Common Phobias 🕷️✈️
Common Phobias 🕷️✈️ A to Z List of Phobias
After researching this list of common phobias we’re feeling a little Phobophobic (which is a phobia of phobias). Phobia comes from the Greek god Phobos meaning aversion which describes the fear and dread of particular situations or objects. Most common types of phobias often seem irrational to outsiders but are very real to sufferers.
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| Common Phobias | Fear of ✈️🕷️ | Phobia Rating | Phobia Category | Phobia Triggers | Phobia symptoms, causes, treatment and trivia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ablutophobia | Fear of washing. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Acarophobia | Fear of itching. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | More generally related to Entomophobia (fear of insects and bugs). | |
| Acerophobia | Fear of sourness. | – | Specific: Other (senses) | ||
| Achievemephobia | Fear of success. | Common phobia. | Specific: Other (activity) | Opposite to Atychiphobia, the fear of failure. | |
| Achluophobia | Fear of the dark, darkness. | Common phobias group. | Specific: Environmental | Typically the imagined danger that cannot be seen, rather than darkness itself. Unusual in under 2 year olds. See also Lygophobia, Myctophobia, Nyctophobia and Scotophobia. | |
| Acousticophobia | Fear of noise. | – | Specific: Environmental | ||
| Acrophobia | Fear of heights phobia. | Top 10 common phobias. | Specific: Environmental | Bridges, ladders, mountains, railings, roofs, stairs, stairwells and towers. | Aka Altophobia. Fear of heights is one of the most common phobias. Related to Gephyrophobia. |
| Aeroacrophobia | Fear of open high places. | – | Specific: Situational | ||
| Aerophobia | Fear of flying phobia. | Top 10 common phobias. | Specific: Situational | Airports, planes, helicopters etc. | Around a quarter of air passengers suffer from aerophobia. Cher, Johnny Cash, Ali are just a few famous sufferers.
Often connected to fear of open spaces (Agoraphobia) and confined spaces (Claustrophobia). Less commonly Aviophobia and Pteromerhanophobia. |
| Agateophobia | Fear of insanity. | – | Specific | ||
| Agliophobia | Fear of pain. | – | Specific: Medical | ||
| Agoraphobia | Fear of open spaces phobia. | Top 10 common phobias. | Specific: Situational | Public places and social situations. | People with panic disorders often develop Agoraphobia. Associated with Monophobia (fear of being left alone). In addition to the physical symptoms of common phobias (see boxout*) sufferers may also experience cognitive (fear of losing control in public) and behavioral symptoms (staying at home). Linked with depression. One of the most common phobias. |
| Agrizoophobia | Fear of wild animals. | – | Specific: Animal | ||
| Agyrophobia | Fear of crossing streets. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Aichmophobia | Fear of pointed objects. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | Needles | Fear of needles is a common phobia. |
| Ailurophobia | Fear of cats phobia. | Common phobias group. | Specific: Animal (Mammal) | From ailouros (Greek). See also Elurophobia, Cat phobia, Felinophobia, Galeophobia and Gatophobia. | |
| Albuminurophobia | Fear of kidney disease. | – | Specific: Medical (desease) | ||
| Alektorophobia | Fear of chickens. | Common phobia. | Specific: Animal (bird) | May also extend to eggs and dead chickens but, not usually, to cooked chickens. | |
| Algophobia | Fear of pain. | – | Specific: Medical | ||
| Alliumphobia | Fear of garlic. | – | Specific: Other (plants) | ||
| Allodoxaphobia | Fear of other opinions. | – | Social | ||
| Altophobia | Fear of heights. | Top 10 common phobias. | Specific: Situational | bridges, ladders, mountains, railings, roofs, stairs, stairwells, towers | One of the most common phobias which is more commonly known as Acrophobia. |
| Amathophobia | Fear of dust. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Amaxophobia | Fear of car travel. | – | Specific: Situational | cars | |
| Ambulophobia | Fear of walking/ falling. | Common phobia. | Specific: Situational | One of the common phobias which is also known as Basiphobia and Stasephobia. In addition to the physical symptoms of common phobias (see boxout*) sufferers may find difficulty standing up. | |
| Amnesiophobia | Fear of forgetting. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Amychophobia | Fear of being scratched. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Anablephobia | Fear of looking up. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Anatidaephobia | Fear of being watched by a duck. | Unusual phobia. Rare phobia. | Specific: Animal (bird) | ||
| Androphobia | Fear of men. | Common phobia. | Specific: Other (people) | Also known as Arrhenphobia and Hominophobia. More common in young females but can persist into adulthood. Opposite of Gynophobia (fear of women) | |
| Anemophobia | Fear of wind. | – | Specific: Environmental | ||
| Anginophobia | Fear of angina or fear of choking. | – | Specific: Medical (disease) | ||
| Anglophobia | Fear of England and/or anything English. | – | Specific: Other (country) | ||
| Angrophobia | Fear of anger, becoming angry. | – | Specific: Other (emotion) | ||
| Anthophobia | Fear of flowers. | – | Specific: Other (plants) | ||
| Anthropophobia | Fear of people, fear of society. | Common phobia. | Specific: Other (people) | Fearful of people in all situations. | |
| Antlophobia | Fear of floods. | – | Specific: Other (events) | ||
| Anuptophobia | Fear of remaining single. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Apeirophobia | Fear of infinity. | – | |||
| Aphenophobia | Fear of riches, wealth. | – | |||
| Aphephobia | Fear of being touched. | Common phobias group. | Social | Related to Philophobia (fear of love). Most commonly called Aphenphosmphobia but also known as Chiraptophobia, Haphophobia, Hapnophobia, Haptephobia, Haptophobia and Thixophobia. | |
| Aphenphosmphobia | Fear of being touched. | Common phobia. | Social | Related to Philophobia (fear of love). Most commonly called Aphenphosmphobia but also known as Aphephobia, Chiraptophobia, Haphophobia, Hapnophobia, Haptephobia, Haptophobia and Thixophobia. | |
| Apiphobia | Fear of bees | – | Specific: Animal (Insect) | Seeing or hearing a bee. | More generally related to Entomophobia (fear of insects and bugs). More commonly known as Melissophobia. |
| Apotemnophobia | Fear of amputees, people with amputations | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Aquaphobia | Fear of water, being near water. | Common phobia. | Specific: Situational | Also known as Hydrophobia. Related to Bathyphobia (fear of deep water) and Potamophobia (fear of deep running water). | |
| Arachibutyrophobia | Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth. | Top 10 least common phobias. | Specific: Food | Having a peanut allergy. | Becoming more common among peanut allergy sufferers. Related to fear of choking Pseudodysphagia. Cognitive behavior therapy is a common treatment. |
