PHOBIAS: Black cats and ghosts, thunder and lightning. Halloween is near. For some, that brings up a significant fear: in fact, Samhainophobia is a fear of Halloween.

You might recognize arachnophobia thanks to a movie of the same name. That phobia is a fear of spiders. We have a few other phobias to share, in honor of October and all things spooky and scary. Claustrophobia is a fear of closed-in spaces — another one you might already know. Triskaedekaphobia is a fear of the number 13.

Ailurophobia is a fear of cats (all cats, not just black ones crossing your path), acrophobia is the fear of heights and aerophobia is a fear of flying.

For those who have issues with people or leaving the house, one of these may apply: agoraphobia is a fear of public space, koinoniphobia is a fear of rooms full of people and ochlophobia is a fear of crowds.

Amathophobia is a fear of dust, astrapophobia is a fear of lightning. Keraunophobia is a fear of thunder, nephophobia is a fear of clouds and ornithophobia is a fear of birds.

When it comes to humans, there are a few specific phobias, either related to fluids emitted or illness. Emetophobia is a fear of vomiting, ereuthophobia is a fear of blushing, genophobia is a fear of sex, haematophobia is a fear of blood, microphobia is a fear of germs/small things, mysophobia is a fear of dirt, nyctophobia is a fear of the dark, and pathophobia is a fear of disease.

Here are a few more phobias to consider: Chromophobia is a fear of colors, ephebiphobia is a fear of teenagers; genuphobia is a fear of knees and heliophobia is a fear of the sun. Microphobia is a fear of small things, onomatophobia is a fear of names and pogonophobia is a fear of beards.