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PONDERING THE PHOBIA FROM A TO Z
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PONDERING THE PHOBIA - PHOBIA HOME
THE FEAR AND PHOBIA LIBRARY
Articles are extracts from my mindful self-care guides on mental health. All guides available from the download page
PONDERING THE PHOBIA - FEAR COLLECTION
This collection is broken up by theme into eight parts.
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COLLECTION DOWNLOADS
Disclaimer: Collection includes phobias included and not included in the psychological diagnostic manual. List includes fictional phobias. Phobias defined for linguistic purposes only. If you have a phobia, please consult a medical professional. Note some phobias may appear in more than one collection. Trigger warning.
Phobias Home | Source References | Site Home
THE FEAR AND PHOBIA LIBRARY
Articles are extracts from my mindful self-care guides on mental health. All guides available from the download page
- Introduction to Phobia and Fear
- Phobia Calls on the Fear Conditioning Process
- Fear Triggers the Fight or Flight Response
- Mindful Management of Panic and Fear
- Defining the Meaning of Mindfulness
- Download Self Care Guides for the Mindful Management of Phobia, Panic and Fear
PONDERING THE PHOBIA - FEAR COLLECTION
This collection is broken up by theme into eight parts.
View Complete Phobia List Index
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BROWSE BY TOPIC
- Part 1: A Puzzling Perplexity of Phobias - the common, ordinary, unusual, grotesque, & catastrophic
- Part 2: Syllabus of the Humanities of Fear - lists on knowledge, art, language, music and theology
- Part 3: Promoting a Political Phobia Ideology - lists on politics, law and order, criminal justice and defense
- Part 4: Scientific Studies of Fear - lists on scientific studies, chemistry, physics, math and technology.
- Part 5: Scary Universe by Mother Nature - lists on the universe, planets and by Mother Nature
- Part 6: Phantom Parade of People Phobias - lists on people and their bodies, health, senses, sensations, emotions, love and sex
- Part 7: Lifestyle Items on the Menu of Fear - the events, places, items and objects in life and at home
- Part 8: Freaky Funhouse of Fantastical Fear - freaky funhouse of the fantastically entertaining, recreational, the fun, delusional and the fictional
COLLECTION DOWNLOADS
- Pondering the Phobia By Topic and From A to Z
- Phobia Dictionary of Psychology Terms of Fear
- Mindful Self Care Guides for Fear and Panic
Disclaimer: Collection includes phobias included and not included in the psychological diagnostic manual. List includes fictional phobias. Phobias defined for linguistic purposes only. If you have a phobia, please consult a medical professional. Note some phobias may appear in more than one collection. Trigger warning.
Phobias Home | Source References | Site Home
PONDERING THE PHOBIA - WORDS OF FEAR
Part 1: Perplexing Puzzle of Phobias
Collection Index | Next Collection
CALLING OUT A COLLECTION OF COMMONALITY
RELATED PHOBIAS
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Fear of the Norm, the Ordinary and the Mundane
Appreciate the Abstract and Fear the Obscure
Bizarre Browsing of the Uniquely Unusual
View the Most Popular Topics
Fear of the Norm, the Ordinary and the Mundane
Appreciate the Abstract and Fear the Obscure
Bizarre Browsing of the Uniquely Unusual
MOST COMMON PHOBIAS
Statistics name the top fears
The 2 most common complex phobias are:
Agoraphobia is often thought of as a fear of open spaces, but it's much more complex than this.
Someone with agoraphobia will feel anxious about being in a place or situation where escaping may be difficult if they have a panic attack. The anxiety usually results in the person avoiding situations such as:
Social phobia, also known as social anxiety disorder, centres around feeling anxious in social situations.
If you have a social phobia, you might be afraid of speaking in front of people for fear of embarrassing yourself and being humiliated in public.
In severe cases, this can become debilitating and may prevent you carrying out everyday activities, such as eating out or meeting friends.
- Agoraphobia
- Social phobia
Agoraphobia is often thought of as a fear of open spaces, but it's much more complex than this.
Someone with agoraphobia will feel anxious about being in a place or situation where escaping may be difficult if they have a panic attack. The anxiety usually results in the person avoiding situations such as:
- being alone
- being in crowded places, such as busy restaurants or supermarkets
- traveling on public transport
Social phobia, also known as social anxiety disorder, centres around feeling anxious in social situations.
If you have a social phobia, you might be afraid of speaking in front of people for fear of embarrassing yourself and being humiliated in public.