| Arachnophobia | Fear of spiders phobia. | Top 10 common phobias. | Specific: Animal (Insect) | Seeing or walking into a spider web. | From arachne the Greek word for spiders. Fear of spiders is one of the most common phobias, affecting up to 1 in 3 people. Arachnophobia is probably the most common phobia of all, for evolutionary reasons. |
| Arithmophobia | Fear of numbers. | – | Specific: Other (numbers) | See also Numerophobia. | |
| Arrhenphobia | Fear of men. | Common phobia. | Specific: Other (people) | Most commonly known as Androphobia. Also known as Hominophobia. More common in young females but can persist into adulthood. Fear of men is the opposite of Gynophobia (fear of women). | |
| Arsonphobia | Fear of fire. | – | Specific: Environmental | ||
| Asthenophobia | Fear of fainting. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Astraphobia | Fear of thunder and lightning. | Top 10 common phobias. | Specific: Environmental | Most common in children and also animals. Also known as Keraunophobia, Astrapophobia, Brontophobia, Nicaduranaphobia and Tonitrophobia. | |
| Astrophobia | Fear of celestial space. | – | Specific: Other (religion) | ||
| Astrapophobia | Fear of thunder and lightning. | Common phobias group. | Specific: Environmental | More commonly known as Astraphobia and Brontophobia but also Keraunophobia, Nicaduranaphobia and Tonitrophobia. | |
| Asymmetrophobia | Fear of asymmetry, anything asymmetrical. | – | |||
| Ataxiophobia | Fear of lack of muscular coordination. | – | |||
| Ataxophobia | Fear of untidiness, fear of disorder. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Atelophobia | Fear of imperfection. | – | Specific: Other (body parts) | Activities in general. | |
| Atephobia | Fear of ruin or ruins. | – | Specific: Other (places) | ||
| Athazagoraphobia | Fear of being forgotten or ignored. | – | Social | ||
| Atomosophobia | Fear of atomic explosions. | – | Specific: Other (events) | ||
| Atychiphobia | Fear of failure. | Common phobia. | Social | Fear of failure is the opposite of Achievemephobia (the fear of success). One of the most common phobias. | |
| Aurophobia | Fear of gold. | – | Specific: Other (material) | ||
| Autodysomophobia | Fear of bad odors, smelly people. | – | Specific: Other (senses) | ||
| Automatonophobia | Fear of ventriloquist dummies, wax statues. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Automysophobia | Fear of being dirty. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Autophobia | Fear of solitude, fear of abandonment, fear of being alone. | Common phobia. | Social | Fear of loneliness is one of the most common phobias. | |
| Aviophobia | Fear of flying. | – | Specific: Situational | Most commonly known as Aerophobia but also Pteromerhanophobia. | |
| Bacillophobia | Fear of microbes. | Common phobias group. | Specific: Other (objects) | Most commonly known as Mysophobia but also known as Verminophobia, Germophobia, Germaphobia, Bacteriophobia (fear of bacteria), Spermatophobia and Spermophobia. | |
| Bacteriophobia | Fear of bacteria. | Common phobias group. | Specific: Other (objects) | Most commonly known as Mysophobia but also known as Verminophobia, Germophobia, Germaphobia, Bacillophobia (fear of microbes), Spermatophobia and Spermophobia. | |
| Ballistophobia | Fear of missiles, bullets. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Barophobia | Fear of gravity. | – | Specific: Other | ||
| Basiphobia | Fear of falling, walking. | Common phobia. | Specific: Other (activity) | Also known as Ambulophobia and Stasephobia. In addition to the physical symptoms of common phobias (see boxout*) sufferers may find it difficult to stand up. | |
| Basophobia | Fear of inability to stand. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Bathmophobia | Fear of stairs, fear of steep slopes. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Bathophobia | Fear of depth. | – | |||
| Bathyphobia | Fear of depth, fear of deep water. | – | Specific: Situational | Related to Potamophobia (fear of deep running water), Aquaphobia and Hydrophobia (fear of water). | |
| Batophobia | Fear of being near high objects. | – | Specific: Situational | ||
| Batrachophobia | Fear of amphibians. | – | Specific: Animal | ||
| Belonephobia | Fear of pins and needles, fear of pointed objects. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Bibliophobia | Fear of books. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Blennophobia | Fear of slime. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Botanophobia | Fear of plants. | – | Specific: Other (plants) | ||
| Brontophobia | Fear of thunder and lightning. | Common phobia. | Specific: Environmental | One of the most common phobias also commonly known as Astraphobia, Astrapophobia, Keraunophobia, Nicaduranaphobia and Tonitrophobia. | |
| Bufonophobia | Fear of toads. | – | Specific: Animal (Reptile) | ||
| Cacophobia | Fear of ugliness. | – | |||
| Cainophobia | Fear of newness, novelty. | – | |||
| Caligynephobia | Fear of beautiful women. | – | Specific: Other (people) | ||
| Carcinophobia | Fear of cancer phobia. | Common phobia. | Specific: Medical (disease) | Fear of cancer is one of the common phobias which can lead to dietary disorders as sufferers avoid certain foods. | |
| Cardiophobia | Fear of the heart. | – | Specific: Other (body parts) | ||
| Carnophobia | Fear of meat. | – | Specific: Other (food) | ||
| Catagelophobia | Fear of being ridiculed. | – | Social | ||
| Catapedophobia | Fear of jumping. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Cathisophobia | Fear of sitting. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Catoptrophobia | Fear of mirrors. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Cenophobia | Fear of empty spaces. | – | Specific: Situational | ||
| Centophobia | Fear of new ideas. | – | Social | ||
| Ceraunophobia | Fear of thunder and lightning. | – | Specific: Environmental | ||
| Chaetophobia | Fear of hair. | – | Specific: Other (body parts) | ||
| Cheimatophobia | Fear of cold, anything cold. | – | Specific: Other (senses) | ||
| Chemophobia | Fear of chemicals. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | Fear of Chemicals | |
| Cherophobia | Fear of fun, gaiety. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Chionophobia | Fear of snow. | – | Specific: Environmental | ||
| Chiraptophobia | Fear of being touched. | Common phobias group. | Social | Related to Philophobia (fear of love). Most commonly called Aphenphosmphobia but also known as Aphephobia, Haphophobia, Hapnophobia, Haptephobia, Haptophobia and Thixophobia. | |
| Chirophobia | Fear of hands. | – | Specific: Other (body parts) | ||
| Chiroptophobia | Fear of bats. | – | Specific: Animal (Mammal) | ||
| Cholerophobia | Fear of anger. | – | Specific: Other (emotion) | ||
| Chorophobia | Fear of dancing. | – | Social | ||
| Chrometophobia | Fear of money. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Chromophobia | Fear of colors. | Common phobias of colors group. | Specific: Other (color) | bright colors | Also known as Chromatophobia or Chrematophobia. From greek Chromos (color) and Phobos (fear). Can be caused by post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or cultural roots.
