Phobia

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"According to the American Psychiatric Association, a phobia is an uncontrollable, irrational, and persistent fear of a specific object, situation, or activity." [1]

List of the top ten phobias:

  1. Arachnophobia - Fear of spiders
  2. Social Phobia - Fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations
  3. Aerophobia - Fear of flying
  4. Agoraphobia - Intense fear and avoidance of any place or situation where escape might be difficult or help unavailable in the event of developing sudden panic-like symptoms
  5. Claustrophobia - Fear of being trapped in small confined spaces
  6. Acrophobia - Fear of heights
  7. Emetophobia - Fear of vomit
  8. Carcinophobia - Fear of cancer
  9. Brontophobia - Fear of thunderstorms
  10. Necrophobia - Fear of death or or dead things [2]

See Also

References

  1. Phobias, Ohio State University Medical Center
  2. phobia-fear-release.com
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