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Phobia's Phobia are defined as intense anxiety disorders recognizable for their unreasonable fears of specfic activities, objects, or situations. According to one source they are quite common in society and generally do not pose a significant restriction or disruption of a person's life. However, every so often the fear can be so overpowering that it will affect lifestyles.
A person can develop a phobia following a traumatic event, or after seeing another individual experiencing an intensely upsetting episode.
The most important thing to remember is that Phobia's can be successfully treated.
There are more than 350 recognized phobias. The following list features several common phobia's and a few of the more interesting or unusual phobia's.
Acrophobia- Fear of Heights.
Amaxophobia-Fear of riding in a car.
Aryrophobia-Fear of crossing Streets.
Agoraphobia-Fear of open spaces.
Ailurophobia-Fear of cats
Slektorophobia-Fear of chickens.
Alliumphobia-Fear of garlic.
Amdrophobia-Fear of mean.
Apiphobia-Fear of bees.
Arachibutyrophobia-Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.
Arachnophobia-Fear of spiders.
Astraphobia-Fear of lightning.
Batraachophobia-Fear of Frogs.
Bogyphobia-dread of demons or goblins.
Brontophobia-Fear of thunder or thunderstorms.
Catoptrophobia-Fear of mirrors.
Chromomentrophobia-Fear of clocks.
Cinophobia-Fear of snow.
Claustrophobia-Fear of enclosed spaces.
Clinophobia-Fear of going to Bed.
Coimetrophobia-Fear of cemeteries.
Cyberphobia-Fear of Computers.
Cynophobia-Fear of dogs.
Didaskaleinophobia-Fear of going to school.
Ephebiphobia-Fear of teenagers.
Ergophobia-Hatred of work.
Ereuthophobia-Fear of the color red.
Galeophobia-Fear of cats.
Gamophobia-Fear of marriage.
Gephyrophobia-Fear of crossing bridges.
Gerascophobia-Fear of growing old.
Glossophobia-Fear of speaking in public.
Gymnophobia-Fear of nudity.
Gynephobia-Fear of women.
Herpetophobia-Fear of snakes.
Hippophobia-Fear of horses.
Iatrophobia-Fear of going to the doctor.
Ichthyophobia-Fear of fish.
Lanchanophobia-Fear of vegetables.
Leukophobia-Fear of color white.
Lyssaophobia-Fear of becoming insane.
Melophobia-Fear of music.
Misophobia-Fear of dirt.
Musophobia-Fear of mice.
Mycophobia-Fear of mushrooms.
Myrmecophobia-Fear of ants.
Noctiphobia-Fear of the night.
Noscomephobia-Fear of hospitals.
Nyctophobia-Fear of the night.
Obesophobia-Fear of gaining weight.
Paraskavedekatriaphobia-Fear of Friday the 13th.
Peladophobia-Dread of baldness.
Peniaphobia-Fear of poverty.
Pentheraphobia-Fear of mother-in-law.
Phasmoophobia-Fear of ghosts.
Philemanphobia-Fear of kissing.
Pogonophobia-Fear or dislike of beards.
Porphyrophobia-Fear of color purple.
Pteronophobia-Fear of feathers.
Pyrophobia-Fear of fire.
Selachopobia-Fear of sharks.
Siderodromophobia-Fear of train travel.
Sinophobia-Fear of Chinese or Chinese ulture.
Stenophobia-Fear of narrow spaces.
Taphephobia-Fear of being buried alive.
Taurphobia-Fear of bulls.
Telephonophobia-Fear o the telephone.
Teratophobia-Fear of monster or giving birth to a monster.
Testophobia-Fear of taking tests.
Triskadekaphobia-Fear of the number 13.
Thalassophobia-Fear of the sea.
Thanatophobia-Fear of death.
Topophobia-Stage fright.
Trypanophobia-Fear of injections.
Venustraphobia-Fear of beautiful women.
Xanthophbia-Fear of the color yellow.
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