What is your phobia?

Phobia is an abnormal, intense and persistent fear of certain situations, activities, things, or people. They are the most common form of anxiety.  Generally, phobias are developed from past traumatic events and experiences. It is also believed that heredity and genetics also play a major role in the development of phobias. It is quite natural to have a phobia. As for such, I am claustrophobic, meaning I am scared of small spaces. And I found out what more I am scared of! Dementophobia: scared of insanity,  Apeirophobia: fear of infinity, Taphephobia: fear of being buried alive! :s

So, find out: What is your phobia?

Health and Anatomy

A

Aeronausiphobia – Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness.

Aerophobia – Fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airborne noxious substances.

Albuminurophobia – Fear of kidney disease.

Amnesiphobia – Fear of amnesia.

Anginophobia – Fear of angina or choking.

Ankylophobia – Fear of immobility of a joint.

Apotemnophobia – Fear of persons with amputations.

Ataxiophobia – Fear of ataxia (muscular in coordination)

B

Bacillophobia, Microbiophobia – Fear of microbes.

Bacteriophobia – Fear of bacteria.

C

Cancerophobia, Carcinophobia – Fear of cancer.

Cardiophobia – Fear of the heart.

Chaetophobia, Hypertrichophobia, Trichopathophobia, Trichophobia – Fear of hair.

Cholerophobia – Fear of anger or the fear of cholera.

Coitophobia – Fear of coitus.

Coprastasophobia – Fear of constipation.

Coprophobia – Fear of feces.

Cyprianophobia, Cypridophobia, Cyprinophobia, Cypriphobia – Fear of prostitutes or venereal disease.

D

Defecaloesiphobia – Fear of painful bowels movements.

Dematophobia – Fear of skin lesions.

Dementophobia, Maniaphobia – Fear of insanity.

Dermatophathophobia, Dermatophobia, Dermatosiophobia – Fear of skin disease.

Diabetophobia – Fear of diabetes.

Diplophobia – Fear of double vision.

Dysmorphophobia – Fear of deformity.

E

Emetophobia – Fear of vomiting.

Epistaxiophobia – Fear of nosebleeds.

Eurotophobia, Kolpophobia – Fear of female genitalia.

F – G

Febriphobia, Fibriophobia, Fibriphobia, Pyrexiophobia – Fear of fever.

Geniophobia – Fear of chins.

Genuphobia – Fear of knees.

Genophobia – Fear of sex.

H

Hemaphobia, Hematophobia, Hemophobia – Fear of blood.

Hylephobia – Fear of materialism or the fear of epilepsy.

Hydrargyophobia – Fear of mercurial medicines.

Hydrophobophobia, Kynophobia – Fear of rabies.

I – K

Iophobia, Toxiphobia, Toxophobia, Toxicophobia – Fear of poison or being poisoned.

Kinesophobia, Kinetophobia, Kleptophobia – Fear of movement or motion.

L

Lepraphobia, Leprophobia – Fear of leprosy.

Lockiophobia, Maieusiophobia, Parturiphobia – Fear of childbirth.

Luiphobia – Fear of lues, syphilis.

Lysssophobia – Fear of rabies or of becoming mad.

M

Malaxophobia, Sarmassophobia – Fear of love play.

Meningitiophobia – Fear of brain disease.

Monopathophobia – Fear of definite disease.

Monophobia – Fear of menstruation.

N

Necrophobia – Fear of death or dead things.

Neopharmaphobia – Fear of new drugs.

Nosemaphobia, Nosophobia – Fear of becoming ill.

Nosocomephobia – Fear of hospitals.

O

Odontophobia – Fear of teeth or dental surgery.

Ommatophobia, Ommetaphobia – Fear of eyes.

P

Panthophobia – Fear of suffering and disease.

Pathophobia – Fear of disease.

Patroiophobia – Fear of heredity.

Pellagrophobia – Fear of pellagra.

Pharmacophobia – Fear of taking medicine.

Pharmacophobia – Fear of drugs.

Phthisiophobia, Tuberculophobia – Fear of tuberculosis.

Podophobia – Fear of feet.

Pogonophobia – Fear of beards.

