Sunday 31 August 2008

An alphabetical list of phobias relating to general experience of space


image: Arne B. Langleite

A-
Achluophobia- Fear of darkness.
Acrophobia- Fear of heights.
Aeroacrophobia- Fear of open high places.
Agoraphobia- Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place.
Agyrophobia- Fear of streets or crossing the street.
Altophobia- Fear of heights.
Amaxophobia- Fear of riding in a car.
Ambulophobia- Fear of walking.
Anablephobia- Fear of looking up.
Anemophobia- Fear of air drafts or wind.(Ancraophobia)
Apeirophobia- Fear of infinity.
Aphenphosmphobia- Fear of being touched. (Haphephobia)
Astrophobia- Fear of stars or celestial space.
Asymmetriphobia- Fear of asymmetrical things.
Ataxophobia- Fear of disorder or untidiness.
Atephobia- Fear of ruin or ruins.
Auroraphobia- Fear of Northern lights.
Autophobia- Fear of being alone or of oneself.
Aviophobia or Aviatophobia- Fear of flying.


B-
Barophobia- Fear of gravity.
Basophobia or Basiphobia- Inability to stand. Fear of walking or falling.
Bathmophobia- Fear of stairs or steep slopes.
Bathophobia- Fear of depth.
Batophobia- Fear of heights or being close to high buildings.


C-
Catapedaphobia- Fear of jumping from high and low places.
Cathisophobia- Fear of sitting.
Catoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors.
Chorophobia- Fear of dancing.
Chronophobia- Fear of time.
Claustrophobia- Fear of confined spaces.
Cleithrophobia or Cleisiophobia- Fear of being locked in an enclosed place.
Climacophobia- Fear of stairs, climbing, or of falling downstairs.
Clinophobia- Fear of going to bed.
Clithrophobia or Cleithrophobia- Fear of being enclosed.
Coimetrophobia- Fear of cemeteries.
Cremnophobia- Fear of precipices.
Cymophobia or Kymophobia- Fear of waves or wave like motions.

D-
emophobia- Fear of crowds. (Agoraphobia)
Dendrophobia- Fear of trees.
Dextrophobia- Fear of objects at the right side of the body.
Didaskaleinophobia- Fear of going to school.
Dinophobia- Fear of dizziness or whirlpools.
Dishabiliophobia- Fear of undressing in front of someone.
Domatophobia- Fear of houses or being in a house.(Eicophobia, Oikophobia)
Dromophobia- Fear of crossing streets.

E-
Ecclesiophobia- Fear of church.
Ecophobia- Fear of home.
Eicophobia- Fear of home surroundings.(Domatophobia, Oikophobia)
Eisoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror.
Eleutherophobia- Fear of freedom.
Enochlophobia- Fear of crowds.
Eosophobia- Fear of dawn or daylight.
Epistemophobia- Fear of knowledge.
Eremophobia- Fear of being oneself or of lonliness.

G-
Gephyrophobia or Gephydrophobia or Gephysrophobia- Fear of crossing bridges.

H-
Hadephobia- Fear of hell.
Heliophobia- Fear of the sun.
Hodophobia- Fear of road travel.
Homichlophobia- Fear of fog.
Hylophobia- Fear of forests.
Hypsiphobia- Fear of height.

I-
Illyngophobia- Fear of vertigo or feeling dizzy when looking down.
Isolophobia- Fear of solitude, being alone.

K-
Kathisophobia- Fear of sitting down.
Kenophobia- Fear of voids or empty spaces.
Kinetophobia or Kinesophobia- Fear of movement or motion.
Koinoniphobia- Fear of rooms.
Kosmikophobia- Fear of cosmic phenomenon.
Kymophobia- Fear of waves. (Cymophobia)

L-
Levophobia- Fear of things to the left side of the body.
Limnophobia- Fear of lakes.
Lygophobia- Fear of darkness.


M-
Megalophobia- Fear of large things.
Merinthophobia- Fear of being bound or tied up.
Microphobia- Fear of small things.
Mnemophobia- Fear of memories.
Monophobia- Fear of solitude or being alone.
Myctophobia- Fear of darkness.

N-
Nebulaphobia- Fear of fog. (Homichlophobia)
Nephophobia- Fear of clouds.
Nostophobia- Fear of returning home.
Nyctohylophobia- Fear of dark wooded areas or of forests at night
Nyctophobia- Fear of the dark or of night.

O-
Ochlophobia- Fear of crowds or mobs.
Ochophobia- Fear of vehicles.
Oikophobia- Fear of home surroundings, house.(Domatophobia, Eicophobia)
Optophobia- Fear of opening one's eyes.
Ouranophobia or Uranophobia- Fear of heaven.

P-
Phengophobia- Fear of daylight or sunshine.
Photophobia- Fear of light.
Pluviophobia- Fear of rain or of being rained on.
Pteromerhanophobia- Fear of flying.

S-
Sciophobia Sciaphobia- Fear of shadows.
Scolionophobia- Fear of school.
Scopophobia or Scoptophobia- Fear of being seen or stared at.
Scotomaphobia- Fear of blindness in visual field.
Scotophobia- Fear of darkness. (Achluophobia)
Scriptophobia- Fear of writing in public.
Selenophobia- Fear of the moon.
Siderodromophobia- Fear of trains, railroads or train travel.
Siderophobia- Fear of stars.
Sinistrophobia- Fear of things to the left or left-handed.
Spacephobia- Fear of outer space.
Stasibasiphobia or Stasiphobia- Fear of standing or walking. (Ambulophobia)
Stenophobia- Fear of narrow things or places.
Stygiophobia or Stigiophobia- Fear of hell.

T-
Taphephobia Taphophobia- Fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries.
Thaasophobia- Fear of sitting.
Thalassophobia- Fear of the sea.
Topophobia- Fear of certain places or situations, such as stage fright.
Tropophobia- Fear of moving or making changes.


U-
Uranophobia or Ouranophobia- Fear of heaven.

X-
Xylophobia- 1) Fear of wooden objects. 2) Forests.

(culled from The Phobia List)

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