Phobia
Source: Verywell mind
A phobia is a persistent, excessive, unrealistic fear of an object, person, animal, activity or situation. It is a type of anxiety disorder.
Types:
1. Simple / specific phobia
2. Social anxiety disorder
3. Agoraphobia
Symptoms of a phobia:
• Shortness of breath
• Pounding / Racing heart
• Chest pain or tightness
• Trembling or shaking
• Feeling dizzy or lightheaded
• Rapid speech or inability to speak
• Dry mouth
• Upset stomach
• Nausea
• Elevated blood pressure
• Choking sensation
• Sense of impending doom
• Hot or cold flashes
• Tingling sensations
• Sweating
• Anxiety or panic
• Headache
• Confusion and disorientation
• Feeling intense need to escape
• Fear of losing control or going crazy
• Feeling like you’re going to die or pass out
• Knowing that you’re overreacting, but feeling powerless to control fear
Different phobias alphabetically:
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. Arachibutyrophobia - Fear of peanut butter
14. Arachnophobia - Fear of spiders
15. Arithmophobia - Fear of numbers
16. Astraphobia - Fear of thunder and lightning
17. Ataxophobia - Fear of disorder or untidiness
18. Atelophobia - Fear of imperfection
19. Atychiphobia - Fear of failure
20. Automatonophobia - Fear of Human-Like Figures
21. Autophobia - Fear of being alone
22. Bacteriophobia - Fear of bacteria
23. Barophobia - Fear of gravity
24. Bathmophobia - Fear of stairs or steep slopes
25. Batrachophobia - Fear of amphibians
26. Belonephobia - Fear of pins and needles
27. Bibliophobia - Fear of books
28. Botanophobia - Fear of plants
29. Cacophobia - Fear of ugliness
30. Catagelophobia - Fear of being ridiculed
31. Catoptrophobia - Fear of mirrors
32. Chionophobia - Fear of snow
33. Chromophobia - Fear of colors
34. Chronomentrophobia - Fear of clocks
35. Chronophobia - Fear of Time
36. Claustrophobia - Fear of confined spaces
37. Coulrophobia - Fear of clowns
38. Cyberphobia - Fear of computers
39. Cynophobia - Fear of dogs
40. Dendrophobia - Fear of trees
41. Dentophobia - Fear of dentists
42. Domatophobia - Fear of houses
43. Dystychiphobia - Fear of accidents
44. Ecophobia - Fear of the home
45. Elurophobia - Fear of cats
46. Entomophobia - Fear of insects
47. Ephebiphobia - Fear of teenagers
48. Equinophobia - Fear of horses
49. Gamophobia - Fear of marriage
50. Genuphobia - Fear of knees
51. Glossophobia - Fear of speaking in public
52. Gynophobia - Fear of women
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