An arachnophobe (somebody with arachnophobia), for example, might not enter a room where there is a spider.
If you have arachnophobia, start by looking at a photo of a spider, then look at a spider in a cage.
Interestingly, arachnophobia, a fear of spiders, is a problem for 50 percent of women but only 10 percent of men.
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We are aware that specific medical conditions such as agoraphobia andarachnophobia, which is the fear of a particular animal, exist.
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Therapy is needed to help them: they cannot be treated through political control, no more than claustrophobia orarachnophobiacan.
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Therapy is needed to help cure them, and they cannot be cured through political action, just as claustrophobia, the fear of enclosed spaces, orarachnophobia, the fear of spiders, cannot.
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This suggestsarachnophobiamay be a cultural, rather than genetic trait.
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Fears of spiders (arachnophobia) and snakes (ophidiophobia) are also common.
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Arachnophobiaaffects 3.5 to 6.1 percent of the population.
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Specific phobias are nouns such asarachnophobiaor acrophobia which are specific, and social phobias are phobias within social situations such as public speaking and crowded areas.
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His only fear isarachnophobia.
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Arachnophobiais still the most common phobia.
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