I'm Dr. Liebgold and I suffered from many different phobias for many years.
I finally found a simple cure, and honestly, it was life-changing.
So I have dedicated the rest of my life to helping others with their phobias.
Here is a list of the most recognized phobias:
Ablutophobia : Fear of washing
or bathing
Achluphobia : Fear
of darkness
Acousticophobia : Fear of
noise
Acrophobia : Fear of heights
Aeroacrophobia : Fear of
open, high spaces
Aeronausiphobia : Fear of
airsickness
Aerophobia : Fear of drafts,
air, gases
Agoraphobia : Fear of open
spaces
Agraphobia : Fear of sexual
abuse
Agrizoophobia : Fear of wild
animals
Agyiophobia : Fear of being
in the street
Aichmophobia : Fear of needles
and other pointed objects
Ailurophobia : Fear of cats
Algophobia : Fear of pain
Amathophobia : Fear of dust
Ambulophobia : Fear of walking
or riding in vehicles
Androphobia : Fear of men
Anthrophobia : Fear of people
or human society
Antlophobia : Fear of floods
Anuptaphobia : Fear of staying
single
Aphenphobia : Fear of being
touched
Apiphobia : Fear of bees
Arachnophobia : Fear of spiders
Arsonphobia : Fear of fire
Asthenophobia : Fear of fainting
Astraphobia : Fear of lightning
Atychiphobia : Fear of failure
Autophobia : Fear of being
alone
Aviatophobia : Fear of flying
Bacteriophobia : Fear of
bacteria
Basiphobia : Fear of walking
Bathophobia : Fear of depths
Batrachophobia : Fear of
frogs
Bibliophobia : Fear of books
Bogyphobia : Fear of bogeymen
Brontophobia : Fear of thunder
Cacomorphobia : Fear of fat
Cacophobia : Fear of ugliness
Cainophobia : Fear of newness,
novelty
Caligynephobia : Fear of
beautiful women
Cardiophobia : Fear of heart
disease
Carnophobia : Fear of meat
Catagelophobia : Fear of
being ridiculed
Catapedaphobia : Fear of
jumping from high to low places
Cenophobia : Fear of empty
rooms
Chaetophobia : Fear of hair
or hairy objects
Cheimaphobia : Fear of the
cold
Chionophobia : Fear of snow
Chorophobia : Fear of dancing
Chrematophobia : Fear of
money
Chromatophobia : Fear of
colors
Cibophobia : Fear of food
Claustrophobia : Fear of
confined spaces
Climacophobia : Fear of climbing
stairs
Clinophobia : Fear of going
to bed
Coimetrophobia : Fear of
cemeteries
Coitophoiba : Fear of sexual
intercourse
Contreltophobia : Fear of
sexual abuse
Coprastasophobia : Fear of
constipation
Coprophobia : Fear of dirt
or feces
Coprastasophobia : Fear of
constipation
Coulrophoiba : Fear of clowns
Cremnophobia : Fear of precipices
or cliffs
Cryophobia : Fear of extreme
cold
Cyberphobia : Fear of computers
Cyclophobia : Fear of bicycles
Cymophobia : Fear of waves
Cynophobia : Fear of dogs
Cyprianophobia : Fear of
prostitutes
Decidophobia : Fear of making
decisions
Defecalgesiophobia : Fear
of having painful bowel movements
Deipnophobia : Fear of dining
Demonophobia : Fear of demons
Dendrophobia : Fear of trees
Dentophobia : Fear of dentists
Dermatopathophobia : Fear
of sking disease
Diabetophobia : Fear of diabetes
Didaskaleinophobia : Fear
of going to school
Dinophobia : Fear of dizziness
Dipsophobia : Fear of drinking
Dishabillophobia : Fear of
undressing in front of someone
Domatophobia : Fear of being
in a house
Dromophobia : Fear of crosssing
streets
Dysmorphophobia : Fear of
a bodily defect not noticeable to others
Dystychiphobia : Fear of
accidents
Ecclesiaphobia : Fear of
churches, organized religions
Eisoptrophobia : Fear of
mirrors
Eleutherophobia : Fear of
freedom
Emetophobia : Fear of vomiting
Enochophobia : Fear of crowds
Entomophobia : Fear of insects
Epistaxiphobia : Fear of
nosebleeds
Equinophobia : Fear of horses
Eremophobia : Fear of being
oneself
Ergophobia : Fear of work
Erythrophobia : Fear of blushing
Esodophobia : Fear of losing
virginity
Eurotophobia : Fear of female
genitalia
Fibriophobia : Fear of fever
Frigophobia : Fear of cold
things
Gamophobia : Fear of marriage
Geliophobia : Fear of laughter
Gephyrophobia : Fear of bridges
Gerascophobia : Fear of growing
old
Geumaphobia : Fear of tastes
Glossophobia : Fear of speaking
in public
Graphophobia : Fear of writing
Gymnophobia : Fear of naked
bodies
Gynephobia : Fear of women
Hamartophobia : Fear of committing
an error
Harpaxophobia : Fear of becoming
a victim of robbery
Hedonophobia : Fear of pleasure
Heliophobia : Fear of sunlight
Helminthophobia : Fear of
worms
Hematophobia : Fear of blood
or sight of blood
Herpetophobia : Fear of snakes
and reptiles
Heterophobia : Fear of opposite
sex
Hobophobia : Fear of bums
Hodophobia : Fear of travel
Homiclophobia : Fear of fog
Hoplophobia : Fear of firearms
Hormephobia : Fear of shock
