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Phobias - What are you afraid of?
The Phobia List... A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
The word "phobia" is a term that refers to a group of symptoms brought on by feared objects or situations.
A phobia is a persistent, irrational fear that causes a person to feel intense anxiety.
People develop phobias about many things like darkness, social situations, spiders, or blood. Agoraphobia, one of the most common phobias, involves the fear of open places. A person with agoraphobia feels anxious in places where it would be hard to escape, like being in a crowd, standing in line, being on a bridge or traveling in a car. In extreme cases, they are so immobilized by fear that they become a prisoner in their own home.
Phobias are the most common form of anxiety disorders, which affect people of all ages, at all income levels and in all geographic locations, according to a study by American the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), between 5.1 and 21.5 percent of Americans suffer form Phobias. Broken down by age and gender, the NIMH study found phobias were the most common psychiatric illness among women in all age groups and the second most common illness among men older than 25.
In some people, the response to a phobia can be fairly mild. For example, a person who has a phobia about flying might simply avoid airplanes. In other people, the phobia causes, or arises from, full-blown panic attacks with symptoms such as shortness of breath, sweating, irregular heartbeats and the shakes. Just why a person develops a particular phobia is not always clear. There appear to be both biological and psychological reasons. Psychologists classify phobias with other anxiety-caused problems and theorize they are a response to separation or loss. Heredity appears to play a role, and so does brain chemistry.
A ablutophobia: washing or bathing
acarophobia: itching acerophobia: sourness
achluophobia: darkness acousticophobia: noise
acrophobia: heights aeroacrophobia: open high places
aeronausiphobia: vomiting secondary to airsickness aerophobia: drafts, air
aeruophobia: flying agliophobia: pain
agoraphobia: open spaces agraphobia: sexual abuse
agrizoophobia: 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, or vehicles
ambulophobia: walking amnesiphobia: amnesia
amychophobia: scratches or being scratched anablephobia: looking up
ancraophobia: 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 anthophobia: flowers
anthrophobia: people anthropophobia: people or society
antlophobia: floods anuptaphobia: staying single
apeirophobia: infinity aphenphosmphobia: being touched
apiphobia: bees apotemnophobia: persons with amputations
arachibutyrophobia: peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth arachnophobia: spiders
arithmophobia: numbers arrhenphobia: men
arsonphobia: fire asthenophobia: fainting or weakness
astraphobia: 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
atomosophobia: atomic explosions atychiphobia: failure
aulophobia: flutes aurophobia: gold
auroraphobia: northern lights autodysomophobia: one that has a vile odor
automatonophobia: ventiloquist dummies or wax statues automysophobia: being dirty
autophobia: being alone or of oneself aviophobia: flying B bacillophobia: microbes
bacteriophobia: bacteria bactrachophobia: reptiles
ballistophobia: missles or bullets barophobia: gravity
basophobia: inability to stand bathophobia: depth
batonophobia: plants batophobia: heights
batrachophobia: amphibians belonephobia: pins and needles
bibliophobia: books blennophobia: slime
bogyphobia: the bogeyman Bolshephobia: Bolsheviks
botanophobia: plants bromidrosiphobia: body smells
brontophobia: thunder and lightning bufonophobia: toads C cacophobia: ugliness
cainophobia: newness, novelty caligynephobia: beautiful women
carcinophobia: cancer cardiophobia: the heart
carnophobia: meat catagelophobia: being ridiculed
catapedaphobia: jumping from high and low places cathisophobia: sitting
catoptrophobia: mirrors cenophobia: new things or ideas
ceraunophobia: thunder chaetophobia: hair
cheimaphobia or cheimatophobia: cold chemophobia: chemicals
cherophobia: gaiety chionophobia: snow
chiraptophobia: being touched cholerophobia: anger
chorophobia: dancing chrometophobia: money
chromophobia: colors chronomentrophobia: clocks
chronophobia: time cibophobia: food
claustrophobia: enclosed spaces cleisiophobia: being locked in
cleptophobia: stealing climacophobia: stairs
clinophobia: going to bed clithrophobia: being enclosed
cnidophobia: stings coimetrophobia: cemeteries
cometophobia: comets contreltophobia: sexual abuse
coprastasophobia: constipation coprophobia: feces
coulrophobia: clowns 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 D
decidophobia: making decisions defecaloesiophobia: painful bowel movements
deipnophobia: dining dementophobia: insanity
demonophobia: demons demophobia: crowds (Agoraphobia)
