List of Phobias
| Name of the Phobia | Causes of the Phobia |
|---|---|
| Ablutophobia | Fear of bathing, washing, or cleaning |
| Achluophobia | Fear of darkness |
| Acrophobia | Fear of heights |
| Agoraphobia, agoraphobia without history of panic disorder | Fear of places or events where escape is impossible or when help is unavailable. Fear of open spaces or of being in public places. Fear of leaving a safe place |
| Agraphobia | Fear of sexual abuse |
| Agrizoophobia | Fear of wild animals |
| Agyrophobia | Fear of crossing the road |
| Aichmophobia | Fear of sharp or pointed objects ( such as a needle or knife ) |
| Ailurophobia | Fear of cats |
| Algophobia | Fear of pain |
| Amychophobia | Fear of being scratched |
| Androphobia | Fear of men |
| Name of the Phobia | Causes of the Phobia |
|---|---|
| Anthophobia | Fear of flowers |
| Anthropophobia | Fear of people or the company of people, a form of social phobia |
| 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 |
| Arachnophobia | Fear of spiders |
| Astraphobia | Fear of thunder and lightning |
| Atychiphobia | Fear of failure |
| Autophobia | Fear of being alone or isolated or of one's self |
| Automatonophobia | Fear of anything that falsely represents a sentient being |
| Aviophobia, aviatophobia | Fear of flying |
| Bathophobia | Fear of depth |
| Bibliophobia | Fear of books |
| Bacteriophobia | Fear of bacteria. |
| Brontophobia | Fear of Thunder and Lightning |
| Name of the Phobia | Causes of the Phobia |
|---|---|
| Chaetophobia | Fear of hair |
| Chemophobia | Fear of chemicals |
| Chiroptophobia | Fear of bats |
| Chromophobia | Fear of bright colors |
| Chronophobia | Fear of time and time moving forward |
| Cibophobia, sitophobia | Aversion to food, synonymous to anorexia nervosa |
| Claustrophobia | Fear of having no escape and being closed in |
| Coulrophobia | Fear of clowns ( not restricted to evil clowns ) |
| Cyberphobia | Fear of or aversion to computers and of learning new technologies |
| Decidophobia | Fear of making decisions |
| Dentophobia, odontophobia | Fear of dentists and dental procedures |
| Disposophobia | Fear of getting rid of or losing things – sometimes wrongly defined as compulsive hoarding |
| Dysmorphophobia, or body dysmorphic disorder | a phobic obsession with a real or imaginary body defect |
| Emetophobia | Fear of vomiting |
| Ergasiophobia | Fear of work or functioning, or a surgeon's Fear of operating |
| Ergophobia | Fear of work or functioning |
| Erotophobia | Fear of sexual love or sexual abuse |
| Erythrophobia | Pathological blushing |
| Friggatriskaidekaphobia, paraskavedekatriaphobia, paraskevidekatriaphobia | Fear of Friday the 13th |
| Frigophobia | Fear of becoming too cold |
| Gamophobia | Fear of marriage, commitment |
| Gelotophobia | Fear of being laughed at |
| Gephyrophobia | Fear of bridges |
| Genophobia, coitophobia | Fear of sexual intercourse |
| Gerascophobia | Fear of growing old or aging |
| Gerontophobia | Fear of growing old, or a hatred or Fear of the elderly |
| Globophobia | Fear of balloons, or balloons popping, a branch of phonophobia |
| Glossophobia | Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak |
| Gymnophobia | Fear of nudity |
| Gynophobia | Fear of women |
| Hadephobia, stigiophobia, stygiophobia | Fear of Hell |
| Halitophobia | Fear of bad breath |
| Haphephobia | Fear of being touched |
| Heliophobia | Fear of sunlight |
| Hemophobia, haemophobia | Fear of blood |
| Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia | Fear of the number 666 |
| Hoplophobia | Fear of weapons, specifically firearms ( generally a political term but the clinical phobia is also documented ) |
| Hylophobia | Fear of trees, forests or wood |
| Hypnophobia, somniphobia | Fear of sleep |
| Name of the Phobia | Causes of the Phobia |
|---|---|
| Ichthyophobia | Fear of fish, including Fear of eating fish, or Fear of dead fish |
| Ipovlopsychophobia | Fear of having one’s photograph taken |
| Lipophobia | Fear or avoidance of fats in food |
| Melissophobia | Fear of bees |
| Musophobia, murophobia, suriphobia | Fear of mice and / or rats |
| Myrmecophobia | Fear of ants |
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| Mysophobia | Fear of germs, contamination or dirt |
| Necrophobia | Fear of death and / or the dead |
| Neophobia, cainophobia, cainotophobia, centophobia, kainolophobia, kainophobia | Fear of newness, novelty |
| Nomophobia | Fear of being out of mobile phone contact |
| Nosocomephobia | Fear of hospitals |
| Nosophobia | Fear of contracting a disease |
| Nyctophobia, achluophobia, lygophobia, scotophobia | Fear of darkness |
| Obesophobia | Fear of obesity |
| Oikophobia | Fear of home surroundings and household appliances |
| Ombrophobia | Fear of rain |
| Omphalophobia | Fear of navels |
| Ophthalmophobia | Fear of being stared at |
| Ornithophobia | Fear of birds |
| Osmophobia, olfactophobia | Fear of bad odours |
| Panphobia | Fear of everything or constant Fear of an unknown cause |
| Papaphobia | Fear of the Pope |
| Pediophobia | Fear of dolls ( a branch of automatonophobia: Fear of humanoid figures ) |
| Phagophobia | Fear of swallowing |
| Pharmacophobia | Fear of medications |
| Philophobia | Fear of love |
| Phobophobia | Fear of having a phobia or of Fear |
| Phonophobia | Fear of loud sounds |
| Pogonophobia | Fear of beards |
| Pyrophobia | Fear of fire |
| Radiophobia | Fear of radioactivity or X - rays |
| Sesquipedalophobia | Fear of long words |
| Scopophobia | Fear of being looked at or stared at |
| Sociophobia | Fear of people or social situations |
| Somniphobia | Fear of sleep |
| Spectrophobia | Fear of ghosts and phantoms |
| Stygiophobia | Fear of Hell |
| Name of the Phobia | Causes of the Phobia |
|---|---|
| Taphophobia, taphephobia | Fear of the grave, or Fear of being placed in a grave while still alive |
| Technophobia | Fear of technology ( see also Luddite ) |
| Telephone phobia | Fear or reluctance of making or taking telephone calls |
| Tetraphobia | Fear of the number 4 |
| Thalassophobia | Fear of the sea, or Fear of being in the ocean |
| Thanatophobia | Fear of dying |
| Thermophobia | Fear of heat |
| Tokophobia | Fear of childbirth or pregnancy |
| Traumatophobia | a synonym for injury phobia: Fear of having an injury |
| Triskaidekaphobia, terdekaphobia | Fear of the number 13 |
| Trypanophobia, belonephobia, enetophobia | Fear of needles or injections |
| Trypophobia | Fear of holes |
| Turophobia | Fear of cheese |
| Uranophobia, ouranophobia | Fear of Heaven |
| Workplace phobia | Fear of the workplace |
| Xanthophobia | Fear of the yellow colour |
| Xenophobia | Fear of strangers, foreigners, or aliens |
| Xylophobia, hylophobia, ylophobia | Fear of trees, forests or wood |
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