A Chromatophobe cannot bear specific colors. Enter “phobias of colors” into the Filter box at the top left of this table to display all color phobias):
Treatments include NLP (Neuro Lingistic Programming), energy healing (tai chi, yoga, meditation) and guided hypnosis. |
| Chronomentro-phobia | Fear of clocks. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Chronophobia | Fear of time. | – | Specific: Environmental | prison sentence, receiving a terminal diagnoses, surviving a disaster | Prisoners commonly experience chronophobia, also called “prison neurosis”. Symptoms can include losing track of time, OCD behaviour, circular thought patterns. |
| Chrysophobia | Fear of orange. | Common phobias of colors group. | Specific: Other (color) | Anything orange colored. | See Chromophobia (fear of colors) which includes a list of fears of other specific colors. |
| Cibophobia | Fear of food phobia. | – | Specific: Other (food) | ||
| Claustrophobia | Fear of confined spaces, suffocation, restriction. | Top 10 common phobias. | Specific: Situational | airplanes, cars, caves, basements/cellars, elevators/lifts, changing rooms, small rooms, locked rooms, trains, subways, tunnels, underwater caves, medical equipment (e.g. MRI scanner). queuing/waiting in line. Opposite of fear of open spaces (Agoraphobia) | Commonly confused with cleithrophobia (fear of being trapped). In addition to the physical symptoms of common phobias (see boxout*) sufferers may avoid situations likely to trigger symptoms (e.g. taking the stairs instead of elevator/lift). |
| Cleithrophobia | Fear of being trapped or locked in. | – | Specific: Situational | Also known as cleisiophobia and more commonly known as claustrophobia (see above). | |
| Cleptophobia | Fear of stealing. | – | Social: Situational | ||
| Climacophobia | Fear of stairs, climbing or falling down them. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Clinophobia | Fear of going to bed. | – | Specific: Situational | Related to Hypnophobia (fear of sleep) and Somniphobia (fear of nightmares). | |
| Clithrophobia | Fear of being trapped or locked in. | – | Specific: Situational | ||
| Cnidophobia | Fear of stings. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | . | |
| Coimetrophobia | Fear of cemeteries. | – | Specific: Other (places) | ||
| Coitophobia | Fear of sex phobia. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Cometophobia | Fear of comets. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Contreltophobia | Fear of sexual abuse. | – | Social | ||
| Coprastasophobia | Fear of constipation. | – | Specific: Medical (condition) | ||
| Coprophobia | Fear of feces. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Coulrophobia | Fear of clowns. | Common phobia. | Specific: Other (people) | People commonly express adverse attitudes to clowns which, in many cases, is logical following decades of evil or killer clowns in movies and TV shows. It’s more commonly a dislike rather than a phobia. | |
| Counterphobia | Fear of fearful situations. | – | Specific: Situational | ||
| Cremnophobia | Fear of precipices. | – | Specific: Situational | ||
| Cryophobia | Fear of extreme cold. | – | Specific: Situational | ||
| Crystallophobia | Fear of crystals, glass. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Cyanophobia | Fear of blue. | Common phobias of colors group. | Specific: Other (color) | Anything blue (cyan) colored. | See Chromophobia (fear of colors) which includes a list of fears of other specific colors. |
| Cyberphobia | Fear of computers, fear of technology. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Cyclophobia | Fear of bicycles. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Cymophobia | Fear of waves. | – | Specific: Environmental | ||
| Cynophobia | Fear of dogs. | Common phobias group. | Specific: Animal (Mammal) | More common in women than man. Often associated with Ailurophobia (fear of cats). Less common than Ophidiophobia (fear of snakes) and Arachnophobia (fear of spiders). | |
| Cyprianophobia | Fear of prostitutes, venereal disease. | – | Specific: Other (people) | ||
| Cyprinophobia | Fear of prostitutes, venereal disease. | – | Specific: Other (people) | ||
| Daemonophobia | Fear of demons. | – | Specific: Other (religion) | ||
| Decidophobia | Fear of making decisions. | – | Social | ||
| Defecaloesiophobia | Fear of painful bowel movements. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Deipnophobia | Fear of dining. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Dementophobia | Fear of insanity. | – | |||
| Demophobia | Fear of crowds or people. | Common phobias group. | Social | Related to Enochlophobia (fear of crowds) and Ochlophobia (fear of mob-like crowds). | |
| Dendrophobia | Fear of trees phobia. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | Fear of trees | |
| Dentophobia | Fear of dentists, dentistry. | – | Specific: Medical | ||
| Dermatopatho-phobia | Fear of skin lesions or skin illness. | – | Specific: Medical (conditions) | ||
| Dermatophobia | Fear of skin lesions or skin illness. | – | Specific: Medical (conditions) | ||
| Dermatosiophobia | Fear of skin lesions or skin illness. | – | Specific: Medical (conditions) | ||
| Dextrophobia | Fear of objects at the right side of the body. | – | Specific: Other (direction) | ||
| Diabetophobia | Fear of diabetes. | – | Specific: Medical (desease) | ||
| Didaskaleinophobia | Fear of going to school. | – | Social | ||
| Dikephobia | Fear of justice. | – | |||
| Dinophobia | Fear of dizziness or whirlpools. | – | |||
| Diplophobia | Fear of double vision. | – | Specific: Medical (conditions) | ||
| Dipsophobia | Fear of drinking alcohol. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Dishabiliophobia | Fear of undressing in front of someone. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Domatophobia | Fear of houses. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Dontophobia | Fear of teeth. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Doraphobia | Fear of fur. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Doxophobia | Fear of receiving praise, expressing an opinion. | – | Social | ||
| Dromophobia | Fear of crossing the street. | – | Specific: Situational | ||
| Dysmorphophobia | Fear of deformity. | – | Specific: Medical (condition) | ||
| Dystychiphobia | Fear of accidents. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | Reminder of bad accident in the past. | Sufferers experience anxiety they may hurt themselves or others. |
| Ecclesiophobia | Fear of church. | – | Specific: Other (religion) | Fear of churches. | |
| Ecophobia | Fear of ecological problems. | – | |||
| Eisoptrophobia | Fear of mirrors. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Electrophobia | Fear of electricity. | – | Specific: Other | ||
| Eleutherophobia | Fear of freedom. | – | Specific: Other | ||
| Elurophobia | Fear of cats. | – | Specific: Animal (mammal) | Most commonly known as Ailurophobia (from Greek ailouros) but also Cat phobia, Felinophobia, Galeophobia and Gatophobia. | |
| Emetophobia | Fear of vomiting, throwing up. | Common phobia. | Specific: Other (activity) | Feeling sick, seeing other people vomiting. | One of the common phobias which can lead to dieting, bulimia, malnutrition and anorexia. |
