#phobia__phobic_disorder__phobic_neurosis an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations; "phobic disorder is a general term for all phobias"
supertype: anxiety_disorder__anxietydisorder a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom
subtype: agoraphobia a morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place)
subtype: simple_phobia any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuli
subtype: acrophobia a morbid fear of great heights
subtype: algophobia a morbid fear of pain
subtype: aquaphobia a morbid fear of drowning
subtype: astraphobia a morbid fear of thunder and lightning
subtype: claustrophobia a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space
subtype: cryophobia a morbid fear of freezing
subtype: hydrophobia a fear of drinking liquids because swallowing is so painful (as with persons having rabies)
subtype: hypnophobia a morbid fear of falling asleep
subtype: mysophobia a morbid fear of dirt or contamination
subtype: neophobia a morbid fear of novelty
subtype: nyctophobia a morbid fear of night or darkness
subtype: phobophobia a morbid fear of developing a phobia
subtype: photophobia a morbid fear of light
subtype: pyrophobia a morbid fear of fire
subtype: taphephobia a morbid fear of being buried alive
subtype: thanatophobia a morbid fear of death
subtype: triskaidekaphobia a morbid fear of the number 13
subtype: zoophobia a morbid fear of animals
subtype: acarophobia a morbid fear of small insects and mites and worms
subtype: ailurophobia a morbid fear of cats
subtype: cynophobia a morbid fear of dogs
subtype: entomophobia a morbid fear of insects
subtype: lepidophobia a morbid fear of snakes
subtype: musophobia a morbid fear of mice
subtype: social_phobia any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with situations in which you are subject to criticism by others (as fear of eating in public or public speaking etc)
subtype: androphobia a morbid fear of men
subtype: gynophobia a morbid fear of women
subtype: satanophobia an abnormal fear of Satan
subtype: school_phobia a child's sudden fear of attending school
subtype: traumatophobia a morbid fear of battle or physical injury
subtype: xenophobia an irrational fear of foreigners or strangers
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