Phobias » History » Revision 3
Revision 2 (Hannes Vilhjálmsson, 2016-06-06 13:21) → Revision 3/13 (Gunnar Húni Björnsson, 2016-06-08 10:32)
h1. Phobias h2. Acrophobia Definition: An abnormal fear of high places. h2. Agoraphobia Definition: An abnormal fear of wide-open, crowded places. Technically speaking an anxiety disorder, not a specific phobia. h2. Aquaphobia Definition: An abnormal fear of water. h2. Arachnophobia Definition: An abnormal or pathological fear of spiders. h2. Astraphobia (aka brontophobia and keraunophobia) Definition: An abnormal fear of thunder and/or lightning. h2. Blood phobia Definition: An abnormal fear of seeing blood and/or bleeding. h2. Claustrophobia Definition: An abnormal fear of confined places. h2. Coulrophobia Definition: An abnormal fear of clowns. An informal phobia, not listed by diagnostic manuals. h2. Cynophobia Definition: An abnormal fear of dogs. h2. Dental fear (aka dentophobia) Definition: An abnormal fear of dentists and dental procedures. h2. Entomophobia Definition: An abnormal fear of insects. h2. Fear of driving (aka driving phobia) Definition: An abnormal fear of driving. h2. Fear of flying (aka aviophobia) Definition: An abnormal fear of airplanes and flying. h2. Monophobia Definition: An abnormal fear of being alone. h2. Mysophobia Definition: An abnormal fear of germs and contamination. h2. Needle phobia Definition: An abnormal fear of needles and injections. h2. Nyctophobia Definition: An abnormal fear of darkness. h2. Ophidiophobia Definition: An abnormal fear of snakes. h2. Pediophobia Definition: An abnormal fear of dolls. h2. Social phobia Definition: An abnormal fear of social situations. Technically speaking an anxiety disorder, not a specific phobia. h2. Speech anxiety (aka glossophobia) Definition: An abnormal fear of public speaking or even of speaking in general. h2. Thanatophobia Definition: An abnormal fear of death. h2. Trypophobia Definition: An abnormal fear of irregular patterns of small holes. An informal phobia, not listed by diagnostic manuals.