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Phobias are an intense and persistent fear (usually irrational) of things, activities, or situations. Symptoms include anxiety, loss of breath, racing heart, as well as other physical and emotional signs. Treatment for phobias with counseling and therapy is recommended.

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Acrophobia
Acrophobia is an extreme and sometimes irrational fear of heights. One of a specific group of phobias classified by space and motion discomfort, this fear has many root causes and can be severe in its intensity. Acrophobia is often attributed to either conditioning or a previous ...
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Arachnophobia
One of the most common phobias, arachnophobia is a specific type of zoophobia, or fear of a specific animal. In this case, arachnophobia is an extreme fear of spiders. Many people find spiders disconcerting – they are actually the second most hated animal on the planet, following...
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Brontophobia
Often packaged together with astraphobia, which is the fear of thunderstorms, or keraunophobia, the fear of lightening, brontophobia is specifically the fear of thunder. One of the ten most common phobias in the world, this fear is actually present in both humans and animals. Whi...
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Claustrophobia
Perhaps one of the most well known phobias, claustrophobia is a fear of being closed in or unable to escape. Like many any other fears, it shows up at varying levels - from just a general dislike and anxiety in smaller spaces to a full blown panic at even the thought of being con...
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Cynophobia
With various zoophobias being the most common kind of phobia in the world, it’s not surprising that a huge percentage of the population suffers from cynophobia, or fear of dogs. With the large number of domestic and wild dogs around, this can be a particularly debilitating fear t...
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Emetophobia
While it is considered to be one of the most common phobias in the world, there is relatively little research that has been done looking into emetophobia, or the fear of anything pertaining to vomiting. This particular phobia has several subcategories, including the fear of the a...
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Necrophobia
Although a single term often indicates only fear of one thing, necrophobia is actually the term for two distinct fears. The first is a fear of dead things or corpses. The second, and perhaps more debilitating, is the general fear of death itself. While both are completely natural...
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Ophidiophobia
The most common of all animal phobias, ophidiophobia is an extreme and irrational fear of snakes and all things pertaining to them. This should not be confused with simply the fear of their venom or the danger they may present, but the actual and very real fear of the snake itsel...
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Phobias
Phobias are extreme fears that cause a person to freeze or suffer a panic attack. Symptoms are very similar to those of other anxiety disorders, including shortness of breath, a rapid heart rate, and other physical and psychological indicators. When the symptoms consistently appe...
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Selective Mutism
A severe anxiety disorder that causes children who can usually communicate normally to "freeze up" in public or unfamiliar situations or when around strangers. Other symptoms include extreme shyness, trouble speaking in public, a fear of people as well as some other sig...
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