Complete Phobia List and Their Meanings

Complete Phobia List and their meanings: A
Ablutophobia - Fear of washing or bathing.

Acarophobia - Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching.
Acerophobia - Fear of sourness.
Achluophobia - Fear of darkness.
Acousticophobia - Fear of noise.
Aeroacrophobia - Fear of open high places.
Aeronausiphobia - Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness.
Aerophobia - Fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airborne noxious substances.
Agliophobia - Fear of pain.
Agoraphobia - Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear
of leaving a safe place. Fear of crowds.
Agraphobia - Fear of sexual abuse.
Agrizoophobia - Fear of wild animals.
Agyrophobia - Fear of streets or crossing the street.
Aichmophobia - Fear of needles or pointed objects.
Ailurophobia - Fear of cats.
Albuminurophobia - Fear of kidney disease.
Alektorophobia - Fear of chickens.
Algophobia - Fear of pain.
Alliumphobia - Fear of garlic.
Allodoxaphobia - Fear of opinions.
Altophobia - Fear of heights.
Amathophobia - Fear of dust.
Amaxophobia - Fear of riding in a car.
Ambulophobia - Fear of walking.
Amnesiphobia - Fear of amnesia.
Amychophobia - Fear of scratches or being scratched.
Anablephobia - Fear of looking up.
Ancraophobia - Fear of wind.
Androphobia - Fear of men.
Anemophobia - Fear of air drafts or wind.
Anemophobia - Fear of wind.
Anginophobia - Fear of angina, choking of narrowness.
Anglophobia - Fear of England, English culture, ect.
Angrophobia - Fear of becoming angry.
Ankylophobia - Fear of immobility of a joint.
Anthophobia - Fear of flowers.
Anthrophobia - Fear of flowers.
Anthropophobia - Fear of people of society.
Antlophobia - Fear of floods.

Anuptaphobia - Fear of staying single.
Apeirophobia - Fear of infinity.
Aphenphosmphobia - Fear of being touched.
Apiphobia - Fear of bees.
Apotemnophobia - Fear of persons with amputations.
Arachibutyrophobia - Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
Arachnephobiba - Fear of spiders.
Arachnophobia - Fear of spiders.
Arithmophobia - Fear of numbers.
Arrhenophobia - Fear of men.
Arsonphobia - Fear of fire.
Ashenophobia - Fear of fainting or weakness.
Astraphobia - Fear of thunder and lightning.
Astrapophobia - Fear of thunder and lightning.
Astrophobia - Fear of stars and celestial space.
Asymmetriphobia - Fear of asymmetrical things.
Ataxiophobia - Fear of ataxia (muscular incoordination)
Ataxophobia - Fear of disorder or untidiness.
Atelophobia - Fear of imperfection.
Atephobia - Fear of ruin or ruins.
Athazagoraphobia - Fear of being forgotten or ignored or forgetting.
Atomosophobia - Fear of atomic explosions.
Atychiphobia - Fear of failure.
Aulophobia - Fear of flutes.
Aurophobia - Fear of gold.
Auroraphobia - Fear of Northern Lights.

Autodysomophobia - Fear that one has a vile odor.
Automatonophobia - Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax

statues-anything that falsely represents a sentient being.
Automysophobia - Fear of being dirty.
Autophobia - Fear of being alone or of oneself.
Aviatophobia - Fear of flying.
Aviophobia - Fear of flying.
List of phobias and their meanings: B
List of phobias and their meanings
Bacillophobia - Fear of microbes
Bacteriophobia - Fear of bacteria.
Balenephobia - Fear of pins and needles.
Ballistophobia - Fear of missles or bullets.
Barophobia - Fear of gravity.
Basiphobia - Inability to stand. Fear of walking or falling.
Basophobia - Inability to stand. Fear of walking or falling.
Bathophobia - Fear of depth.
Batonophobia - Fear of plants.
Batophobia - Fear of heights or being close to high buildings.
Batrachophobia - Fear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc.
Bibliophobia - Fear of books.
Blennophobia - Fear of slime.
Bogyphobia - Fear of bogies or the bogeyman.
Bolshephobia - Fear of Bulsheviks.
Bromidrophobia - Fear of body smells.
Bromidrosiphobia - Fear of body smells.
Brontophobia - Fear of thunder and lightning.

Bufonophobia - Fear of toads.
List of phobias and their meanings: C
Cacophobia - Fear of ugliness.
Cainophobia - Fear of newness, novelty.
Cainotophobia - Fear of newness, novelty.
Caligynephobia - Fear of beautiful women.
Cancerophobia - Fear of cancer.
Carcinophobia - Fear of cancer.
Cardiophobia - Fear of the heart.
Carnophobia - Fear of meat.
Catagelophobia - Fear of being ridiculed.
Catapedaphobia - Fear of jumping from high and low places.
Cathisophobia - Fear of sitting.
Catoptrophobia - Fear of mirrors.
Cenophobia - Fear of new things or ideas.
Centophobia - Fear of new things or ideas.
Ceraunophobia - Fear of thunder.
Chaetophobia - Fear of hair.
Cheimaphobia - Fear of cold.
Cheimatophobia - Fear of cold.
chemophobia - Fear of chemicals or working with chemicals.
Cherophobia - Fear of gaiety.
Chionophobia - Fear of snow.
Chiraptophobia - Fear of being touched.

Cholerophobia - Fear of anger or the fear of cholera.
Chorophobia - Fear of dancing.
Chrematophobia - Fear of money.
Chromatophobia - Fear of colors.
Chrometophobia - Fear of money.
Chromophobia - Fear of colors.
Chronomentrophobia - Fear of clocks.
Chronophobia - Fear of time.
Cibophobia - Fear of food.
Claustrophobia - Fear of confined spaces.
Cleisiophobia - Fear of being locked in an enclosed place.
Cleithrophobia - Fear of being enclosed.,br> Cleithrophobia - Fear of being locked in

an enclosed place.,br> Cleptophobia - Fear of stealing.
Climacophobia - Fear of stairs, climbing or of falling downstairs.
Clinophobia - Fear of going to bed.
Clithrophobia - Fear of being enclosed.
Cnidophobia - Fear of strings.
Coimetrophobia - Fear of cemeteries.
Coitophobia - Fear of coitus.
Cometophobia - Fear of comets.
Contreltophobia - Fear of sexual abuse.
Coprastasophobia - Fear of constipation.
Coprophobia - Fear of feces.
Coulrophobia - Fear of clowns.
Counterphobia - The preference by a phobic for fearful situations.
Cremnophobia - Fear of precipices.
Cryophobia - Fear fo extreme cold, ice or frost.

Crystallophobia - Fear of crystals or glass.
Cyberphobia - Fear of computers or working on a computer.
Cyclophobia - Fear of bicycles.
Cymophobia - Fear of waves or wave like motions.
Cynophobia - Fear of dogs or rabies.
Cyprianophobia - Fear of prostitutes or venereal disease.
Cypridophobia - Fear of prostitutes or venereal disease.
Cyprinophobia - Fear of prostitutes or venereal disease.
Cypriphobia - Fear of prostitutes or venereal disease.
Tired of Tiptoeing Around Your Fears?
5 Days From Now, You Could Be Phobia-Free. Yes, Cured!
Whatever your phobia, regardless of how long you have suffered from it, despite the
dreadful life limitations you have endured because of your fear, your phobia can be
cured.
Click for NLP Phobia Treatment
The List of phobias and their meanings: D
Daemonophobia - Fear of demons.
Decidophobia - Fear of making decisions.

Defecaloesiphobia - Fear of painful bowels movements.
Deipnophobia - Fear of dining and dinner conversation.
Dematophobia - Fear of skin lesions.
Dementophobia - Fear of insanity.
Demonophobia - Fear of demons.
Demophobia - Fear of crowds.
Dendrophobia - Fear of trees.
Dentophobia - Fear of dentist.
Dermatophathophobia - Fear of skin disease.
Dermatophobia - Fear of skin disease.
Dermatosiophobia - Fear of skin disease.
Dextrophobia - Fear of objects at the right side of the body.
Diabetophobia - Fear of diabetes.
Didaskaleinophobia - Fear of going to school.
Diderodromophobia - Fear of trains, railroads or train travel.
Dikephobia - Fear of justice.
Dinophobia - Fear of dizziness or whirlpools.
Diplophobia - Fear of double vision.
Dipsophobia - Fear drinking.
Dishabiliophobia - Fear of undressing in front of someone.
Domatophobia - Fear of houses or being in a home.
Doraphobia - Fear of fur or skins of animals
. Dromophobia - Fear of crossing streets.
Dutchphobia - Fear of the Dutch.
Dysmorphophobia - Fear of deformity.
Dystychiphobia - Fear of accidents.

List of phobias and their meanings: E
Ecclesiophobia - Fear of church.
Ecophobia - Fear of home.
Eicophobia - Fear of home surroundings.
Eisoptrophobia - Fear of mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror.
Electrophobia - Fear of electricity.
Eleutherophobia - Fear of freedom.
Elurophobia - Fear of cats.
Emetophobia - Fear of vomiting.
Enetophobia - Fear of pins.
Enissophobia - Fear of having committed an unpardonable sin or of criticism.
Enochlophobia - Fear of crowds.
Enosiophobia - Fear of having committed an unpardonable sin or of criticism.
Entomophobia - Fear of insects.
Eosophobia - Fear of dawn or daylight.
Epistaxiophobia - Fear of nosebleeds.
Epistemphobia - Fear of knowledge.
Equinophobia - Fear of hourse.
Eremophobia - Fear of being oneself or of lonliness.
Ereuthophobia - Fear of redlights. Fear of blushing. Fear of red.
Ereuthrophobia - Fear of blushing.
Ergasiophobia - Fear of work or functioning. Surgeon's fear of operating.
Ergophobia - Fear of work.
Erotophobia - Fear of sexual love or sexual questions.

Erythrophobia - Fear of redlights. Fear of blushing. Fear of red.
Erytophobia- Fear of redlights. Fear of blushing. Fear of red.
Euphobia - Fear of hearing good news.
Eurotophobia - Fear of female genitalia.
List of phobias and their meanings: F
Febriphobia - Fear of fever.
Felinophobia - Fear of cats.
Fibriophobia - Fear of fever.
Fibriphobia - Fear of fever.
Francophobia - Fear of France, French culture.
List of phobias and their meanings: G
Galeophobia - Fear of cats.
Galiophobia - Fear of France, French culture.
Gallophobia - Fear of France, French culture.
Gamophobia - Fear of marriage.
Gatophobia - Fear of cats.
Geliophobia - Fear of laughter.
Geniophobia - Fear of chins.
Genophobia - Fear of sex.
Genuphobia - Fear of knees.
Gephydrophobia - Fear of crossing bridges.
Gephyrophobia - Fear of crossing bridges.

Gephysrophobia - Fear of crossing bridges.
Gerascophobia - Fear of growing old.
Germanophobia - Fear of Germany, German culture, etc.
Gerontophobia - Fear of old people or of growing old.
Geumaphobia - Fear of taste.
Geumophobia - Fear of taste. Gnosiophobia - Fear of knowledge.
Graphophobia - Fear of writing or handwritting.
Gymnophobia - Fear of nudity.
Gynephobia - Fear of women.
Gynophobia - Fear of women.
List of phobias and their meanings: H
Hadephobia - Fear of hell.
Hagiophobia - Fear of saints or holy things.
Hamartophobia - Fear of sinning.
Haphephobia - Fear of being touched.
Haptephobia - Fear of being touched.
Harpaxophobia - Fear of being robbed.
Hedonophobia - Fear of feeling pleasure.
Heliophobia - Fear of the sun.
Hellenologophobia - Fear of Greek terms or complex scientific terminology.
Helminthophobia - Fear of being infested with worms.
Hemaphobia - Fear of blood.
Hematophobia - Fear of blood.
Hemophobia - Fear of blood.

Hereiophobia - Fear of challenges to official doctrine or of radical deviation.
Heresyphobia - Fear of challenges to official doctrine or radical deviation.
Herpetophobia - Fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things.
Heterophobia - Fear of the opposite sex.
Hierophobia - Fear of priest or sacred things.
Hippophobia - Fear of horses.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - Fear of long words.
Hobophobia - Fear of bums or beggars.
Hodophobia - Fear of road travel.
Homichlophobia - Fear of fog.
Homilophobia - Fear of sermons.
Hominophobia - Fear of men.
Homophobia - Fear of sameness, monotony or of homosexuality or of becoming

homosexual.
Hoplophobia * Fear of firearms.
Hormephobia - Fear of shock.
Hydrargyophobia - Fear of mercuial medicines.
Hydrophobia - Fear of water of of rabies.
Hydrophobophobia - Fear or rabies.
Hyelophobia - Fear of glass.
Hygrophobia - Fear of liquids, dampness, or moisture.
Hylephobia - Fear of materialism or the fear of epilepsy.
Hylophobia - Fear of forests.
Hynophobia - Fear of sleep or of being hypnotized.
Hypegiaphobia - Fear of responsibility.
Hypengyophobia - Fear of responsibility.
Hypsiphobia - Fear of height.

List of phobias and their meanings: I
Iatrophobia - Fear of going to the doctor or doctors.
Ichthyophobia - Fear of fish.
Ideophobia - Fear of ideas.
Illyngophobia - Fear of vertigo or feeling dizzy when looking down.
insectophobia - fear of insects.
Iophobia - Fear of poison.
Isolophobia - Fear of solitude, being alone.
Isopterophobia - Fear of termites, insects that eat wood.
Ithyphallophobia - Fear of seeing, thinking about, or having an erect penis.
The List of phobias and their meanings: J
Japanophobia - Fear of Japanese.
Judeophobia - Fear of Jews.
The List of phobias and their meanings: K
Kainolophobia - Fear of novelty.
Kainophobia - Fear of anything new, novelty.
Kakorrhaphiophobia - Fear of failure or defeat.
Katagelophobia - Fear of ridicule.
Kathisophobia - Fear of sitting down.
Kenophobia - Fear of voids or empty spaces.

Keraunophobia - Fear of thunder and lightning.
Kinesophobia - Fear of movement or motion.
Kinetophobia - Fear of movement or motion.
Kleptophobia - Fear of movement or motion.
Koinoniphobia - Fear of rooms.
Kolpophobia - Fear of genitals, particulary female.
Koniophobia - Fear of dust.
Kopophobia - Fear of fatigue.
Kosmikophobi - Fear of cosmic phenomenon.
Kymophobia - Fear of waves.
Kynophobia - Fear of rabies.
Kyphophobia - Fear of stooping.
List of phobias and their meanings: L
Lachanophobia - Fear of vegitables.
Laliophobia - Fear of speaking.
Lalophobia - Fear of speaking.
Lepraphobia - Fear of leprosy.
Leprophobia - Fear of leprosy.
Leukophobia - Fear of the color white.
Levophobia - Fear of things to the left side of the body.
Ligyrophobia - Fear of loud noises.
Lilapsophobia - Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes.
Limnophobia - Fear of lakes.
Linonophobia - Fear of string.

Liticaphobia - Fear of lawsuits.
Lockiophobia - Fear fo childbirth.
Logizomechanophobia - Fear of computers.
Logophobia - Fear of words.
Luiphobia - Fear of lues, syphillis.
Lutraphobia - Fear of otters.
Lygophobia - Fear of darkness.
Lysssophobia - Fear of rabies or of becoming mad.
The List of phobias and their meanings: M
Macrophobia - Fear of long waits.
Mageirocophobia *- Fear of cooking.
Maieusiophobia - Fear of childbirth.
Malaxophobia - Fear of love play.
Maniaphobia - Fear of insanity.
Mastigophobia - Fear of punishment.
Mechanophobia - Fear of machines.
Medomalacuphobia - Fear of losing an erection.
Medorthophobia - Fear of an erect penis.
Megalophobia - Fear of large things.
Melanophobia - Fear of the color black.
Melissophobia - Fear of bees.
Melophobia - Fear of hatred or music.
Meningitiophobia - Fear of brain disease.
Merinthophobia - Fear of being bound or tied up.

