1. Haphephobia
This is a phobia which
causes people to feel afraid when touching someone or being touched by someone
else, and it may even include people whom the sufferer knows well.
2. Autodysomophobia
This is a phobia
in which a person is afraid of vile odours, and smelling bad.
3. Nomophobia
This is a modern
phobia in which the affected people are afraid of losing their mobile phone
contacts.
4. Sociophobia
Sociophobia is a
phobia in which those affected are afraid of being judged by society.
5. Syngenesophobia
This phobia involves
being afraid of all of your relatives. Sufferers of this must hate Xmas and
family gatherings.
6. Ecclesiophobia
While in movies,
evil cannot enter a church, sufferers of ecclesiophobia don’t fall too far
behind seeing as this phobia causes the sufferer to have a fear of going to and
entering church.
7. Ornithophobia
While some people
are afraid to be blessed with good luck by birds, sufferers of this phobia are
primarily afraid of the birds themselves.
8. Anthophobia
While many people
suffer from hay fever, those who suffer from anthrophobia suffer from the fear
of flowers.
9. Heliphobia
If it’s one thing
that vampires and sufferers of heliphobia have in common, it’s the fear of
sunlight.
10. Spectrophobia
The story of Snow
White would have been very different if the Evil Queen would have suffered from
spectrophobia which is the fear of seeing your own reflection in the mirror.
11. Gelotophobia
This is the fear
of being laughed at. I guess that a job as a stand-up comedian isn’t such a
good idea anymore for sufferers of this phobia.
12. Selenophobia
While werewolves
and other creatures of the night seem to love the moon, sufferers of selenophobia
definitely do not.
13. Asymmetriphobia
This if the fear
of having mismatched items such as earrings and socks and other asymmetrical
objects. Losing a sock in the laundry basket must be scarier to some than to
others.
14. Ereuthophobia
This is the fear
of red lights which may be due to the colour warning of dangers such as red
traffic lights, stop signs, and laser beams!
15. Automatonophobia
This is the fear
of man shaped figures such as wax figures, dummies, and animatronics.
16. Aulophobia
This is the fear
of flutes, because who knows when that scary Pied Piper will show up again!
17. Dextrophobia
Sufferers of this
phobia do not like having objects situated to their right.
18. Linonophobia
While string is
very useful for many things, sufferers of linonophobia are not too fond of
seeing it.
19. Papyrophobia
Sufferers of
Papyrophobia are scared of paper in various shapes and forms from rolled up
balls of paper to paper sheets which they can relate to dangers such as injury,
cuts, and a paper airplane to the face.
20. Tachophobia
Sufferers of
tachophobia are those who are afraid of speed. They may be afraid of riding vehicles
such as cars and trains.
21. Arithmophobia
This is the fear
of numbers, but it can also refer to the fear of maths, certain numbers, and
calculations.
22. Hagiophobia
In movies, the
dark unholy creatures of the night usually have a fear of holy crosses, figures
and other holy things and ideas, but this is also the case for people who
suffer from hagiophobia.
23. Ablutophobia
Although washing
and taking baths or showers is a good way to keep clean and relax, those who
suffer from ablutophobia sadly don’t enjoy this much due to having a fear of
washing and bathing.
24. Agyrophobia
Although it’s
always good to take some extra care while crossing the road and looking both
ways to make sure that you are not going to be hit by any cars, people who
suffer from agyrophobia may still be fearful of crossing the road, even if
there are no cars present.
25. Ergophobia
This is the fear
of work or functioning, but sadly we all can’t use this as an excuse to take a
few days off of work.
26. Mageirocophobia
Cooking can be a
source of fear and anxiety for those with mageirocophobia.
27. Scriptophobia
Although it is
fairly reasonable to understand why many people are scared to talk in front of
people in public, people with scriptophobia are actually scared to write in
public.
28. Sitophobia
People who are
afraid to eat suffer from sitophobia, this can become dangerous and may lead to
serious health problems.
29. Ephebiphobia
People who are
scared of teenagers suffer from ephebiphobia.
30. Iatrophobia
Although most of
us rely on, and trust doctors to make us feel better when we are ill, those who
suffer from iatrophobia are actually scared of them.
31. Coprastasophobia
Constipation isn’t
the best of experiences, but those who suffer from coprastophobia are terrified
of it.
32. Didaskaleinophobia
If you have run
out of excuses to say for every time that you miss class, you should tell your
teacher that you suffer from disaskaleinophobia, which is the fear of going to
school.
33. Lipophobia
Those with a fear
of becoming fat suffer from lipophobia.
34. Sesquipedalophobia
Those who suffer
from this are actually afraid of very long words.
35. Pteronophobia:
Those who have a big fear of feathers suffer
from pteronophobia. I guess a pillow
fight is out of the question?
36. Optophobia
Sight is something
that we shouldn’t take for granted, but sadly, those who suffer from optophobia
are scared to open their eyes.
37. Turophobia
Eating pizza won’t really be much of an
option for those suffering from turophobia, which is the fear of cheese.
38. Somniphobia
Those who suffer from somniphobia are afraid
to fall asleep, and this may be caused by things such as the fear of constant
nightmares, the fear of losing time while sleeping, and even the association of
sleep with death. Insomnia is bad enough
for many people.
39. Coulrophobia
Those who are afraid of clowns suffer from
coulrophobia, and it is a very common phobia, especially with small children. Clowns in movies also have a reputation of
being evil and scary, especially since they have strangely painted, smiley faces
that disguise their true feelings underneath.
40. Hylophobia
Sufferers of hylophobia are scared of trees,
wood, and forests. This fear may have
been caused during childhood by watching movies where forests were depicted as
dark and ominous places.
41. Uranophobia
People who believe in heaven, usually think
of it as a nice and peaceful paradise where everyone who is good in life goes
to when they die, but those who suffer from uranophobia fear the sky and the
heaven, possibly because they are scared of being judged when they go there.
42. Triskaidekaphobia
Many superstitious people associate the
number 13 with bad luck, but those who suffer from triskaidekaphobia, have a
great fear of the number, and they try to avoid it as much as they can.
43. Alektorophobia
This is an unnatural
fear of chickens.
44. Batrachophobia
People who suffer
from batrachophobia have a big fear of amphibians such as frogs and
salamanders.
45. Chaetophobia
Those who suffer
from chaetophobia have a fear of hair.
Some people fear humans and animals with an excess amount of hair, while
others only fear detached hair, and many of these people can also fear the hair
on their own bodies.
46. Globophobia
This phobia causes
people to have a great fear of the loud sound which is created by balloons
popping, or they can fear the balloons altogether.
47. Oikophobia
People who have
this phobia, are scared of all of their household appliances such as their
freezer, oven, and microwave. Being a
chef may not be an appropriate profession if you suffer from this.
48. Domatophobia
This is the fear
of houses, and being inside a house.
49. Chronophobia
People who suffer
from Chronophobia are afraid of time.
50. Phobophobia
This may arguably
be the worst phobia of them all. People
who suffer from phobophobia have a fear of phobias or a fear of developing a
phobia in general.
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