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Life can be scary sometimes. Everyone has a few phobias or fears: something that makes us uncomfortable, nervous, and anxious. Share your fears down below and check out other community members' fears. Perhaps you have some tips and tricks to get over them and can help one another out. Maybe you have stories of how you got these phobias?
I personally have autophobia, atychiphobia, claustrophobia, athazagoraphobia, vermiphobia, and trypophobia.
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#1
Phobophobia
Final score:
19points
Nothingparticular 4 years ago
Why the downvoting? If you believe Wikipedia it's a legit phobia.
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#2
Coulrophobia, fear of clowns. I found out at the circus, and I now go to therapy
Final score:
19points
#3
Growing up in a Mexican household I would have to say Chanclaphobia. Or fear of flying chanclas.
Final score:
18points
Nothingparticular 4 years ago
I had to look that up. Chanclas are flipflops for those not knowing.
#4
Heights, drowning in the sea and ladders. And I work on a boat where the only access is by ladder. I need a new job
Final score:
15points
#5
I have an irrational fear of grasshoppers. Even if someone is just talking about them, the hair on the back of my neck stands up and I get the heebbie jeebbies.
Final score:
11points
#6
Arachnophobia
Final score:
11points
Steve Barnett 4 years ago
I spent 3 months in Australia totally unaware of the what spiders exist there. I was aware of Red Backs, but that was it. On my return from Oz I then learnt about Huntsman spiders, Funnel Web spiders et all. I love spiders, I do, they eat flies for a start. But If I had come across any of these, I would have shat myself.
#7
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
Final score:
10points
#8
Claustrofobia ,fear of heights ,fear of fur or furry feeling things, fear of large crowds and I can't get on an escalator without help. Just your average neurotic.
Final score:
10points
Nicole Tomme 4 years ago
Just seeing a fluffy skein of wool yarn makes me feel stuffy in my nose and cringe. I love petting animals but furs, real or fake, weird me out to no end. I also have a fear of steep dropoffs and cockroaches. My husband teases me when I do the B horror movie little girl scream when I see one (shivers at the thought of those little nuke avoiding demons).
#9
I'm afraid of being trapped, specifically, if something is really bad as if whatever it is I'm in was on fire, sinking, or free falling. Also hippos.
Final score:
10points
#10
i have a phobia of nedles shots and any blood coming out of my body
Final score:
9points
Good and Evil Fox 4 years ago
Well i have to deal with that everyday, Because of my severe eczema
#11
Thalassophobia- fear of deep water and hamaxophobia- fear of driving. I have had my learners permit for about 7 years now coz I am terrified of driving. It’s not the other people on the road that scares me, it is the fact that I am in control of something so big that one mistake can kill someone. My psychologist said it is the lack of confidence in my abilities. I need to find a way to get over my fear soon coz I want to go and study but where the courses are held that I want to do is a 2 hour bus ride away.
Final score:
9points
Foxxy (The Original) (Submission author) 4 years ago
I also have a fear of dying. I am not afraid of death itself, I am afraid of the possible suffering and pain BEFORE the end.
#12
claustrophobia, discovered it the bad way...
Final score:
8points
#13
I'm terrified of cicadas. Mice, rats, spiders, snakes? Love them all. But cicadas? Big nope from me. Even their shells freak me out. A 7 year hatching and a 13 year hatching coincided one year when I was in high school. They were everywhere! The buzzing. Those creepy red eyes. I almost had a nervous breakdown that summer.
Final score:
8points
#14
Athazagoraphobia
Final score:
7points
Billy the kid 4 years ago
Athazagoraphobia is a fear of forgetting someone or something, as well as a fear of being forgotten. For example, you or someone close to you may have anxiety or fear of developing Alzheimer's disease or memory loss.
#15
I'm slightly germaphobic and absolutely hate touching things that have been touched by other people and really hate people touching my hands (even like a high five) so yeah
Final score:
6points
#16
Honestly, I've never really been afraid of much. I've jumped off a 150 foot bridge (bungie jumping), ridden the tallest roller coaster in the US and stood on the outdoor observation decks of some seriously high buildings.
