Arachnophobia
The fear of spiders affects women four times more (48% women and 12% men).
Ophidiophobia
The fear of snakes. Phobics avoid certain cities because they have more snakes.
Acrophobia
The fear of heights. Five percent of the general population suffer from this phobia.
Agoraphobia
The fear of open or crowded spaces. People with this fear often wont leave home.
Cynophobia
The fear of dogs. This includes everything from small Poodles to large Great Danes.
Astraphobia
The fear of thunder/lightning it could also be called Brontophobia, Tonitrophobia, Ceraunophobia.
Claustrophobia
The fear of small spaces like elevators, small rooms and other enclosed spaces.
Mysophobia
The fear of germs. It is also rightly termed as Germophobia
Aerophobia
The fear of flying. 25 million Americans share a fear of flying.
Carcinophobia
The fear of cancer. People with this develop extreme diets.
Thanatophobia
The fear of death. Even talking about death can be hard.
Glossophobia
The fear of public speaking. Not being able to do speeches.
Monophobia
The fear of being alone. Even while eating and/or sleeping.
Atychiphobia
The fear of failure. It is the single greatest barrier to success.
Ornithophobia
The fear of birds. Individuals suffering from this may only fear certain species.
Alektorophobia
The fear of chickens. You may have this phobia if chickens make you panic.
Enochlophobia
The fear of crowds is closely related to Ochlophobia and Demophobia.
Aphenphosmphobia
The fear of intimacy. Fear of being touched and love.
Trypanophobia
The fear of needles.
Anthropophobia
The fear of people. Being afraid of people in all situations.
Aquaphobia
The fear of water. Being afraid of water or being near water.
Autophobia
The fear of abandonment and being abandoned by someone.
Hemophobia
The fear of blood. Even the sight of blood can cause fainting.
Gamophobia
The fear of commitment or sticking with someone to the end.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
The fear of long words. Believe it or not, it’s real.
Xenophobia
The fear of the unknown. Fearing anything or anyone that is strange or foreign.
Vehophobia
The fear of driving. This phobia affects personal and work life.
Basiphobia
The fear of falling. Some may even refuse to walk or stand up.
Achievemephobia
The fear of success. The opposite to the fear of failure.
Theophobia
The fear of God causes an irrational fear of God or religion.
Ailurophobia
The fear of cats. This phobia is also known as Gatophobia.
Metathesiophobia
The fear of change. Sometimes change is a good thing.
Globophobia
The fear of balloons. They should be fun, but not for phobics.
Nyctophobia
The fear of darkness. Being afraid of the dark is common for kids.
Drophobia
The fear of men. Usually seen in younger females, but it can also affect adults.
Phobophobia
The fear of fear. The thought of being afraid of objects.
Philophobia
The fear of love. Being scared of falling in love or emotions.
Triskaidekaphobia
The fear of the number 13 or the bad luck that follows.
Emetophobia
The fear of vomiting and the fear of loss of your self control.
Gephyrophobia
The fear of bridges and crossing even the smallest bridge.
Entomophobia
The fear of bugs and insects, also related to Acarophobia.
Lepidopterophobia
The fear of butterflies and often most winged insects.
Panophobia
The fear of everything or fear that terrible things will happen.
Podophobia
The fear of feet. Some people fear touching or looking at feet, even their own.
Paraskevidekatriaphobia
The fear of Friday the 13th. About 8% of Americans have this phobia.
Somniphobia
The fear of sleep. Being terrified of what might happen right after you fall asleep.
Gynophobia
The fear of women. May occur if you have unresolved mother issues.
Apiphobia
The fear of bees. Many people fear being stung by angry bees.
Koumpounophobia
The fear of buttons. Clothes with buttons are avoided.
Anatidaephobia
The fear of ducks. Somewhere, a duck is watching you.
Pyrophobia
The fear of fire. A natural fear that can be debilitating.
Ranidaphobia
The fear of frogs. Often caused by episodes from childhood.
Galeophobia
The fear of sharks in the ocean or even in swimming pools.
Athazagoraphobia
The fear of being forgotten or not remembering things.
Katsaridaphobia
The fear of cockroaches. This can easily lead to an excessive cleaning disorder.
Iatrophobia
The fear of doctors. If you delay doctor visits you may have this.
Pediophobia
The fear of dolls. This phobia could be Chucky-induced.
Ichthyophobia
The fear of fish. Includes small, large, dead and living fish.
Achondroplasiaphobia
The fear of midgets. Because they look differently.
Mottephobia
The fear of moths. These insects are only beautiful to some.
Zoophobia
The fear of animals. Applies to both vile and harmless animals.
Bananaphobia
The fear of bananas. If you have this phobia, they are scary.
Sidonglobophobia
The fear of cotton balls or plastic foams. Oh that sound.
Scelerophobia
The fear of crime involves being afraid of burglars, attackers or crime in general.
Cibophobia
The fear of food. The phobia may come from a bad episode while eating, like choking.
Phasmophobia
The fear of ghosts.
Equinophobia
The fear of horses. Animal phobias are pretty common, especially for women.
Musophobia
The fear of mice. Some people find mice cute, but phobics don’t.
Catoptrophobia
The fear of mirrors. Being afraid of what you might see.
Agliophobia
The fear of pain. Being afraid something painful will happen.
Tokophobia
The fear of pregnancy involves giving birth or having children.
Telephonophobia
The fear of talking on the phone. Phobics prefer texting.
Pogonophobia
The fear of beards or being scared of bearded men.
Omphalophobia
The fear of belly buttons. Touching and looking at navels.
Pseudodysphagia
The fear of choking often after a bad eating experience.
Bathophobia
The fear of depths can be anything associated with depth (lakes, tunnels, caves).
Cacomorphobia
The fear of fat people. Induced by the media. Affects some anorexics. we
Gerascophobia
The fear of getting old. Aging is the most natural thing, yet many of us fear it.
Chaetophobia
The fear of hair. Phobics tend to be afraid of other peoples hair.
Nosocomephobia
The fear of hospitals.
Ligyrophobia
The fear of loud noises. More than the instinctive noise fear.
Didaskaleinophobia
The fear of school. This phobia affects kids mostly.
Technophobia
The fear of technology is often induced by culture/religion.
Chronophobia
The fear of the future. A persistent fear of what is to come.
Spheksophobia
The fear of wasps. You panic and fear getting stung by it.
Ergophobia
The fear of work. Often due to social or performance anxiety.
Coulrophobia
The fear of clowns. Some people find clowns funny, coulrophobics certainly don’t.
Allodoxaphobia
The fear of opinions. Being afraid of hearing what others are thinking of you.
Samhainophobia
The fear of Halloween affects children/superstitious people.
Photophobia
The fear of light caused by something medical or traumatic.
Disposophobia
The fear of getting rid of stuff triggers extreme hoarding.