Phobias¶

Acrophobia¶

Definition: An abnormal fear of high places.

Agoraphobia¶

Definition: An abnormal fear of wide-open, crowded places.

Technically speaking an anxiety disorder, not a specific phobia.

Aquaphobia¶

Definition: An abnormal fear of water.

Arachnophobia¶

Definition: An abnormal or pathological fear of spiders.

Astraphobia (aka brontophobia and keraunophobia)¶

Definition: An abnormal fear of thunder and/or lightning.

Blood phobia¶

Definition: An abnormal fear of seeing blood and/or bleeding.

Claustrophobia¶

Definition: An abnormal fear of confined places.

Coulrophobia¶

Definition: An abnormal fear of clowns.

An informal phobia, not listed by diagnostic manuals.

Cynophobia¶

Definition: An abnormal fear of dogs.

Dental fear (aka dentophobia)¶

Definition: An abnormal fear of dentists and dental procedures.

Entomophobia¶

Definition: An abnormal fear of insects.

Fear of driving (aka driving phobia)¶

Definition: An abnormal fear of driving.

Fear of flying (aka aviophobia)¶

Definition: An abnormal fear of airplanes and flying.

Monophobia¶

Definition: An abnormal fear of being alone.

Mysophobia¶

Definition: An abnormal fear of germs and contamination.

Needle phobia¶

Definition: An abnormal fear of needles and injections.

Nyctophobia¶

Definition: An abnormal fear of darkness.

Ophidiophobia¶

Definition: An abnormal fear of snakes.

Pediophobia¶

Definition: An abnormal fear of dolls.

Social phobia¶

Definition: An abnormal fear of social situations.

Technically speaking an anxiety disorder, not a specific phobia.

Speech anxiety (aka glossophobia)¶

Definition: An abnormal fear of public speaking or even of speaking in general.

Thanatophobia¶

Definition: An abnormal fear of death.

Trypophobia¶

Definition: An abnormal fear of irregular patterns of small holes.

An informal phobia, not listed by diagnostic manuals.