I was recently asked if there is a phobia for everything. There’s certainly potential for this to be true and over the next few months I’m going to focus attention on specific phobias. So just to get started, here is an A to Z of phobias some of which you may be more familiar with than others. I have certainly not come across “Y” yet but there again who has?
A – Acrophobia – Fear of heights.
B – Bibliophobia: Fear of books or reading.
C – Coulrophobia: Fear of clowns.
D – Dentophobia: Fear of dentists or dental procedures.
E – Emetophobia: Fear of vomiting.
F – Arachnophobia: Fear of spiders.
G – Glossophobia: Fear of public speaking.
H – Hydrophobia: Fear of water.
I – Ichthyophobia: Fear of fish.
J- jangelaphobia – fear of jelly.
K – Katsaridaphobia: Fear of cockroaches.
L – Lepidopterophobia: Fear of butterflies or moths.
M – Mysophobia: Fear of germs or dirt.
N – Nyctophobia: Fear of darkness or night.
O – Ophidiophobia: Fear of snakes.
P- Pogonophobia :Fear of beards
Q – Quadraphobia:fear of the number four
R – Trypanophobia: Fear of needles or injections.
S – Scopophobia: Fear of being stared at or watched.
T – Thanatophobia: Fear of death or dying.
U – Uranophobia: Fear of heaven.
V – Venustraphobia: Fear of beautiful women.
W – Wiccaphobia: Fear of witches and witchcraft.
X – Xenophobia: Fear of strangers or foreigners.
Y – Yokai-phobia: Fear of Japanese supernatural creatures.
Z – Zoophobia: Fear of animals.
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