Mertophobia - Fear or hatred of poetry.
Metallophobia - Fear of metal.
Metathesiophobia - Fear of changes.
Meterorophobia - Fear of Meteors.
Methyphobia - Fear of alcohol.
Microbiophobia - Fear of microbes.
Microphobia - Fear of small things.
Misophobia - Fear of being contaminated with dirt or germs.
Mnemophobia - Fear of memories.
Molysmophobia - Fear of dirt or contamination.
Molysomophobia - Fear of dirt or contamination.
Monopathophobia - Fear of difinite disease.
Monophobia - Fear of solitude or being alone.
Monophobia - Fear of menstruation.
Motorphobia - Fear of automobiles.
Mottophobia - Fear of moths.
Murophobia - Fear of mice.
Musophobia - Fear of mice.
Mycophobia - Fear or aversion to mushrooms.
Mycrophobia - Fear of small things.
Myctophobia - Fear of darkness.
Myrmecophobia - Fear of ants.
Mysophobia - Fear of germs or contamination or dirt.
Mythophobia - Fear of myths or stories or false statements.
Myxophobia - Fear of slime.

The List of phobias and their meanings: N
Namatophobia - Fear of names.
Nebulaphobia - Fear of fog.
Necrophobia - Fear of death or or dead things.
Nelophobia - Fear of glass.
Neopharmaphobia - Fear of new drugs.
neophobia - Fear of anything new.
Nephophobia - Fear of clouds.
Noctiphobia - Fear of the night.
Nosemaphobia - Fear of becoming ill.
Nosocomephobia - Fear of hospitals.
Nosophobia - Fear of becoming ill.
Nostophobia - Fear of returning home.
Novercaphobia - Fear of your step-mother.
Nucleomituphobia - Fear of nuclear weapons.
Nudophobia - Fear of nudity.
Numerophobia - Fear of numbers.
Nyctohlophobia - Fear of dark wooded areas, of forest at night.
Nyctophobia - Fear of the dark or of the night.
The List of phobias and their meanings: O
Obesophobia - Fear of gaining weight.
Ochlophobia - Fear of crowds or mobs.
Ochophobia - Fear of vehicles.

Octophobia - Fear of the figure 8.
Odontophobia - Fear of teeth or dental surgery.
Odynephobia - Fear of pain.
Odynophobia - Fear of pain.
Oenophobia - Fear of wines.
Oikophobia - Fear of home surroundings, house.
Oikophobia - Fear of houses or being in a house.
Oikophobia - Fear of home surroundings.
Olfactophobia - Fear of smells.
Ombrophobia - Fear of rain or being rained on.
Ommatophobia - Fear of eyes.
Ommetaphobia - Fear of eyes.
Oneirogmophobia - Fear of wet dreams.
Oneirophobia - Fear of dreams.
Onomatophobia - Fear of hearing a certain word or names.
Ophidiophobia - Fear of snakes.
Opthalmophobia - Fear of being stared at.
Optophobia - Fear of opening one's eyes.
Ornithophobia - Fear of birds.
Orthophobia - Fear of property.
Osmophobia - Fear of smells or odors.
Osphesiophobia - Fear of smells or odors.
Ostraconophobia - Fear of shellfish.
Ouranophobia - Fear of heaven.
The List of phobias and their meanings: P

Pagophobia - Fear of ice or frost.
Panophobia - Fear of everything.
Panthophobia - Fear of suffering and disease.
Pantophobia - Fear of everything.
Papaphobia - Fear fo the Pope.
Papyrophobia - Fear of paper.
Paralipophobia - Fear of neglecting duty or responsibility.
Paraphobia - Fear of sexual perversion.
Parasitophobia - Fear of parasites.
Paraskavedekatriaphobia - Fear of Friday the 13th.
Parthenophobia - Fear of virgins or young girls.
Parturiphobia - Fear of childbirth.
Pathophobia - Fear of disease.
Patroiophobia - Fear of heredity.
Peccatophobia - Fear of sinning. (imaginary crime)
Pediculophobia - Fear of lice.
Pediophobia - Fear of dolls.
Pedophobia - Fear of children.
Peladophobia - Fear of bald people.
Pellagrophobia - Fear of pellagra.
Peniaphobioa - Fear of poverty.
Pentheraphobia - Fear of mother-in-law.
Phagophobia - Fear of swallowing or eating or of being eaten.
Phalacrophobia - Fear of becoming bald.
Phallophobia - Fear of penis, esp erect.

Pharmacophobia - Fear of taking medicine.
Pharmacophobia - Fear of drugs.
Phasmophobia - Fear of ghost.
Phengophobia - Fear of daylight or sunshine.
Philemaphobia - Fear of kissing.
Philematophobia - Fear of kissing.
Philophobia - Fear of falling in love or being in love.
Philosophobia - Fear of philosophy.
Phobophobia - Fear of phobias.
Phonophobia - Fear of noises or voices or one's own voice; of telephones.
Photoaugliaphobia - Fear of glaring lights.
Photophobia - Fear of light.
Phronemophobia - Fear of thinking.
Phthiriophobia - Fear of lice.
Phthisiophobia - Fear of tuberculosis.
Placophobia - Fear of tombstones.
Plutophobia - Fear of wealth.
Pluviophobia - Fear of rain or of being rained on.
Pneumatiphobia - Fear of spirits.
Pnigerophobia - Fear of choking or of being smothered.
Pnigophobia - Fear of choking or of being smothered.
Pocrescophobia - Fear of gaining weight.
Pocresophobia - Fear of gaining weight.
Pogonophobia - Fear of beards.
Poinephobia - Fear of punishment.
Poliosophobia - Fear of contracting poliomyelitis.

Politicophobia - Fear or abnormal dislike of politicians.
Polyphobia - Fear of many things.
Ponophobia - Fear of overworking or of pain.
Porphyrophobia - Fear of the color purple.
Potamophobia - Fear of rivers or running water.
Potophobia - Fear of alcohol.
Proctophobia - Fear or rectum.
Prosophobia - Fear of progress.
Psellismophobia - Fear of stuttering.
Psychophobia - Fear of mind.
Psychrophobia - Fear of cold.
Pteromerhanophobia - Fear of flying.
Pteronophobia - Fear of being tickled by feathers.
Pupaphobia - Fear of puppets.
Pyrexiophobia - Fear of fever.
Pyrophobia - Fear of fire.
List of phobias and their meanings: Q
The A - List of phobias and their meanings: R
Radiophobia - Fear of radiation, x-rays.
Ranidaphobia - Fear of frogs.
Rectophobia - Fear of rectum or rectal diseases.
Rhabdophobia - Fear of being severely punished or beaten by a rod, or of being

severely criticized. Also fear of magic. (wand)
Rhypophobia - Fear of defecation.
Rhytiphobia - Fear of getting wrinkles.
Rupophobia - Fear of dirt.
Russophobia - Fear of Russians.
List of phobias and their meanings: S
Samhainophobia - Fear of Halloween.
Sarmassophobia - Fear of love play.
Sarmassophobia - Fear of love play.
Satanophobia - Fear of Satin.
Scabiophobia - Fear of scabies.
Scatophobia - Fear of fecal matter.
Scelerophobia - Fear of bad men, burglars.
Sciaphobia - Fear of shadows.
Sciophobia - Fear of shadows.
Scoionophobia - Fear of school.
Scoleciphobia - Fear of worms.
Scopophobia - Fear of being seen or stared at.
Scoptophobia - Fear of being seen or stared at.
Scotomaphobia - Fear of blindness in visual field.
Scotophobia - Fear of darkness.
Scriptophobia - Fear of writing in public.
Selaphobia - Fear of light flashes.
Selenophobia - Fear of the moon.
Seplophobia - Fear of decaying matter.

Sesquipedalophobia - Fear of long words.
Sexophobia - Fear of the opposit sex.
Sexophobia - Fear of the opposite sex.
Siderophobia - Fear of stars.
Sinistrophobia - Fear of things to the left, left-handed.
Sinophobia - Fear of Chinese, Chinese culture.
Sitiophobia - Fear of food.
Sitiophobia - Fear of food or eating.
Sitophobia - Fear of food or eating.
Sitophobia - Fear of food.
Snakephobia - Fear of snakes.
Soceraphobia - Fear of parents-in-law.
Social Phobia - Fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations.
Sociophobia - Fear of society or people in general.
Somniphobia - Fear of sleep.
Sophophobia - Fear of learning.
Soteriophobia - Fear of dependence on others.
Spacephobia - Fear of outer space.
Spectrophobia - Fear of specters or ghosts.
Spermatophobia - Fear of germs.
Spermophobia - Fear of germs.
Spheksophobia - Fear of wasps.
Stasibasiphobia - Fear fo standing or walking.
Stasiphobia - Fear of standing or walking.
Staurophobia - Fear of crosses or the crucifix.
Stenophobia - Fear of narrow things or places.

Stigiophobia - Fear of hell.
Stygiophobia - Fear of hell.
Suriphobia - Fear of mice.
Symbolophobia - Fear of symbolism.
Symmetrophobia - Fear of symmetry.
Syngenesophobia - Fear of relatives.
Syphilophobia - Fear of syphilis.
List of phobias and their meanings: T
Tachophobia - Fear of speed.
Taeniophobia - Fear of tapeworms.
Teniophobia - Fear of tapeworms.
Taphephobia - Fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries.
Taphophobia - Fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries.
Tapinophobia - Fear of being contagious.
Taurophobia - Fear of bulls.
Technophobia - Fear of technology.
Teleophobia - Fear fo difinite plans. Fear of Religious ceremony.
Telephonophobia - Fear of telephones.
Teratophobia - Fear of bearing a deformed child or fear of monsters or deformed

people.
Testaphobia - Fear of taking test.
Tetanophobia - Fear of lockjaw, tetnus.
Teutophobia - Fear of German or German things.
Textophobia - Fear of certain fabrics.
Thaasophobia - Fear of sitting.

Thalassophobia - Fear of the sea.
Thanatophobia - Fear of death or dying.
Thantophobia - Fear of death or dying.
Theatrophobia - Fear of theaters.
Theophobia - Fear of gods or religion.
Theologicophobia - Fear of theology.
Thermophobia - Fear of heat.
Tocophobia Fear of pregnancy or childbirth.
Tomophobia - Fear of surgical operations.
Tonitrophobia - Fear of thunder.
Topophobia - Fear of certain places or situations, such as stage fright.
Toxiphobia - Fear of poison or of being accidently poisoned.
Toxophobia - Fear of poison or of being accidently poisoned.
Toxicophobia - Fear of poison or of being accidently poisoned.
Traumatophobia - Fear of injury.
Tremophobia - Fear of trembling.
Trichinophobia - Fear of trichinosis.
Trichopathophobia - Fear of hair.
Trichophobia - Fear of hair.
Hypertrichophobia - Fear of hair.
Triskaidekaphobia - Fear of the number 13.
Tropophobia - Fear of moving or making changes.
Trypanophobia - Fear of injections.
Tuberculophobia - Fear of tuberculosis.
Tyrannophobia - Fear of tyrants.

The List of phobias and their meanings: U
Uranophobia - Fear of heaven.
Urophobia - Fear of urine or urinating.
The List of phobias and their meanings: U
Vaccinophobia - Fear of vaccination.
Venustraphobia - Fear of beautiful women.
Verbophobia - Fear of words.
Verminophobia - Fear of germs.
Vestiphobia - Fear of clothing.
Virginitiphobia - Fear of rape.
Vitricophobia - Fear of step-father.
List of phobias and their meanings: W
Walloonphobia - Fear of Walloons.
Wiccaphobia - Fear of witches and witchcraft.
List of phobias and their meanings: X
Xanthophobia - Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow.
Xenophobia - Fear of strangers or foreigners.
Xerophobia - Fear of dryness.
Xylophobia - Fear of wooden objects. Forests.

List of phobias and their meanings: Y
List of phobias and their meanings: Z
Zelophobia - Fear of jelousy.
Zeusophobia - Fear of God or gods.
Zemmiphobia - Fear of the great mole rat.
Zoophobia - Fear of animals.
List of All Phobias and their Meanings
A phobia is an unreasonable fear of something, that in reality, may not be very

harmful. Here is a list of all phobias and their meanings, which will help you to get
familiarized with the terminologies related to various phobias, and at the same
time, will increase your knowledge about them.
Phobias and their meanings - Coulrophobia
A phobia can be defined as an aberrant and intense fear of an object or situation,

that poses little or no actual danger. Usually, a phobia is considered similar to a
normal fear, but it is the extent to which a person is affected, that determines
whether that fear has become a phobia. The most common fears or phobias that
people usually suffer from include; heights, darkness, snakes, insects, closed-in
places, etc.
Though your phobia can be an irrational fear for others, a single thought of that
object or situation can actually make you anxious, and if in case you are exposed to
that situation, the terror is automatic and overwhelming. The experience can be so
scary or nerve-wracking, that you may go to any extent of avoiding it, and would
eventually end up changing your lifestyle too.
For example, if you have claustrophobia, you might turn down a remunerative job
offer, if you have to ride the elevator to reach the office. Again, if you have a phobia
of heights, you might drive an extra 25 miles to avoid climbing a tall bridge.
Following is a list of all phobias and their meanings that will acquaint you with
different types of phobias, some of which you may not even be aware of.
A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N|O|P|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Z
Ablutophobia: It is a persistent and irrational fear of bathing, washing, or cleaning.

The phobia is more common in women and children, especially with people who are
extremely emotional.
Acarophobia: It is an abnormal and exaggerated fear of mites, small insects, or

worms that cause itching.
Acerophobia: It is an intense fear of sourness or things that are sour in taste.
Achluophobia: It is a morbid fear associated with darkness, that can create a

catastrophic situation for a person especially at night; also called lygophobia,
myctophobia, and scotophobia.
Acousticophobia: It is an exaggerated or irrational fear of noise and sounds,

including one's own sound.
Acrophobia: It is an extreme or irrational fear of heights. Also known as altophobia,

batophobia or hypsiphobia, the person having acrophobia may get a pain attack
when at a high place, and can become too agitated to get himself down safely.
Aerophobia: It is an abnormal fear associated with drafts of air, air swallowing, fresh
air, or airborne noxious substances that can cause severe anxiety in the sufferers.
Aeroacrophobia: It is a persistent and intense fear related to open and high places.
Aeronausiphobia: It is an unusual and irrational fear of being sick or vomiting in a

plane. The phobia is mainly related to people who experience sickness while
traveling, especially through aircraft.
Agateophobia: It is a persistent and abnormal fear of insanity or loss of mental

health. Also known by terms like dementophobia, maniaphobia, feared madness,
this phobia causes distress and sudden pain attacks in the sufferers.
Agliophobia: It is an irrational fear of pain, getting hurt or being injured. The victims
of this phobia avoid situations that can cause any kind of physical confrontation or
opposition.
Agoraphobia: It is an irrational fear of crowded/public places or even leaving a safe

place. Also known as demophobia and enochlophobia, the agoraphobic situations
may include shopping, crowded places, traveling, standing in line, social gatherings,
and even being alone.
Agraphobia: It is a persistent fear of sexual abuse, attack, rape, or any abusive

relationship. Also known as contreltophobia, the person having this phobia may be
frightened of any kind of sexual intimacy, and would eventually stay away from the
outside world and keep himself relatively housebound.
Agrizoophobia: It is an abnormal and immense fear of wild animals. The phobia is

caused by over-estimating the danger due to the wild or jungle animals.
Agyrophobia: It is a persistent and intense fear of crossing streets, highways and

other thoroughfares. Also termed as dromophobia, the person may have a phobia of
being attacked on the street and unable to protect or defend himself while crossing
the street.
Aibohphobia: It is the fear of palindromes.
Aichmophobia: It is an extreme and irrational fear of sharp or pointed objects like

needles, knives or even a pointed finger. It is also known by terms, like,
belonephobia, trypanophobia, enetophobia or just needle phobia.
Ailurophobia: It is an abnormal fear of cats. Also known as felinophobia, elurophobia,

and gatophobia, the person suffering from ailurophobia may fear physical injuries
through bites, scratches or even perceived supernatural nature of cats.
Albuminurophobia: It is a persistent and irrational fear of any kind of kidney disease.