Poliosophobia – Fear of contracting poliomyelitis.

Proctophobia – Fear or rectum.

Psychophobia – Fear of mind.

R

Radiophobia – Fear of radiation, x-rays.

Rectophobia – Fear of rectum or rectal diseases

Rhypophobia – Fear of defecation.

Rhytiphobia – Fear of getting wrinkles.

S

Scabiophobia – Fear of scabies.

Scatophobia – Fear of fecal matter.

Scotomaphobia – Fear of blindness in visual field.

Seplophobia – Fear of decaying matter.

Syphilophobia – Fear of syphilis.

T

Tetanophobia – Fear of lockjaw, tetanus.

Thanatophobia, Thantophobia – Fear of death or dying

Tocophobia – Fear of pregnancy or childbirth.

Tomophobia – Fear of surgical operations.

Traumatophobia – Fear of injury.

Trichinophobia – Fear of trichinosis.

Trypanophobia – Fear of injections.

U – V

Urophobia – Fear of urine or urinating.

Vaccinophobia – Fear of vaccination.

Animal and Plant Phobias

A

Agrizoophobia – Fear of wild animals.

Ailurophobia, Elurophobia, Felinophobia, Galeophobia  – Fear of cats.

Alektorophobia – Fear of chickens.

Anthophobia, Anthrophobia – Fear of flowers.

Apiphobia, Melissophobia – Fear of bees.

Arachnephobia, Arachnophobia – Fear of spiders.

B

Batonophobia , Botanophobia – Fear of plants.

Batrachophobia – Fear of amphibians.

Bufonophobia – Fear of toads.

C

Chiroptophobia – Fear of bats.

Cynophobia – Fear of dogs.

D

Dendrophobia – Fear of trees.

Doraphobia – Fear of fur or skins of animals.

E

Entomophobia, Insectophobia – Fear of insects.

Equinophobia, Hippophobia – Fear of horses.

H

Helminthophobia – Fear of being infested with worms.

Herpetophobia – Fear of reptiles.

I

Ichthyophobia – Fear of fish.

Isopterophobia – Fear of termites, insects that eat wood.

K

Lachanophobia – Fear of vegetables.

Lutraphobia – Fear of otters.

M

Mottophobia – Fear of moths.

Murophobia, Musophobia, Suriphobia  – Fear of mice.

Mycophobia – Fear or aversion to mushrooms.

Myrmecophobia – Fear of ants.

O

Ophidiophobia, Snakephobia – Fear of snakes.

Ornithophobia – Fear of birds.

Ostraconophobia – Fear of shellfish.

P

Parasitophobia – Fear of parasites.

Pediculophobia, Phthiriophobia – Fear of lice.

Pteridophobia – Fear of ferns.

R – S

Ranidaphobia – Fear of frogs.

Scoleciphobia – Fear of worms.

Selachophobia – Fear of sharks.

Spheksophobia – Fear of wasps.

T – Z

Taeniophobia, Teniophobia – Fear of tapeworms.

Taurophobia – Fear of bulls.

Zemmiphobia – Fear of the great mole rat.

Zoophobia – Fear of animals.

Senses

A

Acarophobia – Fear of itching, or insects that cause itching.

Acerophobia – Fear of sourness.

Acousticophobia – Fear of noise.

Agliophobia, Algophobia, Odynephobia, Odynophobia  - Fear of pain

Amychophobia – Fear of scratches or being scratched.

Angrophobia – Fear of becoming angry.

Aphenphosmphobia, Chiraptophobia, Haphephobia, Haptephobia – Fear of being touched.

Autodysomophobia – Fear that one has a vile odor.

Automysophobia – Fear of being dirty.

B – C

Bromidrophobia, Bromidrosiphobia – Fear of body smells.

Cheimaphobia, Cheimatophobia, Psychrophobia  – Fear of cold.

Cherophobia – Fear of gaiety.

Chromophobia – Fear of colors.

D – E

Dinophobia – Fear of dizziness or whirlpools.

Ereuthrophobia – Fear of blushing.

G

Geumaphobia, Geumophobia – Fear of taste.

Glossophobia – Fear of speaking in public.

