Definitions of simple phobia
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any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuli
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types:
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acrophobia
a morbid fear of great heights
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algophobia
a morbid fear of pain
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aquaphobia
a morbid fear of drowning
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astraphobia
a morbid fear of thunder and lightning
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automysophobia
a morbid fear of being dirty
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claustrophobia
a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space
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cryophobia
a morbid fear of freezing
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cyberphobia
irrational fear of computers or technology
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hydrophobia
a morbid fear of water
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hypnophobia
a morbid fear of falling asleep
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mysophobia
a morbid fear of dirt or contamination
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neophobia
a morbid fear of novelty
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nyctophobia
a morbid fear of night or darkness
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phobophobia
a morbid fear of developing a phobia
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acousticophobia, phonophobia
a morbid fear of sounds including your own voice
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photophobia
a morbid fear of light
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pyrophobia
a morbid fear of fire
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taphephobia
a morbid fear of being buried alive
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thanatophobia
a morbid fear of death
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triskaidekaphobia
a morbid fear of the number 13
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zoophobia
a morbid fear of animals
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acarophobia
a morbid fear of small insects and mites and worms
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arachnophobia
a morbid fear of spiders
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ailurophobia
a morbid fear of cats
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cynophobia
a morbid fear of dogs
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entomophobia
a morbid fear of insects
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lepidophobia
a morbid fear of snakes
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musophobia
a morbid fear of mice
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type of:
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phobia, phobic disorder, phobic neurosis
an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations
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