But now?
Total germaphobe. Total anthrophobe. Neophyte claustrophobe.
All because of stupid COVID19.
I wash my hands compulsively. I stay as far away from other people as possible and avoid going out unless absolutely necessary. Enclosed spaces are a big no-no...if it's not a cavernous supermarket, I'm not going inside.
Final score:
6points
#17
IDK why but there's something about Jeff The Killer that I just don't like. He's creepy.
Final score:
6points
#18
I used to be afraid of fire. So I became a volunteer firefighter. Don't fear it respect it and use it carefully.
Final score:
6points
Isabella R.W. 4 years ago
I am terrified of fire 😨 I'm an overthinker so like, what if this candle falls over and burns the house down? My worst nightmare 😨😨😨
#20
Escalaphobia
Its pretty stupid because it means im scared of escalators.
Final score:
5points
𝓴𝓪𝔀𝓪𝓲𝓲_𝓐𝓾𝓭𝓻𝓮𝔂 💖 4 years ago
That´s not stupid :) If you need to go on one make sure ur shoe laces are tied
#21
Thlassaphobia, arachnophobia, acrophobia, nyctophobia, monophobia, and glassophobia
Final score:
5points
#23
Flying, I found out because I passed out when I walked into an airport for vacation.
Final score:
5points
#24
Butterflies and Moths. Oh god do they terrify me, with those flapping wings of theirs.
Final score:
5points
#25
Arachnophobia (fear of spiders) and Phone phobia are the two I am certain of.
I have somehow arranged myself with the first and am able to handle spiders up to a certain size, but I do *really* fear and hate making and taking phone calls and thus am really, really careful whom I give my number. Having to do telephone interviews is my absolute horror.
Final score:
4points
#26
Arachnophobia is one of my fears. Yes, they are scary. Though I have worked on getting close enough to kill a spider, They are still FREAKY.
Final score:
4points
#27
Phobophobia, its kinda like a fear of having a phobia, or rather the anxiety with it
Final score:
4points
#28
SPIDERS!!!! Whenever I see a spider and it lands on me i scream like a little girl. My missus had me trapped in the bedroom once for almost an hour when I asked her to get rid of it from the bathroom!
Final score:
4points
#29
I thought it was Trypophobia but now only REALLY bad pictures gross me out.
Final score:
4points
#30
Necrophobia, specifically animals. If it's a human body, like in the forensic textbooks, I'm fine. But if it's the body of an animal, specifically roadkill, I get disgusted, angry at whoever did this, and sad for the poor creature.
Final score:
4points
#31
phasmophobia (fear of ghosts and other supernatural phenomena)
Final score:
4points
Chihuahuarocks7 4 years ago
In the daytime I'm tryna convince people that creepy stuff is real at night I'm tryna convince myself their not real
#32
I have SEVERE arachnophobia, slight scopophobia depending on the enviorment, athazagoraphobia, ect ect.
On arachnophobia, I am still afraid to enter a room in the house, as there was once a big spider in there. Despite being removed and put in the shed, I have not gone in there in a good few months, unfortunately the ice cream is there, so may I rest in peace. If I see a spider big enough, I will not enter that room until I can confirm no spiders are there. Long legs too. One jump scaring is enough to trigger a breakdown and cause me to tremble and cry. On scopophobia, I used to become alert of the sounds in my area, and become sensitive, thinking someone was there to kill me. I still have this fear sometimes.
Final score:
4points
#33
Clothing tags. I have no idea why. Touch one, and you can't touch me or any items I use. You must wash your hands after accidental contact to avoid the "Tagitus." Im so weird T-T
Final score:
4points
CamlikesCookies (Submission author) 4 years ago
The scientific name is Pittakionophobia, which means label or ticket in Greek.
#34
Trypophobia. It gives me the shivers when I see weird hole patterns on things.
