A phobia is an irrational fear of something that’s unlikely to cause harm. The word itself comes from the Greek word phobos, which means fear or horror.
Hydrophobia, for example, literally translates to fear of water. When someone has a phobia, they experience intense fear of a certain object or situation. Phobias are different than regular fears because they cause significant distress, possibly
interfering with life at home, work, or school. People with phobias actively avoid the phobic object or situation, or endure it within intense fear or anxiety.
Yet, Jesus died to give us a more abundant life and live it to the fullest. This list is to educate and let you know that you are not alone as everyone struggles with fear. It's to also encourage you to see how far you've come and to work on the fears you have to overcome and begin to live a life that "Christ," died to give you.
John 10:10
"I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."
More abundantly means to have a superabundance of a thing. Abundant life refers to life in its abounding fullness of joy and strength for the Spirit, Soul and Body.
The sum of all fears are as followed:
A
Achluophobia: Fear of darkness
Acrophobia: Fear of heights
Aerophobia: Fear of flying
Algophobia: Fear of pain
Alektorophobia: Fear of chickens
Agoraphobia: Fear of public spaces/crowds
Aichmophobia: Fear of needles or pointed objects
Amaxophobia: Fear of riding in a car
Androphobia: Fear of men
Anginophobia: Fear of angina or choking
Anthophobia: Fear of flowers
Anthropophobia: Fear of people or society
Aphenphosmphobia: Fear of being touched
Arachnophobia: Fear of spiders
Arithmophobia: Fear of numbers
Astraphobia: Fear of thunder and lightning
Ataxophobia: Fear of disorder or untidiness
Atelophobia: Fear of imperfection
Atychiphobia: Fear of failure
Autophobia: Fear of being alone
B
Bacteriophobia: Fear of bacteria
Barophobia: Fear of gravity
Bathmophobia: Fear of stairs or steep slopes
Batrachophobia: Fear of amphibians
Belonephobia: Fear of pins and needles
Bibliophobia: Fear of books
Botanophobia: Fear of plants
C
Cacophobia: Fear of ugliness
Catagelophobia: Fear of being ridiculed
Catoptrophobia: Fear of mirrors
Chionophobia: Fear of snow
Chromophobia: Fear of colors
Chronomentrophobia: Fear of clocks
Claustrophobia: Fear of confined spaces
Coulrophobia: Fear of clowns
Cyberphobia: Fear of computers
Cynophobia: Fear of dogs
D
Dendrophobia: Fear of trees
Dentophobia: Fear of dentists
Domatophobia: Fear of houses
Dystychiphobia: Fear of accidents
E
Ecophobia: Fear of the home
Elurophobia: Fear of cats
Entomophobia: Fear of insects
Ephebiphobia: Fear of teenagers
Equinophobia: Fear of horses
F, G
Gamophobia: Fear of marriage
Genuphobia: Fear of knees
Glossophobia: Fear of speaking in public
Gynophobia: Fear of women
H
Heliophobia: Fear of the sun
Hemophobia: Fear of blood
Herpetophobia: Fear of reptiles
Hydrophobia: Fear of water
Hypochondria: Fear of illness
I-K
Iatrophobia: Fear of doctors
Insectophobia: Fear of insects
Koinoniphobia: Fear of rooms full of people
L
Leukophobia: Fear of the color white
Lilapsophobia: Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes
Lockiophobia: Fear of childbirth
M
Mageirocophobia: Fear of cooking
Megalophobia: Fear of large things
Melanophobia: Fear of the color black
Microphobia: Fear of small things
Mysophobia: Fear of dirt and germs
N
Necrophobia: Fear of death or dead things
Noctiphobia: Fear of the night
Nosocomephobia: Fear of hospitals
Nyctophobia: Fear of the dark
O
Obesophobia: Fear of gaining weight
Octophobia: Fear of the figure 8
Ombrophobia: Fear of rain
Ophidiophobia: Fear of snakes
Ornithophobia: Fear of birds
P
Papyrophobia: Fear of paper
Pathophobia: Fear of disease
Pedophobia: Fear of children
Philophobia: Fear of love
Phobophobia: Fear of phobias
Podophobia: Fear of feet
Pogonophobia: Fear of beards
Porphyrophobia: Fear of the color purple
Pteridophobia: Fear of ferns
Pteromerhanophobia: Fear of flying
Pyrophobia: Fear of fire
Q-S
Samhainophobia: Fear of Halloween
Scolionophobia: Fear of school
Selenophobia: Fear of the moon
Sociophobia: Fear of social evaluation
Somniphobia: Fear of sleep
T
Tachophobia: Fear of speed
Technophobia: Fear of technology
Tonitrophobia: Fear of thunder
Trypanophobia: Fear of needles or injections
U-Z
Venustraphobia: Fear of beautiful women
Verminophobia: Fear of germs
Wiccaphobia: Fear of witches and witchcraft
Xenophobia: Fear of strangers or foreigners
Zoophobia: Fear of animals
God desires us to learn how to combat ourselves from the armed forces of fear. He can transform the renewing of our minds as we gain a mindset of hope through his word. It will enable us in the battlefield over our reactions. The goal is to obtain a new perspective and improve your quality of life so God's people no longer remain snared and hindered by the Spirit of fear.
II Timothy 1:17
"For God has not given us a spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."
In His Grip,
Pastor Wendy Schenkel
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