| Enetophobia | Fear of pins. | – | Specific: Other | ||
| Enissophobia | Fear of criticism, judgement. | – | Social | ||
| Enochlophobia | Fear of crowds. | Common phobias group. | Social: Situational | Related to Ochlophobia (mobs) and Demophobia (people). | |
| Entomophobia | Fear of insects, bugs, flying insects. | Common phobias group. | Specific: Animal (Insect) | Hearing or seeing an insect. | Related to more specific phobias including Myrmecophobia (fear of ants) and flying insect phobias: Melissophobia (fear of bees), Spheksophobia (fear of wasps), Lepidopterophobia (fear of butterflies). Associated with Acarophobia. Also known as Insectophobia. |
| Eosophobia | Fear of dawn, daylight. | – | Specific: Environmental | ||
| Ephebophobia | Fear of youth. | – | Specific: Other (people) | ||
| Epistaxiophobia | Fear of nosebleeds. | – | Specific: Medical (conditions) | ||
| Epistemophobia | Fear of knowledge. | – | Specific: Other | ||
| Erythrophobia | Fear of red. | Common phobias of colors group. | Specific: Other (color) | Anything red colored, often blood. | See Chromophobia (fear of colors) which includes a list of fears of other specific colors. |
| Equinophobia | Fear of horses. | Specific: Animal (mammal) | Also known as Hippophobia. | ||
| Ereuthrophobia | Fear of blushing. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Ergophobia | Fear of work. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Erotophobia | Fear of sex, fear of sexual questions. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Erytophobia | Fear of red. | – | Specific: Other (color) | Anything red. | See also Chromophobia (fear of colors). |
| Euphobia | Fear of hearing good news. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Eurotophobia | Fear of female genitalia. | – | Specific: Other (body parts) | ||
| Febriphobia | Fear of fever. | – | Specific: Medical (conditions) | ||
| Felinophobia | Fear of cats. | Common phobias group. | Specific: Animal (mammal) | Most commonly known as Ailurophobia (from Greek ailouros) but also Elurophobia, Cat phobia, Galeophobia and Gatophobia. | |
| Francophobia | Fear of anything French. | – | Specific: Other (country) | Also known as Gallophobia. | |
| Friggatriskaide-kaphobia | Fear of Friday 13th, friday the thirteenth. | Common phobia. | Specific: Other (superstition) | Named after Frigg (Norse goddess Friday is named after). Related to Triskaidekaphobia (fear of the number 13). Also known as Paraskevidekatriaphobia. One of the most common phobias. | |
| Frigophobia | Fear of cold, anything cold. | – | Specific: Other | ||
| Galeophobia | Fear of cats. | Common phobias group. | Specific: Animal (mammal) | Most commonly known as Ailurophobia (from Greek ailouros) but also Elurophobia, Cat phobia, Felinophobia and Gatophobia. | |
| Gallophobia | Fear of anything French. | – | Specific: Other (country) | Also known as Francophobia. | |
| Gamophobia | Fear of commitment, fear of marriage. | Common phobia. | Specific: Situational | Being proposed to. | One of the most common phobias. From Gamos (Greek for marriage). Treatment includes talk therapy, guided hypnosis and behaviour therapy. |
| Gatophobia | Fear of cats. | Common phobias group. | Specific: Animal (Mammal) | Most commonly known as Ailurophobia (from Greek ailouros) but also Elurophobia, Cat phobia, Felinophobia and Galeophobia. | |
| Geliophobia | Fear of laughter. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Gelotophobia | Fear of being laughed at. | – | Social | ||
| Geniophobia | Fear of chins. | – | Specific: Other (body parts) | ||
| Genophobia | Fear of sex. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Genuphobia | Fear of knees. | – | Specific: Other (body parts) | ||
| Gephyrophobia | Fear of crossing bridges. | Common phobia. | Specific: Situational | High bridges and bridges over water. | Also known as Gephydrophobia and Gephysrophobia. |
| Gerascophobia | Fear of growing old. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Germanophobia | Fear of Germany or anything German. | – | Specific: Other (country) | If you’re not Germanophobic you can find facts and general knowledge in German on Taschenhirn.de | |
| Germaphobia | Fear of germs, bacteria, microbes, contamination and infection. | Common phobias group. | Specific: Other (objects) | Sometimes spelled Germophobia. Most commonly known as Mysophobia. Related to Verminophobia, Germaphobia, Bacteriophobia, Spermatophobia and Spermophobia. | |
| Gerontophobia | Fear of old people, growing old. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Globophobia | Fear of balloons. | Common phobia. | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Glossophobia | Fear of public speaking. | Common phobia. | Social | ||
| Gnosiophobia | Fear of knowledge. | – | Specific: Other (country) | ||
| Gymnophobia | Fear of nudity. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Gynophobia | Fear of women. | Common phobia. | Specific: Other (people) | Irrational hatred of women, avoidance. | Also known as Gynephobia. Gynophobia is the opposite of Androphobia (fear of men). |
| Hadephobia | Fear of hell. | – | Specific: Other (religion) | ||
| Hagiophobia | Fear of saints. | – | Specific: Other (religion) | ||
| Hamartophobia | Fear of sinning, sin. | – | Specific: Other (religion) | ||
| Haphephobia | Fear of being touched. | Common phobias group. | Social | Related to Philophobia (fear of love). Most commonly called Aphenphosmphobia but also known as Aphephobia, Chiraptophobia, Haphophobia, Hapnophobia, Haptephobia, Haptophobia and Thixophobia. | |
| Harpaxophobia | Fear of being robbed. | – | Social | ||
| Hedonophobia | Fear of feeling pleasure | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Heliophobia | Fear of sun, the sun. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Helminthophobia | Fear of worms. | – | Specific: Animal (invertebrate) | ||
| Hemophobia | Fear of blood. | Common phobia. | Specific: Medical | Fainting at the sight of blood. | Related to Trypanophobia (fear of needles and/or injections). |
| Herpetophobia | Fear of reptiles. | – | Specific: Animal (reptile) | ||
| Hesperophobia | Fear of the west. | – | Specific: Other (direction) | ||
| Heterophobia | Fear of the opposite sex. | – | Social | ||
| Hierophobia | Fear of priests. | – | Specific: Other (religion) | ||
| Hodophobia | Fear of road travel. | – | Specific: Situational | ||
| Homichlophobia | Fear of fog. | – | Specific: Environmental | ||
| Homilophobia | Fear of sermons. | – | Specific: Other (religion) | ||
| Hominophobia | Fear of men. | Common phobias group. | Specific: Other (people) | Most commonly known as Androphobia. Also known as Arrhenphobia. More common in young females but can persist into adulthood. Opposite of Gynophobia (fear of women). | |
| Homophobia | Fear of homosexuals, homosexuality. | – | Specific: Other (people) | ||
| Hoplophobia | Fear of firearms. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Hydrophobia | Fear of water. | Common phobias group. | Specific: Environmental | Foaming at the mouth. | Medical name for Rabies. Also known as Aquaphobia. Related to Bathyphobia (fear of deep water) and Potamophobia (fear of running water). |