The phobia is caused by overestimating the dangers due to the disease and
believing that it may be life-threatening, which in reality may not be.
Alektorophobia: It is an intense and strange fear of chickens, in which the person

may be frightened of every small thing related to a chicken, like, feathers, eggs or
any other body part. The person suffering from this phobia gets terrified by the sight
of a chicken or becomes scared even when people utter the word 'chicken'.
Algophobia: It is an exaggerated and intense fear of pain. Also known as

odynophobia or odynephobia, it's an anxiety disorder where the sufferer is scared of
experiencing pain or seeing others experiencing it.
Alliumphobia: It is an extraordinary and irrational fear of garlic. Victims usually
experience an eccentric reaction whenever they see or smell garlic. It is also
believed that vampires are notoriously alliumphobic.
Allodoxaphobia: It is an unjustified and irrational fear of the opinions,

confrontations, arguments and even praise from others; also known as doxophobia.
Amathophobia: It is a strange and persistent fear of dust, in which the sufferers

experience anxiety even though they know dust poses no major threat or harm to
them. The phobia is also called koniophobia.
Amaxophobia: It is an intense and irrational fear of sitting or traveling in any type of

moving vehicle. Also called hamaxophobia or ochophobia, people suffering from
amaxophobia are often confined to home or restrict their movements to places that
are within easy walking distance from their home.
Ambulophobia: It is an unusual fear of walking or standing, in which people may

prefer to crawl on their hands and knees rather than walking. The phobia is also
known by terms like basophobia, basiphobia, stasibasiphobia or stasiphobia and is
more common in people who had been through a leg injury, and are recovering from
a fracture or severe paralysis which might have made them motionless for some
time.
Amnesiphobia: It is an intense and severe fear of amnesia, a memory loss condition

in which the person is unable to recall anything, ranging from names to daily life
activities.
Amychophobia: It is an abnormal and morbid fear of being scratched, lacerated, or

clawed particularly by cats, dogs, puppies, and kittens.
Anablephobia: It is an irrational and persistent fear of looking up; not necessarily

the sky, could be ceilings, tall buildings, etc.
Ancraophobia: It is an unusual fear of wind that causes anxiety in the person. Also
known as anemophobia, this phobia is attributed to some incident in the past which
makes the person fear wind and its tremendous power.
Androphobia: It is an abnormal or morbid fear of men. Also known as arrhenphobia

or hominophobia, people suffering from this phobia experience anxiety and avoid
situations or places where men are present.
Anginophobia: It is a persistent and irrational fear of angina, choking, suffocating, or

narrowness of the throat. Also known as pnigophobia or pnigerophobia, this phobia
is more common in people who have a history of heart diseases, cardiac arrest or
choking, etc.
Anglophobia: It is an unusual fear or hatred of England, its people, language or
culture. The phobia may develop in people due to past human rights abuses, wars,
racial or religious hatred, or a good-natured rivalry.
Angrophobia: It is an overwhelming and aberrant fear of anger and/or of becoming

angry. The person suffering from this phobia may fear that his/her anger can hurt
another person's feelings or can intensify and turn to violence. Also known as
cholerophobia, an angrophobic person may totally withdraw from socializing and
may actively avoid contact with others.
Ankylophobia: It is an exaggerated and unreasonable fear of stiff or immobile joints

which may develop in a person due to an intense negative experience from the
past.
Anthrophobia: It is an abnormal or irrational fear of flowers. Also known as

anthophobia, a person having this phobia may get terrified seeing flowers, florists,
wreaths and bouquets.
Anthropophobia: It is an abnormal and unwarranted fear of people or society in

which the person experiences unusual and extreme difficulty in interacting with
others, and hence actively avoids social and crowded gatherings.
Antlophobia: It is an exaggerated and aberrant fear of floods, entrapment in water

or getting drowned in water.
Anuptaphobia: It is an unusual and persistent fear of remaining unmarried, being

single or getting married to the wrong person. The phobia usually develops in a
person due to a combination of external traumatic events and internal
predispositions.
Apeirophobia: It is an abnormal and exaggerated fear of infinity or things that never

end.
Aphenphosmphobia: It is an unusual and weird fear of touching or being touched.

Also known as aphephobia, chiraptophobia, haphephobia, haphophobia,
hapnophobia, haptephobia, haptophobia, and thixophobia, it is an intense
exaggeration of the normal tendencies to protect one's personal space, expressed
as a fear of contamination or of the invasion not only from strangers but also from
known people.
Apiphobia: It is a persistent fear of bees or being stung by bees. Also known as

melissophobia, people usually develop this phobia if they have encountered a sting
in the past from a honeybee or wasp.
Apotemnophobia: It is an irrational and unwarranted fear a person may have of

becoming an amputee or from people with amputations.
Arachibutyrophobia: It is an abnormal and exaggerated fear of peanut butter
sticking to the roof of the mouth. The person having the phobia may get extremely
annoyed or embarrassed to pull out the stuck butter from the upper part of the
mouth, especially in a crowded or public place.
Arachnephobia: It is a persistent and intense fear of spiders. Also known as

arachnophobia, it is the most common type of animal phobia, which terrifies the
person with the animal's moves and appearance.
Arithmophobia: It is an irrational or illogical fear of numbers and calculations. Also

known as numerophobia, sufferers primarily find difficulty in learning mathematics
and arithmetic properly.
Arsonphobia: It is a persistent and intense fear of fire or arson, or anything set on

fire. The phobia is also known as pyrophobia.
Asthenophobia: It is an exaggerated and abnormal fear of fainting or weakness. By

practicing basic relaxation techniques and breathing exercises, the sufferer can
counteract some of the physical symptoms of the phobia.
Astraphobia: It is an irrational and persistent fear of thunderstorms and lightning.

Also known as astrapophobia, brontophobia, ceraunophobia, keraunophobia and
tonitrophobia, the sufferers experience anxiety and restlessness due to thunder and
lightning, and when indoors, they may seek shelter under a bed, in a closet or in a
basement.
Astrophobia: It is an exaggerated and intense fear of stars, celestial space or

universe.
Asymmetriphobia: It is an unusual fear of asymmetrical, mismatched, one-sided

things or things that lack symmetry.
Ataxiophobia: It is an abnormal and intense fear of ataxia (clumsy, unsteady

movement of limbs due to muscular dysfunction) or inability to co-ordinate muscles.
Ataxophobia: It is an exaggerated and unreasonable fear of disorder, untidiness,

chaos or mess.
Atelophobia: It is an intense and irrational fear of imperfection and defects in which

the sufferers exhibit the phobia of failing to achieve perfection in any of their
actions, beliefs and ideas.
Atephobia: It is a persistent and unwarranted fear of ruined or old buildings, or

things getting ruined or damaged.
Athazagoraphobia: It is an exaggerated and intense fear of being forgotten, ignored

or replaced. The person having this phobia may experience depression, anger and
deliberate isolation even with a small thought of being forgotten or ignored.
Atomosophobia: It is a persistent and intense fear of atomic or nuclear explosions,
bombs, wars, etc.
Atychiphobia: It is an exaggerated and irrational fear of failure or failing. Also known

as kakorrhaphiophobia, this phobia is usually caused by an intense negative
experience from the past.
Aulophobia: It is an abnormal and unreasonable fear of flutes and other woodwind

instruments.
Aurophobia: It is an irrational or unusual fear of gold or golden things/objects.
Auroraphobia: It is an exaggerated and persistent fear of aurorae or northern and

southern lights, which are natural light displays in the sky at night, particularly
observed in the polar regions.
Autodysomophobia: It is an unusual or abnormal fear of one that has a vile or bad

odor. Also known as bromidrosiphobia,in this the person has phobia of one's own
body odor no matter how many times he/she takes a bath or shower.
Automatonophobia: It is an irrational and persistent fear of ventriloquist's dummies,

animatronic creatures, humanoid robots, wax statues or other figures that are
designed to represent humans.
Automysophobia: It is an exaggerated and morbid fear of germs, of being dirty or

unclean; also called misophobia, mysophobia, rupophobia, rhypophobia or
verminophobia.
Autophobia: It is an abnormal and intense fear of loneliness, solitude, and of being

alone. Also known as cremophobia, eremophobia, isolophobia or monophobia, the
person suffering from this phobia may experience anxiety and will always worry
about being ignored or unloved.
Aviatophobia: It is an irrational or unwarranted fear of flying. Also known as

aviophobia, pteromerhanophobia, people suffering from this phobia become anxious
and stressed at the thought of any transportation that involves air travel.
[Top]
Bacillophobia: It is an irrational and persistent fear of bacilli (bacteria), microbes and

germs. The phobia is also known as bacteriophobia, microbiophobia, germaphobia
or Big-Worm-Dungeon-aphobia.
Ballistophobia: It is a morbid fear of being shot/shot at, or any kind of ammunition
like missiles, bullets, projectiles and guns.
Bolshephobia: It is an exaggerated and unusual fear related to Bolsheviks

(revolutionaries from the early 1900's Russian party that threw over the czar and
formed into communism).
Barophobia: It is an intense and persistent fear of gravity. People suffering from this
phobia may experience anxiety or restlessness when they come across situations
involving escalators, fun rides, free fall, lifts, etc.
Bathmophobia: It is an abnormal and irrational fear associated with stairs or steep

slopes or hills; also known as climacophobia.
Bathophobia: It is a morbid fear of depth. People suffering from this phobia may fear
deeply dimensioned volumes, like, long, dark hallways, wells, deep pools or lakes.
Batrachophobia: It is an intense and persistent fear of amphibians, like, frogs, toads,

salamanders, etc.
Bibliophobia: It is a fairly unusual phobia of books. People suffering from this phobia
may experience breathlessness and dizziness when forced or encouraged to read.
Blennophobia: It is an unusual or abnormal fear of slime or any thick, viscous

matter. The fear is also called myxophobia.
Bogyphobia: It is a morbid fear of goblins, demons, bogeys or bogeyman. The fear is

also termed as demonophobia or daemonophobia.
Botanophobia: It is a rare and irrational fear of flowers and plants.
Bufonophobia: It is a morbid and intense fear associated with toads.
[Top]
Cacophobia: It is an overwhelming and abnormal fear of ugliness. People suffering

from this phobia may not only fear ugly people but may also be fearful of objects
and situations that are considered to be ugly.
Cacomorphobia: It is the fear of fat people.
Cancerophobia: It is an abnormal but morbid fear of developing a malignant growth

or cancer; also called carcinophobia.
Cardiophobia: It is an exaggerated and intense fear of diseases related to the heart
or other organs of the cardiovascular system.
Carnophobia: It is an intense fear of eating meat or any type of non-vegetarian food.
Catagelophobia: It is an abnormal and irrational fear of ridicule or being ridiculed;

also known as katagelophobia.
Catapedaphobia: It is an unusual and morbid fear of jumping from high and low
places.
Catoptrophobia: It is a strange and unusual fear of mirrors in which, people fear

looking into mirrors. The fear is also known as eisoptrophobia.
Celtophobia: It is the fear of Celts.
Chaetophobia: It is an abnormal and intense fear associated with hair; could be

human hair or animal hair. The fear is also known by terms like hypertrichophobia,
trichopathophobia or trichophobia.
Chemophobia: It is an irrational and persistent fear related to chemicals or working

with chemicals.
Cherophobia: It is an unusual or rare fear of merriment, happiness or gaiety.
Chionophobia: It is an abnormal and exaggerated fear of snow.
Chirophobia: It is a strange or rare fear associated with hands.
Chiroptophobia: It is a common and persistent fear of bats.
Cholerophobia: It is the fear of cholera.
Chorophobia: It is an irrational and intense fear associated with dancing.
Chrometophobia: It is an unusual and persistent fear of wealth and money. Also

termed as chrematophobia, sufferers usually worry that they might mismanage
money or money might live up to its reputation as "the root of all evil."
Chromophobia: It is an exaggerated and unwarranted fear of colors; also known as

chromatophobia.
Chronophobia: It is an abnormal and intense fear of the duration or immensity of

time.
Chronomentrophobia: It is an unusual and strange fear of clocks.
Cibophobia: It is an irrational fear or aversion to food. The phobia is also termed as

sitophobia.
Claustrophobia: It is a common but morbid fear of closed or confined spaces.
Cleithrophobia: It is an abnormal and intense fear of being locked in an enclosed or

confined place; also known as cleisiophobia.
Clinophobia: It is a persistent and unusual fear of going to bed or sleeping at night.

The person having this phobia may fear about nightmares, bed wetting, etc., and
quite often stay awake and develop insomnia.
Cnidophobia: People having intense and morbid fear of insect bites or stings are
known to suffer from this phobia.
Cometophobia: It is a unwarranted and irrational fear related to comets.
Coimetrophobia: It is an intense and morbid fear of cemeteries.
Coitophobia: It is an exaggerated and abnormal fear of coitus or sexual intercourse;

also termed as genophobia.
Coprastasophobia: It is an overwhelming and persistent fear related to constipation.
Coprophobia: It is an unwarranted and strange fear of feces or bodily waste; also

termed as scatophobia.
Consecotaleophobia: It is an abnormal and rare fear of chopsticks.
Coulrophobia: It is an irrational and unusual fear of clowns or mimes.
Counterphobia: It is a psychological condition or phobia in which the affected person

deliberately seeks out the object or situation that he or she fears the most, rather
than avoiding it.
Cremnophobia: It is an intense and morbid fear of precipices/cliffs.
Cryophobia: It is an exaggerated and persistent fear of extreme cold, ice, fog or

frost; also known as pagophobia.
Crystallophobia: It is an irrational and intense fear associated with crystals or glass.

The phobia is also known as hyalophobia and necrophobia.
Cyberphobia: It is a strange and rare fear related to computers or working on a

computer; also called logizomechanophobia.
Cyclophobia: It is an abnormal or unusual fear of bicycles.
Cynophobia: It is an irrational and persistent fear of dogs, canines and rabies; also
termed as kynophobia.
Cypridophobia: It is an abnormal and persistent fear of prostitutes or acquiring
venereal diseases. The phobia is also termed as cypriphobia, cyprianophobia or
cyprinophobia.
[Top]
Decidophobia: It is an overwhelming and abnormal fear of making decisions. The

person suffering from this phobia may actually fear making a wrong decision, and
so, is reluctant to make any decision at all.
Defecaloesiophobia: It is an intense and morbid fear of painful bowel movements.
Deipnophobia: It is an unusual and irrational fear of dining, in a social sense or

having dinner conversations.
Dendrophobia: It is an abnormal and unwarranted fear related to trees and forests.
Dentophobia: It is an irrational and persistent fear of dentists, dental surgery or

dental care; also known as odontophobia.
Dermatophobia: It is an intense and exaggerated fear of skin diseases or skin

lesions. The phobia is also known as dermatosiophobia, dermatophobia or
dermatopathophobia.
Dextrophobia: It is an abnormal and persistent fear associated with objects at the

right side of the body.
Diabetophobia: It is an overwhelming and intense fear of diabetes or becoming

diabetic.
Didaskaleinophobia: It is an exaggerated and intense fear of going to or attending

school.
Diderodromophobia: It is an abnormal and irrational fear of trains or rail roads or

train travel; also called siderodromophobia.
Dikephobia: It is an unusual and unwarranted fear related to justice.
Dinophobia: It is an intense and persistent fear linked to dizziness or whirlpools.
Diplophobia: It is an irrational or abnormal fear associated with double vision or

seeing double.
Dipsophobia: It is an intense and persistent fear of drinking alcohol. The sufferer

may fear about addiction to alcohol and its adverse effects on the body.
Dishabiliophobia: It is an exaggerated and morbid fear of undressing in front of
someone.
Domatophobia: It is an abnormal and unusual fear of houses or being stuck in a

house; also termed as eicophobia and oikophobia.
Doraphobia: It is an overwhelming and persistent fear of fur or skins of animals, like,

dogs, cats, beavers and rabbits.
Dutchphobia: It is an abnormal and unusual fear related to Dutch or Dutch people.
Dysmorphophobia: It is an unusual and morbid fear of being deformed or

deformities in other people.
Dystychiphobia: It is a strong and persistent fear related to accidents or any kind of

