5 Most Common Phobias

This is the far of dirt with the contamination of germs and bacteria. This can mean someone suffering may wash their hands constantly and own a collection of disinfectants, abnormally. Of course it’s normal to wash your hands on the reg and to carry hand sanitizer, but this is when you reject shaking someones hand for the fear of retaining germs from them.

The sight of clusters of holes in various forms and formations can and will cause you to feel uneasy, uncomfortable, and certainly overwhelmed if you suffer from this. Not many people understand why this is even a thing, but most can come up with one reason; social media. Of course, the above photo is not real and has been photoshopped and altered in some sort of way, but had social media not been able to spread pictures like all of these, no one would have been feeling such an unease about this, because there would be no such thing that existed.

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This is the unreasonable fear of mostly spiders, but sometimes other things such as scorpions and such too. Sure, most people don’t like them, but do you have a legit panic attack if you see just a web or if you do see an actual spider, you refuse to go into the vacinity where it is until it’s gone or killed? Right… But why is this? Most spiders are completely harmless to humans, despite their creepy looks. Well, turns out it could be from your childhood. Many people believe that the first time you encounter a spider can give you a fright because of how they look and act, and if you’re a child, that can have a lasting impact on how you view spiders forever. Of course, this isn’t the case for everyone. Maybe you were bitten by one that was actually poisonous so now you are scared of all spiders, or you simply just don’t like spiders.

2. Thanatophobia

This can be the fear of death, anxiety about dying in general, or fear of the dying process. Of course, this isn’t so unreasonable. But, some people are truly and utterly terrified. There are many theories as to why people are scared about these things. One is that it’s actually not death that they fear; It’s what comes after. No one truly knows what comes after death, and for many that can be seriously terrifying. Another theory is that one never knows when their time on Earth is up. When will they die? No one knows that either. One more is that what if the process is painful? You never know, and you won’t per-se be able to stop it. All of this seems to be scary more-so because of what we don’t know rather than the dying part…

1. Nomophobia

(AKA: No-More-Phone-Phobia). Yes, this is a real thing and many young people have it now. It’s pretty new, in terms of that phones haven’t been around for too too long. This is a phobia that if you aren’t near your phone, your phone is dead, you have your phone taken from you, or if your phone does not have service, you will have a great deal of anxiety. This is due to the fact that in recent years, people have become so dependent on their phones for a sense of security. I mean, why not? You can keep in contact with others in just a split second, even 911. However, this is a very unhealthy lifestyle we’ve all become accustomed to.