| Hydrophobophobia | Fear of rabies. | – | Specific: Other (diseases) | ||
| Hyelophobia | Fear of glass. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Hygrophobia | Fear of liquid, moisture. | – | Specific: Other | ||
| Hylephobia | Fear of materialism. | – | |||
| Hylophobia | Fear of forests. | – | Specific: Other (plants) | ||
| Hypegiaphobia | Fear of responsibility. | – | Social | ||
| Hypnophobia | Fear of sleep, being hypnotized. | Common phobias group. | Specific: Situational | Related to Clinophobia (fear of going to bed) and Somniphobia (fear of nightmares). | |
| Hypsophobia | Fear of height. | – | |||
| Iatrophobia | Fear of going to the doctor, doctors. | – | Specific: Situational | ||
| Ichthyophobia | Fear of fish. | – | Specific: Animal (fish) | ||
| Iconophobia | Fear of pictures, images. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Illyngophobia | Fear of vertigo. | – | Specific: Medical | Feeling dizzy when looking down. | |
| Iophobia | Fear of poison. | – | Specific | ||
| Islamophobia | Fear of Islam. | – | Specific: Other (religion) | ||
| Isolophobia | Fear of solitude, being alone. | – | Agoraphobic | ||
| Isopterophobia | Fear of termites, wood eating insects. | – | Specific: Animal (insect) | ||
| Ithyphallophobia | Fear of seeing, or thinking about, or having an erect penis. | – | Specific: Other (body parts) | ||
| Japanophobia | Fear of Japan, anything Japanese. | – | Specific: Other (country) | ||
| Judeophobia | Fear of Jews. | – | Specific: Other (religion) | ||
| Kainophobia | Fear of novelty, innovation | – | |||
| Kainotophobia | Fear of change. | – | |||
| Kakorrahaphobia | Fear of failure, defeat and rejection. | Common phobias group. | Associated with Atychiphobia (fear of failure). Aka Kakorraphiophobia and Kakorrhaphiophobia. | ||
| Kakorraphiophobia | Fear of failure, defeat and rejection. | Common phobias group. | Associated with Atychiphobia (fear of failure). Aka Kakorrhaphiophobia and Kakorrahaphobia. | ||
| Kakorrhaphio-phobia | Fear of failure, defeat and rejection. | Common phobias group. | Associated with Atychiphobia (fear of failure). Aka Kakorraphiophobia and Kakorrahaphobia. | ||
| Kastanophobia | Fear of brown. | Common phobias of colors group. | Specific: Other (color) | Anything brown colored. | See Chromophobia (fear of colors) which includes a list of fears of other specific colors. |
| Katagelophobia | Fear of ridicule. | – | Social | ||
| Katsaridaphobia | Fear of cockroaches. | – | Specific: Animal (Insect) | ||
| Kenophobia | Fear of empty spaces. | – | Specific: Situational | ||
| Keraunophobia | Fear of thunder and lightning. | Common phobias group. | Specific: Environmental | More commonly known as Astraphobia and Brontophobia but also Astrapophobia, Nicaduranaphobia and Tonitrophobia. | |
| Kinetophobia | Fear of movement. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Kleptophobia | Fear of stealing. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Koinoniphobia | Fear of rooms. | – | Specific: Environmental | ||
| Kolpophobia | Fear of genitals, mainly female. | – | Specific: Other (body parts) | ||
| Koniophobia | Fear of dust. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Kopophobia | Fear of fatigue or exhaustion. | – | Specific: Situational | Strenuous activities. Stressful tasks. | Associated with chronic fatigue syndrome sufferers. |
| Koumpounophobia | Fear of buttons. | Common phobia. | Specific: Other (objects) | Sight of buttons, talk about buttons, avoidance of clothing with buttons. | Related to Trypophobia (fear of holes). |
| Kosmikophobia | Fear of cosmic phenomenon. | – | Specific: Environmental | ||
| Kymophobia | Fear of waves. | – | Specific: Environmental | ||
| Kynophobia | Fear of rabies. | – | Specific: Medical (disease) | ||
| Lachanophobia | Fear of vegetables. | – | Specific: Other (plants) | ||
| Laliophobia | Fear of speaking. | – | Social | ||
| Lalophobia | Fear of speaking. | – | Social | ||
| Lepidopterophobia | Fear of butterflies. | Common phobia. | Specific: Animal (insect) | Hearing or seeing a butterfly. | More generally Entomophobia (fear of bugs and insects). |
| Leprophobia | Fear of Leprosy. | – | Specific: Medical (disease) | ||
| Leukophobia | Fear of white. | Common phobias of colors group. | Specific: Other (color) | Anything colored white. | See Chromophobia (fear of colors) which includes a list of fears of other specific colors. |
| Levophobia | Fear of objects on the left side of the body. | – | Specific: Other (direction) | ||
| Ligyrophobia | Fear of loud noises. | – | Specific: Other (senses) | ||
| Lilapsophobia | Fear of tornadoes, hurricanes. | – | Specific: Environmental | ||
| Limnophobia | Fear of lakes. | – | Specific: Other | ||
| Linonophobia | Fear of string. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Lockiophobia | Fear of childbirth. | – | |||
| Logizo-mechanophobia | Fear of computers. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Logophobia | Fear of words. | – | Specific | ||
| Loutrophobia | Fear of washing or bathing. | – | Social | ||
| Luiphobia | Fear of syphilis. | – | Specific: Medical (desease) | ||
| Lutraphobia | Fear of otters. | – | Specific: Animal (Mammal) | ||
| Lygophobia | Fear of the dark, darkness, twilight. | Common phobias group. | Specific: Environmental | Typically the imagined danger that cannot be seen, rather than the dark itself. Unusual in under 2 year olds. See also Achluophobia, Myctophobia, Nyctophobia and Scotophobia | |
| Lyssophobia | Fear of going insane. | – | Agoraphobia | ||
| Macrophobia | Fear of long waits. | – | Social | ||
| Mageirocophobia | Fear of cooking. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Maieusiophobia | Fear of childbirth. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Malaxophobia | Fear of love play. | Common phobia. | Specific: Situational | dating, kissing and foreplay | Avoidance is the typical response. Therapy can help. Also known as Sarmassophobia. |
| Maniaphobia | Fear of insanity. | – | Agoraphobia | ||
| Mastigophobia | Fear of whips, punishment. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Mechanophobia | Fear of machines. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Medomalacuphobia | Fear of losing an erection. | – | Social | ||
| Medorthophobia | Fear of an erect penis. | – | Specific: Other (body parts) | ||
| Megalophobia | Fear of large things. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Melanophobia | Fear of black. | – | Specific: Other (color) | Anything black colored. | See Chromophobia (fear of colors) which includes a list of fears of other specific colors. |
| Melissophobia | Fear of bees. | – | Specific: Animal (Insect) | Seeing, hearing a bee. | More generally related to Entomophobia (fear of insects and bugs). Also known as Apiphobia or misspelt Melissaphobia. |
| Melophobia | Fear of music. | – | Specific | ||
| Meningitophobia | Fear of brain disease. | – | Specific: Medical | ||
| Menophobia | Fear of menstruation. | – | Specific: Medical | ||
| Merinthophobia | Fear of being tied up. | – | Social | ||
| Metallophobia | Fear of metal. | – | Specific: Other (material) | ||
