What is a phobia?

A phobia is an unnecessary large fear of a certain situation, thing or animal. Phobias occur quite often: more than 10% of all youngsters have one or more of these phobias.

One of the most common phobias is fear of heights, but there are many more, such as fear of

• small, confined spaces
• large open spaces
• flying
• blood and needles
• dogs
• spiders
• snakes
• thunder / lightning