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List of Various Kinds of Phobias

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List of Various Kinds of Phobias

What is Phobia?

A phobia is an excessive and unreasonable fear reaction. A phobia is a type of anxiety disorder that causes an individual to experience extreme, irrational fear about a situation, living creature, place, or object.
People with specific phobias will do everything they can to avoid what is causing their fear, even when doing so greatly interferes with their daily lives.
When faced with their phobia, they will experience intense anxiety, which is sometimes unbearable.
In this article we have shared a List of Various Kinds of Phobias.

Symptoms of Phobias

Typical symptoms of phobias can include – Sweating, abnormal breathing, accelerated heartbeat, trembling, hot flushes or chills, a choking sensation, chest pains or tightness, dry mouth, confusion and disorientation, nausea, dizziness, headache and being preoccupied with the fear object.
They are common across the majority of phobias:
- - a sensation of uncontrollable anxiety when exposed to the source of fear
  - a feeling that the source of that fear must be avoided at all costs
  - not being able to function properly when exposed to the trigger
  - acknowledgment that the fear is irrational, unreasonable, and exaggerated, combined with an inability to control the feelings

Types of Phobias

Generally 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
  - Fears related to specific situations

List of Various Kinds of Phobias

The Following table describes us the List of Various Kinds of Phobias.