Final score:
4points
#35
Abibliophobia - the fear of running out of things to read. I'm a huge bookworm and I think about this alot
Final score:
4points
averageperson 4 years ago
I read a lot too, but there’s no way you’ll ever run out of things to read, I promise. 😁
#36
Acrophobia, Claustrophobia, trypophobia. I'd go in full detail about how I found it but that would be an eyesore to read 😅
Final score:
4points
#37
Philophobia: fear of becoming emotionally connected with another person.
Final score:
4points
#38
Death.... and there is no way to avoid it.
Final score:
4points
#39
Siderodromophobia, quite often i have a nightmares 🚂
Final score:
3points
#40
monophobia or arachnophobia.
I actually love spiders, but when they're big, and near or in my house, you'll never see it alive again.
Final score:
3points
Steve Barnett 4 years ago
Sorry, this is a copy and paste from a previous comment 'but please don't kill spiders. Try and develop a method, some tool perhaps, to capture a spider and place it somewhere away from you'
#41
Claustrophobia. I once tried playing hide and seek in a cupboard when i was little now I'm forever scarred
Final score:
3points
#43
I have Thanatophobia, Acrophobia, Katsaridaphobia, Lepidopterophobia, Thantophobia, and Autophobia. Common ones, if you ask me.
Final score:
3points
#44
Maybe Haphephobia? (fear of touch) There isn't a particular reason why no traumatic experiences or anything. I will visibly flinch if I get touched unexpectedly, like a tap on the shoulder for example, and have a hard time breathing.
Final score:
3points
#45
I know my fear of heights is called acrophobia. What I don't know is how I call my fears of shark, the dark, ghosts or
cockroach.
Final score:
3points
#46
Lets see... Lilapsophobia (fear of tornadoes), Emetophobia (fear of vomiting/seeing others vomit), and Aquaphobia (fear of swimming) are my most prevalent ones.
Final score:
3points
#47
emetophobia, fear of vomit & vomiting. i got it when i was 7 years old and threw up 4 times because of stomach virus. it's been over a decade and i'd still do anything to avoid my phobia. i think about it every day and it's taken over my life.
Final score:
3points
𝓴𝓪𝔀𝓪𝓲𝓲_𝓐𝓾𝓭𝓻𝓮𝔂 💖 4 years ago
I hate puke! It's not a full-blown phobia, but I can't STAND watching someone throw-up.
#48
Tryptophobia, fear of irregular holes/patterns. Think lotus flower seed pod..
Final score:
3points
#49
The fear of pain and the fear of being given attention by strangers. Also stage fright. And the fear of fear. And needles.
Final score:
2points
#50
Trypophobia ,Fear of Holes
(People say it's fake, look it up and do your research dum dums)
Final score:
2points
#51
Claustrophobia, fear of heights, and I'm TERRIFIED of spider/centipedes/bees
Final score:
2points
#52
Acrophobia, Fear of heights.
Final score:
2points
Raven (Submission author) 4 years ago
I Looked up what a fear of heights said about a person and here's what I found. 'You are a complex person and sometimes it's hard for you to express yourself. You have trouble making decisions and you often feel divided between two parties during an argument' This is me. It's shocking/
#53
alot of people including my parents dont know this, but i got scopophobia and philophobia, and i hate it! but its not tht hard... im fine with girls staring but not men, i hesitate and get mad when they stare with no good reason... and i hate love and fear love between me and someone because i might hurt them... so i like staying alone and away from people... at least i want to, my friends wont let me go xD
Final score:
1point
#54
For some reason I really really hate it when a moth flies around me. I think it's because I can hear it flying, and I get the shivers and it feels as though the hair on the back of my neck is standing straight up.
Final score:
1point
#55
It isn't diagnosed but I have a fear of sick or people being sick or people talking about it.
Final score:
1point
Nicole Tomme 4 years ago
This is understandable, especially if you have been conditioned by if you know someone who is a hypochondriac and never stops talking about their perceived ailments. Or if you have suffered someone near to you having a serious ailment and/or passing from illness. It is a natural reaction to want to avoid those discussions as they can cause worry, stress and grief.
