Fear Factor

A phobia is an illogical dread of something. I Corinthians 14:33 (MSG) provides this insight for those individuals dealing with this life challenge. “God doesn’t stir us up into confusion; He brings us into harmony…” Below you will find an extensive list of phobias.

Everyone should be aware of how many different kinds there are. Be aware that a phobia is not something someone can just “get over” without the aid of professional help like therapy. (Remember, phobia sufferers need your compassion not your condemnation.)

1.   Achluophobia	Fear of darkness
2.   Acrophobia	Fear of heights
3.   Aerophobia	Fear of flying
4.   Algophobia	Fear of pain
5.   Agoraphobia	Fear of open spaces or crowds
6.   Aichmophobia	Fear of needles or pointed objects
7.   Amaxophobia	Fear of riding in a car
8.   Androphobia	Fear of men
9.   Anginophobia	Fear of angina or choking
10.               Anthrophobia	Fear of flowers
11.               Anthropophobia	Fear of people or society
12.               Aphenphosmphobia	Fear of being touched
13.               Arachnophobia	Fear of spiders
14.               Arithmophobia	Fear of numbers
15.               Astraphobia	Fear of thunder and lightening
16.               Ataxophobia	Fear of disorder or untidiness
17.               Atelophobia	Fear of imperfection
18.               Atychiphobia	Fear of failure
19.               Autophobia	Fear of being alone
20.               Bacteriophobia	Fear of bacteria
21.               Barophobia	Fear of gravity
22.               Bathmophobia	Fear of stairs or steep slopes
23.               Batrachophobia	Fear of amphibians
24.               Belonephobia	Fear of pins and needles
25.               Bibliophobia	Fear of books
26.               Botanophobia	Fear of plants
27.               Cacophobia	Fear of ugliness
28.               Catagelophobia	Fear of being ridiculed
29.               Catoptrophobia	Fear of mirrors
30.               Chionophobia	Fear of snow
31.               Chromophobia	Fear of colors
32.               Chronomentrophobia	Fear of clocks
33.               Claustrophobia	Fear of confined spaces
34.               Coulrophobia	Fear of clowns
35.               Cyberphobia	Fear of computers
36.               Cynophobia	Fear of dogs
37.               Dendrophobia	Fear of trees
38.               Dentophobia	Fear of dentists
39.               Domatophobia	Fear of houses
40.               Dystychiphobia	Fear of accidents
41.               Ecophobia	Fear of the home
42.               Elurophobia	Fear of cats
43.               Entomophobia	Fear of insects
44.               Ephebiphobia	Fear of teenagers
45.               Equinophobia	Fear of horses
46.               Gamophobia	Fear of marriage
47.               Genuphobia	Fear of knees
48.               Glossophobia	Fear of speaking in public
49.               Gynophobia	Fear of women
50.               Heliophobia	Fear of the sun
51.               Hemophobia	Fear of blood
52.               Herpetophobia	Fear of reptiles
53.               Hydrophobia	Fear of water
54.               Hypochonria	Fear of illness
55.               Iatrophobia	Fear of doctors
56.               Insectophobia	Fear of insects
57.               Koinoniphobia	Fear of rooms
58.               Leukophobia	Fear of the color white
59.               Lilapsophobia	Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes
60.               Lockiophobia	Fear of childbirth
61.               Mageirocophobia	Fear of cooking
62.               Megalophobia	Fear of large things
63.               Melanophobia	Fear of the color black
64.               Microphobia	Fear of small things
65.               Mysophobia	Fear of dirt and germs
66.               Necrophobia	Fear of death or dead things
67.               Noctiphobia	Fear of the night
68.               Nosocomephobia	Fear of hospitals
69.               Nyctophobia	Fear of the dark
70.               Obesophobia	Fear of gaining weight
71.               Octophobia	Fear of the figure
72.               Ombrophobia	Fear of rain
73.               Ophidiophobia	Fear of snakes
74.               Ornithophobia	Fear of birds
75.               Papyrophobia	Fear of paper
76.               Pathophobia	Fear of disease
77.               Pedophobia	Fear of children
78.               Philophobia	Fear of love
79.               Phobophobia	Fear of phobias
80.               Podophobia	Fear of feet
81.               Porphyrophobia	Fear of the color purple
82.               Pteridophobia	Fear of ferns
83.               Pteromerhanophobia	Fear of flying
84.               Pyrophobia	Fear of fire
85.               Samhainophobia	Fear of Halloween
86.               Scolionophobia	Fear of school
87.               Selenophobia	Fear of the moon
88.               Sociophobia	Fear of social evaluation
89.               Somniphobia	Fear of sleep
90.               Tachophobia	Fear of speed
91.               Technophobia	Fear of technology
92.               Tonitrophobia	Fear of thunder
93.               Trypanophobia	Fear of needles / injections
94.               Venustraphobia	Fear of beautiful women
95.               Verminophobia	Fear of germs
96.               Wiccaphobia	Fear of witches and witchcraft
97.               Xenophobia	Fear of strangers or foreigners
98.               Zoophobia	Fear of animals

With any challenge in life, it is best to proceed forward with all the information that is needed to make an accurate assessment. Do you believe this?

Proverbs 3:13-15 (ESV) gives this assistance. “Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, for the gain from her is better than gain from silver and her profit better than gold. She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her.”