The Phobia List
There are many hundreds of named phobias. This is the most complete list of which we know.
Although there are many hundreds of 'different' phobias, all phobias are in fact very similar: a particular
stimulus, be it spiders, snakes, or pretty well anything else triggering the phobic individuals fear response when it
isn't appropriate.
Think about the true cost of living with your Phobia.
If you are living with a phobia, consider the real cost to your health, your career or school, and to
your family life?
Simply avoiding the issue indefinitely would mean resigning yourself to living in fear. You'll be
missing out on priceless life experiences and memories both big and small. You'll be living a life that is just a shell of
what it will be when your phobia problem is gone.
For anyone that is earning a living, the financial toll of a phobia is incalculable.
Living with a phobia means you can never fully concentrate and give 100%.
- Lost opportunities.
- Poor performance or grades.
- Promotions that pass you by.
Phobias can likely cost you tens, even hundreds of thousands of dollars over the course of your
lifetime, not to mention the cost to your health and quality of your life.
Thanks to Fredd Culbertson for compiling the original list on which this is based.
Click on any of the phobia names for more information & help.
The Phobia List: A
Ablutophobia Fear of washing, bathing, or cleaning
Acarophobia Fear of itching or the insects that cause itching
Acerophobia Fear of sourness or things that are sour
Achluophobia Fear of darkness or the dark
Acousticophobia Fear of noise or sound
Acrophobia Fear of heights or high levels
Aeroacrophobia Fear of open high places
Aeronausiphobia Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness
Aerophobia Fear of draft, swallowing air, or airbourne noxious substances
Agateophobia Fear of insanity or becoming insane
Agliophobia Fear of pain
Agoraphobia Fear of open spaces, leaving a safe place, or crowded public places
Agraphobia Fear of sexual abuse
Agrizoophobia Fear of wild animals
Agyrophobia Fear of streets or crossing the street
Aichmophobia Fear of needles, pins, or pointed objects
Ailurophobia Fear of cats
Albuminurophobia Fear of kidney disease
Alektorophobia Fear of chickens
Algophobia Fear of garlic
Alliumphobia Fear of opinions or beliefs
Altophobia Fear of dust
Amathophobia Fear of riding in cars
Amaxophobia Fear of walking
Amnesiphobia Fear of amnesia
Amychophobia Fear of scratches or being scratched
Anablephobia Fear of looking up
Androphobia Fear of men
Anemophobia Fear of wind or air drafts
Anginophobia Fear of angina, choking, or narrowness
Anglophobia Fear of England, English Culture, or English People
Angrophobia Fear of anger or becoming angry
Ankylophobia Fear of immobility of a joint
Anthophobia Fear of flowers
Anthropophobia Fear of people or society
Antlophobia Fear of floods
Anuptaphobia Fear of staying single
Anxiety Fear of Anxiety
Apeirophobia Fear of infinity
Aphenphosmphobia Fear of being touched
Apiphobia Fear of bees
Apotemnophobia Fear of persons with amputations
Arachibutyrophobia Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth
Arachnephobia Fear of spiders
Arithmophobia Fear of numbers
Arsonphobia Fear of fire or flames
Asthenophobia Fear of fainting or weakness
Astraphobia Fear of thunder and lightning
Astrophobia Fear of stars and celestial space
Asymmetriphobia Fear of asymmetrical things
Ataxiophobia Fear of ataxia (muscular incoordination)
Ataxophobia Fear of disorder or untidiness
Atelophobia Fear of imperfection
Atephobia Fear of ruin or ruins
Athazagoraphobia Fear of being forgotton, being ignored, or forgetting
Atomosophobia Fear of atomic explosions
Atychiphobia Fear of failure
Aulophobia Fear of flutes
Aurophobia Fear of gold
Auroraphobia Fear of Northern lights
Autodysomophobia Fear of one that has a vile odor
Automatonophobia Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures or wax statues
Automysophobia Fear of being dirty
Autophobia Fear of solitude, being alone, oneself, or being by oneself
Aviophobia Fear of flying
The Phobia List: B
Bacillophobia Fear of microbes
Bacteriophobia Fear of bacteria
Ballistophobia Fear of missiles or bullets
Barophobia Fear of gravity
Basiphobia Fear of inability to stand or falling
Bathmophobia Fear of stairs or steep slopes
Bathophobia Fear of depth
Batophobia Fear of heights or being close to high buildings
Batrachophobia Fear of amphibians, frogs, newts, or salamanders
Bibliophobia Fear of books
Blennophobia Fear of slime
Body Dysmorphic Disorder Fear of having ugly or unattractive features
Bogyphobia Fear of bogies or the bogeyman
Bolshephobia Fear of Bolsheviks
