Pathological Fears

In Because of Winn-Dixie, Winn-Dixie has a pathological fear of thunderstorms.  There are many different pathological fears, or phobias, that people experience all over the world.  Here is a list of some of the most common or most unique phobias.  See if any of these pathological fears apply to you!

Ceraunophobia: fear of thunderstorms                Phasmophobia: fear of ghosts

Triskadekaphobia: fear of the number 13           Autophobia: fear of being alone

Melissophobia: fear of bees                                  Hemophobia: fear of blood

Iatrophobia: fear of going to the doctor                Anthophobia: fear of flowers

Bibliophobia: fear of books                                   Coulrophobia: fear of clowns

Chromophobia: fear of colors                               Hodophobia: fear of traveling

Anthropophobia: fear of people                           Metrophobia: fear of poetry

Zemmiphobia: fear of rats                                      Hemilophobia: fear of sermons

Claustrophobia: fear of closed in spaces           Hydrophobia: fear of water

Thanatophobia: fear of death or dying                 Pyrophobia: fear of fire

Samhainophobia: fear of Halloween                    Altophobia: fear of heights

The pathological fears found below have more obvious meaning.  See if you can guess what each fear is by looking at the parts of the word.  Remember that the suffix –phobia means “fear of.”  Match up each pathological fear with its proper name by placing the correct letter in front of each definition.

a)     Insectophobia                                    ______ fear of animals

b)     Spacephobia                                     ______ fear of moving cars

c)      Snakephobia                                     ______ fear of myths or stories

d)     Satanophobia                                    ______ fear of satan

e)     Zoophobia                                         ______ fear of snakes

f)        Motorphobia                                      ______ fear of x-rays

g)     Radiophobia                                      ______ fear of outer space

h)      Mythephobia                                      ______ fear of insects