H

Hedonophobia – Fear of feeling pleasure.

Hormephobia – Fear of shock.

Hynophobia – Fear of sleep or of being hypnotized.

K

Kopophobia – Fear of fatigue.

Kyphophobia – Fear of stooping.

L

Laliophobia, Lalophobia – Fear of speaking.

Ligyrophobia – Fear of loud noises.

M – O

Melanophobia – Fear of the color black.

Olfactophobia, Osmophobia, Osphesiophobia  – Fear of smells.

Onomatophobia – Fear of hearing a certain word or names.

Opthalmophobia, Scopophobia, Scoptophobia – Fear of being stared at.

P

Phagophobia – Fear of swallowing or eating or of being eaten.

Phonophobia – Fear of noises or voices or one’s own voice; of telephones.

Phronemophobia – Fear of thinking.

Pnigerophobia, Pnigophobia – Fear of choking or of being smothered.

Porphyrophobia – Fear of the color purple.

Psellismophobia – Fear of stuttering.

Pteronophobia – Fear of being tickled by feathers.

S – Z

Selaphobia – Fear of light flashes.

Xanthophobia – Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow.

Xerophobia – Fear of dryness.

Zelophobia – Fear of jealousy.

Inanimate Objects

A

Aichmophobia – Fear of needles or pointed objects.

Aulophobia – Fear of flutes.

Aurophobia – Fear of gold.

B

Balenephobia, Belonephobia, Enetophobia – Fear of pins and needles.

Ballistophobia – Fear of missles or bullets.

Bibliophobia – Fear of books.

Blennophobia, Myxophobia – Fear of slime.

C

Catoptrophobia – Fear of mirrors.

Chrematophobia – Fear of money.

Chronomentrophobia – Fear of clocks.

Cnidophobia, Linonophobia – Fear of strings.

Crystallophobia, Hyelophobia, Nelophobia  – Fear of crystals or glass.

Cyberphobia, Logizomechanophobia – Fear of computers.

Cyclophobia – Fear of bicycles.

D

Dextrophobia – Fear of objects at the right side of the body.

Domatophobia – Fear of houses.

E

Eisoptrophobia – Fear of mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror.

Ereuthophobia – Fear of red-light.

K – M

Koinoniphobia – Fear of rooms.

Mechanophobia – Fear of machines.

Megalophobia – Fear of large things.

Metallophobia – Fear of metal.

Microphobia – Fear of small things.

Motorphobia – Fear of automobiles.

Mycrophobia – Fear of small things.

N – P

Nucleomituphobia – Fear of nuclear weapons.

Orthophobia – Fear of property.

Papyrophobia – Fear of paper.

Pediophobia – Fear of dolls.

Placophobia – Fear of tombstones.

Pupaphobia – Fear of puppets.

R – S

Rhabdophobia  – Fear of magic wand.

Scoionophobia – Fear of school.

Staurophobia – Fear of crosses or the crucifix.

T

Telephonophobia – Fear of telephones.

Textophobia – Fear of certain fabrics.

Theatrophobia – Fear of theaters.

V-X

Vestiphobia – Fear of clothing.

Xylophobia – Fear of wooden objects.

Prejudices and discrimination

Androphobia, Arrhenophobia, Hominophobia – Fear of men.

Anthropophobia – Fear of people or society.

Bogyphobia – Fear of bogies or the bogeyman.

Caligynephobia, Venustraphobia – Fear of beautiful women.

Coulrophobia – Fear of clowns.

Dentophobia – Fear of dentists.

Ephebiphobia – Fear of teenagers/youth.

Gynephobia, Gynophobia – Fear of women.

Harpaxophobia – Fear of robbers.

Hobophobia – Fear of bums or beggars.

Homophobia – Fear of sameness, monotony or of homosexuality or of becoming homosexual.

Iatrophobia – Fear of doctors.

Judeophobia – Fear of Jews.

Lesbophobia – Fear of lesbian women.

Novercaphobia – Fear of your step-mother.

Parthenophobia – Fear of virgins or young girls.

Pedophobia – Fear of children.

Peladophobia – Fear of bald people.

