Fears and Phobias

• Fear is programmed into the nervous system like an instinct.
• Fear can be mild, medium, and intense.
• Fear can be brief or longer.
• Fear is the most basic human emotion.
• Phobia is intense fear of something.
• Phobia comes from fear.
• Having phobia makes you feel like you're in danger.
• Amygdala triggers fear.
• The 9 common phobias are:

  Hemophobia

  Trypanophobia

  Thanatophobia

  Athazagoraphobia

  Emetophobia

  Claustrophobia

  Arachnophobia

  Autophobia

  Agoraphobia

  Ophidiophobia or Ophiophobia

  Acrophobia

  Aerophobia
• The 7 rare phobias are:

  Allodoxaphobia

  Decidiophobia

  Nomophobia

  Catatrophobia or Elsotrophobia

  Chorophobia

  Ablutophobia

  Ancraophoobia
• Hemophobia is the fear of blood. It happens since blood is unsettling when seen outside the body where it should be.
• Trypanophobia is the fear of needles. It is common in kids.
• Thanatophobia is the fear of death.
• Athazagoraphobia is the fear of being forgotten or forgetting. It is common to people with Alzheimers.
• Emetophobia is the fear of vomiting.
• Claustrophobia is the fear of tight spaces.
• Arachnophobia is the fear of spiders.
• Autophobia is the fear of being alone.
• Agoraphobia is the fear of inescapable situations that might cause panic like being in public. People with this phobia usually fear leaving their homes.
• Ophidiophobia or Ophiophobia is the fear of snakes.
• 1/3 of adults have Ophidiophobia making it the 2nd most common phobia.
• Acrophobia is the fear of heights.