mishaps.
[Top]
Ecclesiophobia: It is an abnormal and persistent fear associated with churches.
Ecophobia: It is an unusual and morbid fear of home or one's home surroundings.
Electrophobia: It is an exaggerated and intense fear of electricity, electric shock or

electrocution.
Eleutherophobia: It is an irrational and unwarranted fear related to freedom.
Emetophobia: It is an intense and abnormal fear pertaining to vomiting or being

sick.
Enosiophobia: It is an irrational and morbid fear of committing an unpardonable sin

or of criticism; also known as enissophobia.
Eosophobia: It is an abnormal and exaggerated fear of dawn or sunlight. The phobia

is also known as phengophobia.
Ephebiphobia: It is an unusual or unwarranted fear of youth or teenagers; also

known as paedophobia.
Epistaxiophobia: It is an irrational and persistent fear associated with nosebleeds.
Epistemophobia: It is a strange and rare fear of knowledge; also called

gnosiophobia.
Equinophobia: It is a psychological fear of horses or other hoofed animals, like,
ponies, donkeys and mules; also known as hippophobia.
Ereuthrophobia: It is an irrational and persistent fear of blushing, red color and red
lights; also known by terms like erytophobia or erythrophobia.
Ergasiophobia: It is an abnormal or unusual fear of work or functioning; also termed

as ergophobia.
Erotophobia: It is an exaggerated and intense fear of sexual feelings and their

physical expression.
Euphobia: It is an irrational and morbid fear of good news or inability to share in

someone else's happiness or to enjoy any happiness of one's own.
Eurotophobia: It is an abnormal and persistent fear of female genitalia; also known

as kolpophobia.
[Top]
Febriphobia: It is an intense and persistent fear associated with fever or rise in the
body temperature.
Francophobia: It is an abnormal fear or aversion towards the government, culture,

history or people of France. The phobia is also known by term gallophobia.
Frigophobia: It is an exaggerated fear pertaining to cold or cold things. The fear is

also known by terms like cheimaphobia, cheimatophobia or psychrophobia.
[Top]
Gamophobia: It is an extreme and morbid fear of marriage.
Galeophobia: It is the fear of sharks.
Geliophobia: It is an overwhelming and abnormal fear of laughter and/or being

around others who laugh.
Geniophobia: It is an irrational and unusual fear of chins.
Gelotophobia: People having an unusual and intense fear of being laughed at by

others are known to suffer from this phobia.
Genuphobia: It is an exaggerated and intense fear of knees or kneeling.
Gephyrophobia: It is a persistent and abnormal fear of crossing bridges.
Germanophobia: It is an extreme fear or aversion towards the government, culture,

people, or history of Germany; also termed as teutophobia.
Gerascophobia: It is an intense and persistent fear of aging or growing old; also

termed as gerontophobia.
Geumaphobia: It is an overwhelming and unusual fear of taste; also known as

geumophobia or geumatophobia.
Glossophobia: It is an irrational and morbid fear of speaking or verbally

communicating in public.
Graphophobia: It is an exaggerated and abnormal fear of writing or handwriting. The

sufferers usually doubt their ability to write well and experience extreme fear that
they may fail in their writing skills.
Gymnophobia: It is an extreme and morbid fear of nudity. Sufferers usually worry

about being seen nude or seeing others nude, or both.
Gynephobia: It is an unjustified and persistent fear of women; also termed as

gynophobia.
[Top]
Hadephobia: It is an intense and morbid fear of hell or the creatures and demons
that are supposed to inhabit hell. The phobia is also known by the terms,
stygiophobia or stigiophobia.
Hagiophobia: It is an abnormal and exaggerated fear or aversion towards saints or

holy things.
Hamartophobia: It is an irrational and unusual fear of sinning or committing

imaginary crimes; also called peccatophobia.
Harpaxophobia: It is an unjustified and morbid fear of robbers or being robbed.
Hedonophobia: It is an overwhelming and persistent fear of feeling pleasure. People

suffering from this phobia usually feel guilty about the fact that they are indulging in
a pleasurable activity while others around them or in the world are suffering with
illness, grief, economic hardship and other painful problems.
Heliophobia: It's an abnormal and intense fear of sun or sunlight.
Hellenologophobia: People having intense and irrational fear of Greek terms or

complex scientific terminology are known to suffer from this phobia.
Helminthophobia: It is an irrational and overwhelming fear of worms or being

infested with worms.
Hemophobia: It is an intense and morbid fear of blood. Sufferers may dread the
sight of their own blood or someone else's blood or even thoughts of blood. The
phobia is also known by terms like hemaphobia or hematophobia.
Heresyphobia: It is an exaggerated and abnormal fear of challenges to official

doctrine or of radical deviation.
Herpetophobia: It is an extreme and morbid fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things,

like, snakes, lizards, alligators, etc.
Heterophobia: It is an unusual and irrational fear of or aversion to heterosexuals;

also termed as sexophobia.
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia: It is an intense and extreme fear of the number

666. The fear originated from the Biblical verse Revelation 13:18 which shows that
the number 666 is the Number of the Beast and is related to Satan or the Anti-
Christ.
Helminthophobia: This is an irrational and overwhelming fear of worms or being

infested with worms - also known as Vermiphobia.
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia: It is an abnormal and exaggerated fear of

long words; also termed as sesquipedalophobia.
Hierophobia: It's an unusual and irrational fear or aversion towards priests, sacred
or holy things.
Hobophobia:
It is an irrational and persistent fear of homeless people, bums or beggars.
Hodophobia: People having intense and abnormal fears related to traveling are
Hormephobia: It is an intense and morbid fear related to shock.
Homichlophobia: It is an abnormal and unusual fear of fog; also called

nebulaphobia.
Homilophobia: It's an unwarranted and irrational fear of sermons or preachings.

Homophobia: It is an intense and morbid fear of sameness, monotony,
homosexuality or of becoming homosexual.
Hoplophobia: It is an irrational and persistent fear of firearms or weapons.
Hydrargyophobia: It is an abnormal and exaggerated fear linked to mercurial

medicines.
Hydrophobia: It is an overwhelming and unusual fear of water. The phobia is also

termed as hydrophobophobia, aquaphobia, kynophobia.
Hygrophobia: It is an irrational and unwarranted fear of liquids, dampness or

moisture.
Hylephobia: It's an unusual and intense fear related to materialism.
Hypengyophobia: It is an overwhelming and abnormal fear of responsibility or duty.

Also called hypegiaphobia and paralipophobia, the person suffering from this phobia
may be self-indulgent, to the extent of ignoring all responsibilities, at the expense of
others.
Hypnophobia: It is an unwarranted and morbid fear of falling asleep or of being

hypnotized; also called somniphobia.
[Top]
Iatrophobia: It is an irrational and morbid fear of going to the doctor or of doctors in

general.
Ichthyophobia: It is an intense and exaggerated fear associated with fish.
Ideophobia: It's an overwhelming and abnormal fear of new and different

ideas/thoughts.
Illyngophobia: It is a persistent and morbid fear of vertigo or dizziness when looking

down.
Insectophobia: It is a common fear of or aversion to insects, bugs, worms and

anthropods; also known as entomophobia.
Iophobia: It's an irrational and intense fear of poison or of being accidentally

poisoned; also termed as toxiphobia or toxicophobia.
Isopterophobia: It is an unwarranted and abnormal fear of termites, i.e. insects that

eat wood.
Ithyphallophobia: It is an abnormal and persistent fear of seeing, thinking about or
having an erect penis; also called medorthophobia or phallophobia.
[Top]
Japanophobia: It is an abnormal fear of or aversion towards the government, culture

and people of Japan.
Judeophobia: It is an irrational and intense fear of or aversion towards Jews and

Judaism.
[Top]
Kainolophobia: It is an irrational or unusual fear of originality/newness/novelty. The

fear is also known by terms, like, cainotophobia, cainophobia, cenophobia,
centophobia, kainophobia or neophobia.
Kathisophobia: It is an intense fear of sitting or any sort of activity which is related

to pain while sitting. Also known as cathisophobia, thaasophobia, people who have
been hostages or been tortured by making them sit on nails, pointed objects,
burning ambers, etc. usually suffer from this phobia.
Kenophobia: It is an abnormal and exaggerated fear of large, open and empty

spaces or voids.
Koumpounophobia: It is a fear of buttons; people suffering from it might be afraid of

similar things like discs, coins, etc.
Kinetophobia: It's an unusual and overwhelming fear of movement or motion; also

termed as kinesiophobia.
Kleptophobia: It is an abnormal fear of stealing or thieves or loss through thievery;

also called cleptophobia.
Koinoniphobia: It is a strong and intense fear related to rooms or places full of

people.
Kopophobia: It is an irrational and exaggerated fear associated with fatigue and

exhaustion.
Kosmikophobia: It is an unusual and intense fear of cosmic phenomenon like black
holes or nebulas.
Kymophobia: It is an irrational and morbid fear of waves or wave like motions; also
known as cymophobia.
Kyphophobia: It is an abnormal and persistent fear of stooping or becoming a

person who stoops more often.
[Top]
Lachanophobia: It is an unwarranted and irrational fear associated with vegetables.
Laliophobia: It is an abnormal and morbid fear of speaking and stuttering; also

termed as lalophobia, psellismophobia.
Leprophobia: It is an unusual and persistent fear related to lepers and leprosy.
Leukophobia: People having intense fear of white color are known to suffer from this
phobia.
Levophobia: It is an irrational and persistent fear of things to the left side of the
body.
Ligyrophobia: It is an intense and overwhelming fear of loud noises or sounds; also

called phonophobia.
Lilapsophobia: It is an abnormal and persistent fear associated with tornadoes and

hurricanes.
Limnophobia: It is an unusual and morbid fear related to lakes and ponds.
Linonophobia: It is an exaggerated and unwarranted fear of string.
Liticaphobia: It is an irrational and intense fear related to lawsuits.
Lockiophobia: It is an exaggerated and abnormal fear of childbirth; also known as

maieusiophobia, parturiphobia or tocophobia.
Logophobia: It is an abnormal and persistent fear of words. Sufferers primarily

experience difficulty in talking properly and in worst cases are unable to talk at all;
also known as verbophobia.
Lyssophobia: The fear of becoming insane.

Luiphobia: It is an intense and morbid fear of lues or syphilis (an infectious venereal
disease that may be either congenital or acquired through sexual contact or
contaminated needles); also called syphilophobia.
Lutraphobia: It is an irrational and exaggerated fear of otters (freshwater

carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet, and dark brown fur).
[Top]
Macrophobia: It is an abnormal and persistent fear of long waits. The sufferer may
experience anxiety and discomfort when confronted with any situation that involves
waiting for a long time.
Mageirocophobia: People having intense fear of cooking are known to suffer from
this phobia.
Malaxophobia: It's an unusual and morbid fear of love play or foreplay; also termed
as sarmassophobia.
Mastigophobia: It is an overwhelming and intense fear of punishment; also called

poinephobia.
Mechanophobia: It is an exaggerated fear of or aversion towards machines or

machinery.
Medomalacuphobia: It's an irrational and unwarranted fear of losing an erection.
Megalophobia: People having intense fear of large things or objects (significantly

larger than oneself) are known to suffer from this phobia.
Melanophobia: It is an abnormal or unusual fear of the color black.
Melophobia: It's an overwhelming and irrational fear of or aversion towards music.
Meningitophobia: People having intense fear of meningitis or brain disease are

Menophobia: It is an exaggerated and overwhelming fear of menstruation.
Merinthophobia: It is an abnormal and unusual fear of fixing of boundaries, being

bound or tied up.
Metallophobia: People having intense fear of metal or metallic objects are known to
suffer from this phobia.
Metathesiophobia: It's an irrational and persistent fear related to changes.
Meteorophobia: It is an unwarranted and morbid fear of meteors or extraterrestrial

bodies.
Methyphobia: People having intense fear of alcohol or losing control after

consuming alcohol are known to suffer from this phobia; also termed as potophobia.
Metrophobia: It is an uncommon and unusual fear or hatred of poetry.
Misosophy: Misosophy is the hatred of wisdom.
Microphobia: It's an abnormal and persistent fear of small or minute objects; also
termed as mycophobia.
Mnemophobia: It is an irrational and unwarranted fear of memories.
Molysmophobia: It is an exaggerated and morbid fear of infection and

contamination; also known as molysomophobia.
Monopathophobia: People having an exaggerated fear of contracting a particular

disease or sickness are known to suffer from this phobia, e.g. swine flu phobia. Fear
of any disease is called pathophobia, while fear of a particular disease is
monopathophobia.
Motorphobia: It's an unusual and abnormal fear related to automobiles.
Mottephobia: It is an overwhelming and persistent fear of moths.
Musophobia: It is an abnormal and intense fear of mice; also called muriphobia,

suriphobia.
Mycophobia: It's an irrational and unusual fear or aversion to mushrooms.
Myrmecophobia: People having intense fear of ants are known to suffer from this
phobia.
Mythophobia: It is an irrational and exaggerated fear of myths, stories or false

statements.
[Top]
Necrophobia: It is an overwhelming and intense fear of death or dead things, like,

corpses, coffins, etc. The phobia is also termed as thanatophobia and thantophobia.
Neopharmaphobia: It's an abnormal and persistent fear of new drugs/medications.

Nephophobia: It is an unusual and irrational fear of clouds.
Noctiphobia: People having intense fear of night are known to suffer from this
phobia, which is also called nyctophobia.
Nomatophobia: It is an irrational and exaggerated fear of names; also known as

onomatophobia.
Nosocomephobia: It's an unwarranted and abnormal fear of hospitals. The sufferers

may refrain from going to hospitals, from the fear of contracting illness or disease.
Nosophobia: It is an overwhelming and irrational fear of contracting a disease or

becoming ill; also called nosemaphobia.
Nostophobia: It is an uncommon and morbid fear of returning home.
Novercaphobia: It's an unusual and irrational fear of mother-in-law; also called

pentheraphobia.
Nucleomituphobia: People having intense fear of nuclear weapons are known to

Nyctohylophobia: It is an abnormal and persistent fear of dark wooded areas or

forests at night.
[Top]
Ochlophobia: It is an irrational and morbid fear of crowds or mobs.
Octophobia: It's an uncommon and unusual fear of the figure 8.
Oenophobia: People having fear of or aversion to wines are thought to suffer from
this phobia.
Olfactophobia: It is an exaggerated and persistent fear of smells or odors; also

termed as osmophobia or osphresiophobia.
Ombrophobia: It is an abnormal and overwhelming fear of rain; also called

pluviophobia.
Ommetaphobia: It's an intense and unusual fear related to eyes; also termed as
ommatophobia.
Omphalophobia: It is an irrational and rare fear of belly buttons. People having this
phobia experience anxiety and discomfort when anyone's navel area is subjected to
touch, especially their own.
Oneirophobia: It is an uncommon and persistent fear of dreams, especially erotic

(wet) dreams; also called oneirogmophobia.
Ophidiophobia: People having intense fear of snakes are known to suffer from this
phobia; also known as herpetophobia, which is a common term for the fear of
reptiles and amphibians.
Ophthalmophobia: It is an abnormal and morbid fear of being watched or stared at;

also known as scopophobia or scoptophobia.
Opiophobia: It's an unusual and rare fear experienced by medical doctors, of

prescribing needed pain medications for patients.
Optophobia: It is an overwhelming and abnormal fear of opening one's eyes.
Ornithophobia: It is an irrational and intense fear of birds.
Orthophobia: It's an abnormal and exaggerated fear associated with property.
Ostraconophobia: People having intense fear of or aversion towards shellfish are