Pentheraphobia – Fear of mother-in-law.

Politicophobia – Fear or abnormal dislike of politicians.

Scelerophobia – Fear of bad men, burglars.

Soceraphobia – Fear of parents-in-law.

Sociophobia – Fear of society or people in general.

Syngenesophobia – Fear of relatives.

Teratophobia – Fear of bearing a deformed child or fear of monsters or deformed people.

Tyrannophobia – Fear of tyrants.

Vitricophobia – Fear of step-father.

Wiccaphobia – Fear of witches and witchcraft.

Xenophobia – Fear of strangers or foreigners.

Religion

Daemonophobia, Demonophobia – Fear of demons.

Ecclesiophobia – Fear of church.

Hadephobia, Stigiophobia, Stygiophobia – Fear of hell.

Hagiophobia – Fear of saints or holy things.

Hierophobia – Fear of priest or sacred things.

Homilophobia – Fear of sermons.

Ouranophobia, Uranophobia – Fear of heaven.

Papaphobia – Fear of the Pope.

Phasmophobia, Spectrophobia – Fear of specters or ghosts.

Pneumatiphobia – Fear of spirits.

Satanophobia – Fear of Satin.

Theophobia – Fear of gods or religion.

Theologicophobia – Fear of theology.

Zeusophobia – Fear of God or gods.

Food and Drink

Alliumphobia – Fear of garlic.

Carnophobia – Fear of meat.

Cibophobia, Sitiophobia, Sitophobia – Fear of food.

Methyphobia, Potophobia – Fear of alcohol.

Oenophobia – Fear of wines.

Travel

Agyrophobia, Dromophobia – Fear of streets or crossing the street.

Amaxophobia – Fear of riding in a car.

Ambulophobia – Fear of walking.

Aviatophobia, Aviophobia , Pteromerhanophobia – Fear of flying.

Basiphobia, Basophobia – Inability to stand. Fear of walking or falling.

Diderodromophobia – Fear of trains, railroads or train travel.

Gephydrophobia, Gephyrophobia, Gephysrophobia – Fear of crossing bridges.

Hodophobia – Fear of road travel.

Ochophobia – Fear of vehicles.

Situations

A

Achluophobia, Lygophobia, Myctophobia, Scotophobia – Fear of darkness.

Acrophobia, Altophobia, Batophobia, Hypsiphobia – Fear of heights.

Aeroacrophobia – Fear of open high places.

Agoraphobia – Fear of open spaces, crowds or leaving a safe place.

Agraphobia, Contreltophobia – Fear of sexual abuse.

Anablephobia – Fear of looking up.

Athazagoraphobia – Fear of being forgotten or ignored.

Atomosophobia – Fear of atomic explosions.

Autophobia, Isolophobia, Monophobia – Fear of being alone.

B – C

Bathophobia – Fear of depth.

Barophobia – Fear of gravity.

Cathisophobia, Kathisophobia, Thaasophobia – Fear of sitting.

Claustrophobia – Fear of confined spaces.

Cleisiophobia, Cleithrophobia – Fear of being locked in an enclosed place.

Cleithrophobia, Clithrophobia – Fear of being enclosed.

Cleptophobia – Fear of stealing.

Climacophobia – Fear of stairs, climbing or of falling downstairs.

Clinophobia – Fear of going to bed.

Chorophobia – Fear of dancing.

Counterphobia – The preference by a phobic for fearful situations.

D

Decidophobia – Fear of making decisions.

Deipnophobia – Fear of dining and dinner conversation.

Demophobia, Enochlophobia, Ochlophobia – Fear of crowds.

Didaskaleinophobia – Fear of going to school.

Dipsophobia – Fear drinking.

Dishabiliophobia – Fear of undressing in front of someone.

E

Eosophobia, Phengophobia – Fear of dawn or daylight.

Eremophobia – Fear of being oneself or of loneliness.

Ergasiophobia, Ergophobia – Fear of work or functioning.

Euphobia – Fear of hearing good news.

M

Merinthophobia – Fear of being bound or tied up.

Misophobia, Molysmophobia, Molysomophobia, Mysophobia  – Fear of being contaminated with dirt or germs.

