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Top 10 Most Common Phobias

  By Renita Tisha Pinto  posted Aug 24th 2012 at 7:30AM IN | Avg Rating
Healthy Living

Afraid of getting into that dark room? Scared of those insects with huge antennae? Well, you’re not alone, there are many who share your fears. These fears may cause anxiety disorders that arise because of a constant object or situation. When you feel like avoiding such objects or situations, you may have developed a ‘Phobia.’ Phobias are treatable with cognitive and behavioral therapy techniques.
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  • Arachnophobia: Fear of Spiders
  • Ophidiophobia: Fear of Snakes
  • Acrophobia: Fear of Heights
  • Agoraphobia: The Fear of Situations in which Escape is Difficult
  • Cynophobia: Fear of Dogs
  • Astraphobia: Fear of Thunder and Lightening
  • Trypanophobia: Fear of Injections
  • Social Phobias: Fear of Social Situations
  • Pteromerhanophobia: Fear of Flying
  • Mysophobia: Fear of Germs or Dirtt

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