Specific phobias are perhaps the best known among the anxiety disorders, it is because of irrational fear of avoidance of objects, animals, or situations defined. We distinguish four groups of specific phobias: the first group are phobias that have as their subject animals, such as Arachnophobia (phobia of spiders), the cinofobia (fear of dogs)’ s ornitofobia (fear of pigeons or birds in general), ailurofobia (fear of cats), the second group belong instead phobias regarding environmental situations: such as’ acrophobia (fear of heights), the brontofobia (fear of thunderstorms), agyrofobia (fear of crossing the street) , rupofobia (fear of dirt) in the third group are phobias of blood, injections or injury, and finally the fourth group, phobias directed to specific situations such as claustrophobia (fear of closed places), or the fear of driving or air travel (aviofobia), train, bus and so on. Generally the person with a specific phobia can handle the situation carefully avoiding the dreaded bump in the circumstances. In this case, however, is more appropriate to consult a specialist who put a proper diagnosis and indicate the most appropriate care.
We conclude this brief overview of phobias by listing a series of specific phobias that might be called “unusual” alliumfobia (fear of garlic), basifobia (fear of falling while standing or walking), calliginefobia (fear of having relations with women good), eritrofobia (fear of the color red), iatrofobia (fear of doctors), logofobia (afraid to say or hear certain words), pendofobia (fear of clocks), pogonofobia (fear of beards), xylofobia (fear of wooden objects or forests), automatonofobia (fear of objects that have human form), clinofobia (fear of beds), eisoptrofobia (fear of mirrors), falacrofobia (fear of baldness), leucofobia (fear of the color white), xantofobia ( fear of the color yellow), melofobia (fear of music), tafofobie (fear of being buried alive).