Phobias

Unlike milder fears, phobias may get in the way of proceeding with your life.

Animal phobias are likely the most common type of phobias, followed by an extreme fear of heights.

Some researchers have labeled nomophobia, the fear of being without your phone, as 'the phobia of the 21st century.'

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Fear or disgust related to clusters of holes and cracks, called trypophobia, may stem from evolutionary processes to help us avoid pathogens.

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An intense fear must persist for at least six months to be diagnosed as a phobia.

Apeirophobia is the fear of everlasting life and may stem from the human brain's inability to conceptualize the concept of anything happening beyond what it can project out, such as the concept of an infinite life.