A fear of green can affect everyday situations involving green room, green colour, bright green and green paint. It may lead to scanning for the sensation or visual cue, avoiding particular environments or objects, leaving situations early, or arranging surroundings to prevent encountering it.

Possible triggers

Seeing green clothing, entering a green-painted room or handling a green object.

Name origin

From Greek chloros (green) and -phobia.

Hot weather and hot objects can be the focus, rather than flames or fire.

Possible triggers

Entering a hot room, stepping outdoors in hot weather or anticipating time near a source of heat.

Name origin

From Greek therme (heat) and phobos (fear).

A fear of human-like figures can affect shops, museums, theme parks and displays containing mannequins, wax figures, robots or animatronics. It may lead to avoiding particular venues, keeping distance from figures or leaving when something looks or moves too much like a person.

Possible triggers

Walking past shop mannequins, visiting a wax museum or encountering a lifelike mechanical figure.

Name origin

From Greek automatos (self-moving) and -phobia.

A fear of large objects can affect city centres, ports, museums and places containing huge buildings, statues, ships or machinery. It may lead to avoiding certain routes or destinations, keeping extra distance or becoming overwhelmed by the scale of an object.

Possible triggers

Standing beside a large statue, approaching a huge ship or seeing an oversized structure nearby.

Name origin

From Greek megas (large) and -phobia.

The concern centres on lawsuits, rather than justice in general.

Possible triggers

Receiving a legal letter, hearing that someone might sue or anticipating a civil court case.

Possible name origin

The origin of this name is unclear. The ending -phobia comes from Greek phobos (fear), but the first part and the history of this spelling are uncertain.

A fear of loud noises can affect everyday situations involving loud noise, sudden bang, fireworks and alarm. It may lead to scanning for the sensation or visual cue, avoiding particular environments or objects, leaving situations early, or arranging surroundings to prevent encountering it.

Possible triggers

Anticipating amplified sound at an event, hearing a loud appliance or being near raised voices.

Name origin

From Greek phōnē (sound) and -phobia.

Also known as

Acousticophobia

A fear of machines can affect everyday situations involving factory equipment, mechanical device, machine and engine. It may lead to avoiding touching, using or being near the object, asking others to deal with it, changing routines, or checking surroundings for the trigger.

Possible triggers

Standing near operating machinery, switching on a mechanical device or entering a workshop.

Name origin

From Greek mechane (machine) and -phobia.

A fear of masks can affect costume events, performances, celebrations and situations where faces are covered. It may lead to avoiding masked people, leaving events early, keeping extra distance or feeling unable to relax when someone’s face cannot be fully seen.

Possible triggers

Someone putting on a mask, entering a costume shop or attending an event with masked performers.

Name origin

From English mask with -phobia.

A fear of metal objects can affect everyday situations involving metal surface, cold metal, steel and iron. It may lead to avoiding touching, using or being near the object, asking others to deal with it, changing routines, or checking surroundings for the trigger.

Possible triggers

Handling metal cutlery, touching a metal door handle or using a metal tool.

Name origin

From Greek metallon (metal) and -phobia.

A fear of mirrors can affect everyday situations involving mirrored room, seeing reflection, mirror and reflection. It may lead to avoiding touching, using or being near the object, asking others to deal with it, changing routines, or checking surroundings for the trigger.

Possible triggers

Passing a large mirror, entering a mirrored lift or seeing your reflection unexpectedly.

Name origin

From Greek katoptron (mirror) and -phobia.

Also known as

Eisoptrophobia, Spectrophobia