	Phobia	Description
1	Achluophobia	Fear of darkness
2	Acousticophobia	Fear of noise – a branch of phonophobia
3	Acrophobia	Fear of heights
4	Aerophobia	Fear of aircraft or flying
5	Agoraphobia	Fear of open places
6	Agyrophobia	Fear of crossing streets
7	Aichmophobia	Fear of sharp or pointed objects such as a needle or knife
8	Ailurophobia	Fear/dislike of cats, a zoophobia
9	Alektorophobia	Fear/dislike of chickens, a zoophobia
10	Algophobia	Fear of pain
11	Anatidaephobia	Fear/dislike of ducks, a zoophobia
12	Ancraophobia	Fear of wind or drafts
13	Androphobia	Fear of adult men
14	Apeirophobia	Excessive fear of infinity and the uncountable
15	Aphenphosmphobia	Fear of being touched
16	Aquaphobia	Fear of water. Distinct from hydrophobia, a scientific property that makes chemicals averse to interaction with water, as well as an archaic name for rabies.
17	Arachnophobia	Fear of spiders and other arachnids such as scorpions, a zoophobia
18	Astraphobia	Fear of thunder and lightning
19	Atelophobia	Fear of imperfection
20	Autophobia	Fear of isolation
21	Bacteriophobia	Fear of bacteria
22	Basophobia, basiphobia	Fear associated with astasia-abasia (fear of walking/standing erect) and a fear of falling
23	Bathmophobia	Fear of stairs or steep slopes
24	Batrachophobia	Fear/dislike of frogs and other amphibians, a zoophobia
25	Belonephobia	Fear of needles
26	Bibliophobia	Fear of books
27	Botanophobia	Fear of plants
28	Cacophobia, aschimophobia	Fear of ugliness
29	Carcinophobia	Fear of cancer
30	Catoptrophobia	Fear of mirrors
31	Chemophobia	Fear of chemicals
32	Cherophobia	Fear of happiness
33	Chiroptophobia	Fear/dislike of bats, a zoophobia
34	Chromophobia, chromatophobia	Fear of colors
35	Chronomentrophobia	Fear of clocks
36	Chronophobia	Fear of time and time moving forward
37	Cibophobia, sitophobia	Aversion to food, synonymous with anorexia nervosa
38	Claustrophobia	Fear of having no escape and being closed in
39	Coimetrophobia	Fear of cemeteries
40	Coprophobia	Fear of feces or defecation
41	Coulrophobia	Fear of clowns
42	Cyberphobia	Fear of computers
43	Cynophobia	Fear/dislike of dogs, a zoophobia
44	Dental fear, odontophobia	Fear of dentists and dental procedures
45	Dentophobia	Fear of dentists
46	Domatophobia	Fear of houses
47	Dysmorphophobia, body dysmorphic disorder	A phobic obsession with a real or imaginary body defect
48	Ecophobia	Fear of cataclysmic environmental change
49	Eisoptrophobia	Fear of mirrors or seeing one’s reflection in a mirror
50	Emetophobia	Fear of vomiting
51	Enochlophobia	Fear of crowds
52	Entomophobia	Fear/dislike of insects, a zoophobia
53	Ephebiphobia	Fear of youth; inaccurate, exaggerated and sensational characterization of young people
54	Equinophobia	Fear of horses
55	Ergophobia, ergasiophobia	Fear of work or functioning, or a surgeon’s fear of operating
56	Erotophobia	Fear of sexual love or sexual abuse
57	Erythrophobia, erytophobia, ereuthophobia	Fear of the color red, or fear of blushing
58	Eurotophobia	Aversion to female genitals
59	Frigophobia	Fear of becoming too cold
60	Gamophobia	Fear of marriage
61	Gelotophobia	Fear of being laughed at
62	Genophobia, coitophobia	Fear of sexual intercourse
63	Genuphobia	Fear of knees or the act of kneeling
64	Gephyrophobia	Fear of bridges
65	Gerascophobia	Fear of growing old or aging
66	Gerontophobia	Fear of growing old, or a hatred or fear of the elderly
67	Globophobia	Fear of balloons
68	Glossophobia	Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak
69	Gymnophobia	Fear of nudity
70	Gynophobia	Fear of adult women
71	Halitophobia	Fear of bad breath
72	Haphephobia	Fear of being touched
73	Hedonophobia	Fear of obtaining pleasure
74	Heliophobia	Fear of the sun or sunlight
75	Helminthophobia, scoleciphobia, vermiphobia	Fear of worms,a zoophobia
76	Hemophobia, haemophobia	Fear of blood
77	Heptadekaphobia, heptadecaphobia	Fear of the number 17
78	Herpetophobia	Fear/dislike of reptiles or amphibians, a zoophobia
79	Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia	Fear of the number 666
80	Hippophobia	Fear/dislike of horses, a zoophobia
81	Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia	Fear of long words
82	Hodophobia	Fear of travel
83	Hydrophobia	Fear of water, see aquaphobia
84	Hypnophobia, somniphobia	Fear of sleep or nightmares
85	Hypochondria	Fear of illness
86	Iatrophobia	Fear of doctors
87	Ichthyophobia	Fear of fish, including fear of eating fish, or fear of dead fish, a zoophobia
88	Insectophobia	Fear of insects
