Fear of:
achluophobia darkness
aichmophobia pointed objects
ailurophobia cats
anthophobia flowers
astrophobia stars
ballistophobia missiles
barophobia gravity
cherophobia gaiety
chionophobia snow
chronophobia time
climacophobia staircases
dextrophobia objects on the right side of the body
erythrophobia red
gephyrophobia crossing bridges
graphophobia writing
hypengyophobia responsibilty
kathisophobia sitting down
levophobia objects on the left side of the body
linonophobia string
ophidiophobia snakes
pantophobia everything
phobophobia being afraid
phonophobia one’s own voice
photophobia light
phronemophobia thinking
scopophobid being seen
siderodromophobia railroad traveling
sitophobia eating
stasibasiphobia walking or standing
thalassophobia the ocean
vermiphobia infestation with worms
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