Types of phobia
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Classifications |
Fear |
Classifications |
Fear |
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Acrophobia |
Height |
Mysophobia |
Dirt, germs, contamination |
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Ailurophobia |
Cats |
Numerophobia |
Numbers |
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Algophobia |
Pain |
Nyctophobia |
Darkness |
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Anthophobia |
Flowers |
Ochophobia |
Riding in a car |
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Anthropophobia |
People |
Ophidiophobia |
Snakes |
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Aquaphobia |
Water |
Pyrophobia |
Fire |
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Arachnophobia |
Spiders |
Scoleciphobia |
Worms |
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Astraphobia |
Lightning |
Siderodromophobia |
Railroads or train travel |
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Belonephobia |
Needles |
Taphophobia |
Being buried alive |
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Brontophobia |
Thunder |
Thanatophobia |
Death |
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Claustrophobia |
Closed spaces |
Trichophobia |
Hair |
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Cynophobia |
Dogs |
Triskaidekaphobia |
The number 13 |
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Dementophobia |
Insanity |
Xenophobia |
Strangers |
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Equinophobia |
Horses |
Zoophobia |
Animals |
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Gamophobia |
Marriage |
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Herpetophobia |
Lizards, reptiles |
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Homophobia |
Homosexuality |
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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
