FATIMA MOODZNA A. ALAWINSG 505Reflective Journal No.: 7Topic: LIST OF PHOBIAS

Top 100 Phobia ListThese are the top 100phobias in the world, with the most common ones listed from the top.1. Arachnophobia The fear of spidersaffects women four times morethan men (48% women and12% men).2. Ophidiophobia The fear of snakes. People avoid certain cities only because they have more snakes.3. Acrophobia The fear of heights. Five percent of the general population suffer from this phobia.4. Agoraphobia The fear of open or crowded spaces. People with this phobia often refuse to leave home.5. Cynophobia The fear of dogs. This includes everything from small Poodles to Great Danes.6. Astraphobia The fear of thunder/lightning. AKA Brontophobia, Tonitrophobia, or Ceraunophobia.7. Claustrophobia The fear of small spaceslike elevators, trams, small roomsand other enclosed spaces.8. Mysophobia The fear of germs. It is also rightly termed as Germophobia or Bacterophobia.9. Aerophobia The fear of flyingin air planes, hot air balloons etc.25 million Americans are afraid of this.10. Trypophobia The fear of holes. This unusual but common phobia associates holes with danger.11. Carcinophobia The fear of cancer. People with this phobia develop extreme diets to avoid cancer.12. Thanatophobia The fear of death. Even talking about death can be enough to trigger panic attacks.13. Glossophobia Thefear of public speaking. Being afraid of or not being able to make speeches.14. Monophobia The fear of being alone. This may include normal daily tasks like eating and sleeping.15. Atychiphobia The fear of failure. This phobia is for most people the greatest barrier to success.16. Ornithophobia The fear of birds. Some individuals suffering from this phobia only fear some species.17. Alektorophobia The fear of chickens. You may have this phobia if images of this bird makes you panic.18. Enochlophobia The fear of crowds, which is closely related toOchlophobia and Demophobia.19. Aphenphosmphobia The fear of intimacy. This involves the fear of being touched and the fear of love.20. Trypanophobia The fear of needles. I used to fear needles (and death), but thankfully I got over it.21. Anthropophobia The fear of people. Being afraid of people in most/all situations, not just social ones.22. Aquaphobia The fear of water. Being in water or even near water affects people with this phobia.23. Autophobia The fear of abandonment. The constant fear of being abandoned by other people.24. Hemophobia The fear of blood. The sight of blood can cause fainting or panic attacks.25. Gamophobia The fear of commitmentis about being afraid of committing to another person for life.26. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia The fear of long words. Believe it or not, its a real phobia.27. Xenophobia The fear of the unknown. Fearing anything or anyone that is strange or foreign.28. Vehophobia The fear of driving. This phobia can drastically affect your personal life and work-life.29. Basiphobia The fear of falling. In extreme cases, people refuse to walk, use stairs or even stand up.30. Achievemephobia The fear of success. The opposite to fear of failure, but just as self-damaging.31. Theophobia The fear of God. It causes an irrational fear of The Lord or religion in general.32. Ailurophobia The fear of cats. This common animal phobia is also known as Gatophobia.33. Metathesiophobia The fear of change. Sometimes change is good, even if it soundsterrifying.34. Globophobia The fear of balloons. Although it might sound funny,Oprah Winfrey is not laughing.35. Nyctophobia The fear of darkness. Being afraid of the dark or the night is very common among kids.36. Androphobia The fear of men. Usually seen in younger females, but it can also affect adults.37. Phobophobia The fear of fear. When the thought of being afraid of objects or situations scares you.38. Philophobia The fear of love. Being scared of falling in love or getting emotionally attached.39. Triskaidekaphobia The fear of the number 13. It is often associated with bad luck and evilness.40. Emetophobia The fear of vomiting. Loss of ones self control is often the biggest fear here.41. Gephyrophobia The fear of bridges. Crossing even the smallest bridge may seem impossible.42. Entomophobia The fear of bugs and insects. AKA Acarophobia, which is the fear of biting insects.43. Lepidopterophobia The fear of butterflies. This phobia usually means fear of most winged insects.44. Panophobia The fear of everything. A constant state of fear that something terrible will happen.45. Podophobia The fear of feet. Some people fear touching or even looking at feet, even their own.46. Paraskevidekatriaphobia The fear of Friday the 13th. About 8% of Americans suffer from this phobia.47. Somniphobia The fear of sleep. Being terrified of what might happen when you fall asleep.48. Gynophobia The fear of women. Usually occurs when men have unresolved mother issues.49. Apiphobia The fear of bees. Many people fear bees because they are afraid of being stung.50. Koumpounophobia The fear of buttons. Clothes with buttons are usually avoided by