Fears and phobias come in all forms, varying in extremity. From ishicascadiggaphobia (fear of elbows), to taphophobia (fear of being buried alive), fears bring misery and/or anxiety to the people who suffer from them.
A definitive number of the amount of phobias is something that we cannot do, simply because of the huge number of fears that there are, not to mention all the new ones that are coming out each year. For example nomophobia - the fear of being out of mobile phone contact.
10. Necrophobia
This is the fear of death, as well as things that are associated to it, for example: coffins; corpses; tombstones etc.
Normally caused from a past experience such as: a near-death experience; knowing someone who has died; seen or have had contact with dead things (working as a funeral director for example). Basically an experience that has resulted in much emotional trauma.
9. Brontophobia
Brontophobia, also known as astraphobia, astrapophobia, is the fear of thunder and lightning. In most cases the fear of thunder and lightning will affect the person wherever they may be, but in some instances, only affects the person if they're outside.
If a person who is a sufferer of brontophobia, is to be outside, they will feel tremendous anxiety and it is not uncommon for them to try and find shelter. If a sufferer is inside, hiding under beds; inside closets; under tables and the like, can be of common practice.
8. Nyctophobia
Nyctophobia is branded as severe fear of the dark, sparked from the brains blemished perception of what could happen when in a dark environment.
Common among children and tends to pass in adolescence. Nyctophobia for adults can be horrible. Most people keep a little bit of fear of the dark throughout their life, and is the reason why dark environments and surroundings are typically used in scary films or stories.
7. Emetophobia
Emetophobia is the severe fear of vomiting. Although it sounds weird, it is a very common fear that many people from around the globe experience.
Women are more prone to it than men, with an estimated 6-7% of females having the fear, compared to an estimated 1.5-3.15% of males.
The fear can be sub-categorised into different phobias, for example: fear of vomiting in public; fear of choking on vomit; fear of seeing vomit; fear of vomiting on somebody else; fear of vomiting if someone else vomits.
6. Claustrophobia
Heard of by most people, claustrophobia is the fear of enclosed spaces, or somewhere which is inescapable.
Defined as an anxiety disorder, claustrophobia is known to cause panic attacks and people who have this, will go out of there way to avoid these circumstances from arising. These could be an avoidance of: telephone boxes; tunnels; crowded escalators; lifts; small confined rooms; helmets; diving suits; revolving doors; MRI scanners; caves; public toilets etc...
However avoidance may only make things worse.
Claustrophobia is said to affect 10% of people in their lifetime.
5. Aerophobia
Aerophobia, sometimes referred to as aviatophobia, aviophobia or pteromechanophobia, is the fear of flying. The fear may be a direct terror of flying or it may be associated with other phobias. (E.g. claustrophobia or acrophobia (number 3 in the list)).
Aerophobia is estimated to affect as many as 25%. It receives quite a lot of attention because of its difficulty for many people to avoid and because of its widespread nature.
4. Social Phobia
Social phobia is an unusual, yet common distress in our society. The fear constitutes of: socialising; certain social situations arising; being evaluated and summed-up by others and/or public speaking.
For a lot of people the fear is just mild, and doesn't really have a huge impact on our lives, producing worry or stress instead.
In more extreme cases, high levels of anxiety can come from talking with others or being in there company, can be seriously uncomfortable and unpleasant. Even talking to others can be painful.
3. Acrophobia
Another commonly heard of phobia, acrophobia is the excessive and irrational fear of heights.
Generally found among adults, with twice as many women having it than men.
Depending on the level of anxiety, people may feel it only when incredibly high up, while others may feel it a few steps up a ladder.
2. Agoraphobia
Agoraphobia is the morbid fear used to describe not only one, but many phobias. These include and are not restricted to: wide open spaces; leaving home; being in shops; being in crowded places; travelling alone on public transport; uncontrollable social conditions.
Avoidance of the particular phobia is commonly seen among subjects. For example: Only going out with other people; ordering groceries online; only travelling among routes that have little or no wide open spaces.
1. Arachnophobia
Probably the most well know phobia of them all, arachnophobia is the overwhelming phobia of spiders and other arachnids. It is a subcategory of zoophobia and is very widespread internationally.
In more drastic cases, a photo or realistic drawing can strike fear into the heart of the sufferer. Something that feels like an arachnid can also bring about the fear. Even the thought of arachnids is sometimes enough to trigger the immense fear.
The fear isn't made any better when the sufferer sees one of many clips or films depicting giant human eating spiders.
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