TOP 10 COMMON PHOBIAS
1. Arachnophobia:
The fear of spiders.
This phobia tends to affect
women more than men.
2. Ophidiophobia:
The fear of snakes.
Often attributed to
evolutionary causes, personal
experiences, or cultural
influences.
3. Acrophobia:
The fear of heights.
This fear can lead to anxiety
attacks and avoidance of high
places.
4. Agoraphobia:
The fear of situations in which
escape is difficult.
This may include crowded
areas, open spaces, or
situations that are likely to
trigger a panic attack. People
will begin avoiding these
trigger events, sometimes to
the point that they cease
leaving their home.
Approximately one third of
people with panic disorder
develop agoraphobia.
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5. Cynophobia:
The fear of dogs.
This phobia is often
associated with specific
personal experiences, such
as being bitten by a dog
during childhood.
6. Astraphobia:
The fear of thunder and
lightening.
Also known as Brontophobia,
Tonitrophobia, or Ceraunophobia.
7. Trypanophobia:
The fear of injections.
Like many phobias, this fear
often goes untreated because
people avoid the triggering
object and situation.
8. Social Phobias:
The fear of social situations.
In many cases, these phobias
can become so severe that
people avoid events, places,
and people that are likely to
trigger an anxiety attack.
9. Pteromerhanophobia:
The fear of flying.
Often treated using exposure
therapy, in which the client is
gradually and progressively
introduced to flying.
10. Mysophobia:
The fear of germs or dirt.
May be related to obsessive-
compulsive disorder.
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Achluophobia - Fear of darkness.
Acrophobia - Fear of heights.
Agliophobia - Fear of pain.
Agoraphobia - Fear of open spaces
or crowds.
Aichmophobia - Fear of needles or
pointed objects.
Amaxophobia - Fear of riding in a
car.
Androphobia - Fear of men.
Anginophobia - Fear of angina or
choking.
Anthrophobia - 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
lightening.
Ataxophobia - Fear of disorder or
untidiness.
Atelophobia - Fear of imperfection.
Atychiphobia - Fear of failure.
Autophobia - Fear of being alone.
B Genuphobia - Fear of knees.
Bacteriophobia - Fear of bacteria.
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.
Botanophobia - Fear of plants.
Cacophobia - Fear of ugliness.
Catagelophobia - Fear of being
ridiculed.
Catoptrophobia - Fear of mirrors.
Chionophobia - Fear of snow.
Chromophobia - Fear of colors.
Chronomentrophobia - Fear of
clocks.
Claustrophobia - Fear of confined
spaces.
Coulrophobia - Fear of clowns.
Cyberphobia - Fear of computers.
Cynophobia - Fear of dogs.
D
Dendrophobia - Fear of trees.
Dentophobia - Fear of dentists.
Domatophobia - Fear of houses.
Dystychiphobia - Fear of accidents.
E
Ecophobia - Fear of the home.
Elurophobia - Fear of cats.
Entomophobia - Fear of insects.
Ephebiphobia - Fear of teenagers.
Equinophobia - Fear of horses.
G
Gamophobia - Fear of marriage.
Glossophobia - Fear of speaking in
public.
Gynophobia - Fear of women.
H
Heliophobia - Fear of the sun.
Hemophobia - Fear of blood.
Herpetophobia - Fear of reptiles.
Hydrophobia - Fear of water.
I
Iatrophobia - Fear of doctors.
Insectophobia - Fear of insects. Pteromerhanophobia - Fear of flying.
K Pyrophobia - Fear of fire.
Koinoniphobia - Fear of rooms. S
L Scolionophobia - Fear of school.
Leukophobia - Fear of the color Selenophobia - Fear of the moon.
white. Sociophobia - Fear of social
Lilapsophobia - Fear of tornadoes evaluation.
and hurricanes. Somniphobia - Fear of sleep.
Lockiophobia - Fear of childbirth.
M T
Mageirocophobia - Fear of cooking. Tachophobia - Fear of speed.
Megalophobia - Fear of large things. Technophobia - Fear of technology.
Melanophobia - Fear of the color Tonitrophobia - Fear of thunder.
black. Trypanophobia - Fear of injections.
Microphobia - Fear of small things.
Mysophobia - Fear of dirt and germs. V-Z
N Venustraphobia - Fear of beautiful
Necrophobia - Fear of death or dead women.
things. Verminophobia - Fear of germs.
Noctiphobia - Fear of the night. Wiccaphobia - Fear of witches and
Nosocomephobia - Fear of hospitals. witchcraft.
O Xenophobia - Fear of strangers or
Obesophobia - Fear of gaining foreigners.
weight. Zoophobia - Fear of animals.
Octophobia - Fear of the figure 8.
Ombrophobia - Fear of rain.
Ophidiophobia - Fear of snakes.
Ornithophobia - Fear of birds.
P
Papyrophobia - Fear of paper.
Pathophobia - Fear of disease.
Pedophobia - Fear of children.
Philophobia - Fear of love.
Phobophobia - Fear of phobias.
Podophobia - Fear of feet.
Porphyrophobia - Fear of the color
purple.
Pteridophobia - Fear of ferns.