A

Ablutophobia — fear of washing or bathing
Acrophobia — fear of heights
Agoraphobia — fear of open spaces or crowds
Aichmophobia — fear of needles or pointed objects
Ailurophobia — fear of cats
Alektorophobia — fear of chickens
Algophobia — fear of pain
Amaxophobia — fear of riding in a car
Arachnophobia — fear of spiders
Astraphobia — fear of thunder and lightning
Autophobia — fear of being alone
Aviophobia — fear of flying

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B

Bacillophobia — fear of microbes
Bathophobia — fear of depth
Batophobia — fear of tall buildings or heights nearby
Batrachophobia — fear of amphibians (frogs, newts, salamanders)
Belonephobia — fear of pins and needles
Bibliophobia — fear of books
Blennophobia — fear of slime
Brontophobia — fear of thunder and lightning
Bufonophobia — fear of toads

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C

Cacophobia — fear of ugliness
Cancerophobia / Carcinophobia — fear of cancer
Cardiophobia — fear of the heart
Catoptrophobia — fear of mirrors
Chemophobia — fear of chemicals
Chionophobia — fear of snow
Claustrophobia — fear of confined spaces
Clinophobia — fear of going to bed
Coulrophobia — fear of clowns
Cryophobia — fear of extreme cold
Cynophobia — fear of dogs

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D

Demophobia — fear of crowds
Dentophobia — fear of dentists
Dermatophobia — fear of skin disease
Didaskaleinophobia — fear of going to school
Dromophobia — fear of crossing streets
Dystychiphobia — fear of accidents

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E

Ecophobia — fear of home
Electrophobia — fear of electricity
Emetophobia — fear of vomiting
Enochlophobia — fear of crowds
Entomophobia — fear of insects
Equinophobia — fear of horses
Ereuthrophobia — fear of blushing

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Interesting fact: Specific phobias are among the most common anxiety disorders, and people can have a very strong physical fear response even when they know intellectually that the object or situation is not dangerous.

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F

Felinophobia — fear of cats
Frigophobia — fear of cold
Glossophobia — fear of public speaking

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G

Gamophobia — fear of marriage
Gephyrophobia — fear of crossing bridges
Gerascophobia — fear of growing old
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H

Hadephobia — fear of hell
Heliophobia — fear of the sun
Hemophobia — fear of blood
Herpetophobia — fear of reptiles
Hippophobia — fear of horses
Hoplophobia — fear of firearms
Hydrophobia — fear of water

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Interesting fact: Fear can be learned through direct experience, watching someone else react fearfully, or even repeated warnings about danger.

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I

Iatrophobia — fear of doctors
Ichthyophobia — fear of fish
Illyngophobia — fear of vertigo when looking down
Insectophobia — fear of insects
Isolophobia — fear of solitude

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K

Kakorrhaphiophobia — fear of failure or defeat
Katagelophobia — fear of ridicule
Keraunophobia — fear of thunder and lightning
Kleptophobia — fear of stealing

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L

Lachanophobia — fear of vegetables
Leukophobia — fear of the color white
Ligyrophobia — fear of loud noises
Lilapsophobia — fear of tornadoes and hurricanes
Logophobia — fear of words

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M

Mageirocophobia — fear of cooking
Megalophobia — fear of large things
Melissophobia — fear of bees
Monophobia — fear of being alone
Musophobia — fear of mice
Mycophobia — fear of mushrooms
Myctophobia — fear of darkness

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Interesting fact: Some phobias are highly specific, such as fear of needles, vomiting, bridges, or flying, while others are broader and tied to situations like crowds or enclosed spaces.

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N

Necrophobia — fear of death or dead things
Neophobia — fear of anything new
Nephophobia — fear of clouds
Nosophobia — fear of illness
Nyctophobia — fear of the dark

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O

Obesophobia — fear of gaining weight
Ochophobia — fear of vehicles
Odontophobia — fear of dental treatment
Ophidiophobia — fear of snakes
Ornithophobia — fear of birds

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P

Panphobia — fear of everything
Pathophobia — fear of disease
Pedophobia — fear of children
Phasmophobia — fear of ghosts
Philophobia — fear of love
Phobophobia — fear of phobias
Photophobia — fear of light
Pogonophobia — fear of beards
Pteromerhanophobia — fear of flying

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Interesting fact: The body can react to a phobic trigger before conscious reasoning has time to catch up, which is why “just tell yourself it’s safe” often does not feel very helpful in the moment.

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Q

Quadraphobia — fear of the number four

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R

Radiophobia — fear of radiation
Ranidaphobia — fear of frogs
Rhytiphobia — fear of getting wrinkles

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S

Samhainophobia — fear of Halloween
Satanophobia — fear of Satan
Scotophobia — fear of darkness
Selenophobia — fear of the moon
Somniphobia — fear of sleep
Spectrophobia — fear of ghosts
Spheksophobia — fear of wasps

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T

Tachophobia — fear of speed
Taphephobia — fear of being buried alive
Technophobia — fear of technology
Testophobia — fear of tests
Thanatophobia — fear of death
Topophobia — fear of stage fright

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U

Uranophobia — fear of heaven
Urophobia — fear of urinating

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V

Verminophobia — fear of germs
Vestiphobia — fear of clothing

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Interesting fact: People sometimes organize their lives around avoiding a fear so gradually that they do not realize how much space the phobia has started taking up.

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W

Wiccaphobia — fear of witches and witchcraft

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X

Xanthophobia — fear of the color yellow
Xylophobia — fear of wooden objects or forests

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Z

Zoophobia — fear of animals

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Why Phobias Can Feel So Powerful

A fear response can become learned very quickly, especially when the mind connects a particular situation, object, sensation, or experience with danger. Once that response becomes automatic, your body may react before you have time to reason with it.

That is one of the reasons hypnotherapy can be useful with fears and phobias. The work focuses on the learned response itself and helps create room for a different reaction.

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If a fear is interfering with your life and you want to talk about whether hypnotherapy may be a fit, we can talk through it together.