#58
Sherbet...i just have to think about it and my jaw hurts, my neck tingles and all hairs on my arms stand up.
Final score:
1point
#59
I'm terrified of cicadas and grasshoppers, as well as dying. The thought of losing consciousness and not knowing where or if it'll come back is horrifying. Ah yes, and hand trauma. Broken hands/fingers freak me out.
Final score:
1point
#60
trypaphobia, the fear of little holes. I'm sure lot of you can relate.
Final score:
1point
#61
gephyrophobi fear of driving over bridges. 'Flat' bridges (just a roadway over water) are fine but bridges that have an arch freak me the f*%k out!
Final score:
1point
#62
The dark. I know I shouldn't be scared, but I am! I just don't know what's going on!
Final score:
1point
Lola Wootwoot 4 years ago
Necrophobia. Had it for a while. It's usually that you're afraid of what could be lurking in the dark, as that's the natural response we've adopted.
#63
Trypophobia
an irrational or disproportionate feeling of discomfort or revulsion at the sight of clustered holes or bumps, as seen in sponges, honeycombs, certain seed pods, soap bubbles, and bubbles in batter
its not so much a fear, its really more of an extreme discomfort
if you know someone who is tryphohobic, DO NOT make fun of them and DO NOT try to trigger them
Final score:
1point
#64
Basophobia (fear of falling) --> I'm not scared of heights but I am super afraid of falling.
Monophobia (fear of being alone)
Athazagoraphobia (fear of being forgotten)
Final score:
1point
#65
I'm afraid of being touched by a man, but I don't know if there is a phobia word for it. There is fear of men and fear of touch, but I guess I'm more terrified of being judged by men? It's complicated...
Final score:
1point
#66
i dont know what its called but lets call it ovalshapedmirroraphobia
Final score:
1point
Lola Wootwoot 4 years ago
Either esitorophobia or captrophobia. Fear of mirrors. You could also call it spectrophobia if the supernatural are involved.
#67
Afraid or creeped out by slugs, especially the giant slimy yellow banana slugs in the temperate rain forests of Nor Cal. Shudders ick.
Final score:
1point
#68
I have this irrational fear of ladders. I'm not scared of heights - I can climb trees, stand on chairs, go on ferris wheels and fly in planes just fine. But ladders really terrify me. I get uneasy just being in the same room with one.
Final score:
1point
GirlFriday 4 years ago
When I need something from or put in my attic, I call one of my brothers. I cannot climb a ladder. I am scared to death. I have lived here 10 years and never been in my attic because I would have to climb the fold down ladder to get there.
#69
Ornithophobia - fear of birds.
3 years old and my cousin thought it would be funny to lock me in the chicken coop......blind, evil rooster found me and pecked me into a corner. CANNOT stand any type of bird to this day.
Final score:
1point
#70
Mine are weird ones so buckle on in 1: Xenophobia A.K.A The fear of the unknown. I feel panic when I don’t know what is happening. Also if I can’t see something that I’m touching. 2. Automatonophobia A.K.A fear of humanoid objects that aren’t actually human such as mannequins, animatronics, and ventriloquist dummies. 3. Submechanaphobia A.K.A the fear of submerged man made objects... just thinking about these things are enough to give me the willies
Final score:
1point
fancy yet idiotic alien (Submission author) 4 years ago
And also I have a really weird fear of like, hotel beds, wet bathtubs (they are just icky but I still shower everyday), fake jewels (those little diamond thingies that come on clothing for little children you know?) and all sorts of weirdo things.
#71
Im absolutely terrified of snails. I cant see them, I cant touch a picture of them or even See them moving. Once I stepped on a piece of an orange wich fell from the table , barefoot. Hell broke loose, besäuselt I thought its a snail. I screamed like somebody is murdering me. I didnt know, that I react so damn hysterical. Today, I always get goosebumps in the neck, when talking about snails. I hatte autumn by the way....