dendrophobia: trees dentophobia: dentists
dermatophobia: skin lesions dermatosiophobia: skin disease
dextrophobia: objects at the right side of the body diabetophobia: diabetes
didaskaleinophobia: going to school dikephobia: justice
dinophobia: dizziness diplophobia: double vision
dipsophobia: drinking dishabiliophobia: undressing in front of someone
domatophobia: houses or being in a house doraphobia: fur or skins of animals
dromophobia: crossing streets dutchphobia: the dutch
dysmorphophobia: deformity dystychiphobia: accidents
Eecclesiophobia: church
eicophobia: home surroundings eisoptrophobia: mirrors or seeing oneself in a mirror
electrophobia: electricity eleutherophobia: freedom
elurophobia: cats (Ailurophobia) emetophobia: vomiting
enetophobia: pins enochlophobia: crowds
enosiophobia: committing an unpardonable sin entomophobia: insects
eosophobia: dawn or daylight epistaxiophobia: nosebleeds
epistemophobia: knowledge equinophobia: horses
eremophobia: being oneself ereuthrophobia: blushing
ergasiophobia: surgical instruments ergophobia: work
erotophobia: sexual love erythrophobia: the color red
euphobia: hearing good news eurotophobia: female genitalia
F febriphobia: fever
felinophobia: cats Francophobia: france, french culture
frigophobia: cold G galeophobia: cats
gallophobia or galiophobia: fear France, French culture gamophobia: marriage
gatophobia: cats geliophobia: laughter
geniophobia: chins genophobia: sex
genuphobia: knees gephyrophobia: crossing bridges
gerascophobia: growing old germanophobia: Germany, German culture
gerontophobia: old people or of growing old geumaphobia: taste
glossophobia: speaking in public gnosiophobia: knowledge
graphophobia: writing gymnophobia: nudity
gynophobia: women
H hadephobia: hell
hagiophobia: saints or holy things hamartophobia: sinning
haphephobia: being touched harpaxophobia: being robbed
hedonophobia: feeling pleasure heliophobia: the sun
hellenologophobia: Greek terms helminthophobia: worms
hemophobia: blood herpetophobia: reptiles
heterophobia: the opposite sex (sexophobia) hierophobia: priests
hippophobia: horses hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia: long words
hobophobia: bums or beggars hodophobia: road travel
homichlophobia: fog homilophobia: sermons
hominophobia: men homophobia: homosexuality
hoplophobia: firearms hormephobia: shock
hydrargyophobia: mercurial medicines hydrophobia: water
hydrophobophobia: rabies hyelophobia or hyalophobia: glass
hygrophobia: liquids, dampness, or moisture hylephobia: materialism
hylophobia: forests hypegiaphobia: responsibility
hypnophobia: sleep hypsiphobia: height I iatrophobia: doctors
ichthyophobia: fish ideophobia: ideas
illyngophobia: veritgo insectophobia: insects
iophobia: poison isolophobia: solitude, being alone
isopterophobia: termites ithyphallophobia: erection
J Japanophobia: Japanese
Judeophobia: Jews K kainolophobia: novelty
kakorraphiaphobia: failure katagelophobia: ridicule
kathisophobia: sitting down kenophobia: voids
keraunophobia: thunder kinetophobia: movement or motion
kleptophobia: stealing koinoniphobia: rooms
koniophobia: dust (Amathophobia) kopophobia: fatigue
kosmikophobia: cosmic phenomenon kymophobia: waves
kynophobia: rabies kyphophobia: stooping
L lachanophobia: vegetables
laliophobia: speaking leprophobia: 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: syphillis lutraphobia: otters
lygophobia: darkness lyssophobia: rabies or of becoming mad
M macrophobia: long waits
mageirocophobia: cooking maieusiophobia: childbirth
malaxophobia: love play maniaphobia: insanity
mastigophobia: punishment mechanophobia: machines
megalophobia: large things melanophobia: the color black
melissophobia: bees melophobia: fear or hatred of music
meningitophobia: brain disease menophobia: menstruation
merinthophobia: being bound or tied up metallophobia: metal
metathesiophobia: changes meteorophobia: meteors
methyphobia: alcohol metrophobia: fear or hatred of poetry
microbiophobia: microbes (bacillophobia) microphobia: small things
misophobia: being contaminated with dirt of germs mnemophobia: memories
molysmophobia: dirt or contamination monopathophobia: definite disease
monophobia: solitude or being alone motorphobia: automobiles
mottephobia: moths musophobia: mice
mycophobia: fear or 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)
N nebulaphobia: fog (homichlophobia)
necrophobia: death nelophobia: glass
neopharmaphobia: new drugs neophobia: anything new
nephophobia: clouds noctiphobia: the night
nomatophobia: names nosemaphobia: illness
nosocomephobia: hospitals nosophobia: disease
nostophobia: returning home novercaphobia: step-mothers
nucleomituphobia: nuclear weapons nudophobia: nudity
numerophobia: numbers nyctophobia: the dark or of night
O obesophobia: gaining weight
ochlophobia: crowds or mobs ochophobia: vehicles
octophobia: the figure 8 odontophobia: dental surgery
odynophobia: pain oenophobia: wines
oikophobia: home surroundings, house olfactophobia: smells
