high buildings Batrachophobia: amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc Belonephobia: pins and needles (Aichmophobia) Bibliophobia: books Blennophobia: slime Bogyphobia: bogies or the bogeyman Bromidrosiphobia or Bromidrophobia: body smells Brontophobia: thunder and lightning Bufonophobia: toads CCacophobia: ugliness Cainophobia or Cainotophobia of newness, novelty Caligynephobia: beautiful women Cancerophobia: cancer Carcinophobia: cancer Cardiophobia: the heart Carnophobia: meat Catagelophobia: being ridiculed Catapedaphobia: jumping from high and low places Cathisophobia: sitting Catoptrophobia: mirrors Cenophobia or Centophobia: new things or ideas Ceraunophobia: thunder Chaetophobia: hair Cheimaphobia or Cheimatophobia: cold Chemophobia: chemicals or working with chemicals Cherophobia: gaiety Chionophobia: snow Chiraptophobia: being touched Cholerophobia: anger or the of cholera Chorophobia: dancing Chrometophobia or Chrematophobia: money Chromophobia or Chromatophobia: colors Chronophobia: time Chronomentrophobia: clocks Cibophobia or Sitophobia or Sitiophobia: food Claustrophobia: confined spaces Cleithrophobia or Cleisiophobia: being locked in an enclosed place Cleptophobia: stealing Climacophobia: stairs, climbing or of falling downstairs Clinophobia: going to bed Clithrophobia or Cleithrophobia: being enclosed Cnidophobia: strings Cometophobia: comets Coimetrophobia: cemeteries Coitophobia: coitus Contreltophobia: sexual abuse Coprastasophobia: constipation Coprophobia: feces Coulrophobia: clowns Counterphobia: the preference by a phobic for ful situations Cremnophobia: precipices Cryophobia: extreme cold, ice or frost Crystallophobia: crystals or glass Cyberphobia: computers or working on a computer Cyclophobia: bicycles Cymophobia: waves or wave like motions Cynophobia: dogs or rabies Cypridophobia, Cypriphobia, Cyprianophobia or Cyprinophobia: prostitutes or venereal disease DDecidophobia making decisions Defecaloesiophobia: painful bowels movements Deipnophobia: dining and dinner conversations Dementophobia: insanity Demonophobia or Daemonophobia: demons Demophobia: crowds (Agoraphobia) Dendrophobia: trees Dentophobia: dentists Dermatophobia: skin lesions Dermatosiophobia or Dermatophobia or Dermatopathophobia: skin disease Dextrophobia: objects at the right side of the body Diabetophobia: diabetes Didaskaleinophobia: going to school Dikephobia: justice Dinophobia: dizziness or whirlpools Diplophobia: double vision Dipsophobia: drinking Dishabiliophobia: undressing in front of someone Domatophobia or Oikophobia: houses or being in a house Doraphobia: fur or skins of animals Dromophobia: crossing streets Dutchphobia: the Dutch Dysmorphophobia: deformity Dystychiphobia: accidents EEcclesiophobia: church Ecophobia: home Eicophobia or Oikophobia: home surroundings Eisoptrophobia: mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror Electrophobia: electricity Eleutherophobia: freedom Elurophobia: cats (Ailurophobia) Emetophobia: vomiting Enetophobia: pins Enochlophobia: crowds Enosiophobia or Enissophobia: having committed an unpardonable sin or of criticism Entomophobia: insects Eosophobia: dawn or daylight Epistaxiophobia: nosebleeds Epistemophobia: knowledge Equinophobia: horses Eremophobia: being oneself or of loneliness Ereuthrophobia: blushing Ergasiophobia: work or functioning; for a surgeon: operating Ergophobia: work Erotophobia: sexual love or sexual questions Euphobia: hearing good news Eurotophobia: female genitalia Erythrophobia, Erytophobia or Ereuthophobia: red lights, blushing, red FFebriphobia, Fibriphobia or Fibriophobia: fever Felinophobia: cats (Ailurophobia, Elurophobia, Galeophobia, Gatophobia) Francophobia: France, French culture (Gallophobia, Galiophobia) Frigophobia: cold, cold things GGaleophobia or Gatophobia: cats Gallophobia or Galiophobia: France, French culture (Francophobia) Gamophobia: marriage Geliophobia: laughter Geniophobia: chins Genophobia: sex Genuphobia: knees Gephyrophobia, Gephydrophobia, or Gephysrophobia: crossing bridges Germanophobia: Germany, German culture, etc Gerascophobia: growing old Gerontophobia: old people or of growing old Geumaphobia or Geumophobia: taste Glossophobia: speaking in public or of trying to speak Gnosiophobia: knowledge Graphophobia: writing or handwriting Gymnophobia: nudity Gynephobia or Gynophobia: women HHadephobia: hell Hagiophobia: saints or holy things Hamartophobia: sinning Haphephobia or Haptephobia: being touched Harpaxophobia: being robbed Hedonophobia: feeling pleasure Heliophobia: the sun Hellenologophobia: Greek terms or complex scientific terminology Helminthophobia: being infested with worms Hemophobia or Hemaphobia or Hematophobia: blood Heresyphobia or Hereiophobia: challenges to official doctrine or of radical deviation Herpetophobia: reptiles or creepy, crawly things Heterophobia: the opposite sex (Sexophobia) Hierophobia: priests or sacred things Hippophobia: horses Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia: long words Hobophobia: bums or beggars Hodophobia: road travel Hormephobia: shock Homichlophobia: fog Homilophobia: sermons Hominophobia: men Homophobia: sameness, monotony or of homosexuality or of becoming homosexual Hoplophobia: firearms Hydrargyophobia: mercurial medicines Hydrophobia: water or of rabies Hydrophobophobia: rabies Hyelophobia or Hyalophobia: glass Hygrophobia: liquids, dampness, or moisture Hylephobia: materialism OR the of epilepsy Hylophobia: forests Hypengyophobia or Hypegiaphobia: responsibility Hypnophobia: sleep or of being hypnotized Hypsiphobia: height IIatrophobia: going to the doctor or of doctors Ichthyophobia: fish Ideophobia: ideas Illyngophobia: vertigo or feeling dizzy when looking down Iophobia: poison Insectophobia : insects Isolophobia: solitude, being alone JJapanophobia: Japanese Judeophobia: Jews KKenophobia: voids or empty spaces Keraunophobia: thunder and lightning Kinetophobia or Kinesophobia: movement or motion Kleptophobia: stealing Koinoniphobia: rooms Kolpophobia: genitals, particularly female Kopophobia: fatigue Koniophobia: dust (Amathophobia) Kosmikophobia: cosmic phenomenon Kymophobia: waves Kynophobia: rabies Kyphophobia: stooping LLachanophobia vegetables Laliophobia or Lalophobia: speaking Leprophobia or Lepraphobia: leprosy Leukophobia: the color white Levophobia: things to the left side of the body Ligyrophobia: loud noises Lilapsophobia: tornadoes and hurricanes Limnophobia: lakes Linonophobia: string Liticaphobia: lawsuits Lockiophobia: childbirth Logizomechanophobia: computers Logophobia: words Luiphobia: lues, syphilis Lutraphobia: otters Lygophobia: darkness Lyssophobia: rabies or of becoming mad MMacrophobia long waits Mageirocophobia: cooking Maieusiophobia: childbirth Malaxophobia: love play (Sarmassophobia) Maniaphobia: insanity Mastigophobia: punishment Mechanophobia: machines Medomalacuphobia: losing an erection Medorthophobia: an erect penis Megalophobia: large things Melissophobia: bees Melanophobia: the color black Melophobia: hatred of music Meningitophobia: brain disease Menophobia: menstruation Merinthophobia: being bound or tied up Metallophobia: metal Metathesiophobia: changes Meteorophobia: meteors Methyphobia: alcohol Metrophobia: hatred of poetry Microbiophobia: microbes (Bacillophobia) Microphobia: small things Misophobia: being contaminated with dirt of germs Mnemophobia: memories Molysmophobia or Molysomophobia: dirt or contamination Monophobia: solitude or being alone Monopathophobia: definite disease Motorphobia: automobiles Mottephobia: moths Musophobia or Murophobia: mice Mycophobia: aversion to mushrooms Mycrophobia: small things Myctophobia: darkness Myrmecophobia: ants Mysophobia: germs or contamination or dirt Mythophobia: myths or stories or false statements Myxophobia: slime (Blennophobia) NNebulaphobia: fog (Homichlophobia) Necrophobia: death or dead things Negrophobia: blacks or Negroes Nelophobia: glass Neopharmaphobia: new drugs Neophobia: anything new Nephophobia: clouds Noctiphobia: the night Nomatophobia: names Nosocomephobia: hospitals Nosophobia or Nosemaphobia: becoming ill Nostophobia: returning home Novercaphobia: your step-mother Nucleomituphobia: nuclear weapons Nudophobia: nudity Numerophobia: numbers Nyctohylophobia: dark wooded areas, or forests at night Nyctophobia: the dark or of night OObesophobia: gaining weight(Pocrescophobia) Ochlophobia: crowds or mobs Ochophobia: vehicles Octophobia : the figure 8 Odontophobia: teeth or dental surgery Odynophobia or Odynephobia: pain (Algophobia) Oenophob ia: wines Oikophobia: home surroundings, house Olfactophobia: smells Ombrophobia: rain or of being rained on Ommetaphobia or Ommatophobia: eyes Oneirophobia: dreams Oneirogmophobia: wet dreams Onomatophobia: hearing a certain word or of names Ophidiophobia: snakes (Snakephobia) Ophthalmophobia: being stared at Optophobia: opening one's eyes Ornithophobia: birds Orthophobia: property Osmophobia or Osphresiophobia: smells or odors Ostraconophobia: shellfish Ouranophobia: heaven PPagophobia: ice or frost Panthophobia: suffering and disease Panophobia or Pantophobia: everything Pathophobia- Fear of disease. Phasmophobia- Fear of ghosts. Phengophobia- Fear of daylight or sunshine. Philemaphobia or Philematophobia- Fear of kissing. Philophobia- Fear of falling in love or being in love. Placophobia- Fear of tombstones. Plutophobia- Fear of wealth. Pnigophobia or Pnigerophobia- Fear of choking of being smothered. Pocrescophobia- Fear of gaining weight. Poinephobia- Fear of punishment. Potophobia- Fear of alcohol. Pharmacophobia- Fear of drugs. Proctophobia- Fear of rectum. Prosophobia- Fear of progress. Psellismophobia- Fear of stuttering. Psychophobia- Fear of mind. Psychrophobia- Fear of cold. Pteromerhanophobia- Fear of flying. Papaphobia: the Pope Papyrophobia: paper Paralipophobia: neglecting duty or responsibility Paraphobia: sexual perversion Parasitophobia: parasites Paraskavedekatriaphobia: Friday the 13th Parthenophobia: virgins or young girls Pathophobia: disease Patroiophobia: heredity Parturiphobia: childbirth Peccatophobia: sinning (imaginary crime) Pediculophobia: lice Pediophobia: dolls Pedophobia: children Peladophobia: bald people Pellagrophobia: pellagra Peniaphobia: poverty Pentheraphobia: mother-in-law (Novercaphobia) Peniaphobia: poverty Phagophobia: swallowing or of eating or of being eaten Phalacrophobia: becoming bald Phallophobia: of a a penis, especially if erect. Pharmacophobia: taking medicine Phasmophobia: ghosts Phengophobia: daylight or sunshine Philemaphobia or Philematophobia: kissing Philophobia: falling in love or being in love Philosophobia: philosophy Phobophobia: phobias Photoaugliaphobia: glaring lights Photophobia: light Phonophobia: noises or voices or one's own voice; of telephones Phronemophobia: thinking Phthiriophobia: lice (Pediculophobia) Phthisiophobia: tuberculosis Placophobia: tombstones Plutophobia: wealth Pluviophobia: rain or being rained on Pneumatiphobia: spirits Pnigophobia or Pnigerophobia: choking of being smothered Pocrescophobia: gaining weight (Obesophobia) Pogonophobia: beards Poliosophobia: contracting poliomyelitis Politicophobia: abnormal dislike of