List of Phobias
Phobias are a fascinating subject, I used to suffer from phobias of Bellows, Balloons, Bellybuttons, Needles, Dentists, Hospitals, Driving and Spiders. Here are a list of many more.
Phobias beginning with the letter A
Achluophobia – Fear of darkness.
Acrophobia – Fear of heights.
Agliophobia – Fear of pain.
Agoraphobia – Fear of open spaces or crowds.
Aichmophobia – Fear of needles or pointed objects.
Amaxophobia – Fear of riding in a car.
Androphobia – Fear of men.
Anginophobia – Fear of angina or choking.
Anthrophobia – Fear of flowers.
Anthropophobia – Fear of people or society.
Aphenphosmphobia – Fear of being touched.
Arachnophobia – Fear of spiders.
Arithmophobia – Fear of numbers.
Astraphobia – Fear of thunder and lightning.
Ataxophobia – Fear of disorder or untidiness.
Atelophobia – Fear of imperfection.
Atychiphobia – Fear of failure.
Autophobia – Fear of being alone.
Phobias beginning with the letter B
Bacteriophobia – Fear of bacteria.
Barophobia – Fear of gravity.
Bathmophobia – Fear of stairs or steep slopes.
Batrachophobia – Fear of amphibians.
Belonephobia – Fear of pins and needles.
Bibliophobia – Fear of books.
Botanophobia – Fear of plants.
Phobias beginning with the letter C
Cacophobia – Fear of ugliness.
Catagelophobia – Fear of being ridiculed.
Catoptrophobia – Fear of mirrors.
Chionophobia – Fear of snow.
Chromophobia – Fear of colors.
Chronomentrophobia – Fear of clocks.
Cibophobia – Fear of food.
Claustrophobia – Fear of confined spaces.
MRI Claustrophobia – Fear of being confined in an MRI scanner
Coulrophobia – Fear of clowns.
Cyberphobia – Fear of computers.
Cynophobia – Fear of dogs.
Phobias beginning with the letter D
Dendrophobia – Fear of trees.
Dentophobia – Fear of dentists.
Domatophobia – Fear of houses.
Dystychiphobia – Fear of accidents.
Phobias beginning with the letter E
Ecophobia – Fear of the home.
Elurophobia – Fear of cats.
Emetophobia – Fear of vomiting (non specific phobia)
Entomophobia – Fear of insects.
Ephebiphobia – Fear of teenagers.
Equinophobia – Fear of horses.
G
Gamophobia – Fear of marriage.
Genuphobia – Fear of knees.
Globophobia – Fear of Balloons
Glossophobia – Fear of speaking in public.
Gynophobia – Fear of women.
H
Heliophobia – Fear of the sun.
Hemophobia – Fear of blood.
Herpetophobia – Fear of reptiles.
Hydrophobia – Fear of water.
I
Iatrophobia – Fear of doctors.
Insectophobia – Fear of insects.
K
Koinoniphobia – Fear of rooms.
L
Leukophobia – Fear of the color white.
Lilapsophobia – Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes.
Lockiophobia – Fear of childbirth.
M
Mageirocophobia – Fear of cooking.
Megalophobia – Fear of large things.
Melanophobia – Fear of the color black.
Microphobia – Fear of small things.
Musophobia – Fear of Mice, rats and rodents
Mysophobia – Fear of dirt and germs.
N
Necrophobia – Fear of death or dead things.
Nyctophobia – Fear of the night.
Nomophobia – Fear of losing your mobile phone.
Nosocomephobia – Fear of hospitals.
O
Obesophobia – Fear of gaining weight.
Ochophobia – Fear of being in a moving automobile
Octophobia – Fear of figure 8.
Ombrophobia – Fear of rain.
Ophidiophobia – Fear of snakes.
Ornithophobia – Fear of birds.
P
Papyrophobia – Fear of paper.
Pathophobia – Fear of disease.
Pedophobia – Fear of children.
Phagophobia – Fear of swallowing
Philophobia – Fear of love.
Phobophobia – Fear of phobias.
Podophobia – Fear of feet.
Porphyrophobia – Fear of the color purple.
Pteridophobia – Fear of ferns.
Pteromerhanophobia – Fear of flying.
Pyrophobia – Fear of fire.
S
Scolionophobia – Fear of school.
Selenophobia – Fear of the moon.
Sociophobia – Fear of social evaluation.
Somniphobia – Fear of sleep.
T
Tachophobia – Fear of speed.
Technophobia – Fear of technology.
Tokophobia – Fear of pregnancy
Tonitrophobia – Fear of thunder.
Trypanophobia – Fear of injections.
U-Z
Venustraphobia – Fear of beautiful women.
Verminophobia – Fear of germs.
Wiccaphobia – Fear of witches and witchcraft.
Xenophobia – Fear of strangers or foreigners.
Zoophobia – Fear of animals.