Top 30 Fears and Phobias

Arachnophobia – The fear of spiders affects women four times more (48% women and 12% men).  

Ophidiophobia – The fear of snakes. Phobic's even avoid certain cities because they have more snakes.  

Acrophobia – The fear of heights. Five percent of the general population suffer from this phobia.  

Agoraphobia – The fear of open or crowded spaces. People with this fear often wont leave home.  

Cynophobia – The fear of dogs. This includes everything from miniature Poodles to large Great Danes.  

Astraphobia – The fear of thunder/lightning  

Claustrophobia – The fear of small spaces like elevators, small rooms and other enclosed spaces.  

Mysophobia – The fear of germs. It is also rightly termed as Germaphobia or Bacterophobia. 

Aerophobia – The fear of flying. Millions of people share a fear of flying. Trypophobia – The fear of holes is an unusual but pretty common phobia. Carcinophobia – The fear of cancer. People with this develop extreme diets. Thanatophobia – The fear of death. Even talking about death can be hard. Glossophobia – The fear of public speaking. Not being able to do speeches. Monophobia – The fear of being alone. Even while eating and/or sleeping. Atychiphobia – The fear of failure. It is the single greatest barrier to success. Ornithophobia – The fear of birds. Individuals suffering from this may only fear certain species.  

Alektorophobia – The fear of chickens. You may have this phobia if chickens make you panic.  

Enochlophobia – The fear of crowds Aphenphosmphobia – The fear of intimacy. Fear of being touched and love. 

Trypanophobia – The fear of needles. I used to fear needles (that and death). Anthropophobia – The fear of people. Being afraid of people in all situations. Aquaphobia – The fear of water. Being afraid of water or being near water. Autophobia – The fear of abandonment and being abandoned by someone. Hemophobia – The fear of blood. Even the sight of blood can cause fainting. Gamophobia – The fear of commitment or sticking with someone to the end. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia – The fear of long words. Believe it or not, it’s real. 

Xenophobia – The fear of the unknown. Fearing anything or anyone that is strange or foreign. 

Vehophobia – The fear of driving. This phobia affects personal and work life. Basiphobia – The fear of falling. Some may even refuse to walk or stand up. Achievemephobia – The fear of success. The opposite to the fear of failure.