politicians Polyphobia: many things Poinephobia: punishment Ponophobia: overworking or of pain Porphyrophobia: the color purple Potamophobia: rivers or running water Pteronophobia: being tickled by feathers Pupaphobia : puppets Pyrexiophobia: fever Pyrophobia: fire QRRadiophobia radiation, x-rays Ranidaphobia: frogs Rectophobia: rectum or rectal diseases Rhabdophobia: being severely punished or beaten by a rod, or of being severely criticized Also of magic(wand) Rhypophobia: defecation Rhytiphobia: getting wrinkles Rupophobia: dirt Russophobia: Russians SSamhainophobia: Halloween Sarmassophobia: love play (Malaxophobia) Satanophobia: Satan Scabiophobia: scabies Scatophobia: fecal matter Scelerophibia: bad men, burglars Sciophobia Sciaphobia: shadows Scoleciphobia: worms Scolionophobia: school Scopophobia or Scoptophobia: Fear of being seen or stared at Scotomaphobia: blindness in visual field Scotophobia: darkness (Achluophobia) Scriptophobia: writing in public Selaphobia: light flashes Selenophobia: the moon Seplophobia: decaying matter Sesquipedalophobia: long words Sexophobia: the opposite sex (Heterophobia) Siderodromophobia: trains, railroads or train travel Siderophobia: stars Sinistrophobia: things to the left, left:handed Sinophobia: Chinese, Chinese culture Sitophobia or Sitiophobia: food or eating (Cibophobia) Snakephobia: snakes (Ophidiophobia) Soceraphobia: parents:in:law Social Phobia: being evaluated negatively in social situations Sociophobia: society or people in general Somniphobia: sleep Sophophobia: learning Soteriophobia : dependence on others Spacephobia: outer space Spectrophobia: specters or ghosts Spermatophobia or Spermophobia: germs Spheksophobia: wasps Stasibasiphobia or Stasiphobia: standing or walking (Ambulophobia) Staurophobia: crosses or the crucifix Stenophobia: narrow things or places Stygiophobia or Stigiophobia: hell Suriphobia: mice Symbolophobia: symbolism Symmetrophobia: symmetry Syngenesophobia: relatives Syphilophobia: syphilis TTachophobia: speed Taeniophobia or Teniophobia: tapeworms Taphephobia or Taphophobia: being buried alive or of cemeteries Tapinophobia: being contagious Taurophobia: bulls Technophobia: technology Teleophobia: definite plans; religious ceremony Telephonophobia: telephones Teratophobia: bearing a deformed child; or monsters; or deformed people Testophobia: taking tests Tetanophobia: lockjaw, tetanus Teutophobia: German or German things Textophobia: certain fabrics Thaasophobia: sitting Thalassophobia: the sea Thanatophobia or Thantophobia: death or dying Theatrophobia: theatres Theologicophobia: theology Theophobia: gods or religion Thermophobia: heat Tocophobia: pregnancy or childbirth Tomophobia: surgical operations Tonitrophobia: thunder Topophobia: certain places or situations, such as stage fright Toxiphobia or Toxophobia: poison or of being accidently poisoned Traumatophobia: injury Tremophobia: trembling Trichinophobia: trichinosis Trichopathophobia or Trichophobia or Hypertrichophobia: hair Triskadekaphobia: the number 13 Tropophobia: moving or making changes Trypanophobia: injections Tuberculophobia: tuberculosis Tyrannophobia: tyrants UUranophobia: heaven Urophobia: urine or urinating VVaccinophobia: vaccination Venustraphobia: beautiful women Verbophobia: words Verminophobia: germs Vestiphobia: clothing Virginitiphobia: rape Vitricophobia: step-father WWalloonphobia- the Walloons.Wiccaphobia: witches and witchcraft. XXanthophobia: the color yellow or the word yellow Xenophobia: strangers or foreigners Xerophobia: dryness Xylophobia: wooden objects or forests YZZelophobia: jealousy Zeusophobia: God or gods Zemmiphobia: the great mole rat Zoophobia: animals To Top |
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