when you think you are afraid of something, do you wonder if it is just fear or a PHOBIA?
An illogical fear of something that is unlikely to harm you is known as a phobia. Phobos, a Greek word that signifies “fear” or “horror,” is where the name itself originates.
When someone has a phobia, they are extremely afraid of certain things or circumstances. Regular fear doesn’t create as much distress as phobias do, which may interfere with daily activities at home, work, or school.
Phobias often fit into one of five broad categories :
- animal-related phobias (spiders, dogs, insects)
- fear of the environment in general (heights, thunder, darkness)
- worries about blood, injuries, or illnesses (injections, broken bones, falls)
- phobias tied to particular circumstances (flying, riding an elevator, driving)
- other (fear of choking, loud noises, drowning)
Each type contains a tremendous number of objects… and there is no official list of all the names of phobias related to each object, in the list below are all the known and reported phobias
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| achluophobia | fear of darkness |
| acrophobia | fear of heights |
| aerophobia | fear of flying |
| algophobia | fear of pain |
| alektorophobia | fear of chickens |
| agoraphobia | fear of public spaces or crowds |
| aichmophobia | fear of pointed objects |
| ailurophobia | fear of cats |
| amaxophobia | fear of riding in a car |
| androphobia | fear of men |
| anginophobia | fear of angina or choking |
| anthophobia | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| coulrophobia | fear of clowns |
| cyberphobia | fear of computers |
| cynophobia | fear of dogs |
| D | |
| dendrophobia | fear of trees |
| dentophobia | fear of dentists |
| domatophobia | fear of houses |
| dystychiphobia | fear of accidents |
| E | |
| entomophobia | fear of insects |
| ephebiphobia | fear of teenagers |
| equinophobia | fear of horses |
| G | |
| gamophobia | fear of marriage or commitment |
| genuphobia | fear of knees |
| 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 |
| hypochondria | fear of illness |
| I–K | |
| iatrophobia | fear of doctors |
| insectophobia | fear of insects |
| koinoniphobia | fear of rooms full of people |
| 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 |
| mysophobia | fear of dirt and germs |
| N | |
| necrophobia | fear of death or dead things |
| noctiphobia | fear of the night |
| nosocomephobia | fear of hospitals |
| nyctophobia | fear of the dark |
| O | |
| obesophobia | fear of gaining weight |
| octophobia | fear of the number 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 |
| philophobia | fear of love |
| phobophobia | fear of phobias |
| podophobia | fear of feet |
| pogonophobia | fear of beards |
| porphyrophobia | fear of the color purple |
| pteridophobia | fear of ferns |
| pteromerhanophobia | fear of flying |
| pyrophobia | fear of fire |
| Q–S | |
| samhainophobia | fear of Halloween |
| 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 |
| tonitrophobia | fear of thunder |
| trypanophobia | fear of needles or 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 |
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