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Phobia Finder: What Is My Fear Called?
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Find the name of 45 fears, and a 5-question check of whether a fear has become a phobia. Free, private and instant — nothing you type is stored.
Animals
- Fear of spiders
- Arachnophobia
- Fear of snakes
- Ophidiophobia
- Fear of dogs
- Cynophobia Read the guide →
- Fear of cats
- Ailurophobia Read the guide →
- Fear of birds
- Ornithophobia
- Fear of insects
- Entomophobia
- Fear of mice and rats
- Musophobia
- Fear of bees
- Apiphobia
- Fear of butterflies and moths
- Lepidopterophobia
- Fear of animals in general
- Zoophobia Read the guide →
- Fear of vermin and germs they carry
- Verminophobia Read the guide →
Nature and places
- Fear of heights
- Acrophobia Read the guide →
- Fear of the dark
- Achluophobia / nyctophobia Read the guide →
- Fear of water
- Aquaphobia
- Fear of deep water and the ocean
- Thalassophobia
- Fear of thunder and lightning
- Astraphobia
- Fear of fire
- Pyrophobia Read the guide →
- Fear of plants
- Botanophobia Read the guide →
- Fear of enclosed spaces
- Claustrophobia
- Fear of very large objects
- Megalophobia
- Fear of clusters of small holes
- Trypophobia (an aversion, not an official diagnosis)
Situations
- Fear of flying
- Aerophobia / aviophobia Read the guide →
- Fear of driving or being in a car
- Amaxophobia Read the guide →
- Fear of places where escape feels hard (crowds, open spaces)
- Agoraphobia (an anxiety disorder)
- Fear of being alone
- Autophobia / monophobia
- Fear of public speaking
- Glossophobia
- Fear of being watched or stared at
- Scopophobia
- Fear of being perceived or noticed
- Often described as scopophobia; linked to social anxiety
- Fear of missing out on phone signal / being without your phone
- Nomophobia
Body and health
- Fear of blood
- Hemophobia / haemophobia Read the guide →
- Fear of needles and injections
- Trypanophobia
- Fear of vomiting
- Emetophobia
- Fear of germs and dirt
- Mysophobia
- Fear of doctors
- Iatrophobia
- Fear of dentists
- Dentophobia
- Fear of getting ill
- Nosophobia
- Fear of death
- Thanatophobia
- Fear of bright light (usually a symptom of light sensitivity, not a fear)
- Photophobia Read the guide →
Unusual fears
- Fear of long words
- Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia Read the guide →
- Fear of clowns
- Coulrophobia
- Fear of mirrors
- Eisoptrophobia
- Fear of cotton wool
- Sidonglobophobia
- Fear of buttons
- Koumpounophobia
- Fear of the number 13
- Triskaidekaphobia
No match in our list. Try a simpler word — or check the full phobia list A–Z.
How this works
A specific phobia is an intense, lasting fear of a particular thing or situation that is out of proportion to the real danger, leads to avoidance, and causes distress or problems in daily life. The five questions follow those features. Around 1 in 10 adults has a specific phobia at some point.
Phobias respond very well to treatment. Exposure therapy — facing the fear in small, planned steps with a therapist — helps most people, sometimes in only a few sessions.
Good to know
- This check is for information only; only a qualified professional can diagnose a phobia or anxiety disorder.
- In the UK you can refer yourself to NHS Talking Therapies in England; in the US, ask your doctor or look for a CBT therapist.
This tool gives general information only and is not a diagnosis. Nothing you enter leaves your browser.