Other Phobias
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, phobias affect approximately 10% of adults. There are a number of explanations for why phobias develop. Whatever the cause, phobias are a treatable condition that can be overcome with cognitive and behavioral therapy techniques.
Listed below are some other common phobias:
- Claustrophobia – fear of closed spaces (affects around 5 percent of population)
- Acrophobia – fear of heights (this fear can lead to panic attacks and avoidance of heights)
- Mysophobia “germaphobia” – fear of dirt and germs (this phobia is often related to obsessive compulsive disorder because it involves an obsession over cleanliness)
- Aquaphobia – fear of water
- Carcinophobia – fear of cancer
- Arachnophobia – fear of spiders
- Ophidiophobia – fear of snakes
- Necrophobia – fear of dying or the dead
- Cynophobia – fear of dogs
- Astraphobia – fear of thunder and lightening
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Trypanophobia – fear of injections or medical procedures