| Metathesiophobia | Fear of changes. | Common phobia. | Agoraphobia | ||
| Meteorophobia | Fear of meteors. | – | Specific: Other | ||
| Methyphobia | Fear of alcohol. | – | Specific: Other | ||
| Metrophobia | Fear of poetry. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Microbiophobia | Fear of microbes. | – | Specific: Other | ||
| Microphobia | Fear of small things. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Misophobia | Fear of dirt, germs. | Common phobias group. | Specific: Other (material) | More commonly known as Mysophobia. Related to Bacillophobia, Bacteriophobia, Germophobia, Germaphobia and Verminophobia. | |
| Mnemophobia | Fear of memories. | – | |||
| Molysmophobia | Fear of contamination. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Monophobia | Fear of solitude. | Common phobia. | Social | Associated with Agoraphobia (fear of open spaces). | |
| Motorophobia | Fear of motors. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Motorphobia | Fear of cars. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Mottephobia | Fear of moths. | – | Specific: Animal (Insect) | ||
| Musculophobia | Fear of muscles. | – | Specific: Other (body parts) | ||
| Musophobia | Fear of mice, rats. | – | Specific: Animal (mammal, rodent) | ||
| Mycophobia | Fear of mushrooms. | – | Specific: Other (plants) | ||
| Mycrophobia | Fear of small things. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Myctophobia | Fear of the dark, darkness. | Common phobias group. | Specific: Situational | Typically the imagined danger that cannot be seen, rather than darkness itself. Unusual in under 2 year olds. See also Achluophobia, Nyctophobia and Scotophobia. | |
| Myrmecophobia | Fear of ants. | – | Specific: Animal (Insect) | Seeing an ant. | More generally related to Entomophobia (fear of insects and bugs) |
| Mysophobia | Fear of dirt, germs. | Top 10 common phobias. | Specific: Other (objects) | Learning about germs. | Mysophobia is connected to obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and Agoraphobia (fear of open spaces). A common symptom is frequent hand washing. Also known as, and related to, Bacillophobia, Bacteriophobia, Germophobia, Germaphobia and Verminophobia. |
| Myxophobia | Fear of slime. | – | Specific: Other (material) | ||
| Nebulaphobia | Fear of fog. | – | Specific: Environmental | ||
| Necrophobia | Fear of death, dead things. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Nelophobia | Fear of glass. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Neophobia | Fear of anything new. | – | Social | ||
| Nephophobia | Fear of clouds. | – | Specific: Environmental | ||
| Nicaduranaphobia | Fear of thunder and lightning. | Common phobias group. | Specific: Environmental | More commonly known as Astraphobia and Brontophobia but also Astrapophobia, Keraunophobia and Tonitrophobia | |
| Noctiphobia | Fear of night. | – | Specific: Environmental | ||
| Nomatophobia | Fear of names. | – | Specific: Other (material) | ||
| Nosocomephobia | Fear of hospitals. | – | Specific: Other (places) | ||
| Nosophobia | Fear of illness, disease. | – | Specific: Medical | Sometimes referred to as hypochondriasis or hypochondria which are not phobias but illness anxiety disorders or somatic symptom disorders. | |
| Nostophobia | Fear of returning home. | – | Social | ||
| Novercaphobia | Fear of stepmother. | – | Specific: Other (people) | ||
| Nucleomitophobia | Fear of nuclear weapons. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Nudophobia | Fear of nudity. | – | Social | ||
| Numerophobia | Fear of numbers. | – | Specific: Other | See also Arithmophobia. | |
| Nyctohylophobia | Fear of forests at night. | – | Specific: Situational | ||
| Nyctophobia | Fear of the night, the dark, darkness. | Common phobias group. | Specific: Environmental | Common in children over 2 years old. Typically the imagined danger that cannot be seen, rather than darkness itself. See also Achluophobia, Lygophobia, Myctophobia and Scotophobia. | |
| Nymphophobia | Fear of young girls. | – | Specific: Other (people) | ||
| Obesophobia | Fear of obesity. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Obesophobia | Fear of gaining weight. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Ochlophobia | Fear of crowds, mob-like. | Common phobias group. | Social | Related to Enochlophobia (fear of crowds) and Demophobia (fear of crowds of people). | |
| Ochophobia | Fear of vehicles. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Octophobia | Fear of eight. | – | Specific: Other (numbers) | ||
| Odontophobia | Fear of dentistry. | – | Specific: Other (actvity) | ||
| Odynophobia | Fear of pain. | – | Specific: Other (senses) | ||
| Oenophobia | Fear of wines. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Oikophobia | Fear of home. | – | Specific: Situational | ||
| Olfactophobia | Fear of smell. | – | Specific: Other (senses) | ||
| Ombrophobia | Fear of rain. | – | Specific: Environmental | ||
| Ommetaphobia | Fear of eyes. | – | Specific: Other (body parts) | ||
| Omphalophobia | Fear of belly buttons. | – | Specific: Other (body parts) | ||
| Oneirogmophobia | Fear of wet dreams. | – | Specific: Other (actvity) | ||
| Oneirophobia | Fear of dreams. | – | Specific: Other (actvity) | ||
| Onomatophobia | Fear of words, a certain word. | – | Specific: Other | ||
| Ophidiophobia | Fear of snakes. | Top 10 phobia. | Specific: Animal (Reptile) | One of the most common phobias, affecting up to 1 in 3 people for evolutionary reasons. More common in women than men. | |
| Ophthalmophobia | Fear of being stared at. | – | Social | ||
| Optophobia | Fear of opening eyes. | – | Specific: Other (actvity) | ||
| Ornithophobia | Fear of birds. | Common phobia. | Specific: Animal (bird) | avoiding outdoor activities | Sufferers are often phobic about specific species or types of birds. Can lead to Agoraphobia (fear of open spaces). |
| Orthophobia | Fear of property. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Osmophobia | Fear of smells. | – | Specific: Other (senses) | ||
| Ostracophobia | Fear of oysters, shellfish. | – | Specific: Animal | ||
| Ouranophobia | Fear of heaven. | – | Specific: Other (religion) | ||
| Paedophobia | Fear of children or childhood. | – | Specific: Other (people) | ||
| Pagophobia | Fear of ice or frost. | – | Specific: Other | ||
| Panophobia | Fear of everything. | Common phobia. | Agoraphobia | Excessive anxiety and worry, paranoia, delusions. | Also known as Omniphobia, Pamphobia, Pantophobia and Panphobia. |
| Panthophobia | Fear of suffering and disease. | – | Specific: Medical | ||
| Papyrophobia | Fear of paper. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Paraskevidekatria-phobia | Fear of Friday 13th, Friday the thirteenth. | Common phobias group. | Specific: Other (superstition) | First coined by Dr. Donald Dossey who told patients “when you learn to pronounce it, you’re cured!” Related to Triskaidekaphobia (fear of the number 13). Also known as Friggatriskaidekaphobia. | |
| Paraphobia | Fear of sexual perversion. | – | Specific: Other (actvity) | ||
| Parasitophobia | Fear of parasites. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Parthenophobia | Fear of young girls. | – | Specific: Other (people) | ||
