The key to distinguishing a fear from a phobia is that that while most people get the jitters if a spider crawls on their arm, people suffering from arachnophobia -- the fear of spiders -- are ...
The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that about one in 10 of us will suffer from a phobia in our lifetime-a fear of spiders, heights, enclosed spaces, dogs”¦ The list is endless ...
"Just looking at pictures of a spider would set off my phobia, so I would be jittery and sweaty," Hodne, originally from Norway, tells 9news.com.au. "I often might have to go and have a shower ...