6 Most Common Phobias
4. Fear of heights or acrophobia
The debilitating sensation one gets when standing on top of a bridge, building, hill or any structure that is tall. This is the fear of heights.
5. Fear of flying or aerophobia
Many of us have a fear of flying. We imagine unnecessarily the ways a plane can crash, and sit through the flight fighting paranoia. But it’s only a small percentage that has this phobia and goes to great lengths to avoid taking a flight.
6. Fear of spiders or arachnophobia
A fear of spiders is not misplaced. Although many are not dangerous, some can be extremely poisonous and can cause death. Deadly spiders in movies haven’t helped soothe the fear either.
Although many of us fear many things on a daily basis, we get over our fears and move on with our daily lives. But some aren’t as lucky. The phobias are so severe that they cannot do normal things like taking a flight, speak normally or walk around doing things we take for granted. In such cases, medicines and counseling have been proved to be helpful.
