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Phobias are a form of pathological anxiety. A phobia is an abnormal fear of an object or situation. Agoraphobia, for example, is the fear of being in public places, surrounded by the crowd and unable to escape easily if one is panicking.

There are many phobias, phobias of animals (mice, dogs, snakes, spiders …), phobias situations (fear of enclosed spaces such as elevators, tunnels, fear of heights, water from the plane …), social phobia (fear of public speaking, agoraphobia, fear of blushing …), etc..

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