Phobias

 

A phobia is a persistent, extreme or irrational fear of something. It is an anxiety disorder. The causes for a phobia can be genetic or environmental. Here is the list of some common phobias:

Hydrophobia: the fear of water

Hemophobia: the fear of blood

Pyrophobia: the fear of fire

Acrophobia: the fear of heights

Ergophobia: the fear of work

Ablutophobia: the fear of bathing or washing

Trypanophobia: the fear of injections

Xenophobia: the fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners

Neophobia: the fear of new things or unfamiliar situations

Gamophobia: the fear of marriage

Gerontophobia: the fear of old age/ growing old

Dipsophobia: the fear of alcohol

Chrematophobia: the fear of money

Tachophobia: the fear of speed

Cynophobia: the fear of dogs

Archanophobia: the fear of spiders

Musophobia: the fear of rats

Ophidiophobia: the fear of snakes

Katsaridaphobia: the fear of cockroaches

Nyctophobia: the fear of night or darkness

Necrophobia: the fear of dead bodies

Thanatophobia: the fear of death

Anthropophobia: the fear of people

Agoraphobia: the fear of open spaces

Claustrophobia: the fear of confined spaces