Top 10 Phobias

Arachnophobia - fear of spiders

When I was 3 years old, my dad and I were in a department store. I was looking in the toy section, and my dad thought it would be hilarious to throw a huge rubber spider at me.
Well, I was hysterical and have had a phobia of them since then (although it's embarrassing). I'm also terrified of real ones. I've had bad experiences with them all my life. They bring on awful panic attacks, and I go back to being like that 3-year-old girl.
The main point of this story is my dad is an idiot!

I think spiders are really nasty, creepy creatures. I can't even look at them without feeling sick or screaming my head off.
I once saw a spider in my shower and didn't get in that shower for maybe 6 months. I am mostly terrified of the really big hairy ones. I have never seen one in person and don't plan to.

Nyctohylophobia - fear of the dark

I used to love the dark (aka me being an emo). Now, I'm terrified of it. I love to watch scary stuff at night, but I need a night light. That's how bad it can get, especially when someone shows me lights out.

This is me. I have a very severe case of Nyctohylophobia where I can't sleep in pure darkness. I usually stay up late because I'll start getting anxiety and hearing things. For me, it's screw the dark.

Fear of the dark, fear of the dark.
I have constant fear that something's always near.
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark.
I have a phobia that someone's always there.
Who remembers it?

Acrophobia - fear of heights

It depends. As long as I feel safe, I am not afraid of heights. If it involves going on a really high ride, I would rather feel amazed at the view than scared.
Just as long as I have some buckle on or there is a floor, I am not afraid of heights. In fact, it is a cool view to me. If I feel unsafe and there is no protection, then it is scary.

No, no people. Come on. A Ferris wheel has a bar or a cage.
Standing on the edge of a 100 ft cliff or the outside sill of a window 20 stories up is terrifying. I mean, some people can do that. Should I still consider it a fear? It still freaks me out at much, much lower levels. Say about... 12 feet up a ladder.
Maybe I'm being a little bit callous. I'm being honest here.

Thanatophobia - fear of death

People will all die naturally, so it's best to accept that death will someday come for us. If you're prepared for it and have accepted that it will eventually come, it won't be as scary as you thought.
Remember to give your loved ones a final farewell hug and say "I love you" shortly before you rest in peace. Also, remember there is an afterlife for you, so you can still visit your loved ones as a ghost and enjoy everlasting harmony in paradise.

Look at all the rest on this list: sharks, snakes, heights, spiders, wasps, and vampire bats. Those are scary indeed, but dying is another thing. You literally never know what happens to you when you die or after you die. No one really knows.
I have other fears too, but I fear death the most (though it's pretty interesting and you will never be able to avoid it).

Coulrophobia - fear of clowns

I always thought the fear of clowns was weird. I think the scary clowns would be historic pantomime clowns, replaced by dames, Pennywise, and John Wayne Gacy the killer clown. If you Google him as Pogo, he looked weird. A creepy clown.

Clowns really are horrible - I don't like them at all!
It's been that way since I saw IT. Pennywise scared me so much, and it was worse that he turned into a giant spider at the end. I think that might be part of the reason I'm terrified of spiders.

After watching "The Brave Little Toaster" as a kid, clowns are the face of the devil in my mind. I once had a school trip to the circus, and I broke down crying when this one clown gave me this huge smile and asked for my name.

Claustrophobia - fear of confined spaces

I hate tiny spaces. I feel like everything is starting to slowly move towards me, trapping me and keeping me prisoner. It's so terrifying. I can't help but get terrified in boxes or tiny rooms.

I can't really explain, but having claustrophobia feels like whenever you walk into a confined space, it's like a lobster trap. You can get in, but you can't get out.

I have this severely. I can barely stand being in a classroom full of students without feeling uncomfortable.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - fear of long words

I am scared of people combining 5 words from another language to make a phobia name. Also, this phobia makes no sense at all.
Someone comes up to you and says, "Be opportunistic," and you say, "That is scary."

I don't know about you, but I think the people who came up with these names are going a little too far.

WOW. A phobia that makes the person afraid of the name of their phobia. That's like a dog that's allergic to dog food.

Monophobia - fear of being alone

I just started getting terrible nightmares about everyone dying and me being the only one on earth. I'm desperately trying to run away from the killer, the disease, or the fire (it's a new way to die in every dream) but also hoping they kill me.
I don't care about being alone in my room. It's just the thought that you will be totally alone, with no one there to help you or protect you. I kind of have a phobia of close people dying too.

I honestly hate being by myself because I tend to feel emotionally depressed after a while, depending on how long I'm alone. I start having thoughts (or think about things) that make me sad and tear up.

Ophidiophobia - fear of snakes

These things are creepy. I can't even look at one in a book, never mind a live one! I hate everything about them. This is my number one phobia.

Apiphobia - fear of bees

The funny thing is, I have a mild case of entomophobia, which is the fear of insects, but I somehow feel a lot calmer around a bee.

After having been stung twice by one in two different years, I simply and calmly walk away whenever one approaches me.

I am terrified of bees! I have never gotten stung because every time I see one, I run away screaming!

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Pseudodysphagia - fear of choking

A horrible mental condition to suffer from. If the fear itself doesn't harm you, malnutrition and starvation might.

