A fear of vegetables can affect everyday situations involving leafy veg, raw vegetables, green veg and vegetables. It may lead to restricting foods, checking ingredients or preparation, avoiding meals, shops or restaurants, or relying heavily on familiar choices.

Possible triggers

Seeing vegetables on a plate, preparing them for cooking or being offered a vegetable dish.

Name origin

From Greek lakhanon (vegetable) and -phobia.

Also known as

Lachanophobia

A fear of vehicles can affect everyday situations involving riding in vehicles, cars, buses and trains. It may lead to avoiding certain journeys, routes or vehicles, planning extensively, relying on other people for transport, or cancelling trips altogether.

Possible triggers

Approaching a parked vehicle, standing near moving traffic or anticipating a journey in a vehicle.

Name origin

From Greek okhos (vehicle) and -phobia.

Also known as

Amaxophobia, Hamaxophobia, Motorphobia

A fear of veins can affect looking at your arms, seeing visible veins on other people, blood tests and other medical situations. It may lead to looking away, covering parts of the body, avoiding appointments or becoming highly alert to veins beneath the skin.

Possible triggers

Noticing visible veins, seeing a close-up anatomical image or anticipating a vein-related examination.

Name origin

From Greek phleps (vein) and -phobia.

A fear of very short stature can affect public places, work and social situations involving people of noticeably short stature. It may lead to avoidance, discomfort or withdrawal that interferes with ordinary interaction and where you feel able to go.

Possible triggers

Encountering an image or person of very short stature. This illustrates the recorded meaning, not a reason to regard anyone as threatening.

Name origin

From Greek nanos (dwarf) and -phobia.

A fear of very small objects can affect crafts, collections, household items and situations involving tiny objects or fine details. It may lead to avoiding touching or looking closely at small items, asking others to handle them or changing routines to prevent encountering them.

Possible triggers

Handling tiny components, examining a miniature object or looking closely at very small items.

Name origin

From Greek mikros (small) and -phobia.

This name refers specifically to fear of wasps, rather than insects in general. Appropriate precautions around nests or a known sting allergy still matter.

Possible triggers

A wasp approaching an outdoor meal, buzzing beside a window, or noticing wasps gathering near a doorway.

Name origin

Greek sphex means wasp. It is joined to phobia, from Greek phobos, meaning fear.

A fear of water can affect everyday situations involving swimming pool, bath water, shower water and drowning.

Possible triggers

Examples include approaching a swimming pool, spending time beside a lake or river, preparing for a bath or seeing water scenes on television.

Name origin

From Latin aqua (water) and -phobia.

A fear of waves can affect everyday situations involving sea waves, rough sea, big waves and choppy water.

Possible triggers

Seeing surf approach the beach, hearing waves break or feeling a boat rise and fall with the swell.

Name origin

From Greek kyma (wave) and -phobia.

A fear of wealth can affect earning, saving, receiving money, career choices and situations associated with financial success. It may lead to turning down opportunities, discomfort around money or avoiding decisions that could increase financial security.

Possible triggers

Discussing substantial wealth, encountering displays of affluence or anticipating receiving a large sum.

Name origin

From Greek ploutos (wealth) and -phobia.

A fear of white can affect everyday situations involving white room, blank white space, white walls and bright white. 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

Entering a predominantly white room, seeing white clothing or handling white objects.

Name origin

From Greek leukos (white) and -phobia.