List of Phobias
Name of the Phobia | Causes of the Phobia |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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