| Parturiphobia | Fear of childbirth. | – | Specific: Medical | ||
| Pathophobia | Fear of disease. | – | Specific: Other (desease) | ||
| Peccatophobia | Fear of sinning. | – | Specific: Other (actvity) | ||
| Pediculophobia | Fear of lice. | – | Specific: Animal (Insect) | ||
| Pediophobia | Fear of dolls. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Pedophobia | Fear of babies, children. | – | Specific: Other (people) | ||
| Peladophobia | Fear of bald people. | – | Specific: Other (people) | ||
| Pellagrophobia | Fear of Pellagra. | – | Specific: Other (desease) | Pellagra is a disease. | |
| Peniaphobia | Fear of poverty. | – | Specific: Other | ||
| Pentheraphobia | Fear of mother in law. | – | Specific: Other (people) | ||
| Phagophobia | Fear of swallowing. | – | Specific: Other (people) | Related to Pseudodysphagia (fear of choking). | |
| Phalacrophobia | Fear of going bald. | – | Specific: Other (actvity) | ||
| Phallophobia | Fear of penis. | – | Specific: Other (body parts) | ||
| Pharmacophobia | Fear of drugs, medicines. | – | Specific: Medical | ||
| Phasmophobia | Fear of ghosts. | – | |||
| Phengophobia | Fear of daylight, sunshine. | – | Specific: Environmental | ||
| Philematophobia | Fear of kissing. | – | Specific: Other (actvity) | ||
| Philophobia | Fear of intimacy, love. | Common phobia. | Social | Related to Aphenphosmphobia (fear of being touched) | |
| Philosophobia | Fear of learning. | – | Specific: Other (actvity) | ||
| Phobophobia | Fear of phobias. | Common phobia. | Specific: Situational | ||
| Phonophobia | Fear of sounds, voices, own voice. | – | Specific: Other (senses) | ||
| Photophobia | Fear of light. | – | Specific: Environmental | ||
| Phronemophobia | Fear of thinking. | – | Specific: Other (actvity) | ||
| Phtheirophobia | Fear of lice. | – | Specific: Animal (Insect) | ||
| Phthisiophobia | Fear of tuberculosis. | – | Specific: Medical | ||
| Placophobia | Fear of tombstones. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Plutophobia | Fear of wealth. | – | Specific: Other | ||
| Pluviophobia | Fear of rain, being rained on. | – | Specific: Environmental | ||
| Pneumatophobia | Fear of spirits. | – | |||
| Pnigerophobia | Fear of choking, fear of being smothered. | – | Specific: Other (actvity) | Also known as Pnigophobia. See also Pseudodysphagia (fear of swallowing). Hypnosis can be an effective treatment. | |
| Podophobia | Fear of feet. | Common phobia. | Specific: Other (body parts) | touching feet, looking at feet | |
| Pogophobia | Fear of beards. | – | Specific: Other (body parts) | ||
| Poinephobia | Fear of punishment. | – | Social | ||
| Polyphobia | Fear of many things. | – | Agoraphobia | ||
| Ponophobia | Fear of overworking, pain. | – | Social | ||
| Potamophobia | Fear of running water. | Common phobias group. | Related to Bathyphobia (fear of deep water), Aquaphobia and Hydrophobia (fear of water). | ||
| Potophobia | Fear of drinking alcohol. | – | Specific: Other (actvity) | ||
| Prasinophobia | Fear of green. | Common phobias of colors group. | Specific: Other (color) | Anything green colored. | See Chromophobia (fear of colors) which includes a list of fears of other specific colors. |
| Proctophobia | Fear of rectums. | – | Specific: Other (body parts) | ||
| Prosophobia | Fear of progress. | – | Specific: Other (actvity) | ||
| Psellismophobia | Fear of stuttering. | – | Specific: Other (actvity) | ||
| Pseudodysphagia | Fear of choking. | – | Specific: Food | Pseudodysphagia is a psychosomatic illness. The suffer may create the feeling of having a lump in their throat and avoid solid foods. Talk or cognitive behavioral therapy treatment may be appropriate. Related to Phagophobia (fear of swallowing for being smothered). | |
| Psychophobia | Fear of mind. | – | |||
| Psychrophobia | Fear of cold. | – | Specific: Environmental | ||
| Pteridophobia | Fear of ferns. | – | Specific: Other (plants) | ||
| Pteromerhano-phobia | Fear of flying. | – | Specific: Environmental | More commonly known as Aerophobia. Also known as Aviophobia. | |
| Pupaphobia | Fear of puppets. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Pyrexiophobia | Fear of fever. | – | Specific: Other (actvity) | ||
| Pyrophobia | Fear of fire. | Uncommon phobia. Rare phobia. | Specific: Environmental | Seeing a fire. | |
| Radiophobia | Fear of radiation, X-rays. | – | Specific: Other | ||
| Ranidaphobia | Fear of frogs. | – | Specific: Animal (reptile) | Also known as Ranophobia. | |
| Rhabdophobia | Fear of punishment. | – | Specific: Other (actvity) | ||
| Rhodophobia | Fear of pink. | Common phobias of colors group. | Specific: Other (color) | Anything pink colored. | See Chromophobia (fear of colors) which includes a list of fears of other specific colors. |
| Rhypophobia | Fear of defecation. | – | Specific: Other (actvity) | ||
| Rhytiphobia | Fear of getting wrinkles. | – | Specific: Other (actvity) | ||
| Rupophobia | Fear of dirt. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Russophobia | Fear of Russians, anything Russian. | – | Specific: Other (country) | ||
| Sarmassophobia | Fear of love play. | Common phobia. | Specific: Situational | Dating, kissing and foreplay. | Avoidance is the typical response. One of the most common phobias for which therapy can help. Also known as Malaxophobia. |
| Scatophobia | Fear of fecal matter. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Scelerophibia | Fear of evil people, burglars. | – | Specific: Other (people) | ||
| Scoleciphobia | Fear of worms. | – | Specific: Animal (invertebrate) | ||
| Scolionophobia | Fear of school. | – | Specific: Environmental | ||
| Scopophobia | Fear of being stared at. | – | Specific: Other (actvity) | ||
| Scorodophobia | Fear of garlic. | – | Specific: Other (plant) | ||
| Scotomaphobia | Fear of blindness. | – | Specific: Other (senses) | ||
| Scotophobia | Fear of darkness, the dark. | Common phobias group. | Specific: Environmental | Typically the imagined danger that cannot be seen, rather than darkness itself. Unusual in under 2 year olds. See also Achluophobia, Lygophobia, Myctophobia and Nyctophobia. | |
| Selachophobia | Fear of sharks. | – | Specific: Animal (Fish) | ||
| Selaphobia | Fear of light flashes. | – | |||
| Selenophobia | Fear of the moon. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Seplophobia | Fear of decaying matter. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Sesquipedalo-phobia | Fear of long words. | – | Specific: Other | ||
| Sexophobia | Fear of the opposite sex. | – | Specific: Other (people) | ||
| Siderodromo-phobia | Fear of trains. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Siderophobia | Fear of stars. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Sinistrophobia | Fear of left handedness or things to the left. | – | Specific: Other (direction) | ||
| Sinophobia | Fear of China, anything Chinese. | – | Specific: Other (country) | ||
| Sitiophobia | Fear of food. | – | Specific: Other | ||
| Sociophobia | Fear of social gatherings. | – | Social | ||
