10 of the Most Common Phobias

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10 of the Most Common Phobias According to the American Psychiatric Association, a phobia is an irrational and excessive fear of an object or situation. In most cases, the phobia involves a sense of endangerment or a fear of harm.   BPL-ESL August 21, 2015

Arachnophobia Fear of spiders – affects more women than men

Ophidiophobia Fear of snakes

Acrophobia Fear of heights

 Agoraphobia Fear of crowded spaces, open spaces or situations in which escape is difficult

Cynophobia Fear of dogs

 Astraphobia Fear of thunder and lightning

Trypanophobia Fear of injections

Social Phobias Fear of social situations

Pteromerhanophobia Fear of flying

Mysophobia Fear of germs or dirt

Hippopotomonstrosequipedaliophobia Fear of long words

http://wordinfo.info/unit/2723?letter=P&spage=6 English Word Information –List of Phobias (alphabetically)