| 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 |
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Thursday, June 2, 2011
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”
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