Phobias, Phobias, Phobias......Oh, So Many Phobias...Arachnophobia Etc

While searching the Internet for a name for my irrational fear of cockroaches, I ran across the meaning of Phobia, and the following is what I found.

1. A persistent, abnormal, and irrational fear of a specific thing or situation that compels one to avoid it, despite the awareness and reassurance that it is not dangerous. 2. A strong fear, dislike, or aversion.

Based on those meanings I have a legitimate phobia, but alas there is not a bonafide, specific name for my "phobia." It appears that I can only call it a fear of insects, "Entomophobia." That's not good enough for me, but I guess It'll have to do. NO, it won't do, I'm going to name it "roachophobia," now, there it is.

So, on my quest I found that there are hundreds of phobias, almost anything that you have an irrational or strong fear, dislike or aversion to, has a name with phobia attached to it. I'm going to name just a few.

Now before I proceed, I'd like to point out that some of these are real fears not feigned or imagined, so if I take a little levity, I'm only doing it for the entertainment, not to belittle anyone for their fears.

These happen to be, out of all the ones that I found, legitimate and believable. If I don't happen to name yours, it only means that I didn't find it, or to me, it was unbelievable, or maybe I haven't gotten to it yet.

So here it goes:

1. Ablutophobia--Fear of washing or bathing.
2. Achluophobia, Myctophobia, Nyctophobia, Scotophobia, or Lygophobia--Fear of darkness or of the night.
3. Acrophobia or Hysiphobia--Fear of heights.
4. Aeroacrophobia--Fear of open high places
5. Agliophobia, Algophobia, Odynophobia or Odynephobia--Fear of pain.
6. Agoraphobia--Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place.
7. Ailurophobia--Fear of cats.
8. Androphobia or Arrhenphobia--Fear of men.
9. Angrophobia--Fear of anger or of becoming angry.
10. Apiphobia or Melissophobia--Fear of bees.
11. Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia--Fear of spiders
    
12. Ataxophobia--Fear of disorder or untidiness.
13. Atychiphobia--Fear of failure.
14. Automatonophobia--Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues etc.
15. Automysophobia--Fear of being dirty.
16. Aviophobia, aviatophobia or Pteromerhanophobia--Fear of flying.
17. Bacteriophobia--Fear of bacteria
18. Bathmophobia--Fear of stairs or steep slopes.
19. Batophobia--Fear of heights or being close to heights or being close to high buildings.
20. Batrachophobia--Fear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders and the like.
21. Belonephobia or Aichmophobia--Fear of pins and needles.
22. Botanophobia--Fear of plants.
23. Cacophobia--Fear of ugliness.
24. Carnophobia--Fear of meat.
25. Catagelophobia--Fear of being ridiculed.
26. Catoptrophobia--Fear of mirrors.
27. Chaetophobia, Hypertrichophobia, Trichopathophobia, or Trichophobia--Fear of hair.
28. Chiraptophobia--Fear of being touched.
29. Chorophobia--Fear of dancing.
30. Chrometophobia or Chrematophobia--Fear of money.
31. Claustrophobia--Fear of confined spaces.
32. Cleithrophobia or Cleisiophobia--Fear of being locked in an enclosed place.
33. Climacophobia--Fear of stairs, climbing, or of falling downstairs.
34. Clithrophobia or Cleithrophobia--Fear of being enclosed.
35. Coimetrophobia--Fear of cemeteries.
36. Coprophobia--Fear of feces.
37. Coulrophobia--Fear of clowns.
38. Cryophobia--Fear of extreme cold, ice or frost.
39. Cynophobia--Fear of dogs or rabies.
40. Demophobia--Fear of crowds, same as Agoraphobia and Enochlophobia.
41. Dentophobia--Fear of dentists.
42. Didaskaleinophobia--Fear of going to school. (I think one of my kids tried to use this one on me).
43. Dipsophobia--Fear of drinking.
44. Dishabiliophobia--Fear of undressing in front of someone.
45. Doraphobia--Fear of fur or skins of animals.
46. Dystychiphobia--Fear of accidents.
47. Eisoptrophobia--Fear of mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror.
48. Elurophobia or Ailurophobia, Felinophobia, Galeophobia, Gatophobia--Fear of cats.
49. Enetophobia--Fear of pins.
50. Entomophobia or Insectophobia--Fear of insects.
51. Equinophobia--Fear of horses.
52. Ergophobia--Fear of work.
53. Erythrophobia or Erytophobia or Ereuthophobia--Fear of anything red, red lights, blushing, etc.
54. Gamophobia--Fear of marriage.( I guess that's what dyed in the wool bachelors tell their girlfriends).
55. Genophobia--Fear of sex.
56. Gerascophobia or Gerontophobia--Fear of old people or growing old, (can we say Hollywood).
57. Haphephobia or Haptephobia--Fear of being touched.
58. Heliophobia--Fear of the sun.
59. Hemophobia, hemaphobia or Hematophobia--Fear of blood.
60. Herpetophobia--Fear of reptiles or other so called creepy, crawly things.
61. Hippophobia--Fear of horses.
62. Hominophobia--Fear of men.
63. Homophobia--Fear of homosexuality, or of becoming homosexual.
64. Hoplophobia--Fear of firearms.
65. Ichthyophobia--Fear of fish.
66. Isolophobia or Monophobia--Fear of solitude, or of being alone..
67. Kenophobia--Fear of voids or empty spaces.
68. Koniophobia--Fear of dust.
69. Lachanophobia--Fear of vegetables, (don't let your children use this one).
70. Lockiophobia--Fear of childbirth.
71. Lilapsophobia--Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes.
72. Maniaphobia--Fear of insanity.
73. Mastigophobia--Fear of punishment.
74. Mechanophobia--Fear of machines.
75. Melanophobia--Fear of the color black.

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Well this is getting out of hand. I'll have to complete this subject in another hub. Please check out Phobias, Phobias, Phobias......Oh, So Many Phobias, #2