Top 10 Phobias
What are the top 10 phobias?
People are afraid of all kinds of things. The top ten, the most popular ones, are arachnophobia, that is the fear of spiders, sociophobia that is the fear of social situations, aerophobia the fear of flying, that's a common one, agoraphobia, this is the fear of being outside, usually outside of your house, also claustrophobia the fear of being enclosed somewhere. We also have emetophobia, fear of vomiting, acrophobia, fear of heights, and cancerphobia the fear of cancer, Bronotophobia, this is a common one with kids this is the fear of lightning and thunder storms, and finally necrophobia the fear of death.
What is arachnophobia and how do I overcome it?
Arachnophobia is the fear of spiders, the way to overcome the fear of spiders or any phobia is do the thing you that you're afraid of. This means you have to confront spiders you can go outside, you can play with spiders, you can get a pet spider, the more you confront it the less you'll be afraid of it.
What is sociophobia and how do I overcome it?
Sociophobia is most commonly known as social anxiety or social phobia. Basically, what you need to do is get yourself into a lot of social situations. You don't want to avoid any of those things that you fear. You've got to get out, go to parties, meet new people, talk to somebody in line if you are waiting for a movie. The idea is just to talk to as many people as possible, get as much experience and over time you get more comfortable in social situations.
What is aerophobia and how do I overcome it?
Aerophobia is the fear of flying, this is a really common phobia and it is a hard one to get over because the way to overcome a phobia is to do the thing you are afraid of over and over and over. So you have to fly alot to really get over the fear, but the more you do it, the more comfortable you get and eventually you will be comfortable up there in the air.
What is agoraphobia and how do I overcome it?
Agoraphobia is the fear of open spaces and being outside your house. People with agoraphobia tend to want to stay inside of their house . The way to overcome it is to get outside every day. Even though it's difficult, you've got to get out there, you've got to put yourself into situations. The more you do that, the easier that it will get.
What is claustrophobia and how do I overcome it?
Claustrophobia is a common fear. It's the fear of being enclosed somewhere. Common situations that people are afraid of are things like elevators. Really the way to overcome this phobia is to get yourself into small spaces even though you don't want to. This means go into crowds, ride on elevators, be in smaller rooms, over time you'll get more comfortable with it.
What is emetophobia and how do I overcome it?
Emetophobia is the fear of vomiting. People are afraid of getting sick and what you need to do is to make sure you're not avoiding the things that you're afraid of such as having a heavy meal, being around sick people. The most common thing with a phobia is to avoid the thing you're afraid of and that's what keeps you scared. You've got to get out there and do the thing that you're afraid of even if it means a possibility of getting sick. You've got to accept that that's a possibility that could happen but it's very unlikely.
What is acrophobia and how do I overcome it?
Acrophobia is the fear of heights. Being up somewhere tall — being on top of a mountain — in a tall building — riding in a glass elevator — going skiing on a (chair) lift — those are all things that people, who are afraid of heights are scared of. So, the thing to do is to actually give yourself some experience getting into high places. You might start off, with going up to just the third floor of a building, and working your way up to the top floor. And eventually you'll get more comfortable being in high places.
What is cancerphobia and how do I overcome it?
Cancer phobia is the fear of getting cancer. And it's an interesting phobia because you're afraid of something that we really have no control over. So the idea here is that you just have to accept that there are things in life that are uncertain and that we just do our best to be healthy, to get your anti-oxidants and just accept that we don't have control over everything in life and you may or may not get cancer. Even if you do, it could be cured.
What is brontophobia and how do I overcome it?
Brontophobia is the fear of lightning and thunderstorms. This is common with kids. If you've got a kid who's afraid of thunderstorms and lightning, you want to make it a fun experience. Go out there on the porch with them, look at the thunderstorms, talk about how pretty it is. Help them get used to being around lightning and thunder and eventually they'll start to feel more comfortable and maybe even enjoy thunderstorms.
