Different Types of Phobias

Phobia is  an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations; “phobic disorder is a general term for all phobias”

Phobia	Description
Acrophobia, Altophobia	Fear of heights
Agoraphobia	Fear of a place or event where escape is impossible or when help is unavailable
Ailurophobia	Fear of cats
Algophobia	Fear of pain
Amaxophobia	Fear of vehicles, driving
Androphobia	Fear of males
Anthropomorphobia	Fear or dislike of anthropomorphic traits
Apiphobia, Melissophobia	Fear of bees
Aquaphobia, Hydrophobia	Fear of water
Arachnophobia	Fear of spiders
Astraphobia, Astrapophobia, Brontophobia, Keraunophobia	Fear of thunder, lightning and storms; especially common in young children
Autophobia, Monophobia	Fear of being alone
Aviophobia, Aviatophobia	Fear of flying
Bacillophobia, Bacteriophobia, Microbiophobia	Fear of microbes and bacteria
Batrachophobia	Fear of frogs, amphibians
Biphobia	Fear of bisexuals
Blennophobia	Fear of slime
Bovophobia	Fear of cattle
Carcinophobia	Fear of cancer
Chiroptophobia	Fear of bats
Cibophobia,Sitophobia	Aversion to food
Claustrophobia	Fear of confined spaces
Clinophobia	Fear of going to bed or falling asleep
Coulrophobia	Fear of clowns
Cynophobia	Fear of dogs
Dental phobia, Dentophobia, Odontophobia	Fear of dentists and dental procedures
Dementophobia	Fear of insanity
Dromophobia	Fear of crossing streets
Dysmorphophobia, or body dysmorphic disorder	A phobic obsession with a real or imaginary body defect
Emetophobia	Fear of vomiting
Entomophobia	Fear of insects
Ephebophobia	Fear of youth or adolescents
Equinophobia, Hippophobia	Fear of horses
Ergasiophobia, Ergophobia	Fear of work or functioning, or a surgeon’s fear of operating
Erotophobia	Fear of sexual love or sexual questions
Erythrophobia	Pathological blushing
Genophobia, Coitophobia	Fear of sexual intercourse
Gephyrophobia	Fear of crossing bridges
Gerontophobia	Fear of growing old or a hatred of old people
Glossophobia	Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak
Gymnophobia, Nudophobia	Fear of nudity
Heliophobia	Fear of sunlight
Hemophobia, Haemophobia	Fear of blood
Herpetophobia	Fear of reptiles
Heterophobia	Fear/dislike of heterosexuals
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia	Fear of the number 666
Homilophobia	Fear of sermons
Homophobia	Fear, dislike, or hatred of homosexual people
Hoplophobia	Fear of firearms (guns)
Hydrophobia	Fear of water
Lalophobia, Laliophobia	Fear of speaking
Ligyrophobia	Fear of loud noises
Linonophobia	Fear of string
Islamophobia	Fear-induced prejudice against Muslims or Islamic culture
Musophobia	Fear of mice and/or rats
Mysophobia	Fear of germs, contamination or dirt
Necrophobia, Thanatophobia	Fear of death, the dead
Neophobia, Cainophobia, Cainotophobia, Cenophobia, Centophobia, Kainolophobia, Kainophobia	Fear of newness, novelty
Nosophobia	Fear of contracting a disease
Numerophobia	Fear of numbers
Nyctophobia, Achluophobia, Lygophobia, Scotophobia	Fear of darkness
Ochlophobia	Fear of crowds
Ophidiophobia	Fear of snakes
Ornithophobia	Fear of birds
Osmophobia, Olfactophobia	Fear of smells
Paraskavedekatriaphobia, Paraskevidekatriaphobia, Friggatriskaidekaphobia	Fear of Friday the 13th
Panphobia	Fear of everything or constantly afraid without knowing what is causing it
Phasmophobia	Faer of ghosts
Phobophobia	Fear of phobias
Photophobia	Hypersensitivity to light causing aversion to light
Phonophobia	Hypersensitivity to sound causing aversion to sounds
Pnigophobia	Fear of choking
Pogonophobia	Faer of beards
Pyrophobia	Fear of fire
Radiophobia	Fear of radiation or X-rays
Siderodromophobia	Fear of trains
Sociophobia	Fear/dislike of society or people in general
Taphophobia	Fear of the grave, or fear of being placed in a grave while still alive
Technophobia	Fear of technology
Tokophobia	Fear of childbirth
Transphobia	Fear or dislike of transgender or transsexual people
Trichophobia	Fear of hair
Triskaidekaphobia, Terdekaphobia	Fear of the number 13
Trypanophobia, Aichmophobia, Belonephobia, Enetophobia	Fear of needles, injections or of pointed objects
Xenophobia	Fear or dislike of strangers or the unknown
Zoophobia	Fear of animals