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Phobias A to Z
A phobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by an intense, irrational, and persistent fear of a specific object, situation, or activity. This fear often leads to avoidance behaviors and significant distress, even when the perceived threat poses little or no actual danger. Phobias can interfere with daily functioning and are typically categorized into specific phobias (e.g., fear of spiders or heights), social anxiety disorder (fear of social situations), and agoraphobia (fear of open or crowded spaces).
For diagnosis and treatment options, contact a mental health professional. Treatments vary. Common treatments include Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Exposure Therapy, Relaxation training and sometimes medication.
This post is for educational purposes and not for diagnosis or treatment.
A List of Phobias
A
Ablutophobia: Fear of bathing or washing
Achluophobia: Fear of darkness
Acrophobia: Fear of heights
Aerophobia: Fear of flying
Agoraphobia: Fear of open spaces or crowds
Aichmophobia: Fear of needles or pointed objects
Alethophobia: Fear of the facts or truth
Algophobia: Fear of pain
Amaxophobia: Fear of riding in a car
Androphobia: Fear of men
Anemophobia: Fear of air
Anginophobia: Fear of angina or choking
Angrophobia: Fear of anger
Anthrophobia: Fear of flowers
Anthropophobia: Fear of people
Apeirophobia: Fear of infinity or eternity
Aphenphosmphobia: Fear of being touched
Aquaphobia: Fear of water
Arachibutyrophobia: Fear of peanut butter
Arachnophobia: Fear of spiders
Arithmophobia: Fear of numbers
Astraphobia: Fear of thunder and lightning
Astrophobia: Fear of space (the universe)
Ataxophobia: Fear of disorder or an untidy setting
Atelophobia: Fear of imperfection
Athazagoraphobia: Fear of being forgotten, being ignored or replaced
Atychiphobia: Fear of failure
Automatonophobia: Fear of human-like figures
Autophobia: Fear of being alone
B
Bacteriophobia: Fear of bacteria
Barophobia: Fear of gravity
Batophobia: Fear of being in a very tall building
Bathmophobia: Fear of stairs or steep slopes
Batrachophobia: Fear of amphibians
Belonephobia: Fear of pins and needles
Bibliophobia: Fear of books
Bogyphobia: Fear of the supernatural
Botanophobia: Fear of plants
Bromidrophobia: Fear of smelling bad
Brumotactillophobia: Fear of food touching food
C
Cacophobia: Fear of ugliness
Carnophobia: Fear of meat
Catagelophobia: Fear of being ridiculed
Catoptrophobia: Fear of mirrors
Cellophobia: Fear of being unable to call someone
Chionophobia: Fear of snow
Chloephobia: Fear of newspapers (seeing, touching, smelling them)
Chrometophobia: Fear of spending money
Chromophobia: Fear of colors
Chronomentrophobia: Fear of clocks
Chronophobia: Fear of time
Chorophobia: Fear of dancing
Cibophobia: Fear of food possibly due to a traumatic experience such as choking or an allergic reaction
Claustrophobia: Fear of confined spaces
Cleithrophobia: Fear of being trapped
Climacophobia: Fear of climbing- often related to acrophobia
Coitophobia: Fear of sexual intercourse or sexual activity
Coulrophobia: Fear of clowns
Cyberphobia: Fear of computers
Cymophobia: Fear of waves such as ocean waves
Cynophobia: Fear of dogs
D
Daemonophobia: Fear of demons
Decidophobia: Fear of making decisions
Dementophobia: Fear of madness or insanity
Demophobia: Fear of crowds
Dendrophobia: Fear of trees
Dentophobia: Fear of dentists
Domatophobia: Fear of houses
Dysmorphophobia: Fear of deformity
Dystychiphobia: Fear of accidents
E
Ecclesiophobia: Fear of religious iconography or churches
Ecophobia: Fear of the home
Elurophobia: Fear of cats
Emetophobia: Fear of vomiting
Enochlophobia: Fear of crowds
Entomophobia: Fear of insects
Ephebiphobia: Fear of teenagers
Erotophobia: Fear of sex
Estigiophobia: Fear of hell
Equinophobia: Fear of horses
F
Frigophobia: Fear of cold or cold things
G
Gamophobia: Fear of marriage
Gephyrophobia: Fear of crossing bridges
Genophobia: Fear of sexual intercourse
Genuphobia: Fear of knees
Globophobia: Fear of balloons- especially popping (including seeing, touching, smelling them)
Glossophobia: Fear of speaking in public
Gnosiophobia: Fear of knowledge
Graphophobia: Fear of writing
Gynophobia: Fear of women
H
Hadephobia (also Stygiophobia): Fear of hell associated with religious punishment
Hagiophobia: Fear of religious saints
Hamartanophobia: Fear of sin
Haphephobia: Fear of touch
Heliophobia: Fear of the sun
Hemophobia: Fear of blood
Herpetophobia: Fear of reptiles
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia: Fear of the number 666
Hierophobia: Fear of priests
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia: Fear of long words
Hydrophobia: Fear of water
Hypochondria: Fear of illness
I
Iatrophobia: Fear of doctors
Ichthyophobia: Fear of fish
Ideophobia: Fear of ideas or reason
Insectophobia: Fear of insects
K
Kenophobia: Fear of empty spaces also called horror vacui (Latin)
Kinesophobia: Fear of movement of being too active
Kleptophobia: Fear of being robbed or stealing
Koinophobia: Fear of having a common or ordinary, insignificant life
Koinoniphobia: Fear of rooms full of people
Koumpounophobia: Fear of buttons
L
