According to the American Psychiatric Association [APA], phobia is irrational and excessive fear of an object or condition. Phobia often involves a sense of danger or fear of injury. For example, people with square phobias are afraid of being trapped in inevitable places or situations.

Here, we discuss the 10 most common phobias people suffer:

1. Square phobia: This is a very common phobia. Almost 2% of Americans are victims of square phobia. This is a fear of open or crowded space. It can cause a vicious circle, and when it comes close to any event that needs to face this situation, the patient will be panicked.
2. Acrophobia: This is a fear of height. This is an irrational fear of height or fear of corruption. Nearly 10% of people in the United States suffer from acrophobia. In severe cases, the victim may even suffer from a panic attack.
3. Afraid of the wind: This is the fear of flying. Nearly 6.5% of the world's population has this fear. This phobia is closely related to square phobias and claustrophobia [worried about small but limited space]. In extreme cases, when air travel is unavoidable, this may affect a person's professional and personal life.
4. Jie Wei: This is a fear of bacteria. This fear is also similar to obsessive-compulsive disorder [OCD]. A person may have both diseases at the same time. Patients are often isolated in mysterious phobias.
5. Flowers are not flowers: This phobia is common because of fear of small spaces because 5-7% of the world's population suffer from claustrophobia. This phobia is associated with fear of suffocation or fear of being restricted. Few patients seek treatment in this phobia, and most of them are not treated.
6. Cynophobia: The fear of dogs is called homophobia. Many people are afraid of dogs and have no harm. However, for dogs, homophobia is an extreme and rare fear. It is one of the most common animal phobias in the world. It is estimated that approximately 36% of patients seek treatment for phobia.
7. Intensive phobia: This is the fear of the hole. Fear of loopholes sounds ridiculous, but for a trypophobe, just seeing a hole is enough to press the panic button because he becomes very upset and almost reaches the edge of the collapse.
8. Astraphobia: The fear of lightning is called astraphobia. Indeed, thunderstorms and lightning can even make brave cover, but for people with panic disorder, it is a completely different situation. From childhood, this fear can last into adulthood.
9. Ophidiophobia: The fear of snakes is called ophidiophobia. One might think that a fear snake can be called a phobia because almost everyone is afraid of a snake. But for people with this phobia, it is impossible to indulge in hiking, camping and related activities.
10. Spider fear: The fear of spiders afflicts many people in society, and 30.5% of them live in the United States. This is a great fear of other spiders such as spiders and scorpions. This has brought a lot of embarrassment to the victims.

Management phobia

A little fear and fear is normal. However, it becomes a problem when it is out of control and begins to affect a person's daily activities. Phobia is a mental condition that is eligible for intervention. If you encounter any form of extreme phobia, you should see a psychiatrist. In fact, phobia is mainly related to a person's anxiety disorder.

Most common phobia was originally published on Spring