The Top 7 Most Common Phobias

Sometimes, fears become excessive and irrational, to the point where we can’t function normally. The intense worry and avoidance caused by these fears can interrupt day to day living, causing panic when that fear is encountered – that’s when the fear becomes a phobia. There are three types of phobias: social phobia, agoraphobia, and specific phobias. Specific phobias are further grouped into five major categories: environment, situational, animal, blood/injection/injury, and others. In this video, we discuss 7 most common phobias: Cynophobia, Aerophobia, arachnophobia, Ophidiophobia, and Arachnophobia (fear of spiders). If you find this list of phobias, weird, scary or unbelievable, you are not alone. These types of phobias are common phobias. They are phobias you might have or your friends might have them. Do you have a fear of phobias or any specific phobias? Credits Writer: Chloe Avanasa Script Editor: Denise Ding & Kelly Soong VO: Amanada Silvera Animator: Ben Carswell YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong Original Script: Want to collaborate with us on a script, storyboard or animation? Email Yumika@ References and sources: American Psychological Association (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Ed. Washington, DC, USA:APA Publishing. National Institute of Mental Health (November 2017). Prevalence of Specific Phobias. Retrieved from Bourdon, K.; Boyd, J.; Era, D.; Burns, B.; Thompson, J.; & Locke, B. (2008). Gender Differences in Phobias: A Community Survey. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. Vol 2 (3): . Ohman, A., & Mineka, S. (2001). Fears, Phobias, and Preparedness: Toward an Evolved Module of Fear and Learning. Psychological Review, Vol. 108 (3); . doi: 108.3. 483. Davey, G. C. (1994). The Disgusting Spider: The Role of Disease and Illness in the Perpetuation of Fear of Spiders. Society and Animals, Vol. 2 (1); . doi: Roach, J. (2001). Fear of Snakes, Spiders – Rooted in Evolution, Study Finds. National Geographic News. Ceriaco, L. (2012). Human Attitudes Towards Herpetofauna: The Influence of Folklore and Negative Values on the Conservation of Aphibians and Reptiles in Portugal. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. Vol. 8 (1): p.8. doi: Hammond, W. A. (1879). Neurological Contributions. Putnam, 40 – via Google Books. Sperry, L. (2015). Mental Health and Mental Disorders: An Encyclopedia of Conditions, Treatments, and Well-Being. ABC-CLIO. p430. ISBN 9781440803833. Antony, M. (2000). Phobic Disorders and Panic in Adults: A Guide to Assessment and Treatment. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Rolf R. Diehl (April 2005). Vasovagal syncope and Darwinian fitness. Clinical Autonomic Research. 15 (2): 126–129