What is a phobia?

What is a phobia?

Phobias are anxiety disorders. They cause people to have extreme, unrealistic fears. People with phobias are afraid of things that other people don’t find scary or troubling.

Cyberphobia is a type of specific phobia disorder. These disorders cause people to have a reaction to a specific situation or object. The object or situation may be harmless, but the person with the phobia has an unusually strong reaction to it. People with a specific phobia disorder go to great lengths to avoid encountering the object that scares or upsets them.