What Is a Phobia? See The 10 Most Feared

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No. 1: Arachnophobia

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By far the most common phobia around is the fear of spiders. Arachnophobia is a lot more frequent in women, but men aren’t spared by it either. People with this phobia will feel a major discomfort in the vicinity of spiders or of signs that a spider has passed through that particular place, such as a web. They will even refuse to enter a particular room or area if they believe that a spider is located in there.

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