Just what is a phobia, anyway? It is commonly considered to be an "irrational persistent fear of or an excessive avoidance of a specific object, some particular activity or situation." A phobic person might well have an unusual fear response to heights, snakes, bugs, water or a list of over a thousand other things. My intention is to help sufferers see that if they have hypochondria, they may well have phobias that could be cured and then their hypochondria could be lessened and often times, even go away forever.
Below is a very large list of phobias. This list is not meant to be exhaustive (although it could be) it is meant, however, to be helpful to those wanting to be able to begin to live a healthy life.
So without further ado, the list. Some of the items you will see in this list are also symptoms or problems seen in many different illnesses. The first step here is just to see how many you can circle and be willing to talk to someone about. Once you have circled the fears that apply to you, please make a list and email the list and any questions you might have to RoseMeade at tallnews@aol.com. We can talk together and see what your next step might be.
A Air - Aerophobia Animals - Zoophobia Auroral lights - Auroraphobia
B Bacteria - Bacteriophobia Beards - Pogonophobia Bees - Apiphobia or melissophobia Being afraid - Phobophobia Being alone - Autophobia or monophobia Being beaten - Rhabdophobia Being bound - Merinthophobia Being buried alive - Taphophobia Being dirty - Automysophobia Being egotistical - Autophobia Being scratched - Amychophobia Being stared at - Scopophobia Birds - Ornithophobia Blood - Hematophobia Blushing - Ereuthophobia Books - Bibliophobia
C Cancer - Cancerophobia or carcinomatophobia Cats - Ailurophobia or gatophobia Certain name - Onomatophobia Chickens - Alektorophobia Childbirth - Tocophobia Children - Pediophobia China - Sinophobia Choking - Pnigophobia Cholera - Cholerophobia Churches - Ecclesiaphobia Clouds - Nephophobia Cold - Psychrophobia or frigophobia Colours - Chromatophobia Corpse - Necrophobia Crossing a bridge - Gephyrophobia Crowds - Ochlophobia Crystals - Crystallophobia
D Dampness - Hygrophobia Darkness - Achluophobia or nyctophobia Dawn - Eosophobia Daylight - Phengophobia Death - Necrophobia or thanatophobia Deformity - Dysmorphophobia Demons and devils - Demonophobia Depth - Bathophobia Dirt - Mysophobia or rhypophobia Disease - Nosophobia or pathophobia Disorder - Ataxiophobia Dogs - Cynophobia Dolls - Pediophobia Draught - Anemophobia Dreams - Oneirophobia Drink - Potophobia
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