America’s Top 10 Fears

Today, October 8th is "National Face Your Fears Day", a day that shines the light on phobias and overcoming them.  Do you have any?  Here are the top 10 phobias in America.  After doing a little digging, it turns out that Americans have some different fears that the rest of the world.  See you if have any of these.  Keep in mind that a phobia is defined as an irrational or excessive fear of an object or situation.

1. Arachnophobia – the fear of spiders.
2. Social phobia – the fear of social situations.
3. Aerophobia – the fear of flying.
4. Agoraphobia – the fear of inescapable situations.
5. Claustrophobia – the fear of confined spaces.
6. Acrophobia – the fear of heights.
7. Emetophobia – the fear of vomit.
8. Carcinophobia – the fear of cancer.
9. Brontophobia (also known as astraphobia) – the fear of thunderstorms.
10. Necrophobia – the fear of death.