10 Common Fears and the Hidden Facts They Reveal About Your True Personality

10 Common Fears and the Hidden Facts They Reveal About Your True Personality
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Everybody’s afraid of something. Some kids are afraid of the dark, and while many grow out of it, some people’s fears haunt them way into adulthood. Maybe your particular bugbear is, well ... bugs! Maybe it’s clowns, spiders, or speaking in public.

Whatever you’re afraid of, it can really hold you back. Or, it can tell you something you never knew about the depths of your own personality. If you locate your fear in the list of 10 below, you might just be floored by what it reveals to you about yourself.

Fear of the dark (“nyctophobia”)