Common phobias

Below are some lesser-known common phobias, organized alphabetically:

A

1. Ablutophobia: Fear of bathing or cleaning.
2. Acrophobia: Fear of heights.
3. Aerophobia: Fear of flying.
4. Aichmophobia: Fear of sharp objects.
5. Arachnophobia: Fear of spiders.
6. Astraphobia: Fear of thunder and lightning.
7. Agoraphobia: Fear of open or crowded spaces.

B

1. Batrachophobia: Fear of amphibians (frogs, toads, etc.).
2. Bibliophobia: Fear of books.
3. Botanophobia: Fear of plants.

C

1. Cacophobia: Fear of ugliness.
2. Catoptrophobia: Fear of mirrors.
3. Cynophobia: Fear of dogs.
4. Claustrophobia: Fear of confined spaces.
5. Coulrophobia: Fear of clowns.

D

1. Dentophobia: Fear of dentists or dental procedures.
2. Domatophobia: Fear of houses or being inside a house.

E

1. Emetophobia: Fear of vomiting.
2. Ephebiphobia: Fear of teenagers.
3. Equinophobia: Fear of horses.

F

1. Francophobia: Fear of France or French culture.
2. Frigophobia: Fear of cold or cold things.

G

1. Gamophobia: Fear of marriage or commitment.
2. Genophobia: Fear of sexual relations.
3. Glossophobia: Fear of public speaking.

H

1. Hematophobia: Fear of blood.
2. Herpetophobia: Fear of reptiles.
3. Hydrophobia: Fear of water.
4. Hypnophobia: Fear of sleep.

I

1. Iatrophobia: Fear of doctors.
2. Insectophobia: Fear of insects.

K

1. Koinoniphobia: Fear of rooms full of people.
2. Koumpounophobia: Fear of buttons.

L

1. Leukophobia: Fear of the color white.
2. Lockiophobia: Fear of childbirth.

M

1. Melanophobia: Fear of the color black.
2. Mysophobia: Fear of germs or dirt (also called Germophobia).

N

1. Necrophobia: Fear of death or dead things.
2. Nosophobia: Fear of illness or disease.

O

1. Ombrophobia: Fear of rain.
2. Ornithophobia: Fear of birds.

P

1. Pedophobia: Fear of children.
2. Phobophobia: Fear of phobias or the fear of fear itself.
3. Pyrophobia: Fear of fire.

R

1. Radiophobia: Fear of radiation or X-rays.
2. Ranidaphobia: Fear of frogs.

S

1. Scolionophobia: Fear of school.
2. Somniphobia: Fear of sleep.
3. Social Phobia: Fear of social situations or being judged.

T

1. Tachophobia: Fear of speed.
2. Trypanophobia: Fear of needles or injections.
3. Triskaidekaphobia: Fear of the number 13.

V

1. Venustraphobia: Fear of beautiful women.
2. Verbophobia: Fear of words.

X

1. Xenophobia: Fear of strangers or foreigners.

Z

1. Zoophobia: Fear of animals.

This list includes only a small sample of phobias, as there are many more specific and rare fears. Phobias are often rooted in anxiety and can have various causes, including past traumatic experiences, learned behaviors, or genetic predisposition. Treatment usually involves therapy, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), desensitization, or, in some cases, medication to manage symptoms.