What Scares You?

Sometimes we see a certain object which induces a sudden nervousness in us, or at some moments even panic attacks, that my friend is what phobia is, in simple terms.

What does one understand by the term "Phobia"?
Aphobiais a type ofanxiety disorder, defined by a persistent and excessive fear of an object or situation.The phobia typically results in a rapid onset of fear and is present for more than six months. If the feared object or situation cannot be avoided, the affected person experiences significantdistress. Phobias can be divided intospecific phobias,social phobia, andagoraphobia.

The most common arefear of spiders,fear of snakes, andfear of heights. Occasionally they are triggered by a negative experience with the object or situation. Social phobia is when the situation is feared as the person is worried about others judging them. Agoraphobia is when fear of a situation occurs because it is felt that escape would not be possible.

The list of various phobias is here, lets check if we have one or not!

• Achluophobia -Fear of darkness.

• Acrophobia -Fear of heights.

• Anthropophobia-Fear of people or society.

• Arachnophobia-Fear of spiders.

• Arithmophobia -Fear of numbers.

• Astraphobia -Fear of thunder and lightning.

• Bacteriophobia -Fear of bacteria.

• Bathmophobia -Fear of stairs or steep slopes.

• Belonephobia -Fear of pins and needles.

• Cacophobia -Fear of ugliness.

• Chronophobia- Fear of Time.

• Claustrophobia -Fear of confined spaces.

• Coulrophobia-Fear of clowns.

• Cynophobia -Fear of dogs.

• Domatophobia -Fear of houses.

• Dystychiphobia -Fear of accidents.

• Elurophobia -Fear of cats.

• Entomophobia -Fear of insects.

• Ephebiphobia -Fear of teenagers.

• Gamophobia -Fear of marriage.

• Glossophobia -Fear of speaking in public.

• Gynophobia -Fear of women.

• Heliophobia -Fear of the sun.

• Hemophobia -Fear of blood.

• Hydrophobia -Fear of water.

• Leukophobia -Fear of the color white.

• Lilapsophobia -Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes.

• Mageirocophobia -Fear of cooking.

• Melanophobia -Fear of the color black.

• Mysophobia -Fear of dirt and germs.

• Necrophobia -Fear of death or dead things.

• Nyctophobia -Fear of the dark.

• Obesophobia -Fear of gaining weight.

• Octophobia -Fear of the figure 8.

• Ombrophobia -Fear of rain.

• Pedophobia -Fear of children.

• Philophobia -Fear of love.

• Phobophobia-Fear of phobias.

• Podophobia -Fear of feet.

• Samhainophobia -Fear of Halloween.

• Scolionophobia -Fear of school.

• Somniphobia -Fear of sleep.

• Tachophobia -Fear of speed.

• Technophobia -Fear of technology.

• Tonitrophobia -Fear of thunder.

• Venustraphobia -Fear of beautiful women.

• Verminophobia -Fear of germs.

• Zoophobia-Fear of animals.

Comment below if you have some phobia and let us all know how bravely you deal with it!