A phobia is an irrational fear associated with a certain stimulus like elevators, needles or animals. A specific phobia is a type of anxiety disorder, and it causes people to feel a sense of fear that is out of proportion to the actual danger that the source of the phobia presents. For instance, riding in a plane can be dangerous in rare instances, like in a plane crash, but most people accept that a crash is unlikely and flying is generally safe. Someone with a specific phobia of flying will view the act of getting into a plane as being a life-threatening danger.
There is not one single cause of anxiety disorders like phobias, but experts believe they are caused by a combination of genetics and environmental factors. For instance, children who have a family history of anxiety disorders and a stressful living environment in early childhood are at increased risk of specific phobias. People who develop a specific phobia will show certain symptoms, such as having intense anxiety upon coming face-to-face with the source of a phobia and going out of their way to avoid it.
[Source— https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/mental-health/phobias/list-of-phobias/]
Ablutophobia – Fear of bathing, cleaning or washing
Acarophobia – Fear of itching or tiny insects that cause itching
Acerophobia – Fear of sourness
Achluophobia – Fear of darkness
Acousticophobia – Fear of noise
Acrophobia – Fear of heights
Aerophobia – Fear of flying, drafts or fresh air
Algophobia – Fear of pain
Agoraphobia – Fear of crowds of people and open spaces
Agrizoophobia – Fear of wild animals
Agyrophobia – Fear of crossing roads
Aichmophobia – Fear of pointed objects, like needles
Ailurophobia – Fear of cats
Albuminurophobia – Fear of kidney disease
Alektorophobia – Fear of chickens
Alliumphobia – Fear of garlic
Allodoxaphobia – Fear of opinions
Amathophobia – Fear of dust
Amaxophobia – Fear of being in a car
Ambulophobia – Fear of walking
Amychophobia – Fear of being scratched
Anablephobia – Fear of looking up
Androphobia – Fear of men
Anemophobia – Fear of wind or drafts
Anglophobia – Fear of England or Britain
Anginophobia – Fear of choking
Anthrophobia – Fear of flowers
Antlophobia – Fear of floods
Anuptaphobia – Fear of staying single
Apeirophobia – Fear of infinity
Anthropophobia – Fear of people or society
Aphenphosmphobia – Fear of intimacy
Apiphobia – Fear of bees or bee stings
Arachibutyrophobia – Fear of peanut butter getting stuck to the roof of the mouth
Aquaphobia – Fear of water
Arachnophobia – Fear of spiders
Arithmophobia – Fear of numbers
Asthenophobia – Fear of fainting
Astraphobia – Fear of thunder and lightning
Astrophobia – Fear of celestial space
Ataxiophobia – Fear of ataxia, which is muscular incoordination
Ataxophobia – Fear of disorder or untidiness
Atelophobia – Fear of imperfection
Athazagoraphobia – Fear of being forgotten or ignored
Atychiphobia – Fear of failure
Aulophobia – Fear of flutes
Aurophobia – Fear of gold
Auroraphobia – Fear of an Aurora, sometimes called northern lights
Automatonophobia – Fear of ventriloquist dummies or wax statues
Automysophobia – Fear of being dirty
Autophobia – Fear of being alone
Aviophobia – Fear of flying
Bacteriophobia – Fear of bacteria
Ballistophobia – Fear of missiles or bullets
Barophobia – Fear of gravity
Basophobia – Fear of falling
Bathmophobia – Fear of steep inclines, slopes and stairs
Bathophobia – Fear of depths
Batrachophobia – Fear of amphibians
Belonephobia – Fear of pins and needles
Bibliophobia – Fear of books or reading aloud
Bogyphobia – Fear of the bogeyman
Botanophobia – Fear of plants
Bovinophobia – Fear of cows or cattle
Bromidrosiphobia – Fear of body smells
Bufonophobia – Fear of toads
Cacophobia – Fear of ugliness
Cainophobia – Fear of newness or novelty
Caligynephobia – Fear of beautiful women
Carcinophobia – Feat of developing cancer
Cardiophobia – Fear of getting heart disease
Carnophobia – Fear of meat
Catagelophobia – Fear of being ridiculed
Catapedaphobia – Fear of jumping
Cathisophobia – Fear of sitting
Catoptrophobia – Fear of mirrors or the undead
Ceraunophobia – Fear of thunder and lightning
Cetaphobia – Fear of whales
Chaetophobia – Fear of hair
Chemophobia – Fear of chemicals or chemistry
Cherophobia – Fear of happiness
Chionophobia – Fear of snow
Chiraptophobia – Fear of being touched
Chirophobia – Fear of hands
Chiroptophobia – Fear of bats
Cholerophobia – Fear of anger, or being afraid of cholera
Chorophobia – Fear of dancing
Chrometophobia – Fear of money
Chromophobia – Fear of colors
Chronomentrophobia – Fear of clocks
Cibophobia – Fear of food
Chloephobia – Fear of newspapers
Chronophobia – Fear of Time
Claustrophobia – Fear of confined spaces
Cleisiophobia – Fear of being locked in a space that is enclosed
Climacophobia – Fear of climbing, especially stairs
Clinophobia – Fear of beds or going to bed
Coimetrophobia – Fear of cemeteries
Contreltophobia – Fear of sexual abuse
Coprastasophobia – Fear of constipation
Coprophobia – Fear of feces or defecation
Coulrophobia – Fear of clowns
Cremnophobia – Fear of steep cliffs
Cryophobia – Fear of extreme cold
Crystallophobia – Fear of crystals or glass
Cyberphobia – Fear of computers
Cyclophobia – Fear of bicycles
Cynophobia – Fear of dogs
