Fears & Phobias: Beginning with 'a'

The most common mental disorder in the U.S are phobias. Four of the most common begin with A, Arachnophobia,  Acrophobia,  Agoraphobia and  Astraphobia.

Ablutophobia: Fear of washing or bathing.

Acarophobia: Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching.

Acerophobia: Fear of sourness.

Achluophobia: Fear of darkness.

Acousticophobia: Fear of noise.

Acrophobia: Fear of heights.

Aeroacrophobia: Fear of open high places.

Aeronausiphobia: Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness.

Aerophobia: Fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airbourne noxious substances.

Agliophobia: Fear of pain.

Agoraphobia: Fear of 1) open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets 2) leaving a safe place.

Agraphobia: Fear of sexual abuse.

Agrizoophobia: Fear of wild animals.

Agyrophobia: Fear of streets or crossing the street.

Aichmophobia: Fear of needles or pointed objects.

Ailurophobia: Fear of cats.

Albuminurophobia: Fear of kidney disease.

Alektorophobia: Fear of chickens.

Algophobia: Fear of pain.

Alliumphobia: Fear of garlic.

Allodoxaphobia: Fear of opinions.

Altophobia: Fear of heights.

Amathophobia: Fear of dust.

Amaxophobia: Fear of riding in a car.

Ambulophobia: Fear of walking.

Amnesiphobia: Fear of amnesia.

Amychophobia: Fear of scratches or being scratched.

Anablephobia: Fear of looking up.

Ancraophobia: Fear of wind.

Androphobia: Fear of men.

Anemophobia: Fear of air drafts or wind.

Anginophobia: Fear of angina, choking or narrowness.

Anglophobia: Fear of England, English culture, etc.

Angrophobia: Fear of becoming angry.

Ankylophobia: Fear of immobility of a joint.

Anthrophobia: Fear of flowers.

Anthropophobia: Fear of people or society.

Antlophobia: Fear of floods.

Anuptaphobia: Fear of staying single.

Apeirophobia: Fear of infinity.

Aphenphosmphobia: Fear of being touched.

Apiphobia: Fear of bees.

Apotemnophobia: Fear of persons with amputations.

Arachibutyrophobia: Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.

Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia: Fear of spiders.

Arithmophobia: Fear of numbers.

Arrhenphobia: Fear of men.

Arsonphobia: Fear of fire.

Asthenophobia: Fear of fainting or weakness.

Astraphobia: Fear of thunder and lightning.

Astrophobia: Fear of stars and celestial space.

Asymmetriphobia: Fear of asymmetrical things.

Ataxiophobia: Fear of ataxia.

Ataxophobia: Fear of disorder or untidiness.

Atelophobia: Fear of imperfection.

Atephobia: Fear of ruin or ruins.

Athazagoraphobia: Fear of being forgotton or ignored or forgetting.

Atomosophobia: Fear of atomic explosions.

Atychiphobia: Fear of failure.

Aulophobia: Fear of flutes.

Aurophobia: Fear of gold.

Auroraphobia: Fear of Northern lights.

Autodysomophobia: Fear of one that has a vile odor.

Automatonophobia: Fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues anything that falsly represents a sentient being.

Automysophobia: Fear of being dirty.

Autophobia: Fear of being alone or of oneself.

Aviophobia or Aviatophobia: Fear of flying.