Curable Phobias
phobias are irrational fear of places, trings, people and situations.
| phobias | fear of |
|---|---|
| acarophobia | skin infestation by mites or ticks |
| acousticophobia | noise |
| acrophobia | heights |
| aerophobia (cf. ancraophobia, batophobia, hypsophobia) | fresh air |
| agoraphobia (cf. demophobia) | crowded, public places |
| agyrophobia | crossing streets |
| aichmophobia | pointed objects |
| ailurophobia, aelurophobia, elurophobia | cats |
| algophobia (cf. odynophobia) | pain |
| amatrophobia, koniophobia | being or riding in vehicles |
| amaxophobia | wind |
| ancraophobia | men |
| androphobia | quinsy or other forms of sore throat |
| anginophobia | dread of stiff or immobile joints |
| ankylophobia | flowers |
| antrophobia | people, especially in groups |
| antrropophobia | floods |
| antlophobia | infinity |
| apeirophobia | bees |
| apiphobia, apiophobia | spiders |
| arachnephobia | weakness |
| astrenophobia | lightning |
| astraphobia, astrapophobia | disorder |
| ataxiophobia, ataxophobia | imperfection |
| atelophobia | ruin |
| atephobia | flutes |
| aulophobia | dislike of gold |
| aurophobia | dislike of being dirty |
| autmysophobia (cf. misophobia) | (being egotistical, of referring to oneself; fear of being by oneself) |
| bautophobia | missiles |
| bacillophobia | bacteria |
| bacteriophobia | gravity |
| barophobia | dislike walking |
| batrmophobia | intense dislike of bathing; depth |
| batrophobia | passing high buildings |
| batophobia | frogs and toads |
| batrachophobia | pins and needles |
| belonephobia | dislike for books |
| bibliophobia | dislike of slime |
| blennophobia, myxophobia | dread of demons and goblins |
| bogyphobia | having unpleasant body odor |
| brontophobia (cf. astraphobia, keraunophobia) | thunder and thunderstorms |
| cainophobia | dislike of novelty |
| cancer,cancero,carcinomo, carcinomato, carcinophobia | cancer |
| cardiophobia | heart disease |
| catrisophobia | dislike of sitting down |
| catoptrophobia, eisoptrophobia | mirrors |
| celtophobia | intense dislike of celts |
| cenophobia, kenophobia | a void or of open spaces |
| chaetophobia, trichophobia | hair |
| cheimaphobia, cheimatophobia (cf. cryo,sychrophobia) | dislike of cold |
| cherophobia | gaiety |
| chinophobia | dislike of snow |
| cholerophobia | cholera |
| chrematophobia | dislike of wealth |
| chrometophobia | dislike of money |
| chromophobia | colors |
| chronophobia | discomfort concerning time |
| cibophobia (cf. phagophobia) | food |
| claustrophobia | enclosed spaces |
| clinophobia | dislike of going to bed |
| cnidophobia | insect stings |
| coitophobia | sexual intercourse |
| cometophobia | comets |
| coprophobia | excrement/feces |
| cremnophobia | precipices |
| cryophobia (cf. cheimaphobia) | ice or frost |
| crystallophobia | glass, crystals |
| cymophobia | waves |
| cynophobia | dread of dogs |
| cypridophobia | venereal disease |
| deipnophobia | (dislike of dining and dinner conversation) |
| demonophobia | spirits, demons |
| demophobia (cf. agoraphobia) | dislike of crowds |
| dermatophobia | skin disease |
| dextrophobia | (objects on the right side of the body |
| dikephobia | dislike of justice |
| dinophobia | whirlpools |
| diplopiaphobia | double vision |
| dipsophobia | drinking |
| domatophobia | being in a house |
| doraphobia | contact with animal fur or skin |
| dysmorphophobia | dread of deformity, usually in others |
| ecclesiophobia | dislike of church |
| ecophobia, oecophobia, oikophobia | aversion to home surroundings |
| eleutrerophobia | freedom |
| emetophobia | vomiting |
| enetophobia | needles or pins |
| entomophobia | insects |
| eosophobia | dawn |
| ergasiophobia | dislike of work |
| ergophobia | hatred of work |
| erotophobia | (sexual feelings and their physical expression) |
| eurotophobia | the color red; fear of blushing |
| febriphobia | fever |
| galeophobia | sharks |
| gamophobia, gametophobia | dislike of marriage |
| gephyrophobia | crossing a bridge |
| gerascophobia | growing old |
| geumophobia | tastes or flavors |
| glossophobia | (speaking in public or of trying to speak) |
| graphophobia | dislike of writing |
| gymnophobia,nudophobia | nudity |
| gynephobia, gynophobia | hatred of women |
| hadeophobia, stygiophobia | hell |
| hagiophobia | dislike for saints and the holy |
| haptophobia, haphophobia, thixophobia | error or sin |
| harpaxophobia | touch |
| hedonophobia | robbers |
| heliophobia, solophobia | pleasure |
| helminthophobia | (sunlight; abnormal sensitivity to the effects of sunlight) |
| hemaphobia, hematophobia, haemaphobia, hemophobia | being infected with worms |
| herpetophobia | sight of blood |
| hierophobia | reptiles |
| hippophobia | (dislike of sacred objects, fear of priests) |
| hodophobia | horses |
| homichlophobia | dislike of travel |
| homilophobia | fog |
| homophobia | sermons |
| hydrophobia | homosexuality (same-sex affection) |
| hydrophophobia (cf. kynophobia) | water |
| hygrophobia | rabies |
| hylephobia | (liquids in any form, especially wine and water) |
