Phobias » History » Revision 5
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h1. Phobias h2. [[Acrophobia]] Definition: An abnormal fear of high places. h2. [[Agoraphobia]] Agoraphobia Definition: An abnormal fear of wide-open, crowded places. Technically speaking an anxiety disorder, not a specific phobia. h2. [[Aquaphobia]] Aquaphobia Definition: An abnormal fear of water. h2. [[Arachnophobia]] Arachnophobia Definition: An abnormal or pathological fear of spiders. h2. [[Astraphobia]] Astraphobia (aka brontophobia and keraunophobia) Definition: An abnormal fear of thunder and/or lightning. h2. [[Blood phobia]] Blood phobia Definition: An abnormal fear of seeing blood and/or bleeding. h2. [[Claustrophobia]] Claustrophobia Definition: An abnormal fear of confined places. h2. [[Coulrophobia]] Coulrophobia Definition: An abnormal fear of clowns. An informal phobia, not listed by diagnostic manuals. h2. [[Cynophobia]] Cynophobia Definition: An abnormal fear of dogs. h2. [[Dental fear]] Dental fear (aka dentophobia) Definition: An abnormal fear of dentists and dental procedures. h2. [[Entomophobia]] Entomophobia Definition: An abnormal fear of insects. h2. [[Fear Fear of driving]] driving (aka driving phobia) Definition: An abnormal fear of driving. h2. [[Fear Fear of flying]] flying (aka aviophobia) Definition: An abnormal fear of airplanes and flying. h2. [[Monophobia]] Monophobia Definition: An abnormal fear of being alone. h2. [[Mysophobia]] Mysophobia Definition: An abnormal fear of germs and contamination. h2. [[Needle phobia]] Needle phobia Definition: An abnormal fear of needles and injections. h2. [[Nyctophobia]] Nyctophobia Definition: An abnormal fear of darkness. h2. [[Ophidiophobia]] Ophidiophobia Definition: An abnormal fear of snakes. h2. [[Pediophobia]] Pediophobia Definition: An abnormal fear of dolls. h2. [[Social phobia]] Social phobia Definition: An abnormal fear of social situations. Technically speaking an anxiety disorder, not a specific phobia. h2. [[Speech anxiety]] Speech anxiety (aka glossophobia) Definition: An abnormal fear of public speaking or even of speaking in general. h2. [[Thanatophobia]] Thanatophobia Definition: An abnormal fear of death. h2. [[Trypophobia]] Trypophobia Definition: An abnormal fear of irregular patterns of small holes. An informal phobia, not listed by diagnostic manuals.