ombrophobia: rain ommetaphobia: eyes
oneirogmophobia: wet dreams oneirophobia: dreams
onomatophobia: hearing a certain word ophidiophobia: snakes
ophthalmophobia: being stared at optophobia: opening one's eyes
ornithophobia: birds orthophobia: property
osmophobia: smells or odors osphresiophobia: smells
ostraconophobia: shellfish ouranophobia: heaven P pagophobia: ice or frost
panophobia: everything panthophobia: disease
pantophobia: fears Papaphobia: the pope
papyrophobia: paper paralipophobia: neglecting duty
paraphobia: sexual perversion parasitophobia: parasites
paraskavedekatriaphobia: Friday the 13th parthenophobia: virgins or young girls
parturiphobia: childbirth pathophobia: disease
patroiophobia: heredity peccatophobia: sinning (imaginary crime)
pediculophobia: lice pediophobia: dolls
pedophobia: children peladophobia: bald people
pellagrophobia: pellagra peniaphobia: poverty
pentheraphobia: mother-in-law phagophobia: swallowing
phalacrophobia: becoming bald phallophobia: a penis, esp erect
pharmacophobia: taking medicine pharmacophobia: drugs
phasmophobia: ghosts phengophobia: daylight or sunshine
philemaphobia: kissing philophobia: falling in love
philosophobia: philosophy phobophobia: one's own fears
phonophobia: noises or voices photoaugliaphobia: glaring lights
photophobia: light phronemophobia: thinking
phthiriophobia: lice (pediculophobia) phthisiophobia: tuberculosis
pinigerophobia: smothering placophobia: tombstones
plutophobia: wealth pluviophobia: rain or of being rained on
pneumatiphobia: spirits pnigophobia: choking or being smothered
pocrescophobia: gaining weight (obesophobia) pogonophobia: beards
poinephobia: punishment poliosophobia: contracting poliomyelitis
politicophobia: politicians polyphobia: many things
ponophobia: overworking or of pain porphyrophobia: the color purple
potamophobia: rivers or running water potophobia: alcohol
proctophobia: rectum prosophobia: progress
psellismophobia: stuttering psychophobia: mind
psychrophobia: cold pteromerhanophobia: flying
pteronophobia: being tickled by feathers pupaphobia: puppets pyrexiophobia
pyrophobia: fire Q : R radiophobia: radiation, x-rays
ranidaphobia: frogs rhabdophobia: being severely punished or beaten by a rod
rhypophobia: defecation rhytiphobia: getting wrinkles
rupophobia: dirt Russophobia: Russians S samhainophobia: Halloween
sarmassophobia: love play satanophobia: satan
scabiophobia: scabies scelerophibia: bad men, burglars
schlionophobia: school sciophobia: shadows
scoleciphobia: worms scolionophobia: school
scopophobia: being stared at scotomaphobia: blindness in visual field
scotophobia: darkness scriptophobia: writing in public
selaphobia: light flashes selenophobia: the moon
seplophobia: decaying matter sesquipedalophobia: long words
sexophobia: the opposite sex siderodromophobia: trains
siderophobia: stars sinistrophobia: left-handedness
sinophobia: chinese, chinese culture sitophobia: food or eating
snakephobia: snakes (ophidiophobia) soceraphobia: parents-in-law
social phobia: being evaluated negatively sociophobia: society
somniphobia: sleep sophophobia: learning
soteriophobia: dependence on others spacephobia: outer space
spectrophobia: specters or ghosts spermophobia: germs
sphexsophobia: wasps stasibasiphobia: standing or walking
staurophobia: crosses or the crucifix stenophobia: narrow things or places
stygiophobia: hell suriphobia: mice
symbolophobia: symbolism symmetrophobia: symmetry
syngenesophobia: relatives syphilophobia: syphilis T tachophobia: speed
taeniophobia or teniophobia: tapeworms taphephobia: being buried alive
tapinophobia: being contagious taurophobia: bulls
technophobia: technology teleophobia: definate plans
telephonophobia: telephones telosphobia: being last
teratophobia: bearing a deformed child testophobia: taking tests
tetanophobia: lockjaw, tetanus teutophobia: German or German things
textophobia: certain fabrics thaasophobia: sitting
thalassophobia: the ocean thanatophobia: death or dying
theatrophobia: theatres theologicophobia: theology
theophobia: god(s) or religion thermophobia: heat
tocophobia: childbirth tomophobia: surgical operations
tonitrophobia: thunder topophobia: performing (stage fright)
toxiphobia: poison traumatophobia: injury
tremophobia: trembling trichinophobia: trichinosis
trichopathophobia: hair triskaidekaphobia: the number 13
tropophobia: moving or making changes trypanophobia: injections
tuberculophobia: tuberculosis tyrannophobia: tyrants U uranophobia: heaven
urophobia: urine or urinating V vaccinophobia: vaccination
venustraphobia: beautiful women verbophobia: words
verminophobia: germs vestiphobia: clothing
virginitiphobia: rape vitricophobia: step-fathers W Walloonphobia: the Walloons
wiccaphobia: witches and witchcraft X xanthophobia: the color yellow
xenophobia: strangers xerophobia: dryness
xylophobia: forests Y : Z zelophobia: jealousy
zemmiphobia: the great mole rat zeusophobia: God or gods
zoophobia: animals
