Psychological Phobias

Fear of losing control, going insane, death, and existential threats. These phobias often co-occur with anxiety disorders and respond to cognitive-behavioural approaches.

Psychological

Agateophobia

Fear of insanity.

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Agnosiophobia

Fear of ignorance.

Prevalence: Rare

Psychological

Agyiophobia

Fear of streets or crossing streets.

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Aibohphobia

Fear of palindromes (humorous).

Prevalence: Rare

Psychological

Amnesiphobia

Fear of amnesia.

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Anablephobia

Fear of looking up.

Prevalence: Rare

Psychological

Ankylophobia

Fear of joint immobility.

Prevalence: Rare

Psychological

Apotemnophobia

Fear of amputees.

Prevalence: Rare

Psychological

Arrhenphobia

Fear of men (variant).

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Asymmetriphobia

Fear of asymmetrical things.

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Ataxiophobia

Fear of ataxia (loss of coordination).

Prevalence: Rare

Psychological

Atomosophobia

Fear of atomic explosions.

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Autodysomophobia

Fear of having a vile odor.

Prevalence: Rare

Psychological

Automysophobia

Fear of being dirty.

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Blennophobia

Fear of slime.

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Bromidrosiphobia

Fear of body smells.

Prevalence: Rare

Psychological

Caligynephobia

Fear of beautiful women.

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Cainophobia

Fear of newness.

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Cnidophobia

Fear of stings.

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Coitophobia

Fear of sexual intercourse.

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Contreltophobia

Fear of sexual abuse.

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Coprastasophobia

Fear of constipation.

Prevalence: Rare

Psychological

Counterphobia

Preference for fearful situations.

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Cyclophobia

Fear of bicycles.

Prevalence: Rare

Psychological

Defecaloesiophobia

Fear of painful bowel movements.

Prevalence: Rare

Psychological

Dermatosiophobia

Fear of skin disease.

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Dextrophobia

Fear of objects at the right side of the body.

Prevalence: Rare

Psychological

Dikephobia

Fear of justice.

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Diplophobia

Fear of double vision.

Prevalence: Rare

Psychological

Dishabiliophobia

Fear of undressing in front of someone.

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Dromophobia

Fear of crossing streets.

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Dutchphobia

Fear of the Dutch.

Prevalence: Rare

Psychological

Ecophobia

Fear of home.

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Eleutherophobia

Fear of freedom.

Prevalence: Rare

Psychological

Elurophobia

Fear of cats.

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Enetophobia

Fear of pins.

Prevalence: Rare

Psychological

Epistaxiophobia

Fear of nosebleeds.

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Gnosiophobia

Fear of knowledge.

Prevalence: Rare

Psychological

Hagiophobia (variant)

Fear of holy things (variant).

Prevalence: Rare

Psychological

Hellenologophobia

Fear of Greek terms.

Prevalence: Rare

Psychological

Hobophobia

Fear of hobos.

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Hypengyophobia (variant)

Fear of responsibility (variant).

Prevalence: Common

Psychological

Lockiophobia

Fear of childbirth.

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Medorthophobia

Fear of an erect penis.

Prevalence: Rare

Psychological

Misandrophobia

Fear or hatred of men.

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Nausea Phobia

Fear of nausea.

Prevalence: Common

Psychological

Odinophobia (variant)

Fear of pain (variant).

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Panthophobia

Fear of suffering and disease.

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Papyrophobia (variant)

Fear of paper (variant).

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Phthisiophobia

Fear of tuberculosis.

Prevalence: Rare

Psychological

Piblokto

Arctic hysteria — a culture-bound syndrome.

Prevalence: Rare

Psychological

Polyphobia

Fear of many things.

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Porphyrophobia (variant)

Fear of the color purple (variant).

Prevalence: Rare

Psychological

Russophobia (variant)

Fear of Russia (variant).

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Scelerophobia (variant)

Fear of burglars (variant).

Prevalence: Common

Psychological

Sinistrophobia (variant)

Fear of left-handedness (variant).

Prevalence: Rare

Psychological

Sociophobia (variant)

Fear of social situations (variant).

Prevalence: Very Common

Psychological

Soteriophobia (variant)

Fear of dependence on others (variant).

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Taphephobia (variant)

Fear of being buried alive (variant).

Prevalence: Common

Psychological

Technophobia (variant)

Fear of technology (variant).

Prevalence: Common

Psychological

Theophobia (variant)

Fear of God (variant).

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Tyrannophobia (variant)

Fear of tyrants (variant).

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Venereophobia (variant)

Fear of STDs (variant).

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Xenoglossophobia

Fear of foreign languages.

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Zelophobia (third variant)

Fear of jealousy (third variant).

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Zemmiphobia (variant)

Fear of the great mole rat (variant).

Prevalence: Rare

Psychological

Coitophobia (variant)

Fear of sexual intercourse (variant).

Prevalence: Uncommon

Psychological

Dikephobia (variant)

Fear of justice (variant).

Prevalence: Uncommon