Mythophobia – Fear of myths or stories or false statements.

N

Noctiphobia – Fear of the night.

Nostophobia – Fear of returning home.

Nyctophobia – Fear of the dark or of the night.

O – S

Obesophobia, Pocrescophobia, Pocresophobia – Fear of gaining weight.

Optophobia – Fear of opening one’s eyes.

Rhabdophobia – Fear of being severely punished or beaten by a rod, or of being severely criticized.

Social Phobia – Fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations.

Stasibasiphobia, Stasiphobia – Fear of standing or walking.

T

Taphephobia, Taphophobia – Fear of being buried alive.

Tapinophobia – Fear of being contagious.

Testaphobia – Fear of taking test.

Topophobia – Fear of certain places or situations, such as stage fright.

Tropophobia – Fear of moving or making changes.

Enviroment

A

Ancraophobia, Anemophobia  – Fear of wind.

Antlophobia – Fear of floods.

Arsonphobia, Pyrophobia  – Fear of fire.

Astraphobia,Brontophobia, Ceraunophobia, Keraunophobia, Tonitrophobia – Fear of thunder and lightning.

Astrophobia – Fear of stars and celestial space.

C

Chionophobia – Fear of snow.

Cometophobia – Fear of comets.

Cremnophobia – Fear of precipices.

Cryophobia – Fear of extreme cold, ice or frost.

Cymophobia, Kymophobia – Fear of waves or wave like motions.

H

Heliophobia – Fear of the sun.

Homichlophobia, Nebulaphobia – Fear of fog.

Hygrophobia – Fear of liquids, dampness, or moisture.

Hydrophobia – Fear of water.

Hylophobia – Fear of forests.

K – M

Kosmikophobi – Fear of cosmic phenomenon.

Lilapsophobia – Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes.

Limnophobia – Fear of lakes.

Meterorophobia – Fear of Meteors.

Nephophobia – Fear of clouds.

Nyctohlophobia – Fear of dark wooded areas, of forest at night.

O – P

Ombrophobia, Pluviophobia – Fear of rain or being rained on.

Pagophobia – Fear of ice or frost.

Photoaugliaphobia – Fear of glaring lights.

Photophobia – Fear of light.

Potamophobia – Fear of rivers or running water.

R – T

Rupophobia – Fear of dirt.

Selenophobia – Fear of the moon.

Siderophobia – Fear of stars.

Spacephobia – Fear of outer space.

Thalassophobia – Fear of the sea.

Thermophobia – Fear of heat.

Miscellaneous

A

Ablutophobia – Fear of washing or bathing.

Allodoxaphobia – Fear of opinions.

Anuptaphobia – Fear of staying single.

Apeirophobia  - Fear of infinity.

Arachibutyrophobia – Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.

Arithmophobia, Numerophobia – Fear of numbers.

Asymmetriphobia – Fear of asymmetrical things.

Ataxophobia – Fear of disorder or untidiness.

Atelophobia – Fear of imperfection.

Atephobia – Fear of ruin or ruins.

Atychiphobia, Kakorrhaphiophobia – Fear of failure.

Auroraphobia – Fear of Northern Lights.

Automatonophobia – Fear of ventriloquist’s dummies, animatronics creatures, and wax statues; anything that falsely represents a sentient being.

B – C

Bathmophobia – Fear of stairs or steep slopes.

Cacophobia – Fear of ugliness.

Cainophobia, Cainotophobia , Kainolophobia, Kainophobia , Neophobia – Fear of newness, novelty.

Catagelophobia, Katagelophobia  - Fear of being ridiculed.

Catapedaphobia – Fear of jumping from high and low places.

Cenophobia, Centophobia, Ideophobia – Fear of new things or ideas.

Chemophobia – Fear of chemicals or working with chemicals.

Chronophobia – Fear of time.

Coimetrophobia – Fear of cemeteries.

D – E

Dikephobia – Fear of justice.

Dystychiphobia – Fear of accidents.

Ecophobia – Fear of the home.

Eicophobia, Oikophobia- Fear of home surroundings.

Electrophobia – Fear of electricity.

