Top ten phobias

Top ten phobias

As a human being, we all are scared of somethings these fears are often named as phobias.

phobias are emotions initiated by out-of-proportion-fears, both real and imaginary.here we count down the top ten phobias of all time.

10. Trypophobia – The fear of holes

 

 

 Trypophobia is a proposed pathological fear of objects with irregular patterns of holes. Thousands of people claim to have the condition.

9. Aerophobia – The fear of flying

 

 This phobia receives more attention than most other phobias because air travel is often difficult for people to avoid—especially in professional contexts—and because it is common, affecting a significant minority of the population. Inability to maintain emotional control when aloft may prevent a person from going on vacations or visiting family and friends, and it can cripple the career of a businessperson by preventing them from traveling on work-related business.

8.Mysophobia – The fear of germs

 

Mysophobia, also known as verminophobia, germophobia, germaphobia, bacillophobia and bacteriophobia, is a pathological fear of contamination and germs. Mysophobia has long been related to the OCD of constantly washing one's hands.

7. Claustrophobia – The fear of small spaces

 

 Claustrophobia is the fear of having no escape and being in closed or small spaces or rooms.One study indicates that anywhere from 5–7% of the world population is affected by severe claustrophobia, but only a small percentage of these people receive some kind of treatment for the disorder.

6. Astraphobia – The fear of thunder and lightning

 

 Astraphobia, also known as astrapophobia, brontophobia, keraunophobia, or tonitrophobia, is an abnormal fear of thunder and lightning

5. Cynophobia – The fear of dogs

 

 It is the abnormal fear of dogs.cynophobia is especially debilitating because of the high prevalence of dogs and the general ignorance of dog owners to the phobia.

 

4. Agoraphobia – The fear of open or crowded spaces

 

 Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by anxiety in situations where the sufferer perceives certain environments as dangerous or uncomfortable, often due to the environment's vast openness or crowdedness.Approximately 3.2 million, or about 2.2%, of adults in the US between the ages of 18 and 54, suffer from agoraphobia.

3. Acrophobia – The fear of heights

 

It is an extreme or irrational fear or phobia of heights, especially when one is not particularly high up. It belongs to a category of specific phobias, called space and motion discomfort, that share both similar etiology and options for treatment.

2. Ophidiophobia – The fear of snakes

 

 Ophidiophobia or ophiophobia is a particular type of specific phobia, the abnormal fear of snakes. Fear of snakes is sometimes called by a more general term, herpetophobia, fear of reptiles and/or amphibians.About a third of adult humans are ophidiophobic.

1. Arachnophobia – The fear of spiders

 

Arachnophobia or the fear of spiders is the oldest and most common phobia in the Western culture. The word Arachnophobia is derived from the Greek word ‘arachne’ meaning spiders.