| Somnephobia | Fear of sleep, dreams. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Sophophobia | Fear of wisdom, learning. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Somniphobia | Fear of nightmares, sleep paralysis. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | Related to Hypnophobia (fear of sleep) and Clinophobia (fear of going to bed). | |
| Soteriophobia | Fear of dependence on others. | – | |||
| Spectrophobia | Fear of specters, ghosts. | – | Specific: Other | ||
| Spermatophobia | Fear of germs, semen. | Common phobias group. | Specific: Other (objects) | Most commonly known as Mysophobia but also known as Verminophobia, Germophobia, Germaphobia, Bacillophobia (fear of microbes) and Bacteriophobia (fear of bacteria) and Spermophobia. | |
| Spermophobia | Fear of germs, dirt. | Common phobias group. | Specific: Other (objects) | Most commonly known as Mysophobia but also known as Verminophobia, Germophobia, Germaphobia, Bacillophobia (fear of microbes) and Bacteriophobia (fear of bacteria) and Spermophobia. | |
| Spheksophobia | Fear of Wasps. | – | Specific: Animal (Insect) | More generally Entomophobia (fear of bugs and insects). | |
| Stasephobia | Fear of walking, falling. | Common phobias group. | Specific: Other (activity) | Also known as Ambulophobia and Basiphobia. In addition to the physical symptoms of common phobias (see boxout*) sufferers may find difficulty standing up. | |
| Staurophobia | Fear of crosses, crucifixes. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Stenophobia | Fear of narrow places. | – | Specific: Environmental | ||
| Stigiophobia | Fear of hell. | – | Specific: Other (religion) | ||
| Stygiophobia | Fear of hell. | – | Specific: Other (religion) | ||
| Suriphobia | Fear of mice. | – | Specific: Animal (Mammal, rodent) | ||
| Symbolophobia | Fear of symbolism. | – | |||
| Symmetrophobia | Fear of symmetry. | – | |||
| Syngenesophobia | Fear of relatives. | – | Specific: Other (people) | ||
| Syphilophobia | Fear of syphilis. | – | Specific: Medical (desease) | ||
| Tachophobia | Fear of speed. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Taeniophobia | Fear of tapeworms. | – | Specific (Parasite) | ||
| Taphephobia | Fear of being buried alive. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Tapinophobia | Fear of being contagious. | – | Social | ||
| Taurophobia | Fear of bulls. | – | Specific: Animal (mammal) | ||
| Technophobia | Fear of technology. | – | Specific: Other | ||
| Teratophobia | Fear of giving birth to a malformed child. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Testophobia | Fear of taking tests. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Teutophobia | Fear of Germans, anything German. | – | Specific: Other (country) | ||
| Textophobia | Fear of fabrics, material. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | velvet, foam, rubber | |
| Thalassophobia | Fear of the sea. | – | Specific: Environmental | ||
| Thanatophobia | Fear of death phobia. | Common phobia. | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Theophobia | Fear of gods, religion. | Common phobia. | Specific: Other (religion) | One of the most common phobias. See also Zeusophobia (fear of gods). | |
| Thermophobia | Fear of heat. | – | |||
| Thixophobia | Fear of being touched phobia. | Common phobias group. | Social | Most commonly called Aphenphosmphobia. Related to Philophobia (fear of love). Also known as Aphephobia, Chiraptophobia, Haphophobia, Hapnophobia, Haptephobia and Haptophobia. | |
| Tocophobia | Fear of childbirth. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Tomophobia | Fear of surgery, operations. | – | Specific: Medical | ||
| Tonitrophobia | Fear of thunder and lightning. | Common phobias group. | Specific: Environmental | Commonly associated with fear of thunder AND lightning. Related to Astraphobia and Brontophobia but also Astrapophobia, Keraunophobia and Nicaduranaphobia. | |
| Topophobia | Fear of specific places or situations, stage fright. | – | Social | ||
| Toxophobia | Fear of being poisoned. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Traumatophobia | Fear of injury. | – | Specific: Medical | ||
| Tremophobia | Fear of trembling. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Trichinophobia | Fear of Trichinosis. | – | Specific: Medical (desease) | Trichinosis is a parasitic disease. | |
| Trichopathophobia | Fear of hair, hair loss. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Triskaidekaphobia | Fear of 13, thirteen, the number 13. | Common phobias group. | Specific: Other (superstition) | Related to Paraskevidekatriaphobia and Friggatriskaidekaphobia (both fear of Friday 13th). One of the most common phobias. | |
| Tropophobia | Fear of change. | – | Agoraphobia | ||
| Trypanophobia | Fear of injections, needles. | Very common phobia. | Specific: Medical | avoids visits to doctors, nurses etc. | |
| Trypophobia | Fear of holes. | Very common phobia. | Specific: Other | Aversion to holes, clusters or cracks. Associated with feelings of fear and disgust of any honeycomb structure, sponges, coral, skin, meat and buttonholes. | Related to Koumpounophobia (fear of buttons). |
| Typhlophobia | Fear of blindness. | – | Specific: Other (senses) | ||
| Uranophobia | Fear of heaven. | – | Specific: Other (religion) | ||
| Urophobia | Fear of urine. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Vaccinophobia | Fear of vaccinations. | – | Specific: Medical | ||
| Vehophobia | Fear of driving. | Common phobia. | Specific: Situational | ||
| Venusophobia | Fear of beautiful women. | – | Specific: Other (people) | ||
| Verbophobia | Fear of words. | – | Specific: Other | ||
| Verminophobia | Fear of germs. | Common phobias group. | Specific: Other (objects) | Most commonly known as Mysophobia but also known as Germophobia, Germaphobia, Bacillophobia (fear of microbes)and Bacteriophobia (fear of bacteria), Spermatophobia and Spermophobia. | |
| Vestiphobia | Fear of clothing. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Virginitiphobia | Fear of rape. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Vitricophobia | Fear of stepfather. | – | Specific: Other (people) | ||
| Wiccaphobia | Fear of witchcraft. | – | Specific: Other (activity) | ||
| Xanthophobia | Fear of yellow. | Common phobias of colors group. | Specific: Other (color) | Anything yellow. | See Chromophobia (fear of colors) which includes a list of fears of other specific colors. |
| Xenoglossophobia | Fear of foreign languages. | – | Specific: Other | ||
| Xenophobia | Fear of strangers, foreigners, the unknown. | Common phobia. | One of the most common phobias. | ||
| Xerophobia | Fear of dryness. | – | Specific: Other (senses) | ||
| Xylophobia | Fear of wood. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Xyrophobia | Fear of razors. | – | Specific: Other (objects) | ||
| Zelophobia | Fear of jealousy. | – | Specific: Other (emotion) | ||
| Zeusophobia | Fear of god, gods. | Common phobia. | Specific: Other (religion) | See also Theophobia (fear of religion). | |
| Zoophobia | Fear of animals. | Common phobia. | Specific: Animal | One of the most common phobias. |
We’ve left Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (fear of long words) out of our list of common phobias because it’s too long to fit in the column!
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