Phobia

Today I feel like listing some of the phobia's that exist in the world. I took this from Wikipidia.. so if anyone finds any other phobia's.. especially the unique or weird ones.. do share 'em... Here are those that I took on the net:


Ablutophobia - fear of bathing, washing, or cleaning.
Acrophobia, Altophobia — fear of heights.
Agoraphobia, without Panic Disorder — fear of places or events where escape is impossible or when help is unavailable.
Agraphobia- fear of sexual abuse
Algophobia — fear of pain.
Anglophobia - fear of the English or English culture
Anthropophobia - fear of people or being in a company, a form of social phobia
Anthrophobia - fear of flowers
Aquaphobia, Hydrophobia — fear of water
Astraphobia, Astrapophobia, Brontophobia, Keraunophobia — fear of thunder, lightning and storms; especially common in young children.
Autophobia — fear of being alone.
Aviophobia, Aviatophobia — fear of flying.
Bacillophobia, Bacteriophobia, Microbiophobia — fear of microbes and bacteria.
Cibophobia, Sitophobia — aversion to food, synonymous to Anorexia nervosa.
Claustrophobia — fear of confined spaces.
Coulrophobia — fear of clowns (not restricted to evil clowns).
Decidophobia - fear of making decisions
Dental phobia, Dentophobia, Odontophobia — fear of dentists and dental procedures.
Dysmorphophobia, or body dysmorphic disorder — a phobic obsession with a real or imaginary body defect.
Emetophobia — fear of vomiting.
Ergasiophobia, Ergophobia — fear of work or functioning, or a surgeon's fear of operating.
Ergophobia - fear of work or functioning
Erotophobia — fear of sexual love or sexual questions.
Erythrophobia — pathological blushing.
Gephyrophobia — fear of bridges
Genophobia, Coitophobia — fear of sexual intercourse.
Glossophobia — fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak.
Gymnophobia — fear of nudity.
Gynophobia — fear of women.
Haptephobia - fear of being touched.
Heliophobia — fear of sunlight.
Hemophobia, Haemophobia — fear of blood.
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia — fear of the number 666.
Hoplophobia - fear of weapons, specifically firearms (Generally a political term but the clinical phobia is also documented).
Ligyrophobia - fear of loud noises.
Lipophobia - fear/avoidance of fats in food
Mysophobia — fear of germs, contamination or dirt.
Necrophobia — fear of death, the dead.
Neophobia, Cainophobia, Cainotophobia, Cenophobia, Centophobia, Kainolophobia, Kainophobia — fear of newness, novelty.
Nomophobia — fear of being out of mobile phone contact.
Nosophobia — fear of contracting a disease
Nyctophobia, Achluophobia, Lygophobia, Scotophobia — fear of darkness.
Osmophobia, Olfactophobia — fear of smells.
Paraskavedekatriaphobia, Paraskevidekatriaphobia, Friggatriskaidekaphobia — fear of Friday the 13th.
Panphobia — fear of everything or constantly afraid without knowing what is causing it
Phagophobia - fear of swallowing
Phonophobia — fear of loud sounds.
Pyrophobia — fear of fire.
Radiophobia — fear of radioactivity or X-rays.
Sociophobia — fear/dislike of society or people in general (see also "sociopath").
Scopophobia - fear of being looked at or stared at.
Somniphobia - fear of sleep.
Spectrophobia - fear of mirrors and one's own reflections
Spheksophobia - fear of wasps.
Taphophobia — fear of the grave, or fear of being placed in a grave while still alive.
Technophobia — fear of technology (see also Luddite).
Tetraphobia — fear of the number 4.
Tokophobia — fear of childbirth.
Tomophobia - fear or anxiety of surgeries/surgical operations
Trichophobia - fear caused of loose hairs on clothing or elsewhere.
Triskaidekaphobia, Terdekaphobia — fear of the number 13.
Trypanophobia, Aichmophobia, Belonephobia, Enetophobia — fear of needles or injections
Xenophobia — fear of strangers, foreigners, or aliens.

Zoophobias
Ailurophobia -- fear of cats
Apiphobia, Melissophobia — fear of bees
Arachnophobia — fear of spiders
Chiroptophobia — fear of bats
Cynophobia — fear of dogs
Entomophobia — fear of insects
Equinophobia, Hippophobia — fear of horses
Galeophobia, Selachophobia - fear of sharks
Herpetophobia — fear of reptiles
Ichthyophobia — fear of fish
Musophobia — fear of mice and/or rats
Ophidiophobia — fear of snakes
Ornithophobia — fear of birds
Ranidaphobia — fear of frogs
Zoophobia — a generic term for animal phobias
Hydrophobia — fear of water (a symptom of rabies).
Photophobia — hypersensitivity to light causing aversion to light (a symptom of Meningitis and a common condition of migrane headaches).
Phonophobia — hypersensitivity to sound causing aversion to sounds. Common during an alcohol hangover or migrane.
Osmophobia — hypersensitivity to smells causing aversion to odors. Common during pregnancy.
Biphobia — dislike of bisexuals
Chemophobia — prejudice against artificial substances in favour of 'natural' substances.
Ephebiphobia — fear/dislike of youth.
Gerontophobia, Gerascophobia — fear of growing old or a hatred of the elderly.
Heterophobia — fear/dislike of heterosexuals.
Homophobia — aversion to homosexuality or fear of homosexuals. (This word has become a common political term, and many people interpret it as a slur.)
Hoplophobia — aversion to firearms or firearms owners. This word has also gained a certain political notoriety as a dysphemism for "gun control advocate"
Lesbophobia - fear/dislike of lesbian women
Lusophobia - fear/dislike of Portuguese people
Pedophobia, Pediophobia — fear/dislike of children
Psychophobia — prejudice and discrimination against mentally ill
Serbophobia - fear/dislike of Serbs or Serbia
Sinophobia - fear or dislike for China, its people, or its culture
Transphobia — fear or dislike of transgender or transsexual people.
Xenophobia — fear or dislike of foreigners


I am half of a Herpetophobia, because I fear lizards and frogs, but not snakes and turtle.
I am half claustrophobic, cause it depends how confined the spaces are..
Coulrophobia... I blame this because of the movie 'IT'.. now I am afraid of clowns...

What phobia do you have???