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Arachnophobia – The fear of spiders affects women four times more (48% women and 12% men).

Ophidiophobia – The fear of snakes. Phobics avoid certain cities because they have more snakes.

Acrophobia – The fear of heights. Five percent of the general population suffer from this phobia.

Agoraphobia – The fear of open or crowded spaces. People with this fear often wont leave home.

Cynophobia – The fear of dogs. This includes everything from small Poodles to large Great Danes.

Astraphobia – The fear of thunder/lightning AKA Brontophobia, Tonitrophobia, Ceraunophobia.

Claustrophobia – The fear of small spaces like elevators, small rooms and other enclosed spaces.

Mysophobia – The fear of germs. It is also rightly termed as Germophobia or Bacterophobia.

Aerophobia – The fear of flying. 25 million Americans share a fear of flying.

Trypophobia – The fear of holes is an unusual but pretty common phobia.

Carcinophobia – The fear of cancer. People with this develop extreme diets.

Thanatophobia – The fear of death. Even talking about death can be hard.

Glossophobia – The fear of public speaking. Not being able to do speeches.

Monophobia – The fear of being alone. Even while eating and/or sleeping.

Atychiphobia – The fear of failure. It is the single greatest barrier to success.

Ornithophobia – The fear of birds. Individuals suffering from this may only fear certain species.

Alektorophobia – The fear of chickens. You may have this phobia if chickens make you panic.

Enochlophobia – The fear of crowds is closely related to Ochlophobia and Demophobia.

Aphenphosmphobia – The fear of intimacy. Fear of being touched and love.

Trypanophobia – The fear of needles. I used to fear needles (that and death).

Anthropophobia – The fear of people. Being afraid of people in all situations.

Aquaphobia – The fear of water. Being afraid of water or being near water.

Autophobia – The fear of abandonment and being abandoned by someone.

Hemophobia – The fear of blood. Even the sight of blood can cause fainting.

Gamophobia – The fear of commitment or sticking with someone to the end.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia – The fear of long words. Believe it or not, it’s real.

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