[Top]
Panthophobia: People who have a fear of suffering and disease are thought to suffer
from this phobia.
Panophobia: Also known as pantophobia, it means fear of everything.
Papaphobia: It's a phobia that's related to the intense fear of the Pope.
Papyrophobia: People who bear a fear of paper are known to suffer from this phobia.
Paraphobia: People who have a fear of sexual perversion or aberrant sexual

practices are said to suffer from this phobia.
Parasitophobia: It is a fear of parasites, wherein the person suffering from this

phobic disorder has an aversion towards parasites.
Paraskavedekatriaphobia: The people suffering from this phobia have an

exaggerated fear of Friday the 13th in a month.
Parthenophobia: People who have an abnormal fear of young girls or virgins are said
to have this phobia.
Pathophobia: If you are reading this phobia list and happen to have a fear of
disease, you are a victim of pathophobia.
Patroiophobia: In case you have a fear of heredity i.e. the genetic factors which are
transmitted from one generation to the next, you are a victim of this phobia.
Pediculophobia: Also known as phthiriophobia, it is a phobia pertaining to the fear of

lice.
Pediophobia: This word is derived from a Greek word paidion, meaning "little child".
This phobia is related to the fear of dolls or children.
Pedophobia: The phobia is related to fear of children, infants or childhood. Also

called pediophobia or pediaphobia, the recognized outcomes of this phobia include
paternalism, adultism, and by extension, ageism.
Peladophobia: It is an irrational, intense, persistent fear of bald people.
Pellagrophobia: People who suffer an intense fear of pellagra, a disease caused by

deficiency of niacin or tryptophan, are said to have this phobia.
Peniaphobia: It is an overwhelming and intense fear of poverty.
Phagophobia: This is a psychogenic dysphagia, an
irrational fear of swallowing or eating or of being eaten.
Phalacrophobia: It is a common fear among people of turning bald.
Pharmacophobia: Victims of this phobia have a tendency of avoiding medicines or

fear taking medicines.
Phasmophobia: It's an abnormal and persistent fear of ghosts, which is also known
as spectrophobia.
Philemaphobia: One of the most interesting fears which an individual must be facing
is kissing another person for the first time. While this is normal, the irrational fear of
kissing is termed as philemaphobia; also called philematophobia.
Philophobia: People who have a fear of falling in love or being in love, are said to be
victims of this particular phobia.
Philosophobia: People who have a fear of philosophy are declared to be suffering

from philosophobia.
Phobophobia: After reading this long list of phobias, you may have a morbid fear of
developing a phobia. Such a fear is termed as phobophobia.
Photoaugliaphobia: People who experience the fear of glaring lights, i.e. lights that
shine intensely are prime victims of this phobia.
Photophobia: People who are excessively sensitive to light and are averse to
sunlight or well-lit places are known to have this phobia. It's an abnormal sensitivity
or discomfort towards light and is also defined as the fear of light.
Phronemophobia: It's an abnormal and irrational fear of thinking.
Phthisiophobia: Fear of tuberculosis, an infection transmitted by inhalation or

ingestion of tubercle bacilli, manifested in fever and small lesions, is termed as
phthisiophobia.
Placophobia: People who experience an unnatural fear of tombstones, are

diagnosed as suffering from placophobia.
Pyrexiophobia: It is the fear of fever.
Phenogophobia: It is the fear of daylight.
Plutophobia: It is an unusual and intense fear of wealth.
Pneumatiphobia: People who are considered to bear
the fear of spirits, i.e. any incorporeal supernatural being that can turn visible or
audible to human beings, are victims of this phobia.
Pocrescophobia: People who are obsessed with maintaining a slim and attractive
body may have this abnormal fear of gaining weight; also termed as obesophobia.
Phonophobia : It is a morbid fear of noise and the sufferer also fears his own voice.
Phobophobia : The fear of developing a phobia.
Pogonophobia: This phobia is generally seen in infants who exhibit a fear of beards
and start crying once they see or touch a person's beard.
Poliosophobia: People suffering from an intense fear of contracting poliomyelitis (a

viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal
cord) are victims of this phobia.
Politicophobia: People who have an extreme fear or revulsion for politicians are
known to be victims of politicophobia.
Polyphobia: It's a fear of many things, which people may experience if they are
burdened with a load of responsibilities.
Ponophobia: People who have a fear of overworking or pain are said to be inflicted
by this phobia.
Porphyrophobia: Some people are in utter dread of a particular color. Amongst those
people, the ones who have a fear of the color purple are victims of this phobia.
Potamophobia: People who have the fear of rivers or running water are known to
bear potamophobia.
Proctophobia: Rectum is the terminal section of the alimentary canal and fear of
rectums is termed as proctophobia; also known as rectophobia.
Prosophobia: It is an irrational fear of progress, wherein the victims fear any

progress or change taking place.
Psychophobia: Also called mentalism, it is the fear of mind, in which the

psychophobic has an extreme aversion to people with mental disorders/illnesses
and exhibits contempt and ill treatment towards them.
Pteronophobia: It's an abnormal fear of being tickled by feathers.
Pupaphobia: Some people have an irrational fear of puppets and are frightened by
them. This fear is termed as pupaphobia.
[Top]
Radiophobia: It is an irrational and morbid fear of radiation and X-rays.
Ranidaphobia: People having intense fear of or aversion towards frogs are said to
Rhabdophobia: It's an exaggerated and morbid fear of being severely punished,

wherein the victims bear an intense fear of being beaten by a rod or of being at the
receiving end of severe criticism.
Rhytiphobia: It's an abnormal and persistent fear of getting wrinkles, wherein the
sufferers may begin to perspire, feel uncomfortable or become nauseated when
confronted with their fear.
Russophobia: It is an unusual and unwarranted fear or aversion towards the

government, culture, history or people of Russia.
[Top]
S
Samhainophobia: It is the dread of pranks played by young people before the eve of
All Saint's Day and those who suffer from it are known to bear the fear of
Halloween, termed as samhainophobia.
Satanophobia: Those who suffer from an abnormal fear of Satan are known to bear
satanophobia.
Scabiophobia: People who have an irrational fear of scabies, a contagious skin

infection caused by the itch mite, are known to suffer from scabiophobia.
Scelerophibia: There is probably no person on earth who would not be a victim of

this phobia, i.e. the fear of bad men or burglars.
Sciophobia: Also known as sciaphobia is related to the fear of shadows.
Scoleciphobia: People who are paranoid and bear the fear of worms are thought to
have scelerophobia.
Scolionophobia: Many kids can be found with this peculiar fear of school, termed as
scolionophobia.
Scotomaphobia: People with normal eyesight who possess the fear of blindness or
who fear spots in their visual field are known to suffer from this phobia.
Scriptophobia: It's a fear of writing in public, wherein the person is over-conscious

and nervous whenever he writes.
Selachophobia: There are very few people who are adventurous to the extent that
they like sharks. But those who fear and dislike sharks, suffer from this phobia
termed as selachophobia.
Selaphobia: People who possess a fear of flashing lights are said to be selaphobic.
Selenophobia: Some people have an irrational and abnormal fear of the moon. They
are said to be selenophobic.
Seplophobia: It's a fear of decaying matter, wherein the person suffering from this
phobia cannot tolerate the decomposition process and starts exhibiting symptoms
of phobia or extreme fear.
Siderophobia: Those who bear a morbid fear of stars are known to suffer from this
phobia.
Sinistrophobia: Those people who possess the fear of things to the left side of the
body or fear
of left-handed suffer from this irrational disorder. Also called levophobia.

Sinophobia: Those who have an irrational fear of Chinese or Chinese culture are
known to contain this phobia.
Soceraphobia: Many women have a fear of parents-in-law and the intense form of
this fear is termed as soceraphobia.
Social Phobia: People who are introverts often carry a deep fear of being evaluated
negatively in social situations and are said to suffer from this phobia.
Sociophobia: This is related to social phobia, the only difference being, that this is a
fear of society or people in general and not anybody in particular.
Sophophobia: People who experience an abnormal fear of learning are said to bear
this phobia. But one should remember that there is no end to learning which is a
continuous process till one dies. So bearing sophophobia will not do any good to
oneself.
Soteriophobia: People who have an acute and irrational fear of dependence are
believed to bear this phobia.
Spacephobia: It's a morbid and irrational fear of outer space.
Spermatophobia: It's an abnormal and irrational fear of sperms or germs; also called
spermophobia.
Spheksophobia: People who bear a strong fear of wasps, insects with a formidable
sting, are believed to suffer from this phobia.
Staurophobia: It's an abnormal and exaggerated fear of crosses or the crucifix.
Stenophobia: People who bear an exaggerated fear of narrow things or places are
said to suffer from stenophobia.
Symbolophobia: Symbolism is a practice of investing things with symbolic meaning

and people who bear the fear of symbolism are afflicted with symbolophobia.
Symmetrophobia: It is a morbid and overwhelming fear of symmetry, i.e. the fear of

being isotropic.
Syngenesophobia: People who suffer an irrational or abnormal fear of relatives are

said to have this phobia.
[Top]
T
Tabophobia: It's an overwhelming and morbid fear of tabes dorsalis (degenerative
spinal disease).
Tachophobia: It is an abnormal and intense fear of high speeds which a person may
experience while on roller coasters or while bungee jumping.
Taeniophobia: People having intense fear of tapeworms are thought to suffer this
phobia; also called teniophobia.
Taphephobia: It is an irrational and persistent fear of being buried alive or of

cemeteries. Also known as taphophobia, the term taphephobia is derived from the
Greek words taphos meaning grave and phobos meaning fear, hence fear of the
grave or fear of being put in a grave while still alive.
Tapinophobia: It's an unwarranted and unusual fear of being contagious.
Taurophobia: It is an abnormal and exaggerated fear of bulls or intense dislike for

bullfighting.
Technophobia: It is an intense fear or aversion towards advanced technology or

complex devices, like, computers, laptops, mobile phones, etc.
Teleophobia: It is an irrational and persistent fear of definite plans and religious

ceremonies.
Telephonophobia: People having intense fear of telephones are said to suffer this
phobia, wherein they completely avoid using telephones and refuse to talk on
phone.
Teratophobia: It is an overwhelming and morbid fear of monsters and deformed

people or bearing or giving birth to a deformed child.
Testophobia: It is an abnormal and persistent fear of taking tests.
Tetanophobia: It's an exaggerated and extreme fear of lockjaw or tetanus.
Textophobia: People having unusual and intense fear of certain fabrics, like, cotton,
wool, silk, synthetic, etc. are thought to be victims of this phobia.
Thalassophobia: It's an irrational and exaggerated fear of the seas and oceans.
Theatrophobia: It is an unwarranted and irrational fear related to theaters.
Theologicophobia: It is an unusual and persistent fear of theology (study of religions

and religious teachings).
Theophobia: It is an abnormal and intense fear or aversion towards God or any

religion; also known as zeusophobia.
Thermophobia: It's an overwhelming and morbid fear of heat or high temperatures,
including hot weather, hot objects, etc.
Tomophobia: It's an irrational and persistent fear related to surgeries and/or surgical
operations.
Topophobia: It is an overwhelming and unusual fear restricted to specific places or

situations, e.g. stage fright.
Tonsurphobia: It is a morbid fear of haircuts.
Traumatophobia: People having intense fear of war and/or of being injured during a
fight are said to suffer this phobia.
Tremophobia: It is an abnormal and persistent fear of trembling.
Trichinophobia: It is an exaggerated and morbid fear of trichinosis (infestation by

trichina larvae that are transmitted by eating inadequately cooked meat, especially
pork).
Triskaidekaphobia: It is an irrational and intense fear of the number 13, a number

commonly associated with bad luck. The term triskaidekaphobia comes from the
Greek 'tris' meaning '3', 'kai' meaning 'and', and 'deka' meaning '10'.
Tropophobia: It is an unusual and overwhelming fear of moving or making changes,

which paralyzes the person.
Tuberculophobia: People having an intense and morbid fear of tuberculosis are

Tyrannophobia: It is an abnormal and persistent fear of tyrants or dictatorship.
[Top]
Uranophobia: It is an abnormal and persistent fear of heaven; also termed as

ouranophobia.
Urophobia: People having an extreme fear of urine or urinating are said to suffer
from this phobia.
[Top]
V
Vaccinophobia: It is an abnormal and morbid fear related to vaccinations.
Venustraphobia: It is a rare but persistent fear of beautiful/attractive women; also

known as caligynephobia.
Venereophobia: It is the fear of venereal diseases.
Vestiphobia: People having intense fear of clothes or clothing are known to suffer
from this phobia.
Virginitiphobia: It is an exaggerated and morbid fear of rape.
Vitricophobia: It is an irrational and acute fear of one's step-father.
[Top]
Walloonphobia: It is an abnormal and unusual fear of walloons (ethnic group of

French-speaking people living in Belgium).
Wiccaphobia: It is an irrational and persistent fear related to witches and witchcraft.
[Top]
Xanthophobia: It is an unusual and morbid fear of the color yellow or the word
yellow.
Xenoglossophobia: It's an abnormal and exaggerated fear of foreign languages.
Xenophobia: People having intense fear or aversion towards strangers or foreigners

are thought to suffer from this phobia.
Xerophobia: It is an overwhelming and irrational fear of dryness.
Xylophobia: It is a persistent and abnormal fear of forests or wooden objects; also

termed as hylophobia.
Xyrophobia: People who suffer an unwarranted or intense fear of razors are believed
to exhibit this phobia.
[Top]
Z
Zelophobia: It is an abnormal and morbid fear of jealousy.
Zemmiphobia: People having intense or extreme fear of the great mole rat are said
to suffer from this phobia.
Zoophobia: It is an irrational and exaggerated fear or aversion towards animals.
After having a look at the whole list of phobias, you definitely know now, if you have
one or not. Sometimes, we tend to have a fear or an aversion towards certain
things, due to happening in our past. Such fears disappear with time. These fears
should not be mistaken for phobias. But if you experience excessive fear without
reason, you should consider treating your phobia. Here are a few ways of
overcoming phobias.
Overcome your Phobia by;
Recognizing your phobia;
Facing your fears;
Being determined to overcome the phobia;
Being ready to face the consequences;
Approaching your problems;
Diverting your mind to something else, whenever you create fearful thoughts;
Convincing yourself, that your phobia is an over-exaggerated fear;
Having a positive approach towards such situations in the future.
Seek Treatment if;
It's been six months and you can't get over the phobia.
You start trembling with fear, anxiety, and start panicking.
You start avoiding certain places or situations because of your phobia.