Final score:
1point
#72
Whenever I’m alone in the dark or it’s really quiet and dark I start getting super scared. I have a nightlight, but my excuse is that I need it so I can see, as it’s pitch-black in my room at night. This gets even worse if I’m thinking about something that frightened me before. Once I had a brief thought about Slenderman and fifteen minutes later if I closed my eyes I’d hear a voice whispering to me or feel a presence looking over me.
Final score:
1point
#73
Gerascophobia
Final score:
1point
Lola Wootwoot 4 years ago
Nice user, also I'd say everyone has a bit of it. (Gerasgophobia, fear of aging)
#74
Thanatophobia, fear of your own death. Been my major phobia ever since I can remember.
Final score:
1point
fancy yet idiotic alien 4 years ago
I have a somewhat similar fear. I’m just scared about what I’ll leave behind.
#75
Arachnophobia. I am deathly afraid of spiders. If I see a spider in a room, I won't go back in there until I'm sure that it's gone (and even then, I'll approach it with caution).
Final score:
1point
#76
I have monophobia, the fear of being alone. I often like to surround myself with loved ones and the people I care about. But covid-19 has changed me, and now I prefer being alone 24/7 :(
I used to have a fear of jeans when I was younger, because they were too stiff and prevented me from climbing onto chairs. That's behind me now. :(((((
Final score:
1point
Olivia Betterton 3 years ago
Then you dont really have the phobia I'm guessing. you were just an extrovert and now you have become a bit of an introvert
#77
Didn't know I had a fear of needles until I was 16. Growing up, I always cried when I had to have a blood test or an injection, but I always thought it was because I was a child. Then when I was 16 I had to have a blood test and had a massive melt down in the reception.
Final score:
1point
#78
This is awfully common, but I have severe arachnophobia. I can't tolerate seeing any size or type of spiders; fictional or not, venomous or not, harmful or not, I fear any structure or being that resembles a spider. Even seeing cobwebs is enough to petrify me. Sometimes it messes with my appetite heavily, and I won't go into details of that.
I have learned that phobias exist for a variety of reasons, or so it is theorised. Some say it rises from our primitive survivalist instincts, some say it's inherited genetically. I'd very much like to know /why/ I fear spiders to this extent. My family members dislike pests, but none of them is arachnophobic.
As long as I could remember, I've been afraid of spiders. Maybe my first exposures to them was this nursery rhyme called Miss Muffet, but again... That would be irrational. ;D
Final score:
0points
KCN 4 years ago
You would not like living in my neighborhood right now. It's spider (web) central right now. I live in Seattle, and there are webs all over our house right now. I could walk around the block and run into two or three, usually with my face. I sat on our front porch for a couple minutes about a week ago, within two minutes I discovered a web going to my phone from one of our potted plants. Yeesh.
#79
Equally snakes, clowns, and being buried alive. In no particular order. And I haven't bothered to look up what those fears are called. Could that be another phobia?
Final score:
0points
#81
Somniphobia, fear of sleeping. I never know what could happen...
Final score:
0points
#83
falling from a high place and not having someone there to comfort me
Final score:
0points
#84
Arachnophobia The fear of spider and Entomophobia the fear of bigs
Final score:
0points
#85
Arachnophobia The fear of spider and Entomophobia the fear of Bugs
Final score:
0points
#86
I'm 15. So far I have discovered that I have basophobia (fear of falling), atychiphobia (fear of failure), and a very odd one, Hnirshunphobia the fear of dirty dishes. Or, in my case, trying to clean those dishes. This kinda mixes with my atychiphobia where my fear stems from being scared that I'll do a bad job doing the dishes and get yelled at by my parents. Just looking at those disgusting things makes me immediately want to jump into my bed and hide under the covers. This fear has caused me to break 3 glasses, 2 plates, 1 chopstick, and have about 12 panic attacks. Yayyyyyyy....
Final score:
0points
#87
Arachnophobia, fear of spiders. Even seeing them in images kills me inside. Sorry spiders, I just can’t. I live in Australia, and it’s common to see them. But they are seriously terrifying.
