Types of phobia
Classifications | Fear | Classifications | Fear |
Acrophobia | Height | Mysophobia | Dirt, germs, contamination |
Ailurophobia | Cats | Numerophobia | Numbers |
Algophobia | Pain | Nyctophobia | Darkness |
Anthophobia | Flowers | Ochophobia | Riding in a car |
Anthropophobia | People | Ophidiophobia | Snakes |
Aquaphobia | Water | Pyrophobia | Fire |
Arachnophobia | Spiders | Scoleciphobia | Worms |
Astraphobia | Lightning | Siderodromophobia | Railroads or train travel |
Belonephobia | Needles | Taphophobia | Being buried alive |
Brontophobia | Thunder | Thanatophobia | Death |
Claustrophobia | Closed spaces | Trichophobia | Hair |
Cynophobia | Dogs | Triskaidekaphobia | The number 13 |
Dementophobia | Insanity | Xenophobia | Strangers |
Equinophobia | Horses | Zoophobia | Animals |
Gamophobia | Marriage | ||
Herpetophobia | Lizards, reptiles | ||
Homophobia | Homosexuality | ||
Murophobia | Mice |
Biological aspects
- Neuroanatomical- Specific areas in the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala play a role in storing and recalling information about threatening or potentially deadly events.
- Temperament- Children experience fears as a part of normal development
- Characteristics with which one is born that influence how he or she responds throughout life to specific situations (for example, innate fears)
Life experiences
- Early experiences may set the stage for phobic reactions later in life.
- For instance, a child who fell a flight of stairs would have a fear of heights in the future.
Anxiety Disorder Due to another Medical Condition
- Medical conditions that may produce anxiety symptoms include
- Cardiac
- Endocrine
- Respiratory
- Neurological
Substance- or Medication-Induced Anxiety Disorder
- May be associated with intoxication or withdrawal from any of the following substances:
- Alcohol, sedatives, hypnotics, or anxiolytics
- Amphetamines or cocaine
- Hallucinogens
- Caffeine
- Cannabis
- Others