Botanophobia Fear of plants
Bromidrophobia Fear of bodily odor or bodily smell
Bufonophobia Fear of toads
The Phobia List: C
Cacophobia Fear of ugliness or things that are ugly
Cainophobia Fear of newness or novelty
Caligynephobia Fear of beautiful women
Cancerophobia Fear of cancer
Cardiophobia Fear of the heart
Carnophobia Fear of meat
Catagelophobia Fear of being ridiculed or ridicule
Catapedaphobia Fear of jumping from high and low places
Cathisophobia Fear of sitting
Catoptrophobia Fear of mirrors
Cheimaphobia Fear of cold
Chemophobia Fear of chemicals or working with chemicals
Cherophobia Fear of gaiety
Chionophobia Fear of snow
Chirophobia Fear of hands
Cholerophobia Fear of anger or Cholera
Chorophobia Fear of dancing
Chrematophobia Fear of money
Chromatophobia Fear of colors
Chronomentrophobia Fear of clocks
Chronophobia Fear of time
Claustrophobia Fear of confined or small spaces
Cleisiophobia Fear of being locked in an enclosed place
Cleithrophobia Fear of being enclosed
Cleptophobia Fear of stealing
Climacophobia Fear of stairs, climbing stairs, or falling down stairs
Clinophobia Fear of going to bed
Cnidophobia Fear of stings or being stung
Coimetrophobia Fear of cemeteries
Coitophobia Fear of coitus, sex, or sexual intercourse
Cometophobia Fear of comets
Coprastasophobia Fear of constipation
Coprophobia Fear of feces and fecal matter
Coulrophobia Fear of clowns
Counterphobia Fear of The preference by a phobic for fearful situations
Cremnophobia Fear of precipices
Cryophobia Fear of extreme cold, ice, or frost
Crystallophobia Fear of crystals or glass
Cyberphobia Fear of computers or working on a computer
Cyclophobia Fear of bicycles
Cymophobia Fear of waves or wave-like motion
Cynophobia Fear of dogs, canines, or rabies
Cyprianophobia Fear of prostitutes, venereal disease, or STDs
The Phobia List: D
Daemonophobia Fear of demons or daemons
Decidophobia Fear of making decisions
Defecaloesiophobia Fear of painful bowels movements
Deipnophobia Fear of dining or dinner conversation
Demophobia Fear of crowds
Dendrophobia Fear of trees
Dentophobia Fear of dentists
Dermatopathophobia Fear of skin disease or skin lesions
Dextrophobia Fear of objects at the right side of the body
Diabetophobia Fear of diabetes
Didaskaleinophobia Fear of going to school
Dikephobia Fear of justice
Dinophobia Fear of dizziness or whirlpools
Diplophobia Fear of double vision
Dipsophobia Fear of drinking
Dishabiliophobia Fear of undressing in front of someone
Doraphobia Fear of fur or skins of animals
Doxophobia Fear of expressing opinions or of receiving praise
Driving Phobia Fear of driving a motorized vehicle
Dromophobia Fear of crossing streets
Dutchphobia Fear of the Netherlands, the Dutch, Dutch Culture
Dysmorphophobia Fear of deformity
Dystychiphobia Fear of accidents
The Phobia List: E
Earthquakophobia Fear of earthquakes
Ecclesiophobia Fear of churchs
Eisoptrophobia Fear of mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror
Electrophobia Fear of electricity
Eleutherophobia Fear of freedom
Emetophobia Fear of vomiting or throwing up
Enetophobia Fear of pins
Enissophobia Fear of having committed an unpardonable sin or criticism
Entomophobia Fear of insects or bugs
Eosophobia Fear of dawn or daylight
Ephebiphobia Fear of teenagers
Epistaxiophobia Fear of nosebleeds
Epistemophobia Fear of knowledge
Equinophobia Fear of horses
Eremophobia Fear of being oneself or lonliness
Ereuthophobia Fear of redlights, blushing, or the color red
Ergasiophobia Fear of work, functioning, or Surgeon's operating
Ergophobia Fear of work
Erotophobia Fear of sexual love or sexual questions
Euphobia Fear of hearing good news
The Phobia List: F
Francophobia Fear of France, French people, or French culture
Frigophobia Fear of cold or cold things
The Phobia List: G
Gamophobia Fear of marriage
Geliophobia Fear of laughter
Geniophobia Fear of chins
Genuphobia Fear of knees
Gephydrophobia Fear of crossing bridges
Gerascophobia Fear of growing old or old people
Germanophobia Fear of Germany, German People, or German culture
Geumaphobia Fear of taste
Globophobia Fear of balloons
Glossophobia Fear of speaking in public or trying to speak
Graphophobia Fear of writing or handwriting
Gymnophobia Fear of nudity
Gynephobia Fear of women
The Phobia List: H
Hadephobia Fear of hell
Hagiophobia Fear of saints or holy things
Harpaxophobia Fear of being robbed
Hedonophobia Fear of feeling pleasure
Heliophobia Fear of the sun
Hellenologophobia Fear of Greek terms or complex scientific terminology
Helminthophobia Fear of being infested with worms
Hemaphobia Fear of blood
Hereiophobia Fear of challenges to official doctrine or of radical deviation
