I have always found phobias to be a very interesting concept. Everyone has a phobia or fear of some sort and I think various things cause people to have them. Even the people that think they are brave have some type of fear. Phobias can be of actual objects or of feelings and experiences.
I believe phobias are often inherited from our parents. I don't think they are inherited through genetics, but through behaviors. If the environment a person is brought up in dislikes or fears something, I think a lot of the time the person will then be afraid as well. People aren't born with fear, I think fear is a learned feeling. Children always seem to be so curious and fearless. They are always exploring and want to try new things. However, as people grow older, that curiousness and innocence seems to fade. Some may say the curiosity fades with intelligence, and maybe that's true, but I think wanting to experience new things is a wonderful trait to have. As we grow older, we develop phobias based off of bad experiences or scary moments in our lives.
I have always had a few phobias that many tell me are unrealistic, I disagree. I don't remember certain bad experiences that made these fears come about for the most part, except for one of them. My biggest phobia is of sharks. I remember being a young child and watching Jaws at my grandparent's cabin. That caused me to not even go in the lake for the remainder of the trip. I have other common fears that probably go along with fears of most women, such as snakes and spiders. My goal is to one day conquer my phobias, maybe by petting a tarantula or swimming with sharks.
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