Phobias
and
Fear
The feeling of danger
Health
Fear
• The response to danger.
• Being able to respond quickly by fighting
or running away
How Your Body Deals
with Danger:
• Heart beats faster to supply more blood to
your muscles
• Your muscles become tense and your
senses (touch, smell, sight, hearing, taste,
etc.) become more alert
Fears are often learned from:
• An experience that you had when you
were young
• Fear may also be learned from other
people, particularly your family.
Two Effective Ways
to Manage Fear
• Self Talk
– Saying things to yourself in order to view
a fear more realistically.
• Environmental planning
– Involves rearranging the environment to
reduce fear.
Phobia
intense and persistent fear of a
specific object, situation, or
activity.
AAblutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing.
Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens.
Algophobia- Fear of pain.
Alliumphobia- Fear of garlic.
Altophobia- Fear of heights.
Amathophobia- Fear of dust.
Amaxophobia- Fear of riding in a car.
Ambulophobia- Fear of walking.
Androphobia- Fear of men.
Anthrophobia or Anthophobia- Fear of flowers.
Anuptaphobia- Fear of staying single.
Apiphobia- Fear of bees.
Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia- Fear of spiders.
Arithmophobia- Fear of numbers.
Atychiphobia- Fear of failure.
Aviophobia or Aviatophobia- Fear of flying.
BBibliophobia- Fear of books.
CChirophobia- Fear of hands.
Chorophobia- Fear of dancing.
Chrometophobia - Fear of money.
Chromophobia - Fear of colors.
Chronophobia- Fear of time.
Chronomentrophobia- Fear of clocks.
Cleptophobia- Fear of stealing.
Climacophobia- Fear of stairs, climbing, or of falling downstairs.
Clithrophobia- Fear of being enclosed.
Coulrophobia- Fear of clowns.
DDemophobia- Fear of crowds.
Dendrophobia- Fear of trees.
GGaleophobia or Gatophobia- Fear of cats.
Geliophobia- Fear of laughter.
Geniophobia- Fear of chins.
Genuphobia- Fear of knees.
HHerpetophobia- Fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things.
Hippophobia- Fear of horses.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words.
IIatrophobia- Fear of going to the doctor or of doctors.
Ichthyophobia- Fear of fish.
Ideophobia- Fear of ideas.
KKathisophobia- Fear of sitting down.
LLachanophobia- Fear of vegetables.
Logizomechanophobia- Fear of computers.
MMelissophobia- Fear of bees.
Melanophobia- Fear of the color black.
Melophobia- Fear or hatred of music.
Motorphobia- Fear of automobiles.
Myrmecophobia- Fear of ants.
NNeophobia- Fear of anything new.
Nephophobia- Fear of clouds.
Noctiphobia- Fear of the night.
Nomatophobia- Fear of names.
OOchophobia- Fear of vehicles.
Octophobia - Fear of the figure 8.
Ommetaphobia or Ommatophobia- Fear of eyes.
PParasitophobia- Fear of parasites.
Pediophobia- Fear of dolls.
Phalacrophobia- Fear of becoming bald.
Phobophobia- Fear of phobias.
Photophobia- Fear of light.
Phonophobia- Fear of noises or voices or one's own voice; of telephones.
Plutophobia- Fear of wealth.
Pluviophobia- Fear of rain or of being rained on.
Porphyrophobia- Fear of the color purple.
Psychophobia- Fear of mind.
Psychrophobia- Fear of cold.
Pteromerhanophobia- Fear of flying.
Pteronophobia- Fear of being tickled by feathers.
Pupaphobia - Fear of puppets.
RRadiophobia- Fear of radiation, x-rays.
Ranidaphobia- Fear of frogs.
SScolionophobia- Fear of school.
Scotophobia- Fear of darkness. (Achluophobia)
Scriptophobia- Fear of writing in public.
Selachophobia- Fear of sharks.
Selenophobia- Fear of the moon.
Sinistrophobia- Fear of things to the left or left-handed.
Sitophobia or Sitiophobia- Fear of food or eating
Snakephobia- Fear of snakes. (Ophidiophobia)
Sociophobia- Fear of society or people in general.
Somniphobia- Fear of sleep.
Sophophobia- Fear of learning.
Soteriophobia - Fear of dependence on others.
Spacephobia- Fear of outer space.
Stasibasiphobia or Stasiphobia- Fear of standing or walking.
(Ambulophobia)
Suriphobia- Fear of mice.
TTachophobia- Fear of speed.
Taurophobia- Fear of bulls.
Technophobia- Fear of technology.
Testophobia- Fear of taking tests.
Thaasophobia- Fear of sitting.
Thalassophobia- Fear of the sea.
Thanatophobia or Thantophobia- Fear of death or dying.
Thermophobia- Fear of heat.
Trichopathophobia or Trichophobia- Fear of hair.
Triskaidekaphobia- Fear of the number 13.
VVerbophobia- Fear of words.
Verminophobia- Fear of germs.
Vestiphobia- Fear of clothing.
XXanthophobia- Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow.
ZZelophobia- Fear of jealousy.
Zoophobia- Fear of animals.