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Peter Goes an illustrated list of phobias

Ablutophobia Fear of washing or bathing. Automysophobia Fear of being dirty. Bromidrophobia – Bromidrosiphobia Fear of body smells. 2

Entomophobia – Insectophobia Fear of insects. Cnidophobia Fear of stings. Acarophobia Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching. 4

Acerophobia Fear of sourness. 6

Lepidopterophobia Fear of butterflies and moths. Achluophobia – Myctophobia – Scotophobia Fear of darkness. Mottephobia Fear of moths. 8

Acousticophobia Fear of noise. 10

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Fear of heights or being close to high buildings. Acrophobia – Altophobia – Hypsiphobia

Fear of feeling dizzy when looking down.

Batophobia

Fear of heights. Illyngophobia

Aeroacrophobia Fear of open high places. Bovinophobia Fear of cattle. 14

Christougenniatiko Dentrophobia Fear of Christmas trees.

Emetophobia Fear of vomiting. Aeronausiphobia Fear of vomiting due to airsickness. Olfactophobia – Osmophobia – Osphresiophobia Fear of smells. 16

Cherophobia Fear of happiness. Tachophobia Fear of speed. Scriptophobia Fear of writing in public. Aerophobia Aviatophobia Aviophobia Fear of flying. 18

Ankylophobia Fear of immobility of a joint. Stenophobia Fear of narrow things or places. Asthenophobia Fear of fainting or weakness. Agliophobia – Algophobia – Odynophobia Fear of pain. 20

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