Phobophobia, according to Cleveland Clinic, is the fear of fear itself. It manifests as a fear of experiencing fear—physically or emotionally—or showing it to others. Both ironically and sadly ...
Now, did all of these phobias freak you out? You guessed it, there’s a word for that too. Phobophobia is the fear of phobias.
When Franklin Delano Roosevelt said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself," he was describing phobophobia -- the fear of being afraid. Though FDR had a different message in mind ...