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:
- Arachnophobia - Fear of spiders
- Social Phobia - Fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations
- Aerophobia - Fear of flying
- 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
- Claustrophobia - Fear of being trapped in small confined spaces
- Acrophobia - Fear of heights
- Emetophobia - Fear of vomit
- Carcinophobia - Fear of cancer
- Brontophobia - Fear of thunderstorms
- Necrophobia - Fear of death or or dead things [2]
See Also
References
- ↑ Phobias, Ohio State University Medical Center
- ↑ phobia-fear-release.com