Fear Facts

Cherophobia is the fear of happiness — sufferers actively avoid joyful experiences because they believe something bad will follow.

In surveys about fears and phobias, more people report being afraid of spiders than death.

Your ears secrete more earwax when you are afraid than when you aren't.

Tomatoes were originally thought to be poisonous.

Keanu Reeves is afraid of the dark.

Approximately 4 to 5% of the U.S. population has one or more clinically significant phobias in a given year. Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. The average age of onset for social phobia is between 15 and 20 years of age, although it can often begin in childhood.