What is a Phobia-Different Types of Phobias
Phobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations; “phobic disorder is a general term for all phobias”
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Phobia |
Description |
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Acrophobia, Altophobia |
Fear of heights |
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Agoraphobia |
Fear of a place or event where escape is impossible or when help is unavailable |
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Ailurophobia |
Fear of cats |
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Algophobia |
Fear of pain |
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Amaxophobia |
Fear of vehicles, driving |
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Androphobia |
Fear of males |
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Anthropomorphobia |
Fear or dislike of anthropomorphic traits |
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Apiphobia, Melissophobia |
Fear of bees |
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Aquaphobia, Hydrophobia |
Fear of water |
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Arachnophobia |
Fear of spiders |
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Astraphobia, Astrapophobia, Brontophobia, Keraunophobia |
Fear of thunder, lightning and storms; especially common in young children |
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Autophobia, Monophobia |
Fear of being alone |
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Aviophobia, Aviatophobia |
Fear of flying |
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Bacillophobia, Bacteriophobia, Microbiophobia |
Fear of microbes and bacteria |
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Batrachophobia |
Fear of frogs, amphibians |
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Biphobia |
Fear of bisexuals |
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Blennophobia |
Fear of slime |
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Bovophobia |
Fear of cattle |
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Carcinophobia |
Fear of cancer |
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Chiroptophobia |
Fear of bats |
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Cibophobia,Sitophobia |
Aversion to food |
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Claustrophobia |
Fear of confined spaces |
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Clinophobia |
Fear of going to bed or falling asleep |
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Coulrophobia |
Fear of clowns |
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Cynophobia |
Fear of dogs |
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Dental phobia, Dentophobia, Odontophobia |
Fear of dentists and dental procedures |
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Dementophobia |
Fear of insanity |
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Dromophobia |
Fear of crossing streets |
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Dysmorphophobia, or body dysmorphic disorder |
A phobic obsession with a real or imaginary body defect |
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Emetophobia |
Fear of vomiting |
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Entomophobia |
Fear of insects |
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Ephebophobia |
Fear of youth or adolescents |
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Equinophobia, Hippophobia |
Fear of horses |
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Ergasiophobia, Ergophobia |
Fear of work or functioning, or a surgeon’s fear of operating |
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Erotophobia |
Fear of sexual love or sexual questions |
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Erythrophobia |
Pathological blushing |
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Genophobia, Coitophobia |
Fear of sexual intercourse |
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Gephyrophobia |
Fear of crossing bridges |
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Gerontophobia |
Fear of growing old or a hatred of old people |
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Glossophobia |
Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak |
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Gymnophobia, Nudophobia |
Fear of nudity |
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Heliophobia |
Fear of sunlight |
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Hemophobia, Haemophobia |
Fear of blood |
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Herpetophobia |
Fear of reptiles |
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Heterophobia |
Fear/dislike of heterosexuals |
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Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia |
Fear of the number 666 |
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Homilophobia |
Fear of sermons |
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Homophobia |
Fear, dislike, or hatred of homosexual people |
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Hoplophobia |
Fear of firearms (guns) |
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Hydrophobia |
Fear of water |
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Lalophobia, Laliophobia |
Fear of speaking |
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Ligyrophobia |
Fear of loud noises |
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Linonophobia |
Fear of string |
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Islamophobia |
Fear-induced prejudice against Muslims or Islamic culture |
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Musophobia |
Fear of mice and/or rats |
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Mysophobia |
Fear of germs, contamination or dirt |
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Necrophobia, Thanatophobia |
Fear of death, the dead |
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Neophobia, Cainophobia, Cainotophobia, Cenophobia, Centophobia, Kainolophobia, Kainophobia |
Fear of newness, novelty |
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Nosophobia |
Fear of contracting a disease |
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Numerophobia |
Fear of numbers |
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Nyctophobia, Achluophobia, Lygophobia, Scotophobia |
Fear of darkness |
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Ochlophobia |
Fear of crowds |
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Ophidiophobia |
Fear of snakes |
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Ornithophobia |
Fear of birds |
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Osmophobia, Olfactophobia |
Fear of smells |
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Paraskavedekatriaphobia, Paraskevidekatriaphobia, Friggatriskaidekaphobia |
Fear of Friday the 13th |
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Panphobia |
Fear of everything or constantly afraid without knowing what is causing it |
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Phasmophobia |
Faer of ghosts |
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Phobophobia |
Fear of phobias |
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Photophobia |
Hypersensitivity to light causing aversion to light |
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Phonophobia |
Hypersensitivity to sound causing aversion to sounds |
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Pnigophobia |
Fear of choking |
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Pogonophobia |
Faer of beards |
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Pyrophobia |
Fear of fire |
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Radiophobia |
Fear of radiation or X-rays |
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Siderodromophobia |
Fear of trains |
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Sociophobia |
Fear/dislike of society or people in general |
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Taphophobia |
Fear of the grave, or fear of being placed in a grave while still alive |
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Technophobia |
Fear of technology |
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Tokophobia |
Fear of childbirth |
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Transphobia |
Fear or dislike of transgender or transsexual people |
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Trichophobia |
Fear of hair |
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Triskaidekaphobia, Terdekaphobia |
Fear of the number 13 |
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Trypanophobia, Aichmophobia, Belonephobia, Enetophobia |
Fear of needles, injections or of pointed objects |
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Xenophobia |
Fear or dislike of strangers or the unknown |
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Zoophobia |
Fear of animals |
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