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.

The worry concerns the condition of the hair, including disease or changes in its colour or growth.

Possible triggers

Noticing a change in your hair, reading about a hair disorder or anticipating a hair-related consultation.

Name origin

From Greek thrix (hair), through tricho-, pathos (suffering), and phobos (fear).

A fear of Halloween can affect everyday situations involving spooky decorations, haunted attraction, October 31 and costumes. It may lead to avoiding certain places, images, stories or times of day, checking surroundings, seeking reassurance, or staying away from reminders of the feared idea.

Possible triggers

Seeing Halloween decorations, receiving a Halloween invitation or encountering costumed visitors.

Name origin

Named after the Celtic festival Samhain, combined with -phobia.

Hands themselves are the focus of this descriptive term. It is not simply another name for disliking touch.

Possible triggers

A close view of someone's hands, a hand reaching towards an object nearby, or photographs that draw attention to hands.

Possible name origin

Chiro is a combining form from Greek kheir, meaning hand. Phobia comes from Greek phobos, fear.

A fear of happiness or joy can affect everyday situations involving things going well, good news, celebration and compliments. It may lead to suppressing feelings, avoiding situations likely to trigger the emotion, monitoring your reactions, or withdrawing from experiences that would otherwise matter to you.

Possible triggers

Feeling happy during a celebration, receiving good news or anticipating an occasion intended to be joyful.

Name origin

From Greek chairō (to rejoice) and -phobia.

The concern is being harmed by a burglar or another person intending harm.

Possible triggers

Hearing about a local burglary, noticing an unexplained noise at home or anticipating being targeted by crime.

Name origin

Combines the Latin root sceler- (crime or wickedness) with Greek-derived -phobia (fear).

The concern can be a headache or migraine attack starting during a pain-free period, or mild headache pain becoming worse.

Possible triggers

Noticing a head sensation, anticipating another headache or planning an activity you associate with previous attacks.

Name origin

Combines cephalalgia (headache) with -phobia (fear). Cephalalgia comes from Greek roots referring to the head and pain.

A fear of health anxiety can affect everyday situations involving symptom checking, imagined illness, doctor visits and medical tests. It may lead to monitoring symptoms, checking the body, searching for reassurance, repeatedly seeking medical certainty, or avoiding reminders of illness.

Possible triggers

Noticing yourself repeatedly worrying about health or fearing that a health concern will become all-consuming.

Name origin

From Greek hypochondrium (area below the ribs) historically linked to melancholy.

A fear of heart problems can affect everyday situations involving heart racing, heart attack, chest pain and blood pressure. It may lead to monitoring symptoms, checking the body, searching for reassurance, repeatedly seeking medical certainty, or avoiding reminders of illness.

Possible triggers

Noticing your heartbeat, hearing about a heart condition or waiting for a heart-related appointment.

Name origin

From Greek kardia (heart) 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).