Do you know ow many phobias exist

Phobia (an extreme or irrational fear) is a type of anxiety disorder, defined by a persistent and excessive fear of an object or situation. It is one of the most common mental illnesses. Fear is a powerful and primitive human emotion. Fear can be divided into two responses, biochemical and emotional. The biochemical response is universal, while the emotional response is highly individual. It is also known as ” flight or flight” response.

 Women are more likely to experience phobias than men. Typical symptoms of phobias can include Sweating, nausea, trembling, rapid heartbeat, feelings of unreality. The American Psychiatric Association identifies three different categories of phobias: social phobias, agoraphobia, and specific phobias.

SOCIAL PHOBIAS:

Social anxiety disorder (SAD), also known as social phobia, is an anxiety the disorder characterized by a significant amount of fear in one or more social situations, causing considerable distress and impaired ability to function in at least some parts of daily life.

AGORA PHOBIAS:

Agoraphobia is a type of anxiety disorder in which you fear and avoid places or situations that might cause you to panic and make you feel trapped, helpless or embarrassed.

SPECIFIC PHOBIAS:

A specific phobia is any kind of anxiety disorder that amounts to an unreasonable or irrational fear related to exposure to specific objects or situations.Many phobias that can have a serious impact on an individuals daily life.

The most specific phobias fall into one of four major categories: fears of the natural environment, fears related to animals, fear related to medical treatments or issues, and fears related to specific situations.

LIST OF PHOBIAS:

Agoraphobia-Fear of open spaces or crowds Acrophobia-Fear of heights

Anginophobia-Fear of angina or choking Aerophobia-Fear of flying

Aichmophobia-Fear of needles Algophobia-Fear of pain

Amaxophobia-Fear of riding in a car Achluophobia-Fear of darkness

Androphobia-Fear of men Anthrophobia- Fear of flowers

Astraphobia- Fear of thunder and lightning Arachnophobia- Fear of spiders

Aphenphosmphobia- Fear of people or society. Atychiphobia- Fear of failure

Ataxophobia-Fear of disorder or untidiness Arithmophobia-Fear of numbers

Atelophobia- Fear of imperfection Barophobia- Fear of gravity

Bathmophobia- Fear of stairs or steep slopes Bibliophobia- Fear of books

Belonephobia- Fear of pins and needles Botanophobia-Fear of plants

Batrachophobia- Fear of amphibians Bacteriophobia- Fear of bacteria

Catagelophobia-Fear of being ridiculed Chionophobia- Fear of snow

Claustrophobia-Fear of confined spaces Cynophobia-Fear of dogs

Cyber phobia-Fear of computers Chromophobia- Fear of colors

Cacophobia- Fear of ugliness Catoptrophobia-Fear of mirrors

Sensitivity: Internal & Restricted

Chronomentrophobia- Fear of clocks Coulrophobia- Fear of clowns

Dystychiphobia- Fear of accidents Dentophobia- Fear of dentists

Domatophobia- Fear of houses Dendrophobia-Fear of Trees

Elurophobia-Fear of Cats Entomophobia-Fear of insects

Ephebiphobia- Fear of teenagers Equinophobia- Fear of horses

Glossophobia- Fear of speaking in public Genuphobia-Fear of Knees

Gamophobia-Fear of Marriage Gynophobia-Fear of Women

Heliophobia-Fear of the sun Hemophobia-Fear of Blood

Herpetophobia-Fear of Reptiles Hydrophobia-Fear of Water

Iatrophobia-Fear of Doctors Koinoniphobia-Fear of Rooms

Leukophobia- Fear of the color white Lockiophobia- Fear of childbirth

Lilapsophobia-Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes

Mageirocophobia-Fear of Cooking Microphobia- Fear of small thing

Megalophobia- Fear of Large things Melanophobia- Fear of color black

Mysophobia- Fear of dirt and germs Nosocomephobia-Fear of hospitals

Necrophobia- Fear of death or dead things Noctiphobia-Fear of the Night

Nyctophobia- Fear of the dark Ornithophobia-Fear of Birds.

Obesophobia-Fear of gaining weight Ombrophobia-Fear of Rain

Octophobia- Fear of the figure 8 Ophidiophobia-Fear of snakes

Porphyrophobia- Fear of the color purple Philophobia-Fear of Love

Pteromerhanophobia-Fear of flying Pyrophobia-Fear of fire

Pteridophobia-Fear of ferns Podophobia-Fear of Feet

Phobophobia- Fear of phobias Pedophobia-Fear of Children

Pathophobia -Fear of disease Papyrophobia-Fear of Paper

Sociophobia- Fear of social evaluation Somniphobia-Fear of Sleep

Samhainophobia-Fear of Halloween Scolionophobia-Fear of school

Selenophobia-Fear of moon Tachophobia-Fear of Speed

Technophobia-Fear of technology Tonitrophobia- Fear of thunder

Xenophobia- Fear of strangers or foreigners Zoophobia-Fear of Animals

Wiccaphobia-Fear of witches and witchcraft