What are the most common phobias?
Basically, phobia is a sort of anxiety disorder caused by excessive fear of an object or a situation. But there are many phobias which are very common. In fact, many of us have them. But what are they? Here us a list of top 5 of them...
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Arachnophobia
Arachnophobia is the fear of spiders and other arachnids like scorpions. You might be surprised but it is one of the most common phobias where people experience unreasonable and irrational fear of spiders. This phobia is an evolutionary adaptation as earlier people used to get afraid of seeing arachnids due to their venom. People feel uneasy and dizzy in places with spiders and places where spiders would be present. This fearful feeling can also be triggered when they see a image of a realistic spider. In strong cases, people scream, cry or run away.
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Cynophobia
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Astraphobia/ Brontophobia
Astraphobia, which is also called as brontophobia, is a fear of thunder and lightning. People with this phobia can have overwhelming experiences during thunder storms or lightning. Its symptoms include rapid shaking, increased respiration and increased heart rate. Many people who check the weather daily can have this phobia. It is a very common one.
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Acrophobia
Acrophobia is the fear of height. Impacting many people in the world, it can lead to anxiety attacks and avoidance of high places like buildings towers, hill tops, cliffs, etc. It is common to have this fear and it is due to an evolutionary adaptation as our ancestors were afraid of high places due to posed danger of falling.
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Claustrophobia
Claustrophobia is the fear of small space. Claustrophobic people feel afraid in elevators, small rooms etc. Sometimes people feel claustrophobic even when they wear tight clothes.
Hope you now know the most common phobias. Tell me what's your fear in the comment box below...
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