Phobia: A phobia is defined as an irrational, intense fear of an object
or situation that poses little or no actual danger. At first glance, a phobia
may seem similar to a normal fear, but it's is the degree to which a person is
affected that determines whether that fear has become a phobia.
Understanding your phobia is the first
step to overcoming it. It’s important to know that phobias are common. Having a
phobia doesn’t mean you’re crazy! It also helps to know that phobias are highly
treatable. You can overcome your anxiety and fear, no matter how out of control
it feels.
Causes:
Social and specific phobias sometimes run
in families, providing evidence of a genetic connection. Some people are born
with a predisposition towards anxiety, which makes them particularly
susceptible to developing phobias.
Symptoms of phobia:
Panic attack is common in people with
agoraphobia, social phobia, and specific phobia. Symptoms experienced during a
panic attack include the following:
v Abdominal distress
v Chest pain or discomfort
v Chills or hot flashes
v Fear of dying
v Fear of losing control or going crazy
v Feeling faint, dizzy, lightheaded, unsteady
v Feeling of choking
v Feeling of unreality or of being detached from oneself
v Numbness or tingling sensations
v Palpitations, pounding heart, racing heartbeat
v Shortness of breath, feeling smothered
v Sweating
v Trembling or shaking
Some people with agoraphobia become
fearful of having a panic attack in any public place or situation and
eventually fear and avoid leaving their home. Some are capable of leaving home
only with someone they trust. Others become completely housebound. Those who
are housebound can suffer severe anxiety or nervousness even inside their home.
List of Phobia:
v Acarophobia:- fear of itching or of insects causing itching
v Acrophobia:- fear of heights
v Aerophobia:- fear of flying or draughts
v Agoraphobia:- fear of open spaces
v Agyiophobia:- fear of crossing busy streets
v Aichmophobia:- fear of sharp or
pointed objects
v Ailurophobia:- fear of cats
v Algophobia:- fear of pain
v Amathophobia:-fear of dust
v Amaxophobia:- fear of riding in a
car
v Ambulophobia:- fear of walking
v Anglophobia:- fear of England or the English
v Anthrophobia:-fear of humans
v Anuptaphobia:-fear of staying single
v Aquaphobia:- fear of water
v Arachibutyrophobia:- fear of
peanut butter sticking to roof of mouth
v Arachnophobia:- fear of
spiders
v Astraphobia:- fear of being struck by lightning
v Astrapophobia:- fear of
thunder and lightning
v Automysophobia:- fear of
being dirty
v Autophobia:- fear of solitude
v Ballistophobia:- fear of
missiles
v Bathophobia:- fear of falling from a high place
v Batophobia:- fear of heights or
being close to tall buildings
v Batrachophobia:- fear of
frogs and toads
v Belonephobia:- fear of pins and
needles
v Bibliophobia:- fear of books
v Blennophobia:- fear of slime
v Brontophobia:- fear of thunder and
lightning
v Cancerophobia:- fear of
cancer
v Cathisophobia:- fear of
sitting
v Cenophobia:- fear of empty spaces
v Chrematophobia:- fear of
money
v Cibophobia:- fear of or distaste
for food
v Claustrophobia:- fear of
closed spaces
v Climacophobia:- fear of
falling down stairs
v Clinophobia:- fear of staying in bed
v Cremnophobia:-fear of cliffs and
precipices
v Cyberphobia:- fear of computers
v Cynophobia:- fear of dogs
v Dromophobia:- fear of crossing
streets
v Dysmorphophobia:- fear of
physical deformities
v Ecophobia:- fear of home
v Eleutherophobia:- fear of
freedom
v Eosophobia:- fear of dawn
v Ergasiophobia:- fear of
work
v Ergophobia:- fear of work
v Erotophobia:- fear of sex
v Erythrophobia:- fear of
red lights or of blushing
v Euphobia:- fear of good news
v Francophobia:-fear of France or the
French
v Gallophobia:- fear of France or the French
v Gamophobia:- fear of marriage
v Geniophobia:- fear of chins
v Genophobia:- fear of sex
v Gerascophobia:- fear of
growing old
v Graphophobia:- fear of writing
v Gymnophobia:- fear of nudity
v Heliophobia:- fear of sunlight
v Herpetophobia:- fear of
snakes
v Hierophobia:- fear of sacred things
v Homichlophobia:- fear of
fog
v Homophobia:- fear of homosexuals
v Hydrophobia:- fear of water
v Hypsophobia:- fear of high places
v Iatrophobia:- fear of going to the doctor
v Iconophobia:- fear or hatred of images
v Kainotophobia:- fear of
change
v Kakorrhaphiophobia:- fear of
failure
v Kenophobia:- fear of empty spaces
v Ligyrophobia:- fear of loud
noises
v Linonophobia:- fear of string
v Lygophobia:- fear of darkness
v Lyssophobia:- fear of hydrophobia
v Macrophobia:- fear of prolonged
waiting
v Metrophobia:- fear of poetry
v Monophobia:- fear of being alone
v Muriphobia:- fear of mice
v Myophobia:- fear of mice
v Mysophobia:- fear of contamination or dirt
v Nebulaphobia:- fear of fog
v Necrophobia:- fear of corpses
v Negrophobia:- fear of blacks
v Neophobia:- fear of novelty
v Nosophobia:- fear of disease
v Novercaphobia:- fear of
one's stepmother
v Nyctophobia:- fear of the night or darkness
v Ochlophobia:- fear of crowds
v Oenophobia:- fear or hatred of wine
v Ombrophobia:- fear of rain
v Onomatophobia:- fear of
hearing a certain word
v Ophidiophobia:- fear of
snakes
v Ophthalmophobia:- fear of
being stared at
v Optophobia:- fear of opening one’s
eyes
v Ornithophobia:- fear of
birds
v Paedophobia:- fear of children;
fear of dolls
v Panophobia:- melancholia marked by groundless fears
v Pantophobia:- fear of everything
v Parthophobia:- fear of virgins
v Pathophobia:- fear of disease
v Pediculophobia:- fear of
lice
v Pentheraphobia:- fear or
hatred of one’s mother-in-law
v Phagophobia:- fear of
eating
v Phengophobia:- fear of daylight
v Phonophobia:- fear of noise or of
speaking aloud
v Photophobia:- fear of light
v Pogonophobia:- fear of beards
v Psychrophobia:- fear of
the cold
v Pteronophobia:- fear of
being tickled by feathers
v Pyrophobia:- fear of fire
v Russophobia:- fear of Russia or Russians
v Satanophobia:- fear of the devil
v Sciaphobia:- fear of shadows
v Scopophobia:- fear of being looked at
v Scoptophobia:- fear of being looked
at
v Scotophobia:- fear of the dark
v Sitiophobia:- fear of food
v Sitophobia:- fear of food or eating
v Spectrophobia:- fear of
looking in a mirror
v Symmetrophobia:- fear of
symmetry
v Syphilophobia:- fear of
syphilis
v Taphephobia:- fear of being buried
alive
v Technophobia:- fear of technology
v Thalassophobia:- fear of
the sea
v Thanatophobia:- fear of
death
v Theophobia:- fear of God
v Tocophobia:- fear of pregnancy or childbirth
v Tonitrophobia:- fear of
thunder
v Topophobia:- fear of performing; fear of certain places
v Toxicophobia:- fear of poisoning
v Toxiphobia:- fear of poison or
being poisoned
v Triskaidekaphobia:- fear of the number thirteen
v Uranophobia:- fear of heaven
v Xenophobia:- fear of foreigners
v Zelophobia:- fear of jealousy
v Zoophobia:- fear of animals
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