Phobia Hobia

So randomly, a colleague at work tells me she has Achluophobia, or fear of the dark. This lead to a loooong conversation about phobias, and which ones we could dig up. Here's my list so far . . .


Ablutophobia: Fear of washing or bathing (Know lots of people with this...)

Aerophobia: Fear of swallowing air

Ambulophobia: Fear of walking

Anablephobia: Fear of looking up

Anemophobia: Fear of wind (Do you mean; oh, I get it . . . )

Anthrophobia: Fear of flowers

Barophobia: Fear of gravity

Basophobia: Fear of walking

Batophobia: Fear of being close to high buildings

Bibliophobia: Fear of books

Blennophobia: Fear of slime

Bogyphobia: Fear of the bogeyman (Didn't we all?)

Cathisophobia: Fear of sitting

Catoptrophobia: Fear of mirrors (Like in "Candyman"?)

Chaetophobia: Fear of hair

Chionophobia: Fear of snow

Chromatophobia: Fear of colors

Chronophobia: Fear of time

Cibophobia: Fear of food

Clinophobia: Fear of going to bed

Cnidophobia: Fear of string (!?)

Deciophobia: Fear of making decisions

Dendrophobia: Fear of trees

Dextrophobia: Fear of objects at the right side of the body (Huh?)

Didaskaleinophobia: Fear of school (Hahahaha)

Eisoptrophobia: Fear of mirrors

Eleutherophobia: Fear of freedom

Eosophobia: Fear of daylight

Epistemophobia: Fear of knowledge

Ergophobia: Fear of work

Ereuthophobia: Fear of the color red

Geliophobia: Fear of laughter

Geniophobia: Fear of chins (Right.....)

Genuphobia: Fear of knees

Geumaphobia: Fear of taste

Gnosiophobia: Fear of knowledge (Now it's getting deep...)

Graphophobia: Fear of writing

Heliophobia: Fear of the sun

Helmintophobia: Fear of being infested with worms (As we all do...)

Hemophobia: Fear of blood

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia: Fear of long words (Ironic)

Homichlophobia: Fear of fog

Hypnophobia: Fear of sleep

Ichthyophobia: Fear of fish

Ideophobia: Fear of ideas

Kainophobia: Fear of anything new

Kathisophobia: Fear of sitting down

Lachanophobia: Fear of vegetables

Leukophobia: Fear of the color white

Levophobia: Fear of objects to the left side of the body

Linonophobia: Fear of string

Logophobia: Fear of words

Melanophobia: Fear of the color black

Melophobia: Fear of music

Metrophobia: Fear of poetry

Mnemophobia: Fear of memories

Mottephobia: Fear of moths

Nebulaphobia: Fear of fog

Neophobia: Fear of anything new

Nephophobia: Fear of clouds

Nomatophobia: Fear of names

Octophobia: Fear of the number 8

Ommetaphobia: Fear of eyes

Oneirophobia: Fear of dreams

Ophthalmophobia: Fear of opening one's eyes

Ostraconophobia: Fear of shellfish (I'm allergic, does that count?)

Panophobia: Fear of everything

Papyrophobia: Fear of paper

Paraskavedekatriaphobia: Fear of Friday the 13th

Peladophobia: Fear of bald people

Phobophobia: Fear of fear (Wow Freud...)

Photophobia: Fear of light

Phronemophobia: Fear of thinking

Pogonophobia: Fear of beards

Sciophobia: Fear of shadows

Scolionophobia: Fear of school

Selenophobia: Fear of the moon

Siderophobia: Fear of stars

Sitophobia: Fear of food

Sophophobia: Fear of learning

Stasibasiphobia: Fear of walking

Thaasophobia: Fear of sitting

Trichopathophobia: Fear of hair

Triskadekaphobia: Fear of the number 13

Verbophobia: Fear of words

Xanthophobia: Fear of the color yellow


And finally, this is by far the most ridiculous phobia I've ever heard of:



Arachibutyrophobia: Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth