There are some very strange and real phobias out there. These phobias range from the fear of colors to the fear of long words. If you think your fear of spiders is bad, I feel bad for the people that have these legitimate phobias.
To be clear we are all on the same page, this is the definition of phobia: A phobia is a type of anxiety disorder, usually defined as a persistent fear of an object or situation in which the sufferer commits to great lengths in avoiding, typically disproportional to the actual danger posed, often being recognized as irrational.
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