List of Phobias

Common Phobias

My top 10

• 1Aichmophobia
  The fear of needles
  (It's estimated that around 10% of the population has severe needle phobia)
• 2Acrophobia
  The fear of heights
  (This phobia affects between 2-5% of the population)
• 3Astraphobia
  The fear of thunderstorms
  (Astraphobia is the 3rd most common phobia, mostly affecting children)
• 4Claustrophobia
  The fear of enclosed or confined spaces
  (Between 5-7% of the population is severely claustrophobic)
• 5Aviophobia
  The fear of flying
  (It's estimated that around 50% of the population suffer from some degree of fear while flying)
• 6Glossophobia
  The fear of public speaking
  (75% of all public speakers get nervous while speaking)
• 7Nyctophobia
  The fear of the dark
  (more common in children, but can sometimes last through to adulthood)
• 8Ophidiophobia
  Fear of snakes
  (Studies show that this "fear" could just be survival instinct)
• 9Claustophobia
  Fear of elevators
  (Although this is a common phobia, it doesn't have an official name. Claustophobia was created by weaving the two main components responsible for the fear of elevators together, Claustrophobia and Acrophobia )
• 10Sociophobia
  Fear of people or social situations
  (It's estimated that 19 million Americans suffer from Sociophobia)

Weirdest Phobias

My top 10

• 1Anatidaephobia
  The fear that a duck is watching you.
  (This is a fake phobia thought up of by the cartoonist, Gary Larson)
• 2Nomophobia
  Fear of being out of mobile phone contact
  (Otherwise known as adolescence)
• 3Digiphobia
  Fear of digital screens
  (This means no tv, computer, digital phone, gps, etc. Basically, hello 1800's!)
• 4Agyrophobia
  The fear off crossing streets
  (The chicken that crossed the road definitely wasn't suffering from this phobia)
• 5Rahatkaphobia
  Fear of unintelligent animals
  (I wonder what the criteria is in order to qualify as intelligent)
• 6Tetraphobia
  Fear of the number 4
  (I can understand fear of the numbers 13 or 666, but what's so bad about 4?)
• 7Hellenologophobia
  Fear of Greek terms or scientific terminology
  (Oh no! Not smart words!)
• 8Spectrophobia
  Fear of one's own reflection
  (otherwise known as recognizing fugly when you see it)
• 9Koumpounophobia
  Fear of sewing buttons
  (I suppose with enough velcro, a person could live sewing button free)
• 10Dikephobia
  Fear of justice
  (Otherwise known as an ex-con)

Funniest Phobias

My top 10

• 1Arachibutyrophobia
  Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth
  (I'm debating whether or not to move this one to the weird category. It's both funny and weird!)
• 2Barophobia
  Fear of gravity
  (Why not fear air too?)
• 3Cathisophobia
  Fear of sitting
  (Seriously? Do you just stand all day?)
• 4Dextrophobia
  Fear of objects at the right side of the body
  (I imagine spinning in circles all day so that nothing would constantly be on my right side)
• 5Levophobia
  Fear of things to the left side of the body
  (If we're going to be scared of the right, we might as well be scared of the left too)
• 6Hippopotomonstrosesquippediliophobia
  The fear of long words
  (That's a little ironic. Do you think they did that on purpose?)
• 7Geumophobia
  Fear of taste
  (Seriously?)
• 8Linonophobia
  Fear of string
  (So I'm guessing a yo-yo is a no-no?)
• 9Peladophobia
  Fear of bald people
  (Bad news for Dr. Phil)
• 10Chrematophobia
  Fear of money
  (I can help you out with that. lol)

Cultural Phobias

• 1Xenophobia
  Fear of foreigners
• 2Japanophobia
  Fear of Japanese
• 3Russophobia
  Fear of Russians
• 4Judeophobia
  Fear of Jews
• 5Galiophobia
  Fear France or French culture
• 6Anglophobia
  Fear of England or English culture
• 7Germanophobia
  Fear of Germany or German culture
• 8Sinophobia
  Fear of Chinese or Chinese culture
• 9Dutchphobia
  Fear of the Dutch

Not So Bad Phobias

My top 10

• 1Agraphobia
  Fear of sexual abuse
• 2Cyprianophobia
  Fear of venereal disease
  (The gift that keeps on giving)
• 3Lepraphobia
  Fear of leprosy
  (I've seen it in the movies. No thank you!)
• 4Necrophobia
  Fear of dead things
  (As opposed to the joy of dead things)
• 5Nucleomituphobia
  Fear of nuclear weapons
  (Do I really have to explain this one?)
• 6Pocrescophobia
  Fear of gaining weight
  (This seems like a good way to diet)
• 7Selachophobia
  Fear of sharks
  (40,000 pounds. 90 sharp teeth. Willing to eat anything. Yep. I'm scared)
• 8Syphilophobia
  Fear of syphilis
  (Well, would you want syphilis?)
• 9Taphophobia
  Fear of being placed in a grave while still alive
  (I think any sane person would be afraid of this)
• 10Cacophobia
  Fear of ugliness
  (Don't hate me cause I'm beautiful!)