The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) estimates
that 8 percent of US adults suffer from some type of phobia,
which translates into about 11 ½ million people. Common phobias
include agoraphobia (fear of open spaces or crowded places),
claustrophobia (fear of confined spaces) or fear of heights
(altophobia). Test your knowledge of some less common phobias
by matching the following phobias to their proper
definitions.
- Anthrophobia
- Androphobia
- Atychiphobia
- Gamophobia
- Ergophobia
- Melanophobia
- Pediophobia
- Thalassophobia
- Xanthophobia
- Xenophobia
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- Fear of things that are
black
- Fear of marriage
- Fear of failure
- Fear of strangers or
foreigners
- Fear of work
- Fear of men
- Fear of things that are
yellow
- Fear of dolls
- Fear of flowers
- Fear of the sea
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