Phobias From A to Z

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You’ve probably heard of arachnophobia, thanks in part to the movie with the same name, and claustrophobia, but what about gamophobia or phobophobia? Here’s a brief introduction to phobias, from the familiar to the more obscure. Acrophobia: Fear of heights Agoraphobia: Fear of being in a public place Ailurophobia: Fear of cats Androphobia: Fear of men Anthropophobia: Fear of human companionship Arachnophobia: Fear of spiders Bathophobia: Fear of deep places Claustrophobia: Fear of enclosed spaces Cynophobia: Fear of dogs Entomophobia: Fear of insects Ereuthophobia: Fear of blushing Gamophobia: Fear of marriage Gephyrophobia: Fear of crossing a bridge Gymnophobia: Fear of seeing a naked person Gynephobia: Fear of women Hedonophobia: Fear of pleasure Hypengyophobia: Fear of responsibility Hypnophobia: Fear of sleep Ichthyophobia: Fear of fish Mysophobia: Fear of dirt Nostophobia: Fear of going home Nyctophobia: Fear of night or darkness Ophidiophobia: Fear of snakes Pathophobia: Fear of disease Pediophobia: Fear of children or dolls Phobophobia: Fear of phobias Psychrophobia: Fear of the cold Scopophobia: Fear of being stared at Spectrophobia: Fear of mirrors Tocophobia: Fear of childbirth Theophobia: Fear of God Triskaidekaphobia: Fear of the number thirteen Zoophobia: Fear of animals Although, this is not the most pleasant subject, I thought it would be fun to look at this list and see if we are here or know someone with these phobias. Some of these, most people have a fear of, like snakes and some of these seem almost rediculous, like a fear of cats or dogs. I wont share my fears, but I will say that I know a guy who has a paralyzing fear of dolls. That is so funny to me. This is suppose to be a complete list, but I know that it is not.