Hydrophobia : Fear of water
Hygrophobia : Fear of dampness
Hylephobia : Fear of epilepsy
Hylophobia : Fear of forests
Hypengyophobia : Fear of
responsibility
Hypnophobia : Fear of being
hypnotized
Hyprophobia : Fear of sleep
Icthyophobia : Fear of fish
Ideaphobia : Fear of ideas
Illyngophobia : Fear of vertigo,
feeling dizzy looking down
Iophobia : Fear of poisons
Isolophobia : Fear of solitude
or being alone
Isopterophobia : Fear of
termites
Kakorrhaphiophobia : Fear
of failure
Katagelophobia : Fear of
being ridiculed
Kathisophobia : Fear of sitting
down
Kleptophobia : Fear of stealing
Lachanophobia : Fear of vegetables
Lalophobia : Fear of stuttering
or speaking
Leprophobia : Fear of leprosy
Leukophobia : Fear of color
white
Ligyrophobia : Fear of noise
Lilapsophobia : Fear of hurricanes
or tornadoes
Limophobia : Fear of lakes
Litigaphobia : Fear of litigation
or lawsuits
Lockiophobia : Fear of childbirth
Logophobia : Fear of words
Lunaphobia : Fear of the
moon
Lutraphobia : Fear of otters
Lygophobia : Fear of being
in dark or gloomy places
Lyssophobia : Fear of becoming
insane
Macrophobia : Fear of long
waits
Mageirocophobia : Fear of
cooking
Mastigophobia : Fear of punishment
Mechanophobia : Fear of machinery
Megalophobia : Fear of large
objects
Melissophobia : Fear of bears
Meningitophobia : Fear of
brain diseases
Menophobia : Fear of menstruation
Merinthophobia : Fear of
being tied up
Meteorphobia : Fear of meteors
Methyphobia : Fear of alcohol
Misophobia : Fear of contamination
with dirt or germs
Monophobia : Fear of being
lonely
Motorphobia : Fear of automobiles
Musophobia : Fear of mice
Mycrophobia : Fear of small
things
Necrophobia : Fear of corpses
or dead bodies
Nephophobia : Fear of clouds
Noctiphobia : Fear of night
Nosophobia : Fear of illness
Novercaphophobia : Fear of
stepmother
Nucleomitophobia : Fear of
nuclear weapons
Obesophobia : Fear of gaining
weight
Odonophobia : Fear of teeth
Odynesophobia : Fear of pain
Olfactophobia : Fear of odors
Ombrophobia : Fear of rain
Oneirogmophobia : Fear of
wet dreams
Oneirophobia : Fear of dreams
Ornithopia : Fear of birds
Ouranophobia : Fear of heaven
Pagophobia : Fear of ice
or frost
Panphobia : Fear of anything
and everything
Panthophobia : Fear of suffering
Papaphobia : Fear of the
Pope
Papyrophobia : Fear of paper
Parasitophobia : Fear of
parasites
Paraskavedekatriaphobia :
Fear of Friday the 13th
Pareunophobia : Fear of sex
Pathophobia : Fear of illness
Peccatiphobia : Fear of sinning
Pediaphobia : Fear of dolls
Pediculophobia : Fear of
lice
Peladophobia : Fear of bald
people or becoming bald
Peniaphobia : Fear of poverty
Pentheraphobia : Fear of
one's mother-in-law
Phagophobia : Fear of eating
or swallowing
Pharmacophobia : Fear of
taking drugs or medicine
Phasmophobia : Fear of ghosts
Philemaphobia : Fear of kissing
Philophobia : Fear of love
Phobophobia : Fear of fears
Phonophobia : Fear of speaking
aloud, speaking one's own voice
Photoaugiaphobia : Fear of
glaring lights
Pnigophobia : Fear of choking
Pogonophobia : Fear of beards
Politicophobia : Fear of
politicians
Potamophobia : Fear of rivers
Proctophobia : Fear of rectal
diseases
Pterophobia : Fear of feathers,
birds
Pyrexiophobia : Fear of having
a fever
Pyrophobia : Fear of fire
Radiophobia : Fear of X-rays
Rhytiphobia : Fear of getting
wrinkles
Satanophobia : Fear of Satan
Scolionophobia : Fear of
school
Sciaphobia : Fear of shadows
Scopophobia : Fear of being
stared at
Selaphobia : Fear of flashing
lights
Shamhainophobia : Fear of
Halloween
Sitophobia : Fear of eating
or the sight of food
Sominphobia : Fear of sleep
Soteriophobia : Fear of dependence
on others
Spheksophobia : Fear of wasps
Stygiophobia : Fear of Hell
Suriphobia : Fear of mice
Syngenesophobia Fear of relatives
Tabophobia : Fear of wasting
sickness
Tacophobia : Fear of speed
Taphophobia : Fear of being
buried alive
Testophobia : Fear of taking
tests
Thanatophobia : Fear of death
Theophobia : Fear of God
Termophobia : Fear of heat,
being too warm
Tomophobia : Fear of surgical
operations
Toxicophobia : Fear of poison
Urophobia : Fear of urinating
Vacciniophobia : Fear of
vaccinations
Vestiphobia : Fear of clothing
Virgivitiphobia : Fear of
rape
Vitricophobia : Fear of stepfather
Xenophobia : Fear of strangers
Xerophobia : Fear of dryness
Zelophobia : Fear of jealousy
Zoophobia : Fear of animals
Compiled from "The Encyclopedia
of Phobias, Fears and Anxieties", 2nd Edition, Ronald M. Doctor, Ph. D.
& Ada P. Kahn, Ph. D., 2000, Facts on File, Inc.
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