89	Koinoniphobia	Fear of rooms
90	Koumpounophobia	Fear of buttons on clothing
91	Lepidopterophobia	Fear of butterflies and moths
92	Leukophobia	Fear of the color white
93	Lilapsophobia	Fear of tornadoes or hurricanes
94	Mageirocophobia	Fear of cooking
95	Masklophobia	Fear of people in masks, costumes and mascots
96	Megalophobia	Fear of large things
97	Melanophobia	Fear of the color black
98	Melissophobia, apiphobia	Fear/dislike of bees, a zoophobia
99	Microphobia	Fear of small things
100	Monophobia	Fear of being alone or isolated or of one’s self
101	Musophobia, murophobia, suriphobia	Fear/dislike of mice or rats, a zoophobia
102	Myrmecophobia	Fear of ants
103	Mysophobia, germophobia	Fear of germs, contamination or dirt
104	Necrophobia	Fear of death or the dead
105	Neophobia, cainophobia, cainotophobia, centophobia, kainolophobia, kainophobia, metathesiophobia, prosophobia	Fear of newness, novelty, change or progress
106	Noctiphobia	Fear of the night
107	Nomophobia	Fear of being out of mobile phone contact
108	Nosocomephobia	Fear of hospitals
109	Nosophobia	Fear of contracting a disease
110	Nostophobia, ecophobia	Fear of returning home
111	Numerophobia	Fear of numbers
112	Nyctophobia, achluophobia, lygophobia, scotophobia	Fear of darkness
113	Obesophobia	Fear of gaining weight
114	Octophobia	Fear of the figure 8
115	Odontophobia	Dental fear
116	Oikophobia	Fear of home surroundings and household appliances
117	Ombrophobia	Fear of rain
118	Ommetaphobia	Fear of eyes
119	Oneirophobia	Fear of dreams
120	Ophidiophobia	Fear/dislike of snakes, a zoophobia
121	Ophthalmophobia	Fear of being stared at
122	Ornithophobia	Fear/dislike of birds, a zoophobia
123	Osmophobia, olfactophobia	Fear of odors
124	Ostraconophobia	Fear/dislike of shellfish, a zoophobia
125	Panphobia	Fear of everything or constant fear of an unknown cause
126	Papyrophobia	Fear of paper
127	Pathophobia	Fear of disease
128	Pedophobia, paedophobia, pediaphobia	Fear of babies and children
129	Phagophobia	Fear of swallowing
130	Phallophobia	Fear of erections
131	Pharmacophobia	Fear of medications
132	Phasmophobia	Fear of ghosts or phantoms
133	Philematophobia	Fear of kissing
134	Philophobia	Fear of love
135	Phobophobia	Fear of fear itself or of having a phobia
136	Phonophobia	Fear of loud sounds or voices
137	Podophobia	Fear of feet
138	Pogonophobia	Fear of beards
139	Porphyrophobia	Fear of the color purple
140	Pteromerhanophobia	Fear of flying
141	Pyrophobia	Fear of fire
142	Radiophobia	Fear of radioactivity or X-rays
143	Ranidaphobia	Fear/dislike of frogs, a zoophobia
144	Roller coaster phobia	Fear of roller coasters
145	Samhainophobia	Fear of Halloween
146	Scolionophobia	Fear of school
147	Scopophobia	Fear of being looked at or stared at
148	Selenophobia	Fear of the moon
149	Sexophobia	Fear of sexual organs or sexual activities
150	Siderodromophobia	Fear of trains or railroads
151	Social phobia	Fear of people or social situations
152	Somniphobia	Fear of sleep
153	Spectrophobia	Fear of mirrors
154	Stasiphobia	Fear of standing or walking
155	Tachophobia	Fear of speed
156	Taphophobia, taphephobia	Fear of graves, or fear of being placed in a grave while still alive
157	Technophobia	Fear of advanced technology (see also Luddite)
158	Telephone phobia	Fear or reluctance of making or taking telephone calls
159	Teratophobia	Fear of giving birth to a monster or a disfigured foetus
160	Tetraphobia	Fear of the number 4
161	Thalassophobia	Fear of the sea, or fear of being in the ocean
162	Thanatophobia	Fear of dying
163	Thermophobia	Fear of intolerance to high temperatures
164	Tokophobia	Fear of childbirth or pregnancy
165	Tomophobia	Fear of invasive medical procedure
166	Tonitrophobia	Fear of thunder
167	Toxiphobia	Fear of being poisoned
168	Traumatophobia	A synonym for injury phobia: fear of having an injury
169	Trichophobia	Delusional fear of something in the roots of the hair that stops it from growing, or fear of hair loss
170	Triskaidekaphobia, terdekaphobia	Fear of the number 13
171	Trypanophobia, belonephobia, enetophobia	Fear of needles or injections
172	Trypophobia	Fear of holes or textures with a pattern of holes
173	Venustraphobia	Fear of beautiful women
174	Vehophobia	Fear of driving
175	Verminophobia	Fear of germs
176	Wiccaphobia	Fear of witches and witchcraft
177	Workplace phobia	Fear of the workplace, a subset of ergophobia
178	Xanthophobia	Fear of the color yellow
179	Xenophobia	Fear of strangers or foreigners
180	Zoophobia	Fear of animals