Your phobia becomes an obstacle by interfering in your daily life, work, and
routine.
ablutophobia: fear of bathing
acarophobia: ... itching
acerophobia: ... sourness
achluophobia: ... darkness
acousticophobia: ... noise
acrophobia: ... heights
aerophobia: ... drafts, air
agliophobia: ... pain
agoraphobia: ... open spaces
agrizoophobia: ... wild animals
agyrophobia: ... crossing the street
aichmophobia: ... needles and other pointed objects
ailurophobia: ... cats
albuminurophobia:.. .kidney disease
alektorophobia: ... chickens
alliumphobia: ... garlic
allodoxaphobia: ... opinions
amathophobia: ... dust
amaxophobia: ... riding in a car
ambulophobia: ... walking
amychophobia: ... being scratched
anablephobia: ... looking up
androphobia: ... men
anemophobia: ... wind

Anglophobia: ... Britain
anthophobia: ... flowers
antlophobia: ... floods
anuptaphobia: ... staying single
apeirophobia: .... infinity
apiphobia: ... bees
arachibutyrophobia: ... peanut butter sticking to roof of mouth
arachnophobia: ... spiders
arithmophobia: ... numbers
asthenophobia: ... fainting
astrophobia: ... celestial space
ataxiophobia: ... muscular
incoordination
ataxophobia: ... untidiness
atelophobia: ... imperfection
athazagoraphobia: ... being forgotten or ignored
atychiphobia: ... failure
aulophobia: ... flutes
aurophobia: ... gold
auroraphobia: ... northern lights
automatonophobia: ... ventriloquist dummies, wax statues
automysophobia: ... being dirty
aviophobia: ... flying
bacillophobia: ... microbes

ballistophobia: ... missiles or bullets
barophobia: ... gravity
basophobia: ... inability to stand
bathophobia: ... depth
batrachophobia: ... amphibians
bibliophobia: ... books
bogyphobia: ... bogeymen
Bolshephobia: ... Bolsheviks
bromidrosiphobia: ... body smells
bufonophobia: ... toads
cacophobia: ... ugliness
cainophobia: ... newness, novelty
caligynephobia: ... beautiful women
carcinophobia: ... cancer
cardiophobia: ... the heart
carnophobia: ... meat
catagelophobia: ... being ridiculed
catapedaphobia: ... jumping
ceraunophobia: ... thunder
chaetophobia: ... hair
chemophobia: ... chemicals
cherophobia: ... gaiety
chionophobia: ... snow
chiraptophobia: ... being touched

cholerophobia: ... anger
chorophobia: ... dancing
chrometophobia: ... money
chromophobia: ... colors
chronomentrophobia: ... clocks
cibophobia: ... food
claustrophobia: ... confined spaces
cleisiophobia: ... being locked in
climacophobia: ... stairs
clinophobia: ... going to bed
coimetrophobia: ... cemeteries
contreltophobia: ... sexual abuse
coprastasophobia: ... constipation
coprophobia: ... feces
coulrophobia: ... clowns
cremnophobia: ... precipices
cryophobia: ... extreme cold
crystallophobia: ... crystals, glass
cyclophobia: ... bicycles
decidophobia: ... making decisions
defecaloesiophobia: ... painful bowel movements
deipnophobia: ... dining
dementophobia: ... insanity
demonophobia: ... demons

dendrophobia: ... trees
dentophobia: ... dentists
dermatophobia: ... skin lesions
didaskaleinophobia: ... school
dikephobia: ... justice
dinophobia: ... dizziness
diplophobia: ... double vision
dipsophobia: ... drinking
dishabiliophobia: ... undressing
in front of someone
domatophobia: ... houses
doraphobia: ... animal fur or skins
dromophobia: ... crossing streets
dysmorphophobia: ... deformity
dystychiphobia: ... accidents
ecclesiophobia: ... church
eisoptrophobia: ... mirrors, or seeing oneself in a mirror
electrophobia: ... electricity
eleutherophobia: ... freedom
emetophobia: ... vomiting
enetophobia: ... pins
enochlophobia: ... crowds
enosiophobia: ... committing an unpardonable sin
entomophobia: ... insects

eosophobia: ... dawn or daylight
epistaxiophobia: ... nosebleeds
epistemophobia: ... knowledge
equinophobia: ... horses
eremophobia: ... being oneself
ereuthrophobia: ... blushing
ergophobia: ... work
erotophobia: ... sexual love
euphobia: ... hearing good news
eurotophobia: ... female genitalia
febriphobia: ... fever
Francophobia: ... France
frigophobia: ... cold
gamophobia: ... marriage
geliophobia: ... laughter
geniophobia: ... chins
genuphobia: ... knees
gerascophobia: ... growing old
glossophobia: ... speaking in public gymnophobia: ... nudity
hadephobia: ... hell

hagiophobia: ...saints or holy things
harpaxophobia: ... being robbed
hedonophobia: ... feeling pleasure
heliophobia: ... the sun
hemophobia: ... blood
herpetophobia: ... reptiles
heterophobia: ... opposite sex
hodophobia: ... road travel
homichlophobia: ... fog
homilophobia: ... sermons
homophobia: ... homosexuality
hoplophobia: ... firearms
hydrophobia: .... water
hypegiaphobia: ... responsibility
iatrophobia: ... doctors
ichthyophobia: ... fish
illyngophobia: ... vertigo
insectophobia: ... insects
iophobia: ... poison
isolophobia: ... solitude
ithyphallophobia: ... erection
Japanophobia: ... Japanese

Judeophobia: ... Jews
kainolophobia: ... novelty
katagelophobia: ... ridicule
kathisophobia: ... sitting down
kenophobia: ... empty spaces
kinetophobia : ... motion
kleptophobia: ... stealing
kopophobia: ... fatigue
koniophobia: ... dust
kyphophobia: ... stooping
lachanophobia: ... vegetables
leprophobia : ... leprosy
leukophobia: ... the color white
ligyrophobia: ... loud noises
limnophobia: ... lakes
linonophobia: ... string
liticaphobia: ... lawsuits
lockiophobia: ... childbirth
logophobia: ... words
luiphobia: ... syphilis
lutraphobia: ... otters
lygophobia: ... darkness

M
mageirocophobia: ... cooking
malaxophobia: ... love play
mastigophobia: ... punishment
mechanophobia: ... machines
melophobia: ... music
menophobia: ... menstruation
merinthophobia: ... being tied up
metathesiophobia: ... changes
methyphobia: ... alcohol
microphobia: ... small things
misophobia: ... dirt or germs
mnemophobia: ... memories
motorphobia: ... automobiles
musophobia: ... mice
mycophobia: ... mushrooms
myxophobia: ... slime
necrophobia: ... death
neopharmaphobia: ... new drugs
neophobia: ... anything new
nephophobia: ... clouds
noctiphobia: ... night
nomatophobia: ... names

nosocomephobia: ... hospitals
novercaphobia: .... stepmothers
numerophobia: ... numbers
ochophobia: ... vehicles
odontophobia: ... dental surgery
odynophobia: ... pain
oenophobia: ... wines
oikophobia: ... home
olfactophobia: ... smell
ombrophobia: ... rain
ommetaphobia: ... eyes
ophidiophobia: ... snakes
ophthalmophobia: ... being
stared at
ornithophobia: ... birds
osphresiophobia: ... smells
ostraconophobia: ... shellfish
ouranophobia: ... heaven
pagophobia: ... ice or frost
panthophobia: ... disease
Papaphobia: ... the Pope
papyrophobia: ... paper

parasitophobia: ... parasites
peccatophobia: ... sinning
pediophobia: ... dolls
pedophobia: ... children
phalacrophobia: ... becoming bald
pharmacophobia: ... medicines
phasmophobia: ... ghosts
philemaphobia: ... kissing
philophobia: ... falling in love
phobophobia: ... phobias
phonophobia: ... noises
phthisiophobia: ... tuberculosis
placophobia: ... tombstones
plutophobia: ... wealth
pogonophobia: ... beards
poinephobia: ... punishment
proctophobia: ... rectums
pteromerhanophobia: ... flying
pupaphobia: ... puppets
pyrophobia: ... fire
radiophobia: ... radiation, X rays
ranidaphobia: ... frogs
rhabdophobia: ... punishment
rhypophobia: ... defecation

rhytiphobia: ... getting wrinkles
rupophobia: ... dirt
Russophobia: ... Russians
samhainophobia: ... Halloween
sarmassophobia: ... love play
satanophobia: ...Satan
scabiophobia: ... scabies
scelerophobia: ... bad men, burglars
sciophobia: ... shadows
scoleciphobia: ... worms
scotomaphobia: ... blindness
scriptophobia: ... writing in public
selenophobia: ... the moon
seplophobia: ... decaying matter
siderodromophobia: ... trains
siderophobia: ... stars
sinistrophobia: ... left-handedness
sphexsophobia: ... wasps
staurophobia: ... the crucifix
stenophobia: ... narrow places
symbolophobia: ... symbolism
symmetrophobia: ... symmetry
syngenesophobia: ... relatives
syphilophobia: ... syphilis

T
tachophobia: ... speed
taphephobia: ... being buried alive
tapinophobia: ... being contagious
taurophobia: ... bulls
technophobia: ... technology
teleophobia: ... definite plans
testophobia: ... taking tests
thalassophobia: ... the sea
thanatophobia: ... death or dying
theatrophobia: ... theaters
thermophobia: ... heat
tocophobia: ... childbirth
tonitrophobia: ... thunder
toxiphobia: ... poison
traumatophobia: ... injury
tremophobia: ... trembling
triskaidekaphobia: ... the number 13
trypanophobia: ... injections
uranophobia: ... heaven
urophobia: ... urine
V
vaccinophobia: ... vaccinations
venustraphobia: ... beautiful women
verbophobia: ... words
verminophobia: ... germs
vestiphobia: ... clothing
virginitiphobia: ... rape
vitricophobia: ... stepfathers
Walloonophobia: ... the Walloons
wiccaphobia: ... witches
xanthophobia: ... the color yellow
xenophobia: ... strangers
xerophobia: ... dryness
xylophobia: ... forests
zelophobia: ... jealousy
zemmiphobia: ... the great mole rat
zeusophobia: ... God or gods
zoophobia: ... animals
Symptoms: Friends of the Fear
Every case of fear of dead bodies is a little different.

Why? Because the core of the problem the patterns of thinking, the images,
movies, sounds and dialog that are internally associated with death are different in
each person.
(Note that most cures offered for fear of dead bodies expecially using drugs and
medications will tackle only the symptoms, not the thinking that is the actual core
of the problem).
But while the internal representations as they are called are different from person
to person there are a number of symptoms which are common to many
necrophobes:
A feeling of uncontrollable anxiety when you think about or are exposed to death
The feeling that you must do everything possible to avoid death
The inability to function normally because of your anxiety
Often, the knowledge that your fears are unreasonable or exaggerated but feeling
powerless to control them
Necrophobic symptoms can be mental, emotional and physical. The anxiety and
fear can go from mild feelings of apprehension to a full-blown panic attack.
Typically, the closer you are to what youre afraid of, the greater your fear will be.
You can test the severity of your problem with this 2-minute online fear of dead
bodies test.
But because the fear is a physical response to patterns of thinking about death and
not the actual death almost all people with fear of dead bodies can create a very
strong reaction just by using their mind.
> For help chaging these patterns of thinking, read this article How to Overcome
Fear of Dead Bodies.
Mental Symptoms
Obsessive Thoughts
Difficulty thinking about anything other than the fear
Really bad images and/or movies of death
Feelings of unreality or of being detached from yourself
Fear of losing control or going crazy
Fear of fainting
Emotional Symptoms:
Anticipatory Anxiety: Persistent worrying about upcoming events that involve death
Terror: A persistent and overwhelming fear of the same
Desire to Flee: An intense instinct to leave the situation (which is tough when its
purely in the mind)
While not generally experienced at the same time as fear of dead bodies episode,
we find that overall when they think about their past, most clients have elevated
levels of one or more of:
Anger, Sadness, Fear, Hurt & Guilt
Physical Symptoms:
Dizziness, shaking, palpitations.
Shortness of breath or smothering sensation
Palpitations, pounding heart, or accelerated heart rate
Chest pain or discomfort
Trembling or shaking
Feeling of choking
Sweating
Nausea or stomach distress
Feeling unsteady, dizzy, lightheaded, or faint
Numbness or tingling sensations
Hot or cold flashes
Fear
When fear is temporary, it can be an ally. When it takes over, it can interfere with
peace and happiness. Fear is a normal and natural part of life, without which our
chances of survival would be greatly diminished. However, when fears are irrational,
persistent, or intense, our level of happiness and our ability to function can be
compromised. Fear is a signal that our well-being is threatened; if this is the case,
fear tells us we need to act. But sometimes, we are afraid when there is really no
threat. Such irrational fears may be covering over deeper fears and needs that we
can discover and examine in therapy. Persistent phobias, which can be terrifying
and debilitating, can be overcome through the work of therapy. Sometimes, we may
feel afraid and not be certain why, or not be clear whether our fears are realistic.
Talking about your fear in therapy can help clarify these issues.
Fear's Affect on Body, Mind, and Emotions
Managing Fear
How Psychotherapy Can Help with Fear
Psychological Disorders Associated with Fear
Psychotherapy for Fearing "Everything" - Case Example
Fear of Men - Case Example
Share Your Story About Coping with Fear
Fear's Affect on Body, Mind, and Emotions
Body: Trembling, racing heart, burning stomach, tension in muscles and belly,
headaches, crying, rapid shallow breathing, restlessness, temporary paralysis,
and/or sweaty palms.
Mind: Repeating thoughts, terrifying images, and/or distracting thoughts.
Emotions: Terror, anger, despair, and/or numbness.
Managing Fear
Feeling fear may be quite unpleasant, but attempting to suppress fearful emotions
will probably not help. Instead, allowing yourself to feel your fear, taking a few deep
breaths, and beginning to rationally examine your fears can help. Most people are
at least a little afraid of death. Examining your attitude towards death can be
helpful in managing fears.
A few good questions to ask yourself about fear are:
What am I afraid of?
Is this fear realistic?
What, really, is the worst that can happen? And what can I do protect myself from
that outcome?
Where in my body do I feel fear? How do I feel when I take a few deep breaths?
How Psychotherapy Can Help with Fear
Fear can be expressed as anxiety, worry or stress. Some people experience extreme
fear as phobias or paranoia. Psychotherapy can help people manage their fear by
first putting those fears into perspective. People who are fearful sometimes have
unrealistic expectations for situations that cause them fear. People who are fearful
of water may believe they will drown because they do not know how to swim.
People who fear rejection may believe everyone around them will not like them and
may overcompensate, thus pushing people away. Whether the beliefs are
unfounded or not, they are very real to the individual with the fear.
Therapy can address the fears by empowering the client. Learning how to swim will
remove the fear of drowning. Understanding that overcompensating can cause
rejection makes the client aware of their role in the problem. This knowledge allows
a person to transform their behaviors and engage in new behaviors that will reduce
the likelihood of their fears being realized. Additionally, therapy for fear helps clients
recognize triggers and teaches skills for managing fear when it arises.
Psychological Disorders Associated with Fear
In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), anxiety disorders often involve some
kind of fear. Phobias involve specific fears, such as fears of snakes or social
situations. Schizophrenia, which can include paranoid thoughts, may cause people
to feel afraid of others. Schizophrenia can also include delusions, which may involve
frightening themes, and hallucinations, which can be frightening. Sometimes, fear is
an aspect of depression, for example a fear of death, being alone, or being a failure.
Psychotherapy for Fearing "Everything" - Case Example
Kurt, 37, reports feeling afraid of almost everything. He has taken time off from
work because he is scared to go out in public. Loud noises cause his heart to race.
He barely sleeps. The therapist teaches Kurt some simple meditation techniques to
help him calm down enough for conversation in therapy. Then Kurt and the therapist
discuss Kurts fears rationally. All of Kurts fears eventually lead to a fear of death.
Kurt is relieved to know that most people fear dying, and begins to work on making
peace with this inevitable reality.
Fear of Men - Case Example

