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Top 100 Phobia List by eLGeey(m): 12:11am On Feb 02, 2017 |
Top 100 Phobia List These are the top 100 phobias in the world, with the most common ones listed from the top. Arachnophobia – The fear of spiders affects women four times more (48% women and 12% men). Ophidiophobia – The fear of snakes. Phobics avoid certain cities because they have more snakes. Acrophobia – The fear of heights. Five percent of the general population suffer from this phobia. Agoraphobia – The fear of open or crowded spaces. People with this fear often wont leave home. Cynophobia – The fear of dogs. This includes everything from small Poodles to large Great Danes. Astraphobia – The fear of thunder/lightning AKA Brontophobia, Tonitrophobia, Ceraunophobia. Claustrophobia – The fear of small spaces like elevators, small rooms and other enclosed spaces. Mysophobia – The fear of germs. It is also rightly termed as Germophobia or Bacterophobia. Aerophobia – The fear of flying. 25 million Americans share a fear of flying. Trypophobia – The fear of holes is an unusual but pretty common phobia. Carcinophobia – The fear of cancer. People with this develop extreme diets. Thanatophobia – The fear of death. Even talking about death can be hard. Glossophobia – The fear of public speaking. Not being able to do speeches. Monophobia – The fear of being alone. Even while eating and/or sleeping. Atychiphobia – The fear of failure. It is the single greatest barrier to success. Ornithophobia – The fear of birds. Individuals suffering from this may only fear certain species. Alektorophobia – The fear of chickens. You may have this phobia if chickens make you panic. Enochlophobia – The fear of crowds is closely related to Ochlophobia and Demophobia. Aphenphosmphobia – The fear of intimacy. Fear of being touched and love. Trypanophobia – The fear of needles. I used to fear needles (that and death). Anthropophobia – The fear of people. Being afraid of people in all situations. Aquaphobia – The fear of water. Being afraid of water or being near water. Autophobia – The fear of abandonment and being abandoned by someone. Hemophobia – The fear of blood. Even the sight of blood can cause fainting. Gamophobia – The fear of commitment or sticking with someone to the end. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia – The fear of long words. Believe it or not, it’s real. Xenophobia – The fear of the unknown. Fearing anything or anyone that is strange or foreign. Vehophobia – The fear of driving. This phobia affects personal and work life. Basiphobia – The fear of falling. Some may even refuse to walk or stand up. Achievemephobia – The fear of success. The opposite to the fear of failure. Theophobia – The fear of God causes an irrational fear of God or religion. Ailurophobia – The fear of cats. This phobia is also known as Gatophobia. Metathesiophobia – The fear of change. Sometimes change is a good thing. Globophobia – The fear of balloons. They should be fun, but not for phobics. Nyctophobia – The fear of darkness. Being afraid of the dark or the night is common for kids. Androphobia – The fear of men. Usually seen in younger females, but it can also affect adults. Phobophobia – The fear of fear. The thought of being afraid of objects/situations. Philophobia – The fear of love. Being scared of falling in love or emotions. Triskaidekaphobia – The fear of the number 13 or the bad luck that follows. Emetophobia – The fear of vomiting and the fear of loss of your self control. Gephyrophobia – The fear of bridges and crosseven the smallest bridge. Entomophobia – The fear of bugs and insects, also related to Acarophobia. Lepidopterophobia – The fear of butterflies and often most winged insects. Panophobia – The fear of everything or fear that terrible things will happen. Podophobia – The fear of feet. Some people fear touching or looking at feet, even their own. Paraskevidekatriaphobia – The fear of Friday the 13th. About 8% of Americans have this phobia. Somniphobia – The fear of sleep. Being terrified of what might happen right after you fall asleep. Gynophobia – The fear of women. May occur if you have unresolved mother issues. Apiphobia – The fear of bees. Many people fear being stung by angry bees. Koumpounophobia – The fear of buttons. Clothes with buttons are avoided. Anatidaephobia – The fear of ducks. Somewhere, a duck is watching you. Pyrophobia – The fear of fire. A natural/primal fear that can be debilitating. Ranidaphobia – The fear of frogs. Often caused by episodes from childhood. Galeophobia – The fear of sharks in the ocean or even in swimming pools. Athazagoraphobia – The fear of being forgotten or not remembering things. Katsaridaphobia – The fear of cockroaches. This can easily lead to an excessive cleaning disorder. Iatrophobia – The fear of doctors. Do you delay doctor visits? You may have this. Pediophobia – The fear of dolls. This phobia could well be Chucky-induced. Ichthyophobia – The fear of fish. Includes small, large, dead and living fish. Achondroplasiaphobia – The fear of midgets. Because they look differently. Mottephobia – The fear of moths. These insects are only beautiful to some. Zoophobia – The fear of animals. Applies to both vile and harmless animals. Bananaphobia – The fear of bananas. If you have this phobia, they are scary. Sidonglobophobia – The fear of cotton balls or plastic foams. Oh that sound. Scelerophobia – The fear of crime involves being afraid of burglars, attackers or crime in general. Cibophobia – The fear of food. The phobia may come from a bad episode while eating, like choking. Phasmophobia – The fear of ghosts. AKA Spectrophobia. Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters! Equinophobia – The fear of horses. Animal phobias are pretty common, especially for women. Musophobia – The fear of mice. Some people find mice cute, but phobics don’t. Catoptrophobia – The fear of mirrors. Being afraid of what you might see. Agliophobia – The fear of pain. Being afraid something painful will happen. Tokophobia – The fear of pregnancy involves giving birth or having children. Telephonophobia – The fear of talking on the phone. Phobics prefer texting. Pogonophobia – The fear of beards or being scared of/around bearded men. Omphalophobia – The fear of belly buttons. Touching and looking at navels. Pseudodysphagia – The fear of choking often after a bad eating experience. Bathophobia – The fear of depths can be anything associated with depth (lakes, tunnels, caves). Cacomorphobia – The fear of fat people. Induced by the media. Affects some anorexics/bulimics. Gerascophobia – The fear of getting old. Aging is the most natural thing, yet many of us fear it. Chaetophobia – The fear of hair. Phobics tend to be afraid of other peoples hair. Nosocomephobia – The fear of hospitals. Let’s face it, no one likes hospitals. Ligyrophobia – The fear of loud noises. More than the instinctive noise fear. Didaskaleinophobia – The fear of school. This phobia affects kids mostly. Technophobia – The fear of technology is often induced by culture/religion. Chronophobia – The fear of the future. A persistent fear of what is to come. Spheksophobia – The fear of wasps. You panic and fear getting stung by it. Ergophobia – The fear of work. Often due to social or performance anxiety. Coulrophobia – The fear of clowns. Some people find clowns funny, coulrophobics certainly don’t. Allodoxaphobia – The fear of opinions. Being afraid of hearing what others are thinking of you. Samhainophobia – The fear of Halloween affects children/superstition people. Photophobia – The fear of light caused by something medical or traumatic. Disposophobia – The fear of getting rid of stuff triggers extreme hoarding. Numerophobia – The fear of numbers and the mere thought of calculations. Ombrophobia – The fear of rain. Many fear the rain due to stormy weather. Coasterphobia – The fear of roller coasters. Ever seen Final Destination 3? Thalassophobia – The fear of the ocean. Water, waves and unknown spaces. Scoleciphobia – The fear of worms. Often because of unhygienic conditions. Kinemortophobia – The fear of zombies. Being afraid that zombies attack and turn you into them. Myrmecophobia – The fear of ants. Not as common as Arachnophobia, but may feel just as intense. Taphophobia – The fear of being buried alive by mistake and waking up in a coffin underground. What do you fear? 1 Like |
Re: Top 100 Phobia List by casttlebarbz(m): 1:04am On Feb 02, 2017 |
op-hobia |
Re: Top 100 Phobia List by newyorks(m): 7:20am On Feb 02, 2017 |
Ophidiophobia am scared of snakes after watching "Natgeo Wild" 1 Like |
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