| hypengyophobia | dislike for wood or woods |
| hypnophobia | responsibility |
| iatrophobia | sleep |
| ichthyophobia | fear of going to the doctor |
| iophobia | fish |
| isopterophobia | poisons |
| kakorrhaphiophobia | termites |
| katagelophobia | failure or defeat |
| keraunophobia, ceraunophobia (cf. astraphobia,brontophobia) | thunder and lightning |
| kinetophobia | dislike of motion |
| kleptophobia, cleptophobia | thieves or loss through thievery |
| kopophobia | fatigue |
| kopophobia | mental or physical examination |
| laliophobia | talking |
| lepraphobia | leprosy |
| levophobia (cf. dextrophobia) | objects on the left side of the body |
| limnophobia | string |
| logophobia | dislike of words |
| lunaphobia | moon |
| lyssophobia | becoming insane |
| mechanophobia | aversion to or fear of machinery |
| merinthophobia | being bound |
| metallophobia | metals |
| meteorophobia | meteors or meteorites |
| microphobia, microbiophobia | micro-organisms |
| misanthropy | (a hatred of mankind; pessimistic distrust of human nature expressed in thought and behaviour) |
| mmisophobia (cf. automysophobia, rhypophobia) | fear of dirt, especially of being contaminated by dirt) |
| misogynism, misogyny | extreme dislike of females |
| misosophy | hatred of wisdom |
| molysomophobia | infection |
| monopathophobia | sickness in a specific part of the body |
| monophobia | one thing |
| musicophobia | music |
| musophobia | mice |
| mythophobia | making false statements |
| necrophobia | death; fear of corpses |
| neophobia | new things |
| nephophobia | clouds |
| noctiphobia | night |
| nosophobia | contracting a disease |
| nychtophobia, achluophobia, scotophobia | darkness or the night |
| ochlophobia | crowds |
| ochophobia | vehicles |
| odontophobia | teeth, especially those of animals |
| odynophobia (cf. algophobia) | pain |
| oenophobia, oinophobia | dislike of or hatred for wine |
| olfactophobia (cf. geumophobia) | dislike of smells |
| ombrophobia | rain |
| ommetaphobia | eyes |
| onomatophobia | a certain name (or a set of names) |
| ophidiophobia (cf. herpetophobia) | snakes |
| ornithophobia | birds |
| panphobia, pantophobia | (a nonspecific fear; a state of general anxiety; fear of everything) |
| papaphobia | dislike of the pope or the papacy |
| paralipophobia | neglect of some duty |
| paraphobia | sexual perversion |
| parasitophobia | parasites |
| parthenophobia | aversion to young girls |
| pathophobia | disease |
| peccatiphobia | sinning |
| pediculophobia | lice |
| pedophobia | dislike of children |
| peladophobia | baldness |
| peniaphobia | poverty |
| phagophobia | eating |
| pharmacophobia | drugs |
| phasmophobia | ghosts |
| phenogophobia | daylight |
| philosophobia | dislike of philosophy or philosophers |
| phobophobia | fear itself |
| phonophobia | dislike of noise |
| photalgiophobia | (photalgin, pain in the eyes caused by light) |
| photophobia | light |
| phonemophobia | thinking |
| pneumatophobia | incorporeal beings, spirits |
| pnigophobia, pnigerophobia | choking or smothering |
| pogonophobia | dislike of beards |
| poinephobia | punishment |
| politicophobia | dislike of politicians |
| polyphobia | many things |
| ponophobia | (fatigue, especially through overworking) |
| potamophobia | rivers |
| potophobia | drinks (beverages) |
| psychophobia | mind |
| psychophobia (cf. cheimaphobia) | cold |
| pteronophobia | feathers |
| pyrexiophobia (cf. thermophobia) | fever |
| pyrophobia | fire |
| rectophobia | rectum |
| rhabdophobia | being eaten; fear of magic |
| rhypophobia | filth |
| sciophobia | shadows |
| scoleciphobia (cf. helminthophobia) | worms |
| scopophobia | being looked at |
| scotophobia | dark |
| selaphobia | dislike of flashes of light |
| siderophobia | stars |
| specrophobia (cf. phanmophobia, pneumatophobia) | specters or phantoms |
| spermophobia, spermatophobia | germs |
| stasibphobia | (standing or walking; conviction that one cannot stand or walk) |
| symmetrophobia | dislike of symmetry |
| tabophobia | wasting sickness |
| tachophobia | speed |
| taphephobia | being buried alive |
| tapinophobia | small things |
| taurophobia | bulls |
| telephonophobia | telephone |
| teratophobia | (monster or of giving birth to a monster) |
| thaasophobia | dislike of being idle |
| thalassophobia | sea |
| theatrophobia | theatres |
| theophobia | god |
| thanatophobia | death |
| tocophobia, tokophobia | dislike of heat |
| tomophobia | childbirth |
| topophobia | surgical operations |
| toxiphobia, toxicophobia | certain places |
| traumatophobia | being poisoned |
| tremophobia | (excessive or disabling fear of war or physical injury) |
| triskaidekaphobia | trembling |
| tyrannophobia | number 13 |
| urophobia | hatred of tyrants |
| vaccinophobia | urine |
| venereophobia | vaccines and vaccination |
| vermiphobia (cf. helminthophobia) | venereal disease |
| xenophobia | worms (earthworms, not intestinal) |
| xerophobia | (hatred of foreigners and strange things) |
| zelophobia | dryness and dry places, like deserts |
| zoophobia | animals |