Daisy, 21, is afraid of men. She identifies a past experience as the root cause of
this; when she was 11, she was assaulted by an older cousin and has never gotten
over it. Daisy is referred to a support group for survivors of abuse, which she finds
comforting. She also begins to explore how her fears fail to keep her safe, and
prevent her from developing positive relationships. She identifies several men she
respects and does not fear. She is able to talk openly about her fears, and this in
itself provides some relief. Daisy also discovers her latent anger at her attacker, and
feels more empowered to take care of herself.
Share Your Story About Coping with Fear
Do you have a personal story about coping with fear or overcoming debilitating fear
in your own life? If you are a writer or blogger and would like to share your story
with a wide audience of others who may share similar experiences with fear, please
consider submitting your original story to GoodTherapy.org's Share Your Story.
Selected stories will be featured on The Good Therapy Blog.
The Secret to Overcoming Fear of Dead Bodies
Seymour Segnit ctrn founder & president
In this article, Ill explain exactly how we create fear and every other emotion
and reveal one of the most powerful known methods to overcome Fear of Dead
Bodies.
Its called Anchoring and in our work helping clients around the world we find that
this one of the most effective techniques.
In fact, we find it eliminates Fear of Dead Bodies completely for many of our clients,
and significantly helps everyone else. And its very, very simple.
Weve all read the regular advice things like be well prepared, relax, remember
to breathe and all this advice is great if you only have mild anxiety.
But if you are experiencing real FEAR that overwhelming feeling of anxiety or
nervousness that makes you sick to your stomach you are experiencing an
unwarranted automated fear response which no amount of trying to relax or
breathing will help.
Here youll learn a technique that always helps (when properly used) because it is
tapping into the very same part of your nervous system that is causing the fear of
dead bodies in the first place.
How you Create Fear or any other Feeling
The first thing to understand is how we create fear in the human nervous system.
The way you feel at any moment in time is a direct result of two things:
Focus and your Physiology.
Focus is the way you are using your mind; your beliefs, what you are thinking about,
and the language you use inside your head to describe things to yourself.
Physiology is the way you are using your body; your posture, your breathing, and
even things like how tired you are and whether you have been drinking lots of
coffee (very bad) or water (very good).
Every yes EVERY feeling you ever have is a result of the precise recipe or
strategy composed of the different elements of Focus & Physiology you are using
at that moment. And the good news is that you can change the recipe almost
instantaneously.
For example Depression commonly considered a mystery in our society can only
be experienced by someone running their own, precise depression strategy.
Compared to their normal non-depressing self this typically means head down,
shoulders forward, shallow breathing, and most importantly thinking about
whats wrong with life; focusing on all the evidence that life is bad, and asking
themselves questions which produce answers that compound the problem.
The questions we ask ourselves are key. A question like What will happen if this all
goes wrong will immediately generate answers that feel terrible. Ask How can I
make thisincrediblet? or How will others benefit when I overcome this will change
how you feel in a heartbeat.
Change the Physiology and the Focus and immediately the feeling changes. It
physiologically impossible to feel depressed whilst moving around with your head
up, breathing full healthful breaths and thinking and talking about what you are
pleased and excited about. (If you dont believe this is true, do it now).
So the quickest way to stop fear in the short term is to quickly and radically change
what you are doing. If you are sitting still thinking what will happen if it all goes
wrong, then jump up, start moving or running, and remember a time when you felt
incredibly powerful, centered and strong. Your feelings will change instantaneously.
The Simple Subtle Powerful Strategy for Overcoming Fear of Dead Bodies: Anchoring
We teach this as 101 to all our VIP clients
Leaping around like an acrobat and singing your favorite song will invariably shift
you into a much more positive state, but youll probably need a more discrete
strategy for use when other people are around!
The answer is Anchoring, a fast simple easy technique that rapidly taps into your
neurologys automatic system for linking feelings to experience. You have already
experienced anchoring thousands of times.
It works like this: whenever something unique happens and you are in an intense
emotional state (good or bad) your nervous system creates a link between the two.
For example, the first time you fell in love, there may have been a song that you
heard on the radio maybe even our song. At the time that unique song played
over and over again, you were in the intense emotional state of being in love, and
now whenever you hear that song that feeling of falling in love comes back.
Or maybe youve had the experience of walking into a building and suddenly it feels
like you are back at school again. Its a strange feeling, and you may never even
realize it is because the building has the same-smelling floor polish as the caretaker
used at your school!
The unique stimulus of the smell of the floor polish fired off that feeling of being at
school.
In both cases the same thing happened: your mind created a link an anchor
between a powerful feeling (love, or being at school) and a unique stimulus (the
song or the smell of the floor polish).
The way to use anchoring to transform you from necrophobe to phobia-free is to

deliberately create a link between some kind of unique stimulus one you control
and can initiate whenever you want and a powerful mixture of the kind of calm,
confident emotions you want to experience instead of fear of dead bodies.
Then: and this is the magical part, you simply apply the stimulus while thinking
about death and your mind will build a new map of the emotions that belong with
death. Literally, your mind will create new neural pathways attaching the new
positive emotions in place of the old.
The job here is to bundle together a collection of overwhelmingly positive powerful

emotions you can call up whenever you want. Now when you are in a situation in
which you would previously have experienced negative feelings, just fire the
anchor and your mind will re-code the situation with the new feelings, so it first
becomes neutral, and then maybe even a positive experience.
Anchoring is one of the processes we cover in detail in our programs for fear of dead
bodies
The VIP Fear of Dead Bodies Program. One-on-one help with a necrophobia
specialist. Learn More
Our home study program Vanquish Fear & Anxiety for Necrophobia. Learn More
Here is the process in detail:
1: Decide the state or emotion you want to anchor You can anchor any positive
states you like. You need to be sure you are anchoring pure positive states, ones
that are only totally positive for you. Here are some suggestions that are very
powerful for many people. Pick ones that work for you, and add your own:
Powerful, Centered and Strong. The feeling of "I RULE!" you get when you have just
triumphed at something Totally Calm. Totally Relaxed. That feeling you know of
lying somewhere, perhaps with the sounds of nature surrounding you Excited
Anticipation. The feeling of excitement just before opening a large Christmas gift!
Perfect Love. The feeling you have when, forgetting all else, you think of how much
you love and are loved Falling about with Laughter. The feeling of unstoppable
hysterical laughter!
2: Choose a unique part of the body to which you will attach the anchor. Anchoring
works by linking strong emotions to a unique stimulus. This means a stimulus you
can create easily whenever you want and one that doesnt happen normally in
day-to-day life. Squeezing a tight fist with your non-writing hand is a good one. Its
unique, because you dont normally do it in day to day life, and it can be done
discreetly if there are other people around. As long as it is unique you can anchor
anywhere, as long as you can repeat it again accurately. Pinch an individual knuckle,
your earlobe, a freckle on an arm, etc.
3: a: Remember a time when you felt that state or emotion, and imagine floating
back into your body at that time. See the things you saw through your own eyes,
hear the things you heard, smell any smells, taste any tastes, and really allow the
feelings of that time to flow throughout your body. Breathe the feelings into every
cell from head to toe. Repeat this process over and over and you may increase the
intensity as you relive the experience.
Or b: Just create the state in your body. Perhaps imagining a situation and really
allow the positive feelings to flow throughout your body. Breathe the feelings into
every cell from head to toe.
Or c: Anchor when you are in a Naturally Great State in Day-to-Day life. This is the
most positive of all, and is of course the way your nervous system is creating
anchors all the time. Its when you are naturally feeling great in day-to-day life
when you are running, loving, laughing, whatever
4: As the feelings reach their PEAK, press on the anchor for 5-10 seconds Make sure
that the stimulus you create is UNIQUE and can be replicated easily. Then, as the
feelings reach their strongest, apply the anchor for 5-10 seconds. This is the part
where you are creating the link in your nervous system between the stimulus and
the feeling.
5: Let the feelings return to normal
6: REPEAT a number of times
Repeat a number of times to make the anchor more and more powerful. It works like
a savings account. The more you put in, the more useful it becomes. Use other
examples of the same state/emotion to build a pure anchor (eg Pure Love, or Pure
Motivation) AND stack a collection of different positive states in the same place to
make a powerful Resource Anchor. The more you do this, the more powerful the
anchor will become.
To use your Anchor
To use your anchor, fire it (ie squeeze your fist or pump your fist if that feels better
to you) for an extended period, if required all the way through the challenging
situation. Even though we only build the anchor for 5-10 seconds when creating it,
you may need to use it for longer than that. The rule is: Build a strong anchor, then
use it for as long as required.
Build your anchor often (remember, its like a bank account, you need to make
deposits, not just withdrawals!), and always use it move yourself to a positive state
when you catch yourself less than resourceful, or you just need some extra
resources in a situation.
To summarize, the key to managing your emotions is to understand that you and
you alone are responsible for them you are creating them every minute of the day
with your Focus & Physiology. To feel different all you need to consciously change
what you are thinking about and how you are using your body.
To make fast changes at your unconscious level, use Anchoring diligently and you
will amaze yourself with how easily you can become the master of your emotions.
And if you need help
As simple and powerful as this process is sometimes especially if overcoming Fear

of Dead Bodies is critical for you its better to work with and expert not just in
Anchoring, but a complete system of techniques for rewiring your response to
public speaking.
If youd like to discuss your options, please call us 24 hours a day 7 days a week if
you would like to set up a free consultation.
Toll-free at (800) 828 7484
Or from outside the US: +1 (650) 249-5120
Next Action
Get One on One Help:
How to Overcome Fear of Death

Edited by Zoe Volt, Mr Stephen, Anjalival33, Mike Massaroli and 79 others
Thanatophobia, or more commonly known as the fear of death, affects millions of

people worldwide. Thanatophobia is the fear of death, dead things, or anything
associated with death. You can learn how to overcome this fear by reading this article.
Steps
1.
1
Understand that it's a cycle. People are born, people die, more people are born. Don't
feel like you're being called out, and that you have to fear it.
Ad
2.
2
Know that people won't forget you. You will continue to be remembered on earth, and
your memories will never disappear. Even though people are constantly passing on, the
memories they leave behind aren't, and they are staying in the hearts of those they
loved. Don't feel like as soon as you die, you'll disappear into oblivion. If you are
religious, you will be with the God or Gods/Goddesses of your religion.
3.
3
Talk to someone. It's good to talk to someone about it so you should find someone you
trust, and tell them about your fear. Explain to them why you think you feel this way, and
how long you've felt like this. It is recommended that you see a therapist if the phobia is
extreme.
4.
4
Live life the way you're supposed to. Don't waste your lifetime worrying about death.
Instead, fill each day with as much joy as possible, and don't let little things get you
down. Go outside, play with friends, or take up a new sport. Just do anything that will
take your mind off dying, and put it on living.
5.
5
Don't worry until you need to. Death is something you shouldn't worry about but
perhaps learn to accept as part of life. If you are Christian you may be interested to
know that there is a Bible verse that says that there are enough worries for today, so we
shouldn't get worried about tomorrow. Death is not something to worry about even if you
have a fatal disease in which the chances of death are high. If you are religious, you can
always pray to a God about the disease and ask other believers to help you. The
average life span is 75 years in most developed countries, and you can still live a lot
longer.
6.
6
Be optimistic. It is shown that optimists are less likely to contract heart disease than
pessimists. If you think badly of the future, you are likely to die sooner. So don't worry,
and you'll live longer.
7.
7
Realize that there's hope. The materialist view - that physical reality is the only reality -
is not science, but just one more belief system. No one knows what happens when you
die. Embrace the mystery of the unknown.
8.
8
Death does not equal pain. Although life is a great thing, remember that when you are
dead you will not be in pain, or suffering.
9.
9
If you are worried about somebody else dying, it's okay to worry, but just
remember that they are human just like you, and can adapt to changes and
overcome situations.
Ad
Add your own method
Save
Name your m
Video
Tips
Make your life as rich, enjoyable and fulfilling as possible.
Remind yourself you are healthy and you have a whole life to live ahead of you.
Be completely honest and fully face the fact of your own mortality. It will eat away
at you until you do. Life becomes much more valuable when its temporarily is realized.
Consider talking to a therapist or a professional to face your fears and

understand.
Don't waste your lives fearing death. Just go with it, love your family and if
something happened, don't be afraid heaven is a nice place.
Live your life to the fullest. Do whatever makes your happy so you'll live a good
life. Try not to get involved in bad situations or do things that can raise your chances of
dying. Don't smoke. Don't drink. Don't do drugs. Don't text or talk on the phone when
you drive. Don't do crime. There are alot of things that you shouldn't do so your chances
of dying won't be high.
Spend time with family, friends, or spouse often. Stay busy and try doing different
things.
Think of good things about your life and cherish them, don't dwell on dying.
Do something today so it can be remembered for years to come.
Try to think of the most happiest places on earth.

Show 3 more tips
Ad
Warnings
Fear of death can be a sign of depression.
Contact a doctor if the phobia becomes extremely overpowering, and you aren't
able to do daily things.
You must talk to someone about these feelings, the concerns of death are valid
as it pertains to our current mental health.
Some Things You Can Do To Help Yourself

Develop a persistent belief that you can overcome your fear.
Take one day at a time - don't predict or try to imagine what the future will be like.
Cut out the "What if..."s.
Focus your mind on what you have already done while you lived, and be happy
for that, and not on what you will not be able to do after you die. When we die we won't
know what we'll miss.
Don't be too attached to anything, and don't take life too seriously. However,
make sure that you don't block out your friends, family and loved ones.
Keep reminding yourself that fear of death is sometimes worse than death itself,
and who knows, your death may not be as unpleasant as you imagine it to be.
Know that your fears will one day surely pass, just as life will also surely pass, as
will everything.
Remember you're not alone - lots of people undergo what you undergo.
If you feel paralyzed or overwhelmed by your fear, seek professional help. There
is no shame in that. In fact, early treatment increases your chances of coping with your
fear.
Many people with the fear of death think about it daily. It means that you have a
lot of things you want to do in life. Let the fear work through and ask yourself what is the
worst thing that will happen today. Today you are alive so go and live.
Carbohydrate
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lactose is a disaccharide found in milk. It consists of a molecule of D-galactose and

a molecule of D-glucose bonded by beta-1-4 glycosidic linkage. It has a formula of
C12H22O11.
A carbohydrate is a large biological molecule, or macromolecule, consisting of

carbon (C), hydrogen (H), and oxygen (O) atoms, usually with a hydrogen:oxygen
atom ratio of 2:1 (as in water); in other words, with the empirical formula Cm(H2O)n
(where m could be different from n).[1] Some exceptions exist; for example,
deoxyribose, a sugar component of DNA,[2] has the empirical formula C5H10O4.[3]
Carbohydrates are technically hydrates of carbon;[4] structurally it is more accurate
to view them as polyhydroxy aldehydes and ketones.[5]
The term is most common in biochemistry, where it is a synonym of saccharide. The

carbohydrates (saccharides) are divided into four chemical groups:
monosaccharides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides, and polysaccharides. In general,
the monosaccharides and disaccharides, which are smaller (lower molecular weight)
carbohydrates, are commonly referred to as sugars.[6] The word saccharide comes
from the Greek word (skkharon), meaning "sugar." While the scientific
nomenclature of carbohydrates is complex, the names of the monosaccharides and
disaccharides very often end in the suffix -ose. For example, grape sugar is the
monosaccharide glucose, cane sugar is the disaccharide sucrose, and milk sugar is
the disaccharide lactose (see illustration).
Carbohydrates perform numerous roles in living organisms. Polysaccharides serve

for the storage of energy (e.g., starch and glycogen), and as structural components
(e.g., cellulose in plants and chitin in arthropods). The 5-carbon monosaccharide
ribose is an important component of coenzymes (e.g., ATP, FAD, and NAD) and the
backbone of the genetic molecule known as RNA. The related deoxyribose is a
component of DNA. Saccharides and their derivatives include many other important
biomolecules that play key roles in the immune system, fertilization, preventing
pathogenesis, blood clotting, and development.[7]
In food science and in many informal contexts, the term carbohydrate often means
any food that is particularly rich in the complex carbohydrate starch (such as
cereals, bread, and pasta) or simple carbohydrates, such as sugar (found in candy,
jams, and desserts).
Contents [hide]
1 Structure
2 Monosaccharides
2.1 Classification of monosaccharides
2.2 Ring-straight chain isomerism
2.3 Use in living organisms
3 Disaccharides
4 Nutrition
4.1 Classification
5 Metabolism
5.1 Catabolism
6 Carbohydrate chemistry
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
Structure[edit]
Formerly the name "carbohydrate" was used in chemistry for any compound with
the formula Cm (H2O) n. Following this definition, some chemists considered
formaldehyde (CH2O) to be the simplest carbohydrate,[8] while others claimed that
title for glycolaldehyde.[9] Today the term is generally understood in the
biochemistry sense, which excludes compounds with only one or two carbons.
Natural saccharides are generally built of simple carbohydrates called

monosaccharides with general formula (CH2O)n where n is three or more. A typical
monosaccharide has the structure H-(CHOH)x(C=O)-(CHOH)y-H, that is, an aldehyde
or ketone with many hydroxyl groups added, usually one on each carbon atom that
is not part of the aldehyde or ketone functional group. Examples of
monosaccharides are glucose, fructose, and glyceraldehydes. However, some
biological substances commonly called "monosaccharides" do not conform to this
formula (e.g., uronic acids and deoxy-sugars such as fucose), and there are many
chemicals that do conform to this formula but are not considered to be
monosaccharides (e.g., formaldehyde CH2O and inositol (CH2O)6).[10]
The open-chain form of a monosaccharide often coexists with a closed ring form
where the aldehyde/ketone carbonyl group carbon (C=O) and hydroxyl group (-OH)
react forming a hemiacetal with a new C-O-C bridge.
Monosaccharides can be linked together into what are called polysaccharides (or
oligosaccharides) in a large variety of ways. Many carbohydrates contain one or
more modified monosaccharide units that have had one or more groups replaced or
removed. For example, deoxyribose, a component of DNA, is a modified version of
ribose; chitin is composed of repeating units of N-acetyl glucosamine, a nitrogen-
containing form of glucose.
Monosaccharides[edit]
Main article: Monosaccharide
D-glucose is an aldohexose with the formula (CH2O)6. The red atoms highlight the
aldehyde group, and the blue atoms highlight the asymmetric center furthest from
the aldehyde; because this -OH is on the right of the Fischer projection, this is a D
sugar.
Monosaccharides are the simplest carbohydrates in that they cannot be hydrolyzed

