There's a high chance you're afraid of something, or anything! And there's also a good chance you didn't know that the thing you're afraid of has an official name. Here are the names of some of the most common phobias:

Glossophobia- The fear of speaking in public.


Politicophobia- The fear or abnormal dislike of politicians


Lockiophobia- the fear of childbirth. If you don’t suffer from this, you’re probably a man.


Ophthalmophobia- The fear of being stared at


Macrophobia- The fear of long waits


Gelotophobia- The fear of being laughed at


Nyctohylophobia- The fear of dark wooded areas at night. If you don’t have this fear, you’ve probably never seen a horror movie.


Metathesiophobia- A fear of change


Athazagoraphobia- The fear of being forgotten, abandoned, or ignored.


Gerascophobia- The fear of growing old


Blennophobia- The fear of slime.


Hellenologophobia- The fear of Greek terms or difficult scientific terminology


Kakorrhaphiophobia-The fear of failure or defeat.


Obesophobia- The fear of gaining weight


Anuptaphobia- The fear of staying single forever


Syngenesophobia- A fear of relatives.