Herpetophobia Fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things
Heterophobia Fear of the opposite sex
Hierophobia Fear of priests or sacred things
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia Fear of long words
Hobophobia Fear of bums or beggars
Hodophobia Fear of road travel
Homichlophobia Fear of fog
Homilophobia Fear of sermons
Homophobia Fear of sameness, monotony, homosexuality, or becoming homosexual
Hoplophobia Fear of firearms
Hormephobia Fear of shock
Hyalophobia Fear of glass
Hydrargyophobia Fear of mercurial medicines
Hydrophobia Fear of water
Hydrophobophobia Fear of rabies
Hygrophobia Fear of liquids, dampness, or moisture
Hylephobia Fear of materialism or epilepsy
Hypegiaphobia Fear of responsibility
Hypnophobia Fear of sleep or being hypnotized
The Phobia List: I
Iatrophobia Fear of doctors or going to the doctor
Ichthyophobia Fear of fish
Ideophobia Fear of ideas
Illyngophobia Fear of vertigo or feeling dizzy when looking down
Insomnia Fear of Inability to Sleep
Iophobia Fear of poison
Isopterophobia Fear of termites, insects that eat wood
The Phobia List: J
Japanophobia Fear of Japanese
Judeophobia Fear of Jewish People
The Phobia List: K
Kakorrhaphiophobia Fear of failure or defeat
Kenophobia Fear of voids or empty spaces
Kinesophobia Fear of movement or motion
Koinoniphobia Fear of rooms
Kolpophobia Fear of genitals, particularly female
Kopophobia Fear of fatigue
Kosmikophobia Fear of cosmic phenomenon
Kyphophobia Fear of stooping
The Phobia List: L
Lachanophobia Fear of vegetables
Lalophobia Fear of speaking
Lepraphobia Fear of leprosy
Leukophobia Fear of the color white
Levophobia Fear of things to the left side of the body
Ligyrophobia Fear of loud noises
Lilapsophobia Fear of tornado or hurricanes
Limnophobia Fear of lakes
Linonophobia Fear of string
Liticaphobia Fear of lawsuits
Lockiophobia Fear of childbirth
Logizomechanophobia Fear of computers
Logophobia Fear of words
Luiphobia Fear of lues or syphillis
Lutraphobia Fear of otters
The Phobia List: M
Macrophobia Fear of long waits
Mageirocophobia Fear of cooking
Malaxophobia Fear of love play
Maniaphobia Fear of insanity
Mastigophobia Fear of punishment
Mechanophobia Fear of machines
Medomalacuphobia Fear of losing an erection
Medorthophobia Fear of an erect penis
Megalophobia Fear of large things
Melanophobia Fear of the color black
Melophobia Fear of music
Meningitophobia Fear of brain disease
Menophobia Fear of menstruation
Merinthophobia Fear of being bound or tied up
Metallophobia Fear of metal
Metathesiophobia Fear of changes
Meteorophobia Fear of meteors
Metrophobia Fear of poetry
Microbiophobia Fear of microbes
Microphobia Fear of small things
Misophobia Fear of being contaminated with dirt or germs
Mnemophobia Fear of memories
Monopathophobia Fear of definite disease
Motorphobia Fear of automobiles
Mottephobia Fear of moths
Murophobia Fear of mice
Mycophobia Fear of mushrooms
Myrmecophobia Fear of ants
Mythophobia Fear of myths, stories, or false statements
The Phobia List: N
Narcissistic Personality Disorder Fear of -
Necrophobia Fear of death or dead things
Neopharmaphobia Fear of new drugs
Nephophobia Fear of clouds
Noctiphobia Fear of the night
Nomatophobia Fear of names
Nosocomephobia Fear of hospitals
Nosophobia Fear of becoming ill
Nostophobia Fear of returning home
Novercaphobia Fear of your step-mother
Nucleomituphobia Fear of nuclear weapons
Nudophobia Fear of nudity or nakedness
Nyctohylophobia Fear of dark wooded areas or forests at night
The Phobia List: O
Obesophobia Fear of gaining weight
Ochlophobia Fear of crowds or mobs
Ochophobia Fear of vehicles
Octophobia Fear of the figure 8
Odontophobia Fear of teeth or dental surgery
Oenophobia Fear of wines
Oikophobia Fear of houses, home surroundings, or being in a house
Olfactophobia Fear of smells
Ombrophobia Fear of rain or of being rained on
Ommatophobia Fear of eyes
Oneirogmophobia Fear of wet dreams
Oneirophobia Fear of dreams
Onomatophobia Fear of hearing a certain word or of names
Ophidiophobia Fear of snakes
Ophthalmophobia Fear of being stared at
Opiophobia Fear of Fear of medical doctors experience of prescribing needed pain medications for patients
Optophobia Fear of opening one's eyes
Ornithophobia Fear of birds
Orthophobia Fear of property
Ostraconophobia Fear of shellfish
Ouranophobia Fear of heaven
The Phobia List: P
Pagophobia Fear of ice or frost
Panophobia Fear of everything
Panthophobia Fear of suffering or disease
Papaphobia Fear of the Pope
Papyrophobia Fear of paper
Paralipophobia Fear of neglecting duty or neglecting responsibility
Paraphobia Fear of sexual perversion
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