30 Amazing Types of Phobias

Phobia is actually not a fear it is the increase of Anxiety Level of a Person.

Here are 30 Amazing Types of Phobias:-

1 Achluophobia - Fear of darkness.

Achluophobia is the fear of darkness. The origin of the word Achluo is Greek (meaning to darken) and phobia is Greek (meaning fear). Achluophobia is considered to be a specific phobia.

2 Acrophobia - Fear of heights.

Acrophobia is an extreme or irrational fear or phobia of heights, especially when one is not particularly high up.

3 Catoptrophobia - Fear of mirrors.

Catoptrophobia (from Greek catropto or katoptron, mirrors), also known as spectrophobia (from Latin spectro (ghosts), and eisotrophobia (from Greek eis (into) and optikos (vision)) is the fear of mirrors.

4 Belonephobia - Fear of pins and needles.

Although sometimes also referred to as aichmophobia, belonephobia, or enetophobia, those terms generally denote a fear of pins, needles, or sharp objects while tryphanophobia also includes the medical aspect of the fear. However, trypanophobia is commonly referred to as needle phobia.

5 Cacophobia - Fear of ugliness.

Cacophobia is the irrational fear of ugliness. Someone suffering with this condition may experience extreme amounts of anxiety when they encounter something that they deem as being ugly.

6 Dystychiphobia - Fear of accidents.

Dystychiphobia is the fear of accidents. People with this fear worry they might hurt themselves or someone else. They also fear causing property damage. The origin of the word dys is Greek (meaning bad), tych is Greek (meaning accident) and phobia is Greek (meaning fear).

7 Elurophobia - Fear of cats.

Elurophobia is the fear of cats. The origin of the word eluro is Greek (meaning cat) and phobia is Greek (meaning fear). Elurophobia is considered to be a specific phobia.

8 Hydrophobia - Fear of water.

Extreme or irrational fear of water, especially as a symptom of rabies in humans.

Rabies used to be known as hydrophobia because it appears to cause a fear of water.

9 Iatrophobia - Fear of doctors.

 Iatrophobia ( An abnormal or irrational fear of doctors or going to the doctor.)

10 Megalophobia - Fear of large things.

Megalophobia is the fear of large objects. The object in question can run the gamut from large ships to airplanes and large animals to towering sculptures. 1 It is different for everyone and there is treatment available to help you deal with this phobia.

11 Necrophobia - Fear of death or dead things.

Necrophobia is extreme or irrational fear of death or dead bodies.

Necrophobia can be caused by a near-death experience, a traumatic experience with a dead animal, seeing someone die, or seeing media related to dead.

12 Obesophobia - Fear of gaining weight.

Obesophobia, also called pocrescophobia, is the fear of gaining weight. It's most prevalent in adolescent women, but men can have it too. Like all phobias, obesophobia is a type of anxiety disorder. Phobias involve an intense and irrational fear of a specific object, place, or situation.

13 Zoophobia - Fear of animals.

Zoophobia is the non-sensible fear of dangerous or threatening animals, such as wild dogs (example: wolves, dingoes, and coyotes), big cats, bears or venomous snakes. It is a phobia of animals that causes distress or dysfunction in the individual's everyday life.

14 Xenophobia - Fear of strangers or foreigners.

Xenophobia, or fear of strangers, is a broad term that may be applied to any fear of someone who is different from us. Hostility towards outsiders is often a reaction to fear. 1 It typically involves the belief that there is a conflict between an individual's ingroup and an outgroup.

15 Somniphobia - Fear of sleep.

Overview. Somniphobia causes extreme anxiety and fear around the thought of going to bed. This phobia is also known as hypnophobia, clinophobia, sleep anxiety, or sleep dread.

16 Tonitrophobia - Fear of thunder.

Astraphobia, also known as astrapophobia, brontophobia, keraunophobia, or tonitrophobia is an abnormal fear of thunder and lightning or an unwarranted fear of scattered and/or isolated thunderstorms, a type of specific phobia. It is a treatable phobia that both humans and animals can develop.

17 Pyrophobia - Fear of fire.

Pyrophobia is a fear of fire, which can be considered irrational if beyond what is considered normal. This phobia is ancient and primordial, perhaps since humankind's discovery of fire.

18 Noctiphobia - Fear of the night.

Noctiphobia is the fear of night. Unlike many other phobias, noctiphobes may not impact their lives much, but simply be up and active during the day and sleep all through the night.

19 Microphobia - Fear of small things.

Microphobia is the irrational fear of small things. Someone suffering from this condition can expect to experience a very high amount of anxiety from merely thinking of small things, let alone actually seeing them in real life.

20 Ombrophobia - Fear of rain.

Ombrophobia or Pluviophobia is the fear of rain- a fairly common anxiety disorder seen in kids and adults alike. The term Ombrophobia originates from Greek 'Ombros' meaning “storm of rain” and phobos meaning “fear or aversion”.

21 Leukophobia - Fear of the color white.

Leukophobia is the fear of the color white. The origin of the word leuko is Greek (meaning white) and phobia is Greek (meaning fear). Leukophobia is considered to be a specific phobia.

22 Melanophobia - Fear of the color black.

Melanophobia (from Greek melano, "black") is fear of the color black. The fear may develop due to the fact that black symbolizes mourning, evil, plagues, and death.

23 Nosocomephobia - Fear of hospitals.

Nosocomephobia  is defined as the excessive fear of hospitals.

24 Gynophobia - Fear of women.

Gynophobia dislike or fear of women.A fear of women is called gynophobia. ... Misogyny, or the hatred of women, is another phrase resulting from the male fear of being humiliated by a female. The opposite of misogyny is misandry, which means a hatred of men. Gynophobia can affect both men and women.

25 Heliophobia - Fear of the sun.

Heliophobia is the fear of the sun, sunlight, or any bright light. It is a type of specific phobia.

26 Hemophobia - Fear of blood.

While some people may feel uneasy about blood from time to time, hemophobia is an extreme fear of seeing blood, or getting tests or shots where blood may be involved. This phobia can have a serious impact on your life, especially if you skip important doctor appointments as a result.

27 Porphyrophobia - Fear of the color purple.

Porphyrophobia (from Greek porphyros, "purple") is fear of the color purple. This a subclass of chromophobia, the fear of colors.

28 Coulrophobia - Fear of clowns.

Coulrophobia extreme or irrational fear of clowns.In the case of coulrophobia, there are a few likely causes: Scary movies. There's a connection between scary clowns in media and people being intensely afraid of them. Viewing too many scary movies with clowns at an impressionable age can have a lasting impact — even if it was just once at a friend's sleepover.

29 Ophidiophobia - Fear of snakes.

Ophidiophobia is the fear of snakes, and it's one of the most common phobias there is – and the most common of all herpetophobias (fear of reptiles).

30 Scolionophobia - Fear of school.

Scolionophobia is the fear of school. Most kids tend to get this phobia because they fear leaving their parents and the security of being home to go to school. Scolionophobia is considered to be a specific phobia.