Phobias are particular fears that are out of proportion to real dangers, however they are persistent and debilitating to the individual’s everyday functioning. It’s possible to develop a phobia to almost any situation or thing, but the most common include:
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social phobia anxiety about how you are seen and judged by other people or fear of being humiliated in social situations or at times when you are on show, speaking or performing in public
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agoraphobia fear of leaving home due to having a panic attack in shops, crowds, public places or travelling alone in trains, buses or planes
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fears attached to specific things, such as fear of heights, spiders, mice, enclosed spaces (claustrophobia), needles, thunder, darkness, flying, dentistry, using public toilets, eating certain foods or the sight of blood or injury