In severe cases, this can become debilitating and may prevent you carrying out everyday activities, such as eating out or meeting friends.
MOST COMMON FEARS
ANIMALS - See more animal/insect fears
- Ailurophobia - fear of cats
- Apiphobia - fear of bees
- Arachnophobia - fear of spiders
- Cynophobia - fear of dogs
- Entomophobia - fear of bugs
- Katsaridaphobia- fear of cockroaches.
- Musophobia- fear of mice
- Ophidiophobia - fear of snakes
- Zoophobia - fear of animals
CONDITIONS - See more condition fears
- Acrophobia - fear of heights
- Aeroacrophobia- fear of high places
- Autophobia - fear of being alone
- Claustrophobia - fear of being confined or of crowded spaces
- Kenophobia- fear of voids or empty spaces
- Mastigophobia- fear of punishment
- Nyctophobia - fear of the dark
EDUCATION - See more education fears
- Didaskaleinophobia - fear of school
DISASTERS - See more disaster fears
- Dystychiphobia - fear of accidents
GROTESQUE - See more grotesque fears
- Rupophobia- fear of dirt or being dirty
MEDICAL - See more medical fears
- Agliophobia - fear of pain.
- Aichmophobia - fear of needles
- Carcinophobia - fear of cancer
- Dentophobia - fear of dentists.
- Halitophobia - fear of having bad breath
- Hemophobia - fear of blood.
- Iatrophobia - fear of doctors.
- Lockiophobia - fear of childbirth
- Necrophobia - fear of death
- Nosocomephobia - fear of hospitals
- Tokophobia – fear of pregnancy
- Obesophobia - fear of gaining weight.
- Pathophobia - fear of disease.
- Rhytiphobia- fear of getting wrinkles
- Thanatophobia - fear of one's own death or the process of dying
NATURE - See more nature fears
- Astraphobia - fear of thunder and lightning
- Hydrophobia - fear of water (drowning)
- Thalassophobia - fear of the ocean or deep, open water
PEOPLE - See more people fears
- Agoraphobia - fear of open spaces or crowds.
- Androphobia or Arrhenphobia - fear of men.
- Anthropophobia - fear of people or society.
- Glossophobia - fear of public speaking.
- Gynophobia - fear of women
- Koinoniphobia - fear of rooms full of people
PSYCHE - See more psychology fears
- Agateophobia- fear of insanity
- Atelophobia - fear of imperfection
- Athazagoraphobia - fear of forgetting or being forgotten.
- Catagelophobia - fear of being ridiculed
- Autophobia – fear of abandonment, of being left alone.
- Cenophobia or Centophobia - fear of new things or ideas
- Cherophobia - fear of being “too happy” because something “tragic” will happen.
- Decidophobia- fear of making decisions
- Gelotophobia - fear of being made fun of
- Gerascophobia- fear of growing old
- Ipovlopsychophobia - fear of having your picture taken
- Tropophobia- fear of moving or making changes
RELATIONSHIPS - See more relationship fears
- Anuptaphobia - fear of staying single.
- Aphenphosmphobia – fear of intimacy. Fear of being touched and of receiving love.
- Atychiphobia - fear of not being good enough to be in a relationship with your partner.
- Gamophobia - fear of marriage
- Genophobia - fear of sex.
- Pistanthrophobia - fear of trusting people from bad past experiences.
RELIGION - See more religious fears
- Hadephobia- fear of hell
SPOOKY - See more spooky fears
- Bogyphobia- fear of the bogeyman
- Coimetrophobia - fear of cemeteries.
- Coulrophobia - fear of clowns
- Pediophobia - fear of dolls
- Phasmophobia - fear of ghosts
- Samhainophobia - fear of Halloween.
- Teratophobia- fear of monsters
TECHNOLOGY - See more tech fears
- Technophobia - fear of technology
TRANSPORTATION - See more transportation fears
- Aerophobia - fear of flying
- Vehophobia – fear of driving.
PONDERING THE PHOBIA - WORDS OF FEAR
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The Collection Includes:
Defining the Brain: Website | Downloads (science)
A Beautiful Word: Website | Downloads (rare/obscure)
The Logophile Lexicon: Website | Book (literary)
Defining New Ideas: Website | Book (creativity)
Author Homepage: Bookshelf by Kairos (all my work)
Words also posted by @kairosoflife on Twitter under the hashtag #beautifulwords and on my vocabulary bulletin boards on Pinterest.
Original content © 2020 Copyright, Kairos
