Lets Know About Phobia

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Glossophobia

fear of public speaking

Glossophobia or speech anxiety is the fear of public speaking or of speaking in general.

Many people only have this fear, while others may also have social phobia or social anxiety disorder.

Stage fright may be a symptom of glossophobia.

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Gynophobia

fear of women

Gynophobia is also spelled as gynephobia.

It is an abnormal fear of women.

The word caligynephobia is also coined to mean the fear of beautiful women.

For the latter one, the expression venustraphobia is also used.

In many cases, it may also be rooted in social phobia or social anxiety disorder.

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Stygiophobia

fear of hell

Stygiophobia, also called stigiophobia or hadephobia, is the fear of Hell.

The word is derived from the Greek words Stygios, meaning "hell", and phobos, meaning "fear". The former is derived from the River Styx over which souls were carried into the underworld.

The latter is itself derived from the Greek god Phobos, who was the son of Ares and accompanied him into battle.

The fear of Hell has been postulated as the basis for the human fear of death, apparently out-weighing various beliefs in a rewarding afterlife.

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Halitophobia

fear of bad breath

Halitosis or bad breath occurs when noticeably unpleasant odors are exhaled in breathing.

Halitosis is estimated to be the third most frequent reason for seeking dental aid, following tooth decay and periodontal disease.

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Haphephobia

fear of being touched

Haphephobia is a rare specific phobia that involves the fear of touching or of being touched.

It is an acute exaggeration of the normal tendencies to protect one's personal space, expressed as a fear of contamination or of the invasion, and extending even to people whom its sufferers know well.

Sometimes the fear is restricted specifically, or predominantly, to being touched by people of the opposite sex.

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Heliophobia

fear of sunlight

Heliophobia has two meanings:

In psychology, heliophobia refers to a morbid fear of sunlight.

In medicine, heliophobia refers to an excessive sensitivity to sunlight.

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Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia

fear of the number 666

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia literally means "fear of [the number] six hundred sixty-six") is the fear.

It originated from the Biblical verse Revelation 13:18, which indicates that the number 666 is the Number of the Beast, linked to Satan or the Anti-Christ.

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Hoplophobia

fear of weapons

Hoplophobia is a neologism, which some journalists have described as pejorative,originally coined to describe an "irrational aversion to weapons, as opposed to justified apprehension about those who may wield them."

It is sometimes used more generally to describe the "fear of weapons"or the "highly salient danger of these weapons"  or the "fear of armed citizens."

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Hylophobia

fear of forest

Hylophobia, also known as Xylophobia, Ylophobia, and Dendrophobia.

It is a psychological disorder defined by an irrational fear of wood, forest or trees.

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Hypnophobia

fear of sleep

Hypnophobia or somniphobia is an abnormal fear of sleep.

It may result from a feeling of control loss, or from repeating nightmares.

The prefix Hypno- originates from the Greek word hypnos, which means sleep.

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Ichthyophobia

fear of fish, including fear of dead fish and eating fish

Fear of fish or ichthyophobia may refer to various cultural phenomena, such as fear of eating fish, or fear of dead fish, as well as to a specific phobia.

Galeophobia is a subtype of ichthyophobia specifically focused on the fear of sharks.

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Ipovlopsychophobia

fear of having one’s photograph taken

Ipovlopsychophobia refers to a fear, aversion, or strong refusal to have one's photograph taken.

Fear of having one's story told through imagery they do not control.

Although an uncommon phobia, it has also been noted within minor religions as an experience to which one believes their spirit or essence is stolen by the photographer and the photographic equipment.

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Lipophobia

fear/avoidance of fats

Lipophobia refers to fear/avoidance of fats in food.

In the United States the onset of the "national eating disorder" of lipophobia dates to 1977 when the nutritional guidelines titled Dietary Goals for the United States were announced by the United States Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs and limiting red meat was recommended.

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Mysophobia

fear of germs, contamination or dirt

Mysophobia also called germophobia/germaphobia, a combination of germ and phobia to mean "fear of germs", as well as bacillophobia, bacteriophobia, and spermophobia is a pathological fear of contamination and germs.

Someone who has such a fear is referred to as a mysophobe.

The term was coined by Dr. William Alexander Hammond in 1879 when describing a case of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) exhibited in repeatedly washing one's hands.

Mysophobia has long been related to the OCD of constantly washing one's hands.

However, Harry Stack Sullivan, an American psychologist and psychoanalyst, notes that while fear of dirt underlies the compulsion of a person with this kind of OCD, his or her mental state is not about germs; instead, this person feels the hands must be washed.

Other names for abnormal persistent fear of dirt and filth include molysmophobia or molysomophobia, rhypophobia, and rupophobia.

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Necrophobia

fear of death and/or the dead

Necrophobia is a specific phobia which is the irrational fear of dead things (e.g., corpses) as well as things associated with death (e.g., coffins, tombstones). Necrophobia is derived from Greek nekros for "corpse" and -phob- from the Greek phobos for "fear."

With all types of emotions, obsession with death becomes evident in both fascination and objectification.

In a cultural sense, necrophobia may also be used to mean a fear of the dead by a cultural group, e.g., a belief that the spirits of the dead will return to haunt the living.

Symptoms include: shortness of breath, rapid breathing, irregular heartbeat, sweating, dry mouth and shaking, feeling sick and uneasy, psychological instability, and an altogether feeling of dread and trepidation.

The sufferer may feel this phobia all the time, or only when something triggers the fear, like a close encounter with a dead animal or the funeral of a loved one or friend.

The fear may have developed when a person witnessed a death, or was forced to attend a funeral as a child.

Some people experience this after viewing frightening media.