Most Common Phobias

Take a look at the some of the most common phobias:

Social phobia or social anxiety disorder is the extreme fear of being around strangers.

Nyctophobia is the fear of darkness or the dark.

Claustrophobia is the fear of being in a confined or small space.

Arachnophobia is the fear of spiders.

Acrophobia is the fear of heights or high places.

Ophidiophobia is the fear of snakes.

Necrophobia is a fear of death or dead bodies.

Agoraphobia is the fear of public or open spaces.

Astraphobia is an irrational fear of thunder and lightning.

I think we all have small amounts of fear or hesitation around many of those things. It’s called survival instinct, but to have a phobia really disables your ability to function when faced with the fear head on.