Lets Know About Phobia

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The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g. agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe chemical aversions (e.g. hydrophobic), in biology to describe organisms that dislike certain conditions (e.g. acidophobia), and in medicine to describe hypersensitivity to a stimulus, usually sensory (e.g. photophobia). In common usage they also form words that describe dislike or hatred of a particular thing or subject.

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Ablutophobia

fear of bathing, washing, or cleaning

Ablutophobia is the persistent, abnormal and unwarranted fear of bathing, washing, or cleaning. This phobia is a situational specific phobia.

Ablutophobia tends to be more common in children and women than in men.

Its symptoms and treatment are basically the same as for most specific phobias.

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Achluophobia

fear of darkness

The fear of the dark is a common fear or phobia among children and, to a varying degree, of adults. Fear of the dark is usually not fear of darkness itself, but fear of possible or imagined dangers concealed by darkness.

Some degree of fear of the dark is natural, especially as a phase of child development.

Most observers report that fear of the dark seldom appears before the age of 2 years.

When fear of the dark reaches a degree that is severe enough to be considered pathological, it is sometimes called achluophobia.

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Acrophobia

fear of heights

Acrophobia is an extreme or irrational fear of heights.

It belongs to a category of specific phobias, called space and motion discomfort that share both similar etiology and options for treatment.

Most people experience a degree of natural fear when exposed to heights, especially if there is little or no protection.

Those who are confident in such situations may be said to have a head for heights.

Acrophobia sufferers can experience a panic attack in a high place and become too agitated to get themselves down safely.

Between 2 and 5 percent of the general population suffer from acrophobia, with twice as many women affected as men.

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Agoraphobia

fear of places or events where escape is impossible or when help is unavailable.
fear of open spaces or of being in public places.
fear of leaving a safe place.

Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by anxiety in situations where the sufferer perceives the environment as being difficult to escape or get help.

These situations include, but are not limited to, wide-open spaces, as well as uncontrollable social situations such as may be met in shopping malls, airports, and on bridges.

Agoraphobia is defined within the DSM-IV TR as a subset of panic disorder, involving the fear of incurring a panic attack in those environments.

The sufferer may go to great lengths to avoid those situations, in severe cases becoming unable to leave their home or safe haven.

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Agraphobia

fear of sexual abuse

Agraphobia is the abnormal fear of sexual abuse.

It is also known as  contreltophobia

The condition is common but not widely known.

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Agrizoophobia

a fear of wild animals

Agrizoophobia is a fear of wild animals.

Many people suffer from agrizoophobia, especially those who were raised in isolated urban areas.

This is particularly true of individuals born into an urban lifestyle.

Resources are available to assist those who suffer from agrizoophobia, such as counseling and support groups.

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Agyrophobia

a fear of crossing roads

Agyrophobia is a case of specific phobia, the irrational fear that crossing roads will cause bodily harm to oneself, even if no actual threat is posed.

This phobia is considered independent from the fear of cars, as even crossing a deserted intersection still initiates the fear reaction.

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Aichmophobia

fear of sharp objects (needle, knife etc)

Aichmophobia is a kind of specific phobia, the morbid fear of sharp things, such as pencils, needles, knives, a pointing finger, or even the sharp end of an umbrella.

This fear may also be referred to as belonephobia or enetophobia.

Sometimes this general term is used to refer to what is more specifically called fear of needles, or needle phobia.

Fear of needles is the extreme and irrational fear of medical procedures involving injections or hypodermic needles.

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Ailurophobia

fear of cats

Ailurophobia is a type of specific phobia: the persistent, irrational fear of cats.

Synonyms include felinophobia, elurophobia, and cat phobia.

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Algophobia

fear of pain

Algophobia is a phobia of pain - an abnormal and persistent fear of pain that is far more powerful than that of a normal person.

Algophobia is much more common in elderly people.
 
It can be treated with behavioral therapy and anti-anxiety medication.

According to behavioral psychologists, the phobic reaction is a learned behavior.

A common example of this would be an elderly person who hears about all of their friends suffering from various ailments and pains.

This person will begin to anticipate the problems and experience the results before anything actually happens to them.

People suffering from this probably have hyperalgesia.

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Amychophobia

a fear of getting strached

Amychophobia - an excessive fear of scratches or being scratched, clawed or lacerated.

Often such fears are connected with avoidance of animals (cats, dogs, puppies, and kittens).

In many cases the fear is irrational and exaggerated.

For persons who have severe allergic reactions to animal scratches, animal hair, or fleas, the fear is justified.

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Androphobia

fear of men

Androphobia is an abnormal fear of men.

Androphobia may be related to traumatic events in the sufferer's past.

It may also be due to social phobia or social anxiety disorder.

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Anthophobia

fear of flowers

Anthophobia is an abnormal and persistent fear of flowers.

Though sufferers generally understand that they face no threat from flowers, they invariably experience anxiety at the sight or thought.

Any genus or species of flowers can instill fear, as can any flower part, such as a petal or stem.

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Anthropophobia

fear of people or society

Anthropophobia or Anthrophobia, also called interpersonal relation phobia or social phobia, is pathological fear of people or human company.

Anthropophobia is an extreme, pathological form of shyness and timidity. 

Being a form of social phobia, it may manifest as fears of blushing or meeting others' gaze, awkwardness and uneasiness when appearing in society, etc.

A specific Japanese cultural form is known as taijin kyofusho.

Anthropophobia can be best defined as the fear of people in crowded situations, but can also go beyond and leave the person uncomfortable when being around just one person. Conditions vary depending on the person.