According to the American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education (APIRE), phobia is a strong, persistent, and irrational fear elicited by a specific stimulus or situation. About one out of 10 people suffer a severe fear of specific objects, activities, or settings. However, phobias can be overcome through quick and effective help (coaching, counseling, or therapy).
Phobias include abnormal fear of death or dying, bridges, heights, closed spaces, open spaces, crowds, animals, public speaking, commitment, intimacy, success as well as failure, change and even fear of fear.