A phobia is a constant and unreasonable fear, which can be from anything, such as; person, animal, object, action, or circumstances. It is a kind of anxiety disorder.
According to the DSM-IV to DSM-5 specific phobias typically fall within five categories:
| Specify type: Animal Type (e.g., spiders, insects, dogs) |
| Specify type: Natural Environment Type (e.g., heights, storms, water) |
| Specify type: Blood-Injection-Injury Type (e.g., needles, invasive medical procedures) |
| Specify type: Situational Type (e.g., airplanes, elevators, enclosed places) |
List of Phobias
| Ablutophobia | Fear of bathing |
| Achluophobia | Fear of darkness |
| Acrophobia | Fear of heights |
| Aerophobia | Fear of flying |
| Algophobia | Fear of pain |
| Alektorophobia | Fear of chickens |
| Agoraphobia | Fear of public spaces or crowds |
| Agyrophobia | Fear of crossing the street |
| Aichmophobia | Fear of needles or pointed objects |
| Amaxophobia | Fear of riding in a car |
| Ambulophobia | Fear of walking |
| Anatidaephobia | Fear of somewhere, somehow a duck watching you |
| Androphobia | Fear of men |
| Anginophobia | Fear of angina or choking |
| Anthophobia | Fear of flowers |
| Anthropophobia | Fear of people or society |
| Aphenphosmphobia | Fear of being touched |
| Arachnophobia | Fear of spiders |
| Arithmophobia | Fear of numbers |
| Astraphobia | Fear of thunder and lightning |
| Ataxophobia | Fear of disorder or untidiness |
| Atelophobia | Fear of imperfection |
| Athazagoraphobia | Fear of forgetting someone or something |
| Atychiphobia | Fear of failure |
| Autophobia | Fear of being alone |
| Bacteriophobia | Fear of bacteria |
| Bananaphobia | Fear of bananas |
| Barophobia | Fear of gravity |
| Bathmophobia | Fear of stairs or steep slopes |
| Batrachophobia | Fear of amphibians |
| Belonephobia | Fear of pins and needles |
| Bibliophobia | Fear of books |
| Biophobia | Fear of living things |
| Bogyphobia | Fear of the boogeyman |
| Botanophobia | Fear of plants |
| Cacophobia | Fear of ugliness |
| Catagelophobia | Fear of being ridiculed |
| Catoptrophobia | Fear of mirrors |
| Chaetophobia | Fear of hair |
| Cherophobia | Fear of happiness |
| Chionophobia | Fear of snow |
| Chiroptophobia | Fear of bats |
| Chromophobia | Fear of colors |
| Chronomentrophobia | Fear of clocks |
| Claustrophobia | Fear of confined spaces |
| Coulrophobia | Fear of clowns |
| Cryophobia | Fear of extreme cold |
| Cyberphobia | Fear of computers |
| Cynophobia | Fear of dogs |
| Decidophobia | Fear of making decisions |
| Deipnophobia | Fear of having a dinner conversation |
| Dendrophobia | Fear of trees |
| Dentophobia | Fear of dentists |
| Didaskaleinophobia | Fear of school |
| Domatophobia | Fear of houses |
| Dumasaphobia | Fear of Dumb people |
| Dystychiphobia | Fear of accidents |
| Ecophobia | Fear of the home |
| Eisoptrophobia | Fear of mirrors |
| Elurophobia | Fear of cats |
| Entomophobia | Fear of insects |
| Ephebiphobia | Fear of teenagers |
| Ergophobia | Fear of work |
| Equinophobia | Fear of horses |
| Euphobia | Fear of hearing good news |
| Frigophobia | Fear of cold |
| Gamophobia | Fear of marriage |
| Genuphobia | Fear of knees |
| Genophobia | Fear of sexual intercourse |
| Glossophobia | Fear of speaking in public |
| Globophobia | Fear of balloons |
| Gynophobia | Fear of women |
| Heliophobia | Fear of the sun |
| Hemophobia | Fear of blood |
| Herpetophobia | Fear of reptiles |
| Homophobia | Dislike of or prejudice against homosexual people |
| Hippopotomonstros-esquippedaliophobia | Fear of long words |
| Hydrophobia | Fear of water |
| Hypochondria | Fear of illness |
| Iatrophobia | Fear of doctors |
| Insectophobia | Fear of insects |
| Koinoniphobia | Fear of rooms full of people |
| Leukophobia | Fear of the color white |
| Lilapsophobia | Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes |
| Linonophobia | Fear of string |
| Lockiophobia | Fear of childbirth |
| Lupophobia | Fear of wolves and werewolves |
| Maskaphobia | Fear of masks |
| Medomalacuphobia | Fear of losing an erection |
| Mageirocophobia | Fear of cooking |
| Megalophobia | Fear of large things |
| Melanophobia | Fear of the color black |
| Microphobia | Fear of small things |
| Mysophobia | Fear of dirt and germs |
| Necrophobia | Fear of death or dead things |
| Noctiphobia | Fear of the night |
| Nomophobia | Fear of being without your mobile phone |
| Nosocomephobia | Fear of hospitals |
| Nyctophobia | Fear of the dark |
| Obesophobia | Fear of gaining weight |
| Octophobia | Fear of the number 8 |
| Oikophobia | Fear of home surroundings, certain items of home or home |
| Ombrophobia | Fear of rain |
| Omphalophobia | Fear of belly buttons |
| Ophidiophobia | Fear of snakes |
| Optophobia | Fear of opening one’s eyes |
| Ornithophobia | Fear of birds |
| Ostiophobia | Fear of bones |
| Panphobia | Fear of everything |
| Papyrophobia | Fear of paper |
| Paraskavedekatriaphobia | Fear of Friday the 13th |
| Pathophobia | Fear of disease |
| Pedophobia | Fear of children |
| Pediophobia | Fear of Dolls |
| Pentheraphobia | Fear of your mother-in-law |
| Phasmophobia | Fear of ghosts |
| Philophobia | Fear of love |
| Placophobia | Fear of Tombstones |
| Phobophobia | Fear of phobias |
| Plutophobia | Fear of money |
| Podophobia | Fear of feet |
| Pogonophobia | Fear of beards |
| Porphyrophobia | Fear of the color purple |
| Pteridophobia | Fear of ferns |
| Pteromerhanophobia | Fear of flying |
| Pteronophobia | Fear of being tickled by feathers |
| Pyrophobia | Fear of fire |
| Samhainophobia | Fear of Halloween |
| Sanguivoriphobia | Fear of Vampires |
| Scolionophobia | Fear of school |
| Scopophobia | Fear of being stared at |
| Selenophobia | Fear of the moon |
| Sociophobia | Fear of social evaluation |
| Somniphobia | Fear of sleep |
| Skelephobia | Fear of Skeleton |
| Tachophobia | Fear of speed |
| Technophobia | Fear of technology |
| Teraphobia | Fear of monsters |
| Thalassophobia | Fear of the ocean |
| Tonitrophobia | Fear of thunder |
| Triskaidekaphobia | Fear of the number 13 |
| Trypanophobia | Fear of needles or injections |
| Trypophobia | Fear of holes |
| Venustraphobia | Fear of beautiful women |
| Verbophobia | Fear of Words |
| Verminophobia | Fear of germs |
| Vestiphobia | Fear of clothing |
| Wiccaphobia | Fear of witches and witchcraft |
| Xenophobia | Fear of strangers or foreigners |
| Xanthophobia | Fear of the color yellow |
| Zoophobia | Fear of animals |
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