Phobias

What are you afraid of?

Are You Ready to Take a Phobias Quiz?

Quiz: Phobias, Part I

If you were afraid of the number 13 (as in Friday the 13th), you'd suffer from . . .

Quiz: Phobias, Part II

If you're afraid to get near a swimming pool, you might be suffering from . . .

Quiz: Phobias, Part IIII

Somebody with necrophobia would have no business applying for a job as . . .

Our Favorite Phobias, from A-Z

Acrophobia: fear of heights
Agoraphobia fear of crowds, public places, or open areas
Ailurophobia fear of cats
Algophobia fear of pain
Anglophobia fear of (or hatred for) England or anything English
Aquaphobia fear of water
Arachnophobia fear of spiders
Aviophobia fear of flying in an airplane
Ballistophobia fear of missiles, bullets, or being shot
Bibliophobia fear (or mistrust) of books
Claustrophobia fear of enclosed spaces
Cynophobia fear of dogs
Francophobia fear of (or hatred for) France or anything French
Germanophobia fear of (or hatred for) Germany or anything German
Gerontophobia fear of old people or old age
Hemophobia fear of blood
Logophobia fear of words
Monophobia fear of being alone
Necrophobia fear of death or dead bodies
Nosophobia fear of disease
Nyctophobia fear of night or darkness
Ophidiophobia fear of snakes
Paraskavedekatriaphobia fear of Friday the 13th
Philophobia fear of love or falling in love
Phobophobia fear of developing a phobia
Photophobia fear of (or sensitivity to) light
Pyrophobia fear of fire
Russophobia fear of (or hatred for) Russia or anything Russian
Sitophobia aversion to food
Taphephobia fear of being buried alive
Technophobia fear of advanced technology
Thalassophobia fear of the sea
Thanatophobia fear of death
Toxiphobia fear of being poisoned
Triskaidekaphobia fear of the number 13
Xenophobia fear (or hatred) of foreigners, strangers, or things that are foreign or strange
Xylophobia fear of forests or wooden objects
Zoophobia fear of animals