Eleutherophobia – Fear of freedom.

Enissophobia, Enosiophobia – Fear of having committed an unpardonable sin or of criticism.

Epistemphobia, Gnosiophobia – Fear of knowledge.

Erythrophobia, Erytophobia- Fear of red-lights. Fear of blushing. Fear of red.

Erotophobia – Fear of sexual love or sexual questions.

G

Gamophobia – Fear of marriage.

Geliophobia – Fear of laughter.

Gerascophobia, Gerontophobia – Fear of growing old.

Gymnophobia, Nudophobia – Fear of nudity.

Graphophobia – Fear of writing or handwriting

H

Hamartophobia , Peccatophobia – Fear of sinning.

Hellenologophobia – Fear of Greek terms or complex scientific terminology.

Hereiophobia, Heresyphobia – Fear of challenges to official doctrine or of radical deviation.

Heterophobia , Sexophobia – Fear of the opposite sex.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, Sesquipedalophobia – Fear of long words.

Hoplophobia – Fear of firearms.

Hypegiaphobia, Hypengyophobia, Paralipophobia  - Fear of responsibility.

I – K

Illyngophobia – Fear of vertigo or feeling dizzy when looking down.

Ithyphallophobia – Fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis.

Kenophobia – Fear of voids or empty spaces.

L

Leukophobia – Fear of the color white.

Levophobia – Fear of things to the left side of the body.

Liticaphobia – Fear of lawsuits.

Logophobia, Verbophobia – Fear of words.

M

Macrophobia – Fear of long waits.

Mageirocophobia – Fear of cooking.

Mastigophobia, Poinephobia – Fear of punishment.

Medomalacuphobia – Fear of losing an erection.

Medorthophobia – Fear of an erect penis.

Melophobia, Musicophobia – Fear or hatred of music.

Mertophobia – Fear or hatred of poetry.

Metathesiophobia – Fear of changes.

Mnemophobia – Fear of memories.

N – O

Namatophobia – Fear of names.

Octophobia – Fear of the figure 8.

Oneirogmophobia – Fear of wet dreams.

Oneirophobia – Fear of dreams

P

Panophobia, Pantophobia – Fear of everything.

Paraphobia – Fear of sexual perversion.

Paraskavedekatriaphobia – Fear of Friday the 13th.

Peniaphobioa – Fear of poverty.

Phalacrophobia – Fear of becoming bald.

Phallophobia – Fear of penis, esp. erect.

Philemaphobia, Philematophobia – Fear of kissing.

Philophobia – Fear of love, falling in love or being in love.

Philosophobia – Fear of philosophy.

Phobophobia – Fear of phobias.

Plutophobia – Fear of wealth.

Polyphobia – Fear of many things.

Ponophobia – Fear of overworking or of pain.

Prosophobia – Fear of progress.

S

Samhainophobia – Fear of Halloween.

Sciaphobia, Sciophobia – Fear of shadows.

Scriptophobia – Fear of writing in public.

Sinistrophobia – Fear of things to the left, left-handed.

Somniphobia – Fear of sleep.

Sophophobia – Fear of learning.

Soteriophobia – Fear of dependence on others.

Spermatophobia, Spermophobia, Verminophobia – Fear of germs.

Stenophobia – Fear of narrow things or places.

Symbolophobia – Fear of symbolism.

Symmetrophobia – Fear of symmetry.

T

Tachophobia – Fear of speed.

Technophobia – Fear of technology.

Teleophobia – Fear of definite plans.

Tremophobia – Fear of trembling.

Triskaidekaphobia – Fear of the number 13.

V-W

Virginitiphobia – Fear of rape.

Walloonphobia – Fear of Walloons.

Countries and Cultures

Anglophobia – Fear of England, English culture, etc.

Bolshephobia – Fear of Bulsheviks.

Dutchphobia – Fear of the Dutch.

Francophobia, Galiophobia, Gallophobia – Fear of France, French culture.

Germanophobia, Teutophobia – Fear of Germany, German culture, etc.

Japanophobia – Fear of Japanese.

Russophobia – Fear of Russians.

Sinophobia – Fear of Chinese, Chinese culture.