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Situational and Environmental Phobias

A specific phobia triggered by a particular situation, place, weather condition or natural environment, including the classic situational phobias such as enclosed spaces and open or public spaces alongside phobias of specific natural phenomena and forms of travel. This group gathers the situational and environmental phobias recorded under Psychology's Specific Phobias group, spanning fears of heights, confined spaces, deep water, darkness, storms and other weather, and travel by specific means such as flying, driving or trains, each identified by its own specific phobia term in the clinical literature.

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Phobia Type (DSM-5)
Natural Environment Type 1
Phobia Type (DSM-5)
Situational Type 1
Situational and Environmental Phobias
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Acrophobia

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Aerophobia

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Agoraphobia

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Agyrophobia

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Ancraophobia

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Aquaphobia

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Astraphobia

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Basophobia

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Chionophobia

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Claustrophobia

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Dendrophobia

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Domatophobia

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Driving Phobia

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Ecophobia

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Enochlophobia

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Fear of Crossing Streets

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Fear of Falling

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Fear of Flying

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Fear of Roller Coasters

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Fear of the Dark

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Fear of Trains

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Frigophobia

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Gephyrophobia

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Heliophobia

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Hodophobia

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Lilapsophobia

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Nyctophobia

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Pyrophobia

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Radiophobia

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Siderodromophobia

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Submechanophobia

Situational and Environmental Phobias

Thalassophobia

Situational and Environmental Phobias
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Specific phobia
Wikipedia
  • Specific phobia, DSM-5 types section, natural environment type
    Including fear of water (aquaphobia), heights (acrophobia), lightning and thunderstorms (astraphobia), or aging (gerascophobia).
  • Specific phobia, DSM-5 types section, situational type
    Including the fear of small, confined spaces (claustrophobia) or the dark (nyctophobia).
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