Lethophobia: Fear of oblivion
Leukophobia: Fear of the color white
Lilapsophobia: Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes
Lockiophobia: Fear of childbirth
Logophobia: Fear of words or speech
Lygophobia: Fear of darkness
M
Mageirocophobia: Fear of cooking
Megalophobia: Fear of large things
Maieusiophobia: Fear of childbirthMelanophobia: Fear of the color black
Microphobia: Fear of small things
Motorphobia (also Ochophobia): Fear of cars-including thinking about or being near cars
Musophobia: Fear of mice or rats
Mysophobia: Fear of dirt and germs
N
Necrophobia: Fear of death or dead things
Neophobia: Fear of new experiences or things
Noctiphobia: Fear of the night
Nomophobia: Fear of being without your mobile phone
Nosocomephobia: Fear of hospitals
Nosophobia: Fear of disease- especially life-threatening
Numerophobia: Fear of numbers
Nyctophobia: Fear of the dark
O
Obesophobia: Fear of gaining weight
Ochophobia: Fear of cars-including thinking about or being near cars (also motorphobia)
Octophobia: Fear of the figure 8
Ombrophobia: Fear of rain
Ommetaphobia: Fear of eyes
Omniphobia: Fear of vague or unidentified evil
Ophidiophobia: Fear of snakes
Ornithophobia: Fear of birds
Osmophobia: Fear of smells
Ostraconophobia: Fear of shellfish
P
Panphobia: Fear of vague or unidentified evil
Pantophobia: Fear of an unknown evil
Papyrophobia: Fear of paper
Paraphobia: Fear of sexual perversion
Parturiphobia: Fear of childbirth
Pathophobia: Fear of disease
Pediophobia: Fear of dolls and similar figures
Pedophobia: Fear of children
Pendulaphobia: Fear of swinging objects like a pendulum
Pentaphobia: Fear of the number 5
Peniaphobia: Fear of poverty
Phasmophobia: Fear of ghosts
Philematophobia: Fear of kissing
Philophobia: Fear of love
Pittakionophobia: Fear of sticky labels or stickers
Phobophobia: Fear of phobias
Plutophobia: Fear of wealth
Podophobia: Fear of feet
Porphyrophobia: Fear of the color purple
Pteridophobia: Fear of ferns
Pteromerhanophobia: Fear of flying
Pyrophobia: Fear of fire
Q
Quintaphobia: Fear of the number five.
R
Radiophobia: Fear of radiation or X-rays
Religiophobia: Fear of religion or religious people and organizations
S
Sacrophobia: Fear of sacred objects
Samhainophobia: Fear of Halloween
Satanophobia: Fear of the devil or Satan
Sesquipedalophobia: Fear of long words
Scolionophobia: Fear of school
Scoptophobia: Fear of being stared at
Selenophobia: Fear of the moon
Siderodromophobia: Fear of trains
Sociophobia: Fear of social evaluation
Somniphobia: Fear of sleep
Stavrophobia: Fear of the sign of the Christian cross
Stygiophobia: Fear of hell associated with religious punishment (also hadephobia)
T
Tachophobia: Fear of speed
Taphophobia: Fear of being buried alive.
Technophobia: Fear of technology
Telephobia: Fear of phone calls (calling or receiving)
Teraphobia: Fear of monsters
Thalassophobia: Fear of large bodies of water or drowning
Theophobia: Fear of God or religion
Trichophobia: Fear of hair
Tokophobia: Fear of pregnancy and childbirth
Tomophobia: Fear of a medical procedure
Tonitrophobia: Fear of thunder
Trichopathophobia: Fear of hair disease
Trypanophobia: Fear of needles/injections
Trypophobia: Fear of holes
U
Uranophobia: Fear of heaven or the sky
V
Venustraphobia: Fear of beautiful women
Verminophobia: Fear of germs
Vestiphobia: Fear of clothing
W
Wiccaphobia: Fear of witches and witchcraft
X
Xanthophobia: Fear of the color yellow
Xenophobia: Fear of strangers or foreigners
Y
Yenophobia: Fear of the color yellow
Z
Zoophobia: Fear of animals
Zuigerphobia: Fear of vacuum cleaners including seeing and hearing them
References
Winerman, L. (2005). Figuring out phobia. Monitor on Psychology, 36(7), 96. This article explores the neurobiological underpinnings of phobias and their treatment. Retrieved from APA.
Curtis, G., Magee, W. J., Eaton, W. W., Wittchen, H.-U., & Kessler, R. C. (1998). Specific fears and phobias: Epidemiology and classification. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 173(3), 212-217. This study evaluates the prevalence and classification of specific phobias. Retrieved from Cambridge Core.
Milliner, E. L., & Farrell, L. J. (2014). Intensive cognitive-behavioral treatment for specific phobia in children and adolescents. Psychopathology Review, 1(1), 175-181. This review examines cognitive-behavioral treatments for childhood phobias. Retrieved from SAGE Journals.
Post Author
Geoffrey W. Sutton, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Evangel University, holds a master’s degree in counseling and a PhD in psychology from the University of Missouri-Columbia. His postdoctoral work encompassed education and supervision in forensic and neuropsychology. As a licensed psychologist, he conducted clinical and neuropsychological evaluations and provided psychotherapy for patients in various settings, including schools, hospitals, and private offices. During his tenure as a professor, Dr. Sutton taught courses on psychotherapy, assessment, and research. He has authored over one hundred publications, including books, book chapters, and articles in peer-reviewed psychology journals. His website is https://suttong.com
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