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Phobias

A phobia is a type of anxiety disorder. It is a strong, irrational fear of something that poses little or no real danger.

There are many specific phobias. Acrophobia is a fear of heights. Agoraphobia is a fear of public places, and claustrophobia is a fear of closed-in places. If you become anxious and extremely self-conscious in everyday social situations, you could have a social phobia. Other common phobias involve tunnels, highway driving, water, flying, animals and blood.

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  1. Phobias (National Library of Medicine)  
    A phobia is a type of anxiety disorder. It is a strong, irrational fear of something that poses little or no real danger. There are many specific phobias. Acrophobia is a fear of heights. Agoraphobia is ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/phobias.html - Health Topics
  2. Phobia - simple/specific 
    A phobia is an ongoing intense fear or anxiety of a certain object, animal, activity, or setting that poses ... Specific phobias are a type of anxiety disorder in which a person may feel extremely anxious or has a ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000956.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Social anxiety disorder 
    ... affected equally with this disorder. People with social phobia are at high risk for alcohol or other ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000957.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Fears and phobias (image) 
    Common simple phobias are those involving animals or insects, a fear of high places, a fear of lightning, a fear of ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/9321.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Phobias (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)  
    Phobias/Start Here ... Phobias ... Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    https://www.mayoclinic.org/.../symptoms-causes/syc-20355156?p=1 - External Health Links
  6. ClinicalTrials.gov: Phobic Disorders From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Phobias/Clinical Trials ... Phobias
    https://clinicaltrials.gov/...c+Disorders"&aggFilters=status:not rec - External Health Links
  7. ClinicalTrials.gov: Phobia, Social From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Phobias/Clinical Trials ... Phobias
    https://clinicaltrials.gov/...bia,+Social"&aggFilters=status:not rec - External Health Links
  8. Fears and Phobias (Nemours Foundation)  
    Phobias/Teenagers ... Phobias
    https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/phobias.html - External Health Links
  9. Phobias (Nemours Foundation)  
    Phobias/Children ... Phobias
    https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/phobias.html - External Health Links
  10. Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)  
    Phobias/Specifics ... Phobias
    https://www.mayoclinic.org/.../symptoms-causes/syc-20353561?p=1 - External Health Links
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