Phobias

Arachnophobia

The fear of spiders affects women four times more (48% women and 12% men).

Ophidiophobia

The fear of snakes. Phobics avoid certain cities because they have more snakes.

Acrophobia

The fear of heights. Five percent of the general population suffer from this phobia.

Agoraphobia

The fear of open or crowded spaces. People with this fear often wont leave home.

Cynophobia

The fear of dogs. This includes everything from small Poodles to large Great Danes.

Astraphobia

The fear of thunder/lightning it could also be called Brontophobia, Tonitrophobia, Ceraunophobia.

Claustrophobia

The fear of small spaces like elevators, small rooms and other enclosed spaces.

Mysophobia

The fear of germs. It is also rightly termed as Germophobia

Aerophobia

The fear of flying. 25 million Americans share a fear of flying.

Carcinophobia

The fear of cancer. People with this develop extreme diets.

Thanatophobia

The fear of death. Even talking about death can be hard.

Glossophobia

The fear of public speaking. Not being able to do speeches.

Monophobia

The fear of being alone. Even while eating and/or sleeping.

Atychiphobia

The fear of failure. It is the single greatest barrier to success.

Ornithophobia

The fear of birds. Individuals suffering from this may only fear certain species.

Alektorophobia

The fear of chickens. You may have this phobia if chickens make you panic.

Enochlophobia

The fear of crowds is closely related to Ochlophobia and Demophobia.

Aphenphosmphobia

The fear of intimacy. Fear of being touched and love.

Trypanophobia

The fear of needles.

Anthropophobia

The fear of people. Being afraid of people in all situations.

Aquaphobia

The fear of water. Being afraid of water or being near water.

Autophobia

The fear of abandonment and being abandoned by someone.

Hemophobia

The fear of blood. Even the sight of blood can cause fainting.

Gamophobia

The fear of commitment or sticking with someone to the end.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

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

Xenophobia

The fear of the unknown. Fearing anything or anyone that is strange or foreign.

Vehophobia

The fear of driving. This phobia affects personal and work life.

Basiphobia

The fear of falling. Some may even refuse to walk or stand up.

Achievemephobia

The fear of success. The opposite to the fear of failure.

Theophobia

The fear of God causes an irrational fear of God or religion.

Ailurophobia

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

Metathesiophobia

The fear of change. Sometimes change is a good thing.

Globophobia

The fear of balloons. They should be fun, but not for phobics.

Nyctophobia

The fear of darkness. Being afraid of the dark is common for kids.

Drophobia

The fear of men. Usually seen in younger females, but it can also affect adults.

Phobophobia

The fear of fear. The thought of being afraid of objects.

Philophobia

The fear of love. Being scared of falling in love or emotions.

Triskaidekaphobia

The fear of the number 13 or the bad luck that follows.

Emetophobia

The fear of vomiting and the fear of loss of your self control.

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.

Panophobia

The fear of everything or fear that terrible things will happen.

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.

Somniphobia

The fear of sleep. Being terrified of what might happen right after you fall asleep.

Gynophobia

The fear of women. May occur if you have unresolved mother issues.

Apiphobia

The fear of bees. Many people fear being stung by angry bees.

Koumpounophobia

The fear of buttons. Clothes with buttons are avoided.

Anatidaephobia

The fear of ducks. Somewhere, a duck is watching you.

Pyrophobia

The fear of fire. A natural fear that can be debilitating.

Ranidaphobia

The fear of frogs. Often caused by episodes from childhood.

Galeophobia

The fear of sharks in the ocean or even in swimming pools.

Athazagoraphobia

The fear of being forgotten or not remembering things.

Katsaridaphobia

The fear of cockroaches. This can easily lead to an excessive cleaning disorder.

Iatrophobia

The fear of doctors. If you delay doctor visits you may have this.

Pediophobia

The fear of dolls. This phobia could be Chucky-induced.

Ichthyophobia

The fear of fish. Includes small, large, dead and living fish.

Achondroplasiaphobia

The fear of midgets. Because they look differently.

Mottephobia

The fear of moths. These insects are only beautiful to some.

Zoophobia

The fear of animals. Applies to both vile and harmless animals.

Bananaphobia

The fear of bananas. If you have this phobia, they are scary.

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.

Cibophobia

The fear of food. The phobia may come from a bad episode while eating, like choking.

Phasmophobia

The fear of ghosts.

Equinophobia

The fear of horses. Animal phobias are pretty common, especially for women.

Musophobia

The fear of mice. Some people find mice cute, but phobics don’t.

Catoptrophobia

The fear of mirrors. Being afraid of what you might see.

Agliophobia

The fear of pain. Being afraid something painful will happen.

Tokophobia

The fear of pregnancy involves giving birth or having children.

Telephonophobia

The fear of talking on the phone. Phobics prefer texting.

Pogonophobia

The fear of beards or being scared of bearded men.

Omphalophobia

The fear of belly buttons. Touching and looking at navels.

Pseudodysphagia

The fear of choking often after a bad eating experience.

Bathophobia

The fear of depths can be anything associated with depth (lakes, tunnels, caves).

Cacomorphobia

The fear of fat people. Induced by the media. Affects some anorexics. we

Gerascophobia

The fear of getting old. Aging is the most natural thing, yet many of us fear it.

Chaetophobia

The fear of hair. Phobics tend to be afraid of other peoples hair.

Nosocomephobia

The fear of hospitals.

Ligyrophobia

The fear of loud noises. More than the instinctive noise fear.

Didaskaleinophobia

The fear of school. This phobia affects kids mostly.

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.

Spheksophobia

The fear of wasps. You panic and fear getting stung by it.

Ergophobia

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

Coulrophobia

The fear of clowns. Some people find clowns funny, coulrophobics certainly don’t.

Allodoxaphobia

The fear of opinions. Being afraid of hearing what others are thinking of you.

Samhainophobia

The fear of Halloween affects children/superstitious people.

Photophobia

The fear of light caused by something medical or traumatic.

Disposophobia

The fear of getting rid of stuff triggers extreme hoarding.