Fears with N

  • Common fear; many dread the night or darkness.

  • Very common; fear of needles/injections.

  • People often fear having scary nightmares.

  • Common existential fear of having nothing.

  • Real term: fear of dead bodies/corpses.

  • Common fear; being afraid of nighttime is normal.

  • Valid fear; many kids are scared of night time.

  • Fear of nails, often about pain or scratching.

  • Fear of nuts, often tied to severe allergies.

  • Ninjas can be frightening stealthy attackers 🥷

  • Yes, fear of loud noises is quite common.

  • Some fear nuns due to strict religious image.

  • Fear of nothingness, linked to existential dread.

  • Fear of noses or being near them, social anxiety link.

  • Some people fear slimy newts; that counts.

  • Fear of numbers, can relate to math anxiety.

  • Fear of change or trying unfamiliar things.

  • Fear of meeting strangers or social anxiety.

  • Fear of loneliness or social rejection.

  • Head lice creep many people out.

  • Fear of magic, ghosts or dark occult stuff.

  • Addictive substance; many fear using or quitting it

  • Fear of loneliness and never finding a partner.

  • Fear of poverty or financial insecurity.

  • Night terrors themselves can be a big fear

  • Existential fear of not living or dying

  • Fear of nature or wilderness, like storms or forests.

  • Fear of failure or not being enough.

  • Sex offenders are a reasonable source of fear ⚠️

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  • Near-death situations can trigger strong lasting fear

  • Thanatophobia is the deep fear of not being alive

  • Neophobia is fear of new places, foods or things

  • Fear of being alone or unloved, very human

  • Nudophobia: fear of being naked or seeing nudity

  • Common fear about future, family and loneliness

  • Fear of never dying/immortality appears in stories

  • Fear of never being loved, strong emotional fear

  • Fear of neighbors or what they might do is plausible

  • Fear of not being loved, deep emotional insecurity

  • Fear of nasty people, social/relational threat

  • Fear of not breathing, classic suffocation panic

  • Fear of never waking up, tied to death/sleep

  • Some people fear bird or insect nests near them

  • Fear of being neglected or ignored emotionally.

  • Fear of numbness, linked to health anxiety

  • Fear of suffocating or running out of air, very common.

  • Fear of the news, common in anxious times

  • Fear of narcolepsy, losing control over sleep

  • Fear of not having money, financial insecurity

  • Fear of nurses, medical staff anxiety

  • Fear of no food, hunger and survival anxiety

  • Fear of nihilism, dread of life having no meaning

  • Fear of feeling nauseous or vomiting, quite common.

  • Fear of not winning or failing is very common.

  • Some people panic at the sight of nosebleeds.

  • Fear of hanging or seeing nooses can be intense.

  • Fear that things are nonsense or meaningless.

  • Stings from nettles can be a real specific fear.

  • Neophobia

  • Some fear neck injury, choking, or throat harm.

  • Storms, quakes, tsunamis—very common fears.

  • Kids may fear strict or unfamiliar nannies.

  • Fear of names being mocked or mispronounced.

  • Fear of losing or being without a beloved Nana.

  • Fear of being insulted or bullied by name-calling.

The words in the list Fears with N come from players of the word game Categories game.