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Kinds of Phobia

The Sum of All Fears : A List of the Different Kinds of Phobia

You may say that you have no fear of absoluteley anything. Well, maybe, no fear of anything that is common. People usually have that thing in psychology where we tend to burry and forget things or thoughts in our consciousness which makes us feel afraid or things that we had a bad experience on. Now, you may find in the list that you may have phobia in any or a couple of the things on the list. Phobias are the most typical psychological disorder in the United States. While the list below is not complete, this list shows many phobias that can have a serious impact on a person’s life.

Below is the list of phobias and the corresponding fear it is referring to.

Achluophobia : darkness.
Acrophobia : heights.
Agliophobia : pain.
Agoraphobia : open spaces or crowds.
Aichmophobia : needles or pointed objects.
Amaxophobia : riding in a car.
Androphobia : men.
Anginophobia : angina or choking.
Anthrophobia : flowers.
Anthropophobia : people or society.
Aphenphosmphobia : being touched.
Arachnophobia : spiders.
Arithmophobia : numbers.
Astraphobia : thunder and lightening.
Ataxophobia : disorder or untidiness.
Atelophobia : imperfection.
Atychiphobia : failure.
Autophobia : being alone.

Bacteriophobia : bacteria.
Barophobia : gravity.
Bathmophobia : stairs or steep slopes.
Batrachophobia : amphibians.
Belonephobia : pins and needles.
Bibliophobia : books.
Botanophobia : plants.

Cacophobia : ugliness.
Catagelophobia : being ridiculed.
Catoptrophobia : mirrors.
Chionophobia : snow.
Chromophobia : colors.
Chronomentrophobia : clocks.
Claustrophobia : confined spaces.
Coulrophobia : clowns.
Cyberphobia : computers.
Cynophobia : dogs.

Dendrophobia : trees.
Dentophobia : dentists.
Domatophobia : houses.
Dystychiphobia : accidents.

Ecophobia : the home.
Elurophobia : cats.
Entomophobia : insects.
Ephebiphobia : teenagers.
Equinophobia : horses.

Gamophobia : marriage.
Genuphobia : knees.
Glossophobia : speaking in public.
Gynophobia : women.

Heliophobia : the sun.
Hemophobia : blood.
Herpetophobia : reptiles.
Hydrophobia : water.

Iatrophobia : doctors.
Insectophobia : insects.

Koinoniphobia : rooms.

Leukophobia : the color white.
Lilapsophobia : tornadoes and hurricanes.
Lockiophobia : childbirth.

Mageirocophobia : cooking.
Megalophobia : large things.
Melanophobia : the color black.
Microphobia : small things.
Mysophobia : dirt and germs.

Necrophobia : death or dead things.
Noctiphobia : the night.
Nosocomephobia : hospitals.

Obesophobia : gaining weight.
Octophobia : the figure 8.
Ombrophobia : rain.
Ophidiophobia : snakes.
Ornithophobia : birds.

Papyrophobia : paper.
Pathophobia : disease.
Pedophobia : children.
Philophobia : love.
Phobophobia : phobias.
Podophobia : feet.
Porphyrophobia : the color purple.
Pteridophobia : ferns.
Pteromerhanophobia : flying.
Pyrophobia : fire.

Scolionophobia : school.
Selenophobia : the moon.
Sociophobia : social evaluation.
Somniphobia : sleep.

Tachophobia : speed.
Technophobia : technology.
Tonitrophobia : thunder.
Trypanophobia : injections.

Venustraphobia : beautiful women.
Verminophobia : germs.
Wiccaphobia : witches and witchcraft.
Xenophobia : strangers or foreigners.
Zoophobia : animals.

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