1. Phobia n. an extreme or irrational fear of something
Phobia Words
Phobia n. an extreme or irrational fear of something

2. Arachnophobia
A fear of spiders!

3. Claustrophobia: a fear of confined spaces

4. Agoraphobia: fear of open spaces

5. Enetophobia: fear of needles

6. Hydrophobia: fear of water
Note! Hydrophobia can also mean Rabies – the disease that sends sufferers mad. It is called Hydrophbobia because a person or animal with it will show a fear of water.

7. Acrophobia: fear of heights
Note! If you feel dizzy while looking down from a high place it is called vertigo (from the Latin word for whirling)

8. Odontiphobia: fear of dentists

9. Arithmophobia: fear of numbers

10. Arachibutyrophobia: fear of getting peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth

11. Why do We Fear? Your surroundings become unknown
There is anticipation (What will happen?)
There is the known (You have seen this happen before! It is going to be painful)
Past experiences (everyone’s different)

12. What happens? Flood of adrenaline into the body
Heart rate and blood pressure increases
Pupils dilate to take in as much light as possible
Veins in skin constrict to send more blood to major muscle groups
Muscles tense up
Nonessential systems shut down

13. Other Fears Enetophobia – fear of dentists
-Hypnophobia – fear of sleep
-Androphobia – fear of men
-Thanatophobia – fear of death
-Heliophobia – fear of sunlight
Mysophobia – fear of germs
Halitophobia – fear of bad breath

14. Luposlipaphobia
fear of being pursued by timber wolves around a kitchen table while wearing socks on a newly waxed floor