We all have fears, we all have weakness but when our fears turn around and start to hunt us, then we have phobia!
It is porpularly said that too much of everything kills. This is true of a phobia if not properly handled.
Phobia is a psychological disorder characterized by severe fear, leading into a panic attack and unreasonable decisions or actions.
It is usually caused by a traumatic event, associated with an object or a situation.
There are several types of phobia, some linked to our natural environment, animals, blood, needles, injuries, situations etc.
We will be looking at the different types of phobias' and their names.
Let the vocabulary increment process begin!
Achluophobia- Fear of darkness
Acrophobia- Fear of heights
Aerophobia- Fear of flying
Algophobia- Fear of pain
Agoraphobia- Fear of open spaces or crowds
Aichmophobia- Fear of needles or pointed objects
Amaxophobia- Fear of riding in a car
Androphobia- Fear of men
Anginophobia- Fear of angina or choking
Anthrophobia- Fear of flowers
Anthropophobia- Fear of people or society
Aphenphosmphobia- Fear of being touched
Arachnophobia- Fear of spiders
Arithmophobia- Fear of numbers
Astraphobia- Fear of thunder and lightning
Ataxophobia- Fear of disorder or untidiness
Atelophobia- Fear of imperfection
Atychiphobia- Fear of failure
Autophobia- Fear of being alone
Bacteriophobia- Fear of bacteria
Barophobia- Fear of gravity
Bathmophobia- Fear of stairs or steep slopes
Batrachophobia- Fear of amphibians
Belonephobia- Fear of pins and needles
Bibliophobia- Fear of books
Botanophobia- Fear of plants
Cacophobia- Fear of ugliness
Catagelophobia- Fear of being ridiculed
Catoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors
Chionophobia- Fear of snow
Chromophobia- Fear of colors
Chronomentrophobia- Fear of clocks
Claustrophobia- Fear of confined spaces
Coulrophobia- Fear of clowns
Cyberphobia- Fear of computers
Cynophobia- Fear of dogs
Dendrophobia- Fear of trees
Dentophobia- Fear of dentists
Domatophobia- Fear of houses
Dystychiphobia- Fear of accidents
Ecophobia- Fear of the home
Elurophobia- Fear of cats
Entomophobia- Fear of insects
Ephebiphobia- Fear of teenagers
Equinophobia- Fear of horses
Gamophobia- Fear of marriage
Genuphobia- Fear of knees
Glossophobia- Fear of speaking in public
Gynophobia- Fear of women
Heliophobia- Fear of the sun
Hemophobia- Fear of blood
Herpetophobia- Fear of reptiles
Hydrophobia- Fear of water
Hypochonria- Fear of illness
Iatrophobia- Fear of doctors
Insectophobia- Fear of insects
Koinoniphobia- Fear of rooms
Leukophobia- Fear of the color white
Lilapsophobia- Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes
Lockiophobia- Fear of childbirth
Mageirocophobia- Fear of cooking
Megalophobia- Fear of large things
Melanophobia- Fear of the color black
Microphobia- Fear of small things
Mysophobia- Fear of dirt and germs
Necrophobia- Fear of death or dead things
Noctiphobia- Fear of the night
Nosocomephobia- Fear of hospitals
Nyctophobia- Fear of the dark
Obesophobia- Fear of gaining weight
Octophobia- Fear of the figure 8
Ombrophobia- Fear of rain
Ophidiophobia- Fear of snakes
Ornithophobia- Fear of birds
Papyrophobia- Fear of paper
Pathophobia- Fear of disease
Pedophobia- Fear of children
Philophobia- Fear of love
Phobophobia- Fear of phobias
Podophobia- Fear of feet
Porphyrophobia- Fear of the color purple
Pteridophobia- Fear of ferns
Pteromerhanophobia- Fear of flying
Pyrophobia- Fear of fire
Samhainophobia- Fear of Halloween
Scolionophobia- Fear of school
Selenophobia- Fear of the moon
Sociophobia- Fear of social evaluation
Somniphobia- Fear of sleep
Tachophobia- Fear of speed
Technophobia- Fear of technology
Tonitrophobia- Fear of thunder
Trypanophobia- Fear of needles / injections
Venustraphobia- Fear of beautiful women
Verminophobia- Fear of germs
Wiccaphobia- Fear of witches and witchcraft
Xenophobia- Fear of strangers or foreigners
Zoophobia- Fear of animals
Do you know there is a fear of phobias? It is Phobophobia!
Please add to the list.....