Five common phobias we have
19 Aug 2017 3:13 PM GMT
Arachnophobia: 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. The response to spiders shown by an arachnophobic individual may seem irrational to others and often to the sufferer himself.
Hemophobia: Hemophobia or the extreme fear of blood, elicits a phobic reaction from the suffering individual at the sight of blood, which may or may not be his own.
Mysophobia: Myso is the Greek word for germs and Phobos means fear. Thus, Mysophobia is the excessive and often irrational fear of microbes or getting contaminated with germs. Mysophobia is also known as germophobia.
Nyctophobia: Many kids and adults are known to suffer from the fear of darkness or night phobia. Several non-clinical terminologies are used for describing this phobia – Nyctophobia, Lygophobia as well as Achluophobia.
Trypanophobia: It is a very real phobia affecting nearly 3.5 to 10% of the world's population. It consists of an irrational or excessive fear of needles, pins or injections. While most people, children especially, fear getting their vaccination shots or blood samples taken, in case of people with extreme fear of needles, the idea of getting one triggers an immediate anxiety response.
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