What’s the difference between phobia and fear?
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A phobia is an irrational fear, that is a fear you can’t explain away or get past even though if know better.
You can teach someone with a plain old fear of spiders that “they’re more scared of you than you are them,” and knowledge can help them get past their fear.
However, someone with arachnophobia (spider-phobia) can know that they shouldn’t be afraid of spiders but they can’t help it. They can’t stop being afraid of any and all spiders even though they understand that spiders aren’t really a danger to them.
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