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Veloxrotaphobia - fear of roller coasters and other amusement rides

This is a top fear that people have, combining acrophobia, claustrophobia, agoraphobia, and PTSD.
It's usually caused by a scary experience as a child but can also be triggered by those fears themselves.

Atychiphobia - fear of failure

Ah, now here's a reasonable one. The exact phobia that I have. I only look to success, accomplishing and achieving my very best every day. Failure is not an option for me. Although a friend of mine once said that she'd rather fail than not try at all, I ignored that later on. As it turns out, failure is the main fear of most Capricorns, and I'm a Capricorn who was born in late December, on the last Sunday of 18 years ago.

Failing is a part of life, such as losing to someone else, but it helps you realize the virtue of humility and modesty. I have this phobia because I don't want to upset my dad with my performance in school.

Necrophobia - fear of dead things

I could never work at a funeral home.

There is also a fetish called "necrophilia," which is an attraction to dead bodies. How ironic.

Astrophobia - fear of outer space

I have legitimate astrophobia. I hate when people talk about space and always ask to change the subject. I'm never going to be an astronaut.

The deep emptiness of the dark descent of space, with massive planets and a chance of an exploding star. A big ol' bag of nope!

I love outer space. I have a book about it.

Pyrophobia - fear of fire

My mum used to start a fire in my house when she was drunk, and she was holding the keys for the house in her hand. She wouldn't give them to me and was laughing, so I had to knock her down to get them and get my siblings and me out of the house. She blames a demon. I blame the drinks. Lucky she isn't allowed to have alcoholic drinks anymore.
But I have a strong hatred and fear of alcoholic drinks, as well as fires, from that. I also keep getting nightmares of that happening, over and over and over. I wake up crying sometimes.

Getting burned is kind of painful. That's why I don't really like to cook food much except for rice, because I have a rice cooker in my house. Instead of a match, I'd better use a gas stove lighter or buy an automatic stove that I should just switch on to produce a cooking flame, so I don't run the risk of getting my fingers torched. It happened to me twice.

Galeophobia - fear of sharks

Due to the number and percentage of attacks that occur seasonally and yearly, I will not be willing to set foot into carnivorous fish-infested waters.

More people are killed by vending machines each year than sharks. Watch out for those sneaky vending machines.

Whenever I go in a pool or the sea, I'm always really scared of sharks. It's mainly because of movies such as Jaws and because if one person gets attacked by one, the news spreads really quickly.
But it might turn out the man that got "attacked" by a shark just had a shark near him.

Cynophobia - fear of dogs

I have had this phobia for as long as I can remember. Just the thought of it makes me really upset. I hardly ever go to the park. Every time I see a dog, I either freeze or have a panic attack.

My mom's brother was killed by a dog when he was only 3. Never knew my uncle. I find them scary.

Dogs scare me when they bark at me.

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia - fear of the number 666

The number 666 means the number of the beast, which is the devil, so basically the fear of the devil.

Arachibutyrophobia - fear of getting peanut butter stuck on the roof of your mouth

That is definitely the scariest thing a human can experience in their life.

Gephyriphobia - fear of bridges

I may not entirely be afraid of crossing bridges, as I know that they can be fun to go bungee jumping off of.
However, after searching up what the most terrifying bridges in the world are and their locations, my whole perspective on them changed permanently.

My girlfriend is horrified of going under and over bridges because she feels as if they will fall on her.

Yes! It's so scary -- any second, the cables could break and you could fall to your death.

Sociophobia - fear of people or social situations

I have this and Aichmophobia.
Story: When I was in 4th grade, my teacher heard me playing the clarinet very well. She told me about the school musical coming up, and I was put in it. I looked at the information sheet when I got out of music class and saw my name under "Clarinet Solo." I immediately felt nauseated just seeing that I was in a solo. I then knew I had to play a clarinet solo in front of 350 to 500 people. So, when I remembered the school musical was that night, I just wanted to cry. Then, I figured out I was the FIRST performance of the whole musical. When I heard them announce a "record attendance of 508," I started to shake. I heard my name, and I went to the stage. I started to black out and fell unconscious before my solo.
When I woke up, I was in the hospital with 13 stitches in my forehead. I knew I should never play a musical instrument ever again or join any music classes. I will always remember this as the "worst night of my entire life." So, having Sociophobia is the worst as well.

Taphophobia - fear of being buried alive

I wouldn't know how to handle that kind of situation besides panicking.

I would rather die if I was buried than wait for rescue.

I'm super scared of that. I would freak out until I die.

Glossophobia - fear of public speaking

I don't exactly have this. I'm kind of shy when standing in front of a lot of people who are looking at me.

What kind of idiot makes someone speak in public?

I have social anxiety, so I have this.

Phobophobia - fear of fear itself

If it means nearly every single phobia imaginable, then I suppose it counts. But the fear of the word? That's silly.

I pretty much have every one of these phobias, so I'm picking this.

Automatonophobia: fear of a ventriloquist's dummy

I have this. I am terrified of Slappy from Goosebumps. No puppets for me, please.

Agoraphobia - fear of open spaces

It's really a fear of things that put you under stressful situations, including environments that you aren't comfortable with. This can really be stressful and negatively impact life.