to smaller carbohydrates. They are aldehydes or ketones with two or more hydroxyl
groups. The general chemical formula of an unmodified monosaccharide is (CH2O)
n, literally a "carbon hydrate." Monosaccharides are important fuel molecules as
well as building blocks for nucleic acids. The smallest monosaccharides, for which
n=3, are dihydroxyacetone and D- and L-glyceraldehydes.
Classification of monosaccharides[edit]
Alpha-D-glucopyranose-2D-skeletal.png Beta-D-glucopyranose-2D-skeletal.png
The and anomers of glucose. Note the position of the hydroxyl group (red or
green) on the anomeric carbon relative to the CH2OH group bound to carbon 5:
they are either on the opposite sides (), or the same side ().
Monosaccharides are classified according to three different characteristics: the
placement of its carbonyl group, the number of carbon atoms it contains, and its
chiral handedness. If the carbonyl group is an aldehyde, the monosaccharide is an
aldose; if the carbonyl group is a ketone, the monosaccharide is a ketose.
Monosaccharides with three carbon atoms are called trioses, those with four are
called tetroses, five are called pentoses, six are hexoses, and so on.[11] These two
systems of classification are often combined. For example, glucose is an aldohexose
(a six-carbon aldehyde), ribose is an aldopentose (a five-carbon aldehyde), and
fructose is a ketohexose (a six-carbon ketone).
Each carbon atom bearing a hydroxyl group (-OH), with the exception of the first
and last carbons, are asymmetric, making them stereo centers with two possible
configurations each (R or S). Because of this asymmetry, a number of isomers may
exist for any given monosaccharide formula. Using Le Bel-van't Hoff rule, the
aldohexose D-glucose, for example, has the formula (CH2O) 6, of which four of its
six carbons atoms are stereogenic, making D-glucose one of 24=16 possible
stereoisomers. In the case of glyceraldehydes, an aldotriose, there is one pair of
possible stereoisomers, which are enantiomers and epimers. 1, 3-dihydroxyacetone,
the ketose corresponding to the aldose glyceraldehydes, is a symmetric molecule
with no stereo centers. The assignment of D or L is made according to the
orientation of the asymmetric carbon furthest from the carbonyl group: in a
standard Fischer projection if the hydroxyl group is on the right the molecule is a D
sugar, otherwise it is an L sugar. The "D-" and "L-" prefixes should not be confused
with "d-" or "l-", which indicate the direction that the sugar rotates plane polarized
light. This usage of "d-" and "l-" is no longer followed in carbohydrate chemistry.[12]
Ring-straight chain isomerism[edit]
Glucose can exist in both a straight-chain and ring form.
The aldehyde or ketone group of a straight-chain monosaccharide will react

reversibly with a hydroxyl group on a different carbon atom to form a hemiacetal or
hemiketal, forming a heterocyclic ring with an oxygen bridge between two carbon
atoms. Rings with five and six atoms are called furanose and pyranose forms,
respectively, and exist in equilibrium with the straight-chain form.[13]
During the conversion from straight-chain form to the cyclic form, the carbon atom
containing the carbonyl oxygen, called the anomeric carbon, becomes a stereogenic
center with two possible configurations: The oxygen atom may take a position
either above or below the plane of the ring. The resulting possible pair of
stereoisomers is called anomers. In the anomer, the -OH substituent on the
anomeric carbon rests on the opposite side (trans) of the ring from the CH2OH side
branch. The alternative form, in which the CH2OH substituent and the anomeric
hydroxyl are on the same side (cis) of the plane of the ring, is called the anomer.
Use in living organisms[edit]
Monosaccharides are the major source of fuel for metabolism, being used both as
an energy source (glucose being the most important in nature) and in biosynthesis.
When monosaccharides are not immediately needed by many cells they are often
converted to more space-efficient forms, often polysaccharides. In many animals,
including humans, this storage form is glycogen, especially in liver and muscle cells.
In plants, starch is used for the same purpose. The most abundant carbohydrate,
cellulose, is a structural component of the cell wall of plants and many forms of
algae. Ribose is a component of RNA. Deoxyribose is a component of DNA. Lyxose is
a component of lyxoflavin found in human heart.[14] Ribulose and xylulose occurs
in the pentose phosphate pathway. Galactose, a component of milk sugar lactose, is
found in galactolipids in plant cell membranes and in glycoproteins in many tissues.
Mannose occurs in human metabolism, especially in the glycosylation of certain
proteins. Fructose, or fruit sugar, is found in many plants and in humans, it is
metabolized in the liver, absorbed directly into the intestines during digestion, and
found in semen. Trehalose, a major sugar of insects, is rapidly hydrolyzed into two
glucose molecules to support continuous flight.
Disaccharides[edit]
Sucrose, also known as table sugar, is a common disaccharide. It is composed of

two monosaccharides: D-glucose (left) and D-fructose (right).
Main article: Disaccharide
Two joined monosaccharides are called a disaccharide and these are the simplest
polysaccharides. Examples include sucrose and lactose. They are composed of two
monosaccharide units bound together by a covalent bond known as a glycosidic
linkage formed via a dehydration reaction, resulting in the loss of a hydrogen atom
from one monosaccharide and a hydroxyl group from the other. The formula of
unmodified disaccharides is C12H22O11. Although there are numerous kinds of
disaccharides, a handful of disaccharides are particularly notable.
Sucrose, pictured to the right, is the most abundant disaccharide, and the main
form in which carbohydrates are transported in plants. It is composed of one D-
glucose molecule and one D-fructose molecule. The systematic name for sucrose,
O--D-glucopyranosyl-(12)-D-fructofuranoside, indicates four things:
Its monosaccharides: glucose and fructose

Their ring types: glucose is a pyranose, and fructose is a furanose
How they are linked together: the oxygen on carbon number 1 (C1) of -D-glucose
is linked to the C2 of D-fructose.
The -oside suffix indicates that the anomeric carbon of both monosaccharides
participates in the glycosidic bond.
Lactose, a disaccharide composed of one D-galactose molecule and one D-glucose

molecule, occurs naturally in mammalian milk. The systematic name for lactose is
O--D-galactopyranosyl-(14)-D-glucopyranose. Other notable disaccharides
include maltose (two D-glucoses linked -1,4) and cellulobiose (two D-glucoses
linked -1,4). Disaccharides can be classified into two types.They are reducing and
non-reducing disaccharides. If the functional group is present in bonding with
another sugar unit, it is called a reducing disaccharide or biose.
Nutrition[edit]
Grain products: rich sources of carbohydrates
Pure digestible carbohydrate, on average, yields 4 Calories of energy per gram.[15]

Foods with high carbohydrate are often highly processed or refined foods made from
plants; including sweets, cookies and candy, table sugar, honey, soft drinks, breads
and crackers, jams and fruit products, pastas and breakfast cereals. Unrefined foods
usually contain lower amounts of carbohydrate; including beans, tubers, rice, and
unrefined fruit.[16] Foods from animal carcass have the lowest carbohydrate but
milk does contain lactose.
Carbohydrates are a common source of energy in living organisms; however, no

carbohydrate is an essential nutrient in humans.[17] Humans are able to obtain
most of their energy requirement from protein and fats, though the potential for
some negative health effects of extreme carbohydrate restriction remains, as the
issue has not been studied extensively so far.[17] However, in the case of dietary
fiber indigestible carbohydrates which are not a source of energy inadequate
intake can lead to significant increases in mortality.[18]
Following a diet consisting of very low amounts of daily carbohydrate for several
days will usually result in higher levels of blood ketone bodies than an isocaloric diet
with similar protein content.[19] This relatively high level of ketone bodies is
commonly known as ketosis and is very often confused with the potentially fatal
condition often seen in type 1 diabetics known as Diabetic ketoacidosis. Somebody
suffering ketoacidosis will have much higher levels of blood ketone bodies along
with high blood sugar, dehydration and electrolyte imbalance.
Long-chain fatty acids cannot cross the bloodbrain barrier, but the liver can break
these down to produce ketones. However the medium-chain fatty acids octanoic
and heptanoic acids can cross the barrier and be used by the brain, which normally
relies upon glucose for its energy.[20][21][22] Gluconeogenesis allows humans to
synthesize some glucose from specific amino acids, from the glycerol backbone in
triglycerides and in some cases from fatty acids.
Organisms typically cannot metabolize all types of carbohydrate to yield energy.

Glucose is a nearly universal and accessible source of calories. Many organisms also
have the ability to metabolize other monosaccharides and disaccharides but
glucose is often metabolized first. In Escherichia coli, for example, the lac operon
will express enzymes for the digestion of lactose when it is present, but if both
lactose and glucose are present the lac operon is repressed, resulting in the glucose
being used first (see: Diauxie). Polysaccharides are also common sources of energy.
Many organisms can easily break down starches into glucose, however, most
organisms cannot metabolize cellulose or other polysaccharides like chitin and
arabinoxylans. These carbohydrates types can be metabolized by some bacteria
and protists. Ruminants and termites, for example, use microorganisms to process
cellulose. Even though these complex carbohydrates are not very digestible, they
represent an important dietary element for humans, called dietary fiber. Fiber
enhances digestion, among other benefits.[23]
Based on the effects on risk of heart disease and obesity,[24] the Institute of
Medicine recommends that American and Canadian adults get between 4565% of
dietary energy from carbohydrates.[25] The Food and Agriculture Organization and
World Health Organization jointly recommend that national dietary guidelines set a
goal of 5575% of total energy from carbohydrates, but only 10% directly from
sugars (their term for simple carbohydrates).[26]
Classification[edit]
Nutritionists often refer to carbohydrates as either simple or complex. However, the

exact distinction between these groups can be ambiguous. The term complex
carbohydrate was first used in the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and
Human Needs publication Dietary Goals for the United States (1977) where it was
intended to distinguish sugars from other carbohydrates (which were perceived to
be nutritionally superior).[27] However, the report put "fruit, vegetables and whole-
grains" in the complex carbohydrate column, despite the fact that these may
contain sugars as well as polysaccharides. This confusion persists as today some
nutritionists use the term complex carbohydrate to refer to any sort of digestible
saccharide present in a whole food, where fiber, vitamins and minerals are also
found (as opposed to processed carbohydrates, which provide calories but few other
nutrients). The standard usage, however, is to classify carbohydrates chemically:
simple if they are sugars (monosaccharides and disaccharides) and complex if they
are polysaccharides (or oligosaccharides).[28]
In any case, the simple vs. complex chemical distinction has little value for
determining the nutritional quality of carbohydrates.[28] Some simple
carbohydrates (e.g. fructose) raise blood glucose slowly, while some complex
carbohydrates (starches), especially if processed, raise blood sugar rapidly. The
speed of digestion is determined by a variety of factors including which other
nutrients are consumed with the carbohydrate, how the food is prepared, individual
differences in metabolism, and the chemistry of the carbohydrate.[29]
The USDA's Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010 call for moderate- to high-
carbohydrate consumption from a balanced diet that includes six one-ounce
servings of grain foods each day, at least half from whole grain sources and the rest
from enriched.[30]
The glycemic index (GI) and glycemic load concepts have been developed to
characterize food behavior during human digestion. They rank carbohydrate-rich
foods based on the rapidity and magnitude of their effect on blood glucose levels.
Glycemic index is a measure of how quickly food glucose is absorbed, while
glycemic load is a measure of the total absorbable glucose in foods. The insulin
index is a similar, more recent classification method that ranks foods based on their
effects on blood insulin levels, which are caused by glucose (or starch) and some
amino acids in food.
Metabolism[edit]
Main article: Carbohydrate metabolism
[icon] This section requires expansion. (June 2008)
Catabolism[edit]
Catabolism is the metabolic reaction which cells undergo to extract energy. There
are two major metabolic pathways of monosaccharide catabolism: glycolysis and
the citric acid cycle.
In glycolysis, oligo/polysaccharides are cleaved first to smaller monosaccharides by

enzymes called glycoside hydrolases. The monosaccharide units can then enter into
monosaccharide catabolism. In some cases, as with humans, not all carbohydrate
types are usable as the digestive and metabolic enzymes necessary are not
present.
Carbohydrate chemistry[edit]
Carbohydrate chemistry is a large and economically important branch of organic

chemistry. Some of the main organic reactions that involve carbohydrates are:
Carbohydrate acetalisation
Cyanohydrin reaction
Lobry-de Bruyn-van Ekenstein transformation
Amadori rearrangement
Nef reaction
Wohl degradation
KoenigsKnorr reaction
See also[edit]
Bioplastic
Fermentation
Gluconeogenesis
Glycoinformatics
Glycolipid
Glycoprotein
Low-carbohydrate diet
Macromolecules
No-carbohydrate diet
Nutrition
Pentose phosphate pathway
Photosynthesis
Saccharic acid
Sugar
Carbohydrate NMR

Complete Phobia List and Their Meanings

Transféré par

Informations du document

Titre original

Copyright

Formats disponibles

Partager ce document

Partager ou intégrer le document

Options de partage

Avez-vous trouvé ce document utile ?

Ce contenu est-il inapproprié ?

Droits d'auteur :

Formats disponibles

Complete Phobia List and Their Meanings

Transféré par

Droits d'auteur :

Formats disponibles

Complete Phobia List and their meanings: A

Ablutophobia - Fear of washing or bathing.

Ankylophobia - Fear of immobility of a joint.

Anthophobia - Fear of flowers.

Anthrophobia - Fear of flowers.

Anthropophobia - Fear of people of society.

Antlophobia - Fear of floods.

Apeirophobia - Fear of infinity.

Aphenphosmphobia - Fear of being touched.

Apiphobia - Fear of bees.

Apotemnophobia - Fear of persons with amputations.

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

Arachnephobiba - Fear of spiders.

Arachnophobia - Fear of spiders.

Arithmophobia - Fear of numbers.

Arrhenophobia - Fear of men.

Arsonphobia - Fear of fire.

Ashenophobia - Fear of fainting or weakness.

Astraphobia - Fear of thunder and lightning.

Astrapophobia - Fear of thunder and lightning.

Astrophobia - Fear of stars and celestial space.

Asymmetriphobia - Fear of asymmetrical things.

Ataxiophobia - Fear of ataxia (muscular incoordination)

Ataxophobia - Fear of disorder or untidiness.

Atelophobia - Fear of imperfection.

Atephobia - Fear of ruin or ruins.

Athazagoraphobia - Fear of being forgotten or ignored or forgetting.

Atomosophobia - Fear of atomic explosions.

Atychiphobia - Fear of failure.

Aulophobia - Fear of flutes.

Aurophobia - Fear of gold.

Auroraphobia - Fear of Northern Lights.

Automatonophobia - Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax

Automysophobia - Fear of being dirty.

Autophobia - Fear of being alone or of oneself.

Aviatophobia - Fear of flying.

Aviophobia - Fear of flying.

List of phobias and their meanings: B

List of phobias and their meanings

Bacillophobia - Fear of microbes

Bacteriophobia - Fear of bacteria.

Balenephobia - Fear of pins and needles.

Ballistophobia - Fear of missles or bullets.

Barophobia - Fear of gravity.

Basiphobia - Inability to stand. Fear of walking or falling.

Basophobia - Inability to stand. Fear of walking or falling.

Bathophobia - Fear of depth.

Batonophobia - Fear of plants.

Batophobia - Fear of heights or being close to high buildings.

Batrachophobia - Fear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc.

Bibliophobia - Fear of books.

Blennophobia - Fear of slime.

Bogyphobia - Fear of bogies or the bogeyman.

Bolshephobia - Fear of Bulsheviks.

Bromidrophobia - Fear of body smells.

Bromidrosiphobia - Fear of body smells.

Brontophobia - Fear of thunder and lightning.

List of phobias and their meanings: C

List of phobias and their meanings

Cacophobia - Fear of ugliness.

Cainophobia - Fear of newness, novelty.

Cainotophobia - Fear of newness, novelty.

Caligynephobia - Fear of beautiful women.