these phobics.51. Anatidaephobia The fear of ducksis the fear that somewhere in the world, a duck is watching you.52. Pyrophobia The fear of fire. Although a natural and primal fear, it can be debilitating for pyrophobics.53. Ranidaphobia The fear of frogsis often caused by a negative past experience from childhood.54. Galeophobia The fear of sharks. Many children have an irrational fear of sharks in swimming pools.55. Athazagoraphobia The fear of being forgottenor forgetting. Often experienced by dementia patients.56. Katsaridaphobia The fear of cockroaches. Thiscan easily lead to an excessive cleaning disorder.57. Iatrophobia The fear of doctors. If you tend to delay visits to the doctor, you may have Iatrophobia.58. Pediophobia The fear of dolls. Anyone who has seen Chucky knows what this phobia is about.59. Ichthyophobia The fear of fish. This phobia concernsanything from small to large,dead or living fish.60. Achondroplasiaphobia The fear of midgets. Somepeople areafraid of anything that is different.61. Mottephobia The fear of moths. These insects are considered beautiful by some, but feared by others.62. Zoophobia The fear of animals. Being afraid of vile, dangerousor even cute and harmless animals.63. Bananaphobia The fear of bananas.Are bananas scary? The answer is YESif you ask a bananaphobic.64. Sidonglobophobia The fear of cotton ballsor plastic foams. Even the sound it makes can be terrifying.65. Scelerophobia The fear of crimeinvolves being afraid of burglarsand attackers or crime in general.66. Cibophobia The fear of food. This phobiaoften comesfrom a bad episodewhile eating, like choking.67. Phasmophobia The fear of ghosts. Also known as Spectrophobia. Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!68. Equinophobia The fear of horses. Animal phobias are not uncommon,this goes especially for women.69. Musophobia The fear of mice. Some people find mice cute, but phobics think they are plain disgusting.70. Catoptrophobia The fear of mirrors. Being afraid of seeing somethingyou dont like in the mirror.71. Agliophobia The fear of pain.Being afraid oranxious that something painful will happen to you.72. Tokophobia The fear of pregnancy. This mayinvolvegiving birth or even hearing the word delivery.73. Telephonophobia The fear of talking on the phone. Most of these phobicsprefer texting or emailing.74. Pogonophobia The fear of beards. Being afraid of or very uncomfortable aroundmen with beards.75. Omphalophobia The fear of belly buttons. Touching or looking at navels feelsdisgusting or terrifying.76. Pseudodysphagia The fear of choking. The phobiaoften comes from a negative experience while eating.77. Bathophobia The fear of depthscan be anything associated with depth, like lakes, tunnels, caves etc.78. Cacomorphobia The fear of fat people. Induced by the mediaandoften affects anorexics and bulimics.79. Gerascophobia The fear of getting old.Aging isthe mostnatural thing on earth, yet many of us fear it.80. Chaetophobia The fear of hair. These phobics tend to be afraid of other peoples hairandanimal hair.81. Nosocomephobia The fear of hospitals. Lets face it, no one likes hospitals and some evenfear them.82. Ligyrophobia The fear of loud noises. We all have an instinctive fear of loud noisesto somedegree.83. Didaskaleinophobia The fear of school. This phobia is most common in preschool children.84. Technophobia The fear of technologyinvolves deep anxiety aboutanything technologically advanced.85. Chronophobia The fear of the future. A persistentfear of what is to come and the passing of time.86. Spheksophobia The fear of wasps. You panic when you see a wasp and fear getting stung by one.87. Ergophobia The fear of work. Social anxiety or performance anxiety may be the cause of this.88. Coulrophobia The fear of clowns. Some people find clownsfunnybut coulrophobics find themscary.89. Allodoxaphobia The fear of opinions. Being afraidof hearing what other people are thinking of you.90. Samhainophobia The fear of Halloweenoften affects children and people with superstitious beliefs.91. Photophobia The fear of light. Inducedbymedical conditions, disorders or traumatic experiences.92. Disposophobia The fear of getting rid of stuff. This triggersextreme collecting orhoarding of things.93. Numerophobia The fear of numbers. The mere thought of doing heavy calculations causes panic.94. Ombrophobia The fear of rain. Many fear the rain because of accompanying storm-like conditions.95. Coasterphobia The fear of roller coasters. Movies like Final Destination 3 only makes this worse.96. Thalassophobia The fear of the ocean. Salty water, bigwaves andvast unexplored unknown spaces.97. Scoleciphobia The fear of wormsis often caused by an underlying fear of unhygienic conditions.98. Kinemortophobia The fear of zombies. Being afraid thatzombies will attack youand turnyou into one.99. Myrmecophobia The fear of ants. Not as common as Arachnophobia, but it can feeljust as intense.100. Taphophobia The fear of being buried aliveby mistake andwake up in a coffin deep underground.

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