Katsaridaphobia, fear of cockroaches. I will explain my story. I once was using the bathroom in my grandparent’s home. Out from the roof, while I was on the toilet, a cockroach suddenly fell. That was not funny.
Trypanophobia, fear of needles. They’re just so sharp and scary. I’m fine looking at them in a super far distance. It just, is so damn scary when I get a shot. It also hurts for a few days.
Final score:
0points
#88
Hippopotomonstrosiquipdaliaphobicphobia.
I am afraid of people afraid of long words
Also, who ever invented hippopotomonstrosiquipdaliaphobia was obviously mean; people afraid of long words had to say a long word to describe their phobia
Final score:
0points
Brittney Sparks 3 years ago
The name was done on purpose to try and help said people get past their phobia. Read a whole thing about it recently actually quite interesting
#89
I couldn’t find the actually phobia for this, only social anxiety, which I do not have, so fear of interacting with other people I don’t know.
Final score:
0points
#90
Acrophobia, arachnophobia, and nyctophobia. And yes, nyctophobia is fear of the dark. I'm not afraid of the dark, I'm afraid of what might be in it.
Final score:
0points
#91
I have claustrophobia (which is not the fear of small spaces - it is the fear of suffocation and it is often triggered by small spaces, but not wanting to walk into a closet is not claustrophobia). I am in therapy for it. I also have a fear of driving down a mountain or steep grade, losing control of the car and careening off the embankment.
Final score:
0points
#93
Claustrophobia. I hate small and dark spaces.
And also Trypophobia. Tiny holes scare me.
Final score:
0points
#95
Lepidopterophobia . As a school librarian, I will admit we have the worst collection of butterfly books b/c I won't buy them!!
Trypophobia. I hadn't hear of that before, but I have seen the pictures online of people with small holes in their skin. I couldn't look away but it sickened me at the same time. I don't mind other small holes, so for me it's just on skin.
Final score:
0points
#96
I also have claustrophobia, thanatophobia, and patho/latrophobia. The fear of being confined in a small space, the fear of dying, and the fear[s] of doctors/disease, ever since my first 'test'. Thanks, covid-19.
Final score:
0points
#98
Mail. I'm afraid of opening my mail. I have piles, bags, drawers, boxes. I love autopay! I have a strong aversion to cooking grease--spills, splatters, and on dishes/cookware.
Final score:
0points
#99
I have the fear of the darkness. well, more like what stuff could be in the darkness. I also have the fear of falling from heights.
Final score:
0points
What do you think ?
Princess Procrastination (Post author) 4 years ago
Alright person- STOP DOWNVOTING SUBMISSIONS! Fears are fears and who are you to judge what other people think?
BusLady 4 years ago
Upvote. Don't know why anyone would even come to this post, if they don't want to read it.
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Keryl Cryer 4 years ago
I have kosmemophobia - very, very badly. A woman who wants to faint when she sees jewelry? Yes! People don’t understand, but I’ve found lots of others with it thanks to the internet. https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2015/07/90198/kosmemophobia-jewelry-fear
Sandra Charlot 4 years ago
Taphophobia - fear of being burried alive. I'm scared to being trapped under a building or underground. I don't feel save in subway, in tunnels, basement or cave
Princess Procrastination (Post author) 4 years ago
Alright person- STOP DOWNVOTING SUBMISSIONS! Fears are fears and who are you to judge what other people think?
BusLady 4 years ago
Upvote. Don't know why anyone would even come to this post, if they don't want to read it.
Load More Replies... Keryl Cryer 4 years ago
I have kosmemophobia - very, very badly. A woman who wants to faint when she sees jewelry? Yes! People don’t understand, but I’ve found lots of others with it thanks to the internet. https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2015/07/90198/kosmemophobia-jewelry-fear
Sandra Charlot 4 years ago
Taphophobia - fear of being burried alive. I'm scared to being trapped under a building or underground. I don't feel save in subway, in tunnels, basement or cave
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