Total Phobia

Total Phobia. Psychological ConditionsEthnic Prejudices and DiscriminationPhobia in The Natural SciencesJocular and Fictional PhobiasSee AlsoFurther ReadingExternal LinksSpecialists may prefer to avoid the suffix phobia and use more descriptive terms such as personality disorders anxiety disorders and avoidant personality disorder Terms should strictly have a Greek prefix although many are irregularly formed with Latin or even English prefixes Many use inaccurate or imprecise prefixes such as aerophobia (fear of air) for fear of flying The suffix phobia is used to coin terms that denote a particular antiethnic or antidemographic sentiment such as Americanophobia Europhobia Francophobia Hispanophobia and Indophobia Often a synonym with the prefix “anti” already exists (eg Polonophobia vs antiPolonism) Antireligious sentiments are expressed in terms such as Christianophobia and Islamophobia In the natural sciences words with the suffix phobia/phobic generally describe a predisposition for avoidance and/or exclusion For antonyms see here Aibohphobia – a humorous term for the fear of palindromes which is a palindrome itself The term is a piece of computer humor entered into the 1981 The Devil&#39s DP DictionaryAnatidaephobia – the fictional fear that one is being watched by a duck The word comes from the name of the family Anatidae and was used in Gary Larson&#39s The Far SideAnoraknophobia – a portmanteau of “anorak” and “arachnophobia” It was used in the Wallace and Gromit comic book Anoraknophobia Also the title of an album by MarillionArachibutyrophobia – fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth from Latin arachis “peanut” and butyrum “butter” The word is used by Charles M Schulz in a 1982 installment of his Pe Aldrich C (2 December 2002) The Aldrich Dictionary of Phobias and Other Word Families Trafford Publishing pp 224–236 ISBN 155369886X.

Arachnophobia An irrational fear of spiders is called Arachnophobia In this case an individual experiences symptoms of anxiety dizziness rapid heart rate nausea sweating and choking just by anticipating the contact with spiders Ophidiophobia The second most common fear ophidiophobia is the fear of snakes About 1/3rd of adult humans suffer from this phobia Being scared of snakes is a common human tendency Agoraphobia A panic attack induced by the fear of not being able to escape from a particular place is called agoraphobia It might be an enclosed small space (lift) a crowded place (train) or a completely open place (desert) Acrophobia A condition where tall buildings bridges hills balconies or roller coasters induce extreme fear in a person is called acrophobia In this case the individual tries to avoid any place that is at a higher altitude.

List Of Phobias: The Ultimate List Of The Top 100 Phobias

A phobia is an overwhelming and debilitating fear of an object place situation feeling or animal Phobias are more pronounced than fears They develop when a person has an exaggerated or unrealistic sense of danger about a situation or object If a phobia becomes very severe a person may organise their life around avoiding the thing that&#39s.

Phobia List – The Ultimate List of Phobias and Fears

Support my work by sharing this phobia list Not sure if you have an anxiety disorder? Take the anxiety test Top 100 Phobia List These are the top 100 phobias in the world with the most common ones listed from the top You can click on each phobia to learn about causes symptoms and treatments.

Overview Phobias NHS

According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIH) approximately 125% of adults in the US will deal with a specific phobia in their lifetime Women are more likely to experience phobias than men Typical symptoms of phobias can include nausea trembling rapid heartbeat feelings of unreality and being preoccupied with the fear object Author Kendra Cherry.