Wednesday, July 29, 2009

List of Most Common Phobias

To begin with, here I post the list of phobias in alphabetical order. Most common phobias are categorized under mild mental disturbance that could be set right with proper treatment if detected at early stages. Of late, there has been a steep increase in the number of people with phobias. Here's the phobias list for your perusal.

Phobias

Meanings

Achluophobia

Fear of darkness.

Acrophobia

Fear of heights.

Agliophobia

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 lightening.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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