TOP TEN PHOBIAS

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With Halloween on Saturday I thought this would be interesting.

A new survey shows these are our top real-life phobias:

10) Dentist

 9) Dogs

 8) Flying

 7) Thunder and lightning

 6) The dark

 5) Heights

 4) Other people, or social phobia

 3) Spaces. In other words, any place we fear escape might be difficult: elevators, sporting events, bridges, etc.

 2) Spiders

 1) Snakes