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.
We are aware that specific medical conditions such as agoraphobia and arachnophobia, which is the fear of a particular animal, exist.
Therapy is needed to help them: they cannot be treated through political control, no more than claustrophobia or arachnophobia can.
Therapy is needed to help cure them, and they cannot be cured through political action, just as claustrophobia, the fear of enclosed spaces, or arachnophobia, the fear of spiders, cannot.
This suggests arachnophobia may be a cultural, rather than genetic trait.
Fears of spiders (arachnophobia) and snakes (ophidiophobia) are also common.
