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Your brain's threat detector cranked to eleven over something objectively harmless.
means An intense, persistent, irrational fear of a specific object or situation that triggers anxiety out of all proportion to the actual danger.
from From the Greek phobos, meaning fear or panic — personified as the god who rode into battle beside Ares, terrifying everyone in sight.
Clinical lineBecomes a disorder when it disrupts daily life
Word ironyPhobophobia is the fear of