PHOBIA

A phobia (from the Greek: Phóbos, meaning "fear" or "morbid fear") is, when used in the context of clinical psychology, a type of anxiety disorder, usually defined as a persistent fear of an object or situation in which the sufferer commits to great lengths in avoiding, typically disproportional to the actual danger posed, often being recognized as irrational. In the event the phobia cannot be avoided entirely the sufferer will endure the situation or object with marked distress and significant interference in social or occupational activities.

TYPES OF PHOBIAS

Fear of ….. PHOBIAaccidents dystychiphobiaageing gerascophobiaair sickness aeronausiphobiaair (fresh), draughts aerophobia (see also flying)alcohol methyphobiaalcohol (drinking) dipsophobiaalone (being) or oneself or loneliness autophobiaamphibians, such a frogs, toads, newts, salamanders, etc

batrachophobia

amnesia amnesiophobiaanimals zoophobiaanimals (wild) agrizoophobiaangry (becoming) angrophobiaanimal skin, fur doraphobiaants Pmyrmecophobiaasymmetrical things asymmetriphobiaataxia ataxiophobiaatomic energy nucleomitophobiaatomic explosions atomosophobiaattack scelerophobiaauroral lights auroraphobiaautomobiles motorphobiabad mens, burglars scelerophibiabacteria bacillophobiabald (becoming) phalacrophobiabaldness peladophobia

bathing bathophobia (see also depth)beards pogonophobiabeaten (being) rhabdophobia (see also magic)bed (going to) clinophobiabees apiphobiabeggars hobophobiabearing a deformed child or deformed people teratophobiabeing evaluated negatively in social situations social phobia

bicycles ornithophobiabirds melanophobiablack (colour) scotomaphobiablindness in visual field cyclophobiablood hemaphobiablushing erythrophobia (see also red)body odour bromhidrosiphobiabogies or the bogeyman bogyphobiaBolsheviks Bolshephobiabooks bibliophobiabound (being) or tied up merinthophobiabowel movements (painful) defecaloesiophobiabrain disease meningitophobiabridges (crossing) gephyrophobiabuildings (high) batophobiabullets ballistophobia (see also missiles)bulls taurophobiaburied alive (being) taphephobiacancer carcinomophobiacats ailurophobiaCelts, Celtic Celtophobiacemeteries coimetrophobiacertain places topophobia (see also performing)challenges to official doctrine or of radical deviation

heresyphobia or hereiophobia

changes metathesiophobiachanges (making) tropophobiachemicals or working with chemicals chemophobiachickens alektorophobiachildbirth or pregnancy tocophobiaChina, Chinese Sinophobia

chins geniophobiachoking or of being smothered pnigophobiacholera cholerophobiaclocks chronomentrophobiaclothes vestiophobiaclouds nephophobiaclowns coulrophobiachurch ecclesiophobiacoitus coitophobiacold cheimaphobiacolours chromophobiacomets cometophobiacomplex scientific or (Greek) terms Hellenologophobiacomputers computerphobiaconstipation coprostasophobiacontagious (being) tapinophobiacooking mageirocophobiacosmic kosmikophobiacrossing streets agiophobiacrowded rooms koinoniphobiacrowds demophobiacrucifixes or crosses staurophobiacrystals or glass crystallophobiadampness, liquids or moisture hygrophobiadancing chorophobiadarkness nyctophobiadawn eosophobiadaylight phengophobiamachinery mechanophobiamadness maniaphobia (see also insanity)magic rhabdophobia (see also beaten, being)making changes or moving trophophobiamany things polyphobiamarriage gamophobiamaterialism hylephobia (see also woods)meat carnophobiamedicine (taking) pharmacophobiamemories mnemophobiamen androphobiameningitis meningitophobia

menstruation menophobiamercuruial medicines hydrargyophobiametal metallophobiameteors meteorophobiamice musophobiamicrobes microbiophobiamind psychophobiamirrors catoptrophobiamissiles ballistrophobia (see also bullets)mites, ticks acarophobiamole rat (great) zemmiphobiamoney (touching) chrematophobiamonsters (or giving birth to monster) teratophobiamoon selenophobiamother-in-law pentheraphobiamoths mottephobiamotion or movement kinesophobiamotor vehicles motophobiamushroom (aversion to) mycophobiamusic musicophobiamyths, stories and lying mythophobianame (a particular name or word) onomatophobianarrowness anginaphobianeedles enetophobianeedles, pins belonephobianew things or ideas cenophobia or centophobianight noctiphobianoise acoustiphobianosebleeds epistaxiophobianovelty, newness cainophobianuclear weapons nucleomituphobianumbers arithmophobianumber 13 triskaidekaphobiaobjects (large) megalophobiaobjects (pointed) aichmophobiaobjects (sacred) hierophobiaobjects (small) tapinophobiaobjects (at the right side of the body) dextrophobiaodour (one that has vile) autodysomophobiaold (growing) gerascophobia

old (people) gerontophobiaopen spaces, crowded public places like markets, leaving a safe place

agoraphobia

opinions (others') allodoxaphobiaopposite sex sexophobiaotters lutraphobiaouter space spacephobiaoverworking ponophobiapain algophobiapaper papyrophobiaparasites parasitophobiaparents-in-law soceraphobiapeanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth arachibutyrophobia

pellagra pellagrophobiapeople anthropophobia (see also society)performing (stagefright) topophobia (see also places (certain))persons with amputations apotemnophobiaphilosophy, philosophers philosophobiaphobias phobophobiaphysical injury traumatophobia (see also war)pins, needles belonephobiaplaces (certain) topophobia (see also performing)places (steep) cremnophobiaplants botanophobiapleasure hedonophobiapoetry metrophobiapointed objects aichmophobiapoison or of being accidently poisoned toxiphobiapoisons iophobia (see also rust)poliomyelitis (contracting) poliosophobiapoliticians or abnormal dislike politicophobiapope papaphobiapoverty peniaphobiaprecipices cremnophobiaprogress prosophobiaproperty orthophobia