Fears & Phobias: Beginning with 'a'
The most common mental disorder in the U.S are phobias. Four of the most common begin with A, Arachnophobia, Acrophobia, Agoraphobia and Astraphobia.
Ablutophobia: Fear of washing or bathing.
Acarophobia: Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching.
Acerophobia: Fear of sourness.
Achluophobia: Fear of darkness.
Acousticophobia: Fear of noise.
Acrophobia: Fear of heights.
Aeroacrophobia: Fear of open high places.
Aeronausiphobia: Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness.
Aerophobia: Fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airbourne noxious substances.
Agliophobia: Fear of pain.
Agoraphobia: Fear of 1) open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets 2) leaving a safe place.
Agraphobia: Fear of sexual abuse.
Agrizoophobia: Fear of wild animals.
Agyrophobia: Fear of streets or crossing the street.
Aichmophobia: Fear of needles or pointed objects.
Ailurophobia: Fear of cats.
Albuminurophobia: Fear of kidney disease.
Alektorophobia: Fear of chickens.
Algophobia: Fear of pain.
Alliumphobia: Fear of garlic.
Allodoxaphobia: Fear of opinions.
Altophobia: Fear of heights.
Amathophobia: Fear of dust.
Amaxophobia: Fear of riding in a car.
Ambulophobia: Fear of walking.
Amnesiphobia: Fear of amnesia.
Amychophobia: Fear of scratches or being scratched.
Anablephobia: Fear of looking up.
Ancraophobia: Fear of wind.
Androphobia: Fear of men.
Anemophobia: Fear of air drafts or wind.
Anginophobia: Fear of angina, choking or narrowness.
Anglophobia: Fear of England, English culture, etc.
Angrophobia: Fear of becoming angry.
Ankylophobia: Fear of immobility of a joint.
Anthrophobia: Fear of flowers.
Anthropophobia: Fear of people or society.
Antlophobia: Fear of floods.
Anuptaphobia: Fear of staying single.
Apeirophobia: Fear of infinity.
Aphenphosmphobia: Fear of being touched.
Apiphobia: Fear of bees.
Apotemnophobia: Fear of persons with amputations.
Arachibutyrophobia: Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia: Fear of spiders.
Arithmophobia: Fear of numbers.
Arrhenphobia: Fear of men.
Arsonphobia: Fear of fire.
Asthenophobia: Fear of fainting or weakness.
Astraphobia: Fear of thunder and lightning.
Astrophobia: Fear of stars and celestial space.
Asymmetriphobia: Fear of asymmetrical things.
Ataxiophobia: Fear of ataxia.
Ataxophobia: Fear of disorder or untidiness.
Atelophobia: Fear of imperfection.
Atephobia: Fear of ruin or ruins.
Athazagoraphobia: Fear of being forgotton or ignored or forgetting.
Atomosophobia: Fear of atomic explosions.
Atychiphobia: Fear of failure.
Aulophobia: Fear of flutes.
Aurophobia: Fear of gold.
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Auroraphobia: Fear of Northern lights.
Autodysomophobia: Fear of one that has a vile odor.
Automatonophobia: Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues anything that falsly represents a sentient being.
Automysophobia: Fear of being dirty.
Autophobia: Fear of being alone or of oneself.
Aviophobia or Aviatophobia: Fear of flying.