Here are the top 10 most common fears.
10. Water
9. Storms
8. Public transportation
7. Crowds
6. Tunnels and bridges
5. Spiders
4. Heights
3. Confined spaces
2. Snakes
1. Public speaking
I can honestly say that none of these scare me.
How many scare you?
Michael Rivers said
I am terrified of snakes. It’s hard to even look at the blog photo. I usually get tense going over bridges because I used to have nightmares about crashing over the sides. Some heights bother me, some don’t. I’ve never been able to figure out why. haha
John said
Three off of that list scare me. I’m with Michael Rivers…ssssssssnakes scare me! And spiders…There’s a song called “I don’t like spiders and snakes… LOL) And I am afraid of heights, but I am usually ok and can keep that one to myself. I love the top of the Hancock Bldg, in Boston and the Sears Towers in Chicago (which now they added a glass bottom deck, which I will never walk on that) or top of the Stratosphere in Las Vegas…but I won’t stay long at any of those places!
Simon - presentations training UK said
another survey of this?!!?
Actually, as we train people in public speaking it’s always useful to have this kind of thing up our sleves, so to speak. Can I ask who did the survey and who did they survey?
Best wishes…. Simon
kbnky said
Simon:
I pulled the list from the July 2009 issue of Entrepreneur.
The list came from “a Gallup Pole chronicling Americans’ most common fears”.