Editing Fear (section)

=== Phobias ===
{{see also|Phobia}}
According to surveys, some of the most common fears are of [[demon]]s and [[ghost]]s, the existence of [[evil]] powers, [[cockroach]]es, [[spider]]s, [[snake]]s, [[Acrophobia|heights]], [[water]], [[Claustrophobia|enclosed spaces]], [[tunnel]]s, [[bridge]]s, [[Hypodermic needle|needles]], [[social rejection]], [[failure]], [[Test (assessment)|examinations]], and [[public speaking]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/media/things-americans-fear-most-2015/|title=Things Americans fear most| vauthors = Welch A |date=October 15, 2015|work=CBS News|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622001419/http://www.cbsnews.com/media/things-americans-fear-most-2015/|archive-date=June 22, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/10/30/clowns-are-twice-as-scary-to-democrats-as-they-are-to-republicans//|title=America's top fears: Public speaking, heights and bugs| vauthors = Ingraham C |date=October 30, 2014|newspaper=The Washington Post|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005055946/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/10/30/clowns-are-twice-as-scary-to-democrats-as-they-are-to-republicans/|archive-date=October 5, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gallup.com/poll/1891/snakes-top-list-americans-fears.aspx|title=Snakes Top List of American's Fears| vauthors = Brewer G |date=March 19, 2001|publisher=Gallup|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714071803/http://www.gallup.com/poll/1891/snakes-top-list-americans-fears.aspx|archive-date=July 14, 2016}}</ref>

Regionally some may more so fear [[Terrorism|terrorist attacks]], [[Fear of death|death]], [[war]], [[Fear of crime|criminal]] or [[gang violence]], [[Fear of being alone|being alone]], the future, [[nuclear war]],<ref>[http://www.gallup.com/poll/15439/What-Frightens-Americas-Youth.aspx Gallup Poll: What Frightens America's Youth] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121100308/http://www.gallup.com/poll/15439/What-Frightens-Americas-Youth.aspx|date=2008-11-21}}, gallup.com (29 March 2005).</ref> [[Fear of flying|flying]], [[Coulrophobia|clowns]], [[Fear of intimacy|intimacy]], [[Fear of people|people]], and [[Driving phobia|driving]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/clickwhatmillion00tanc|title=Click: What millions of people are doing online and why it matters| vauthors = Tancer B |year=2008|publisher=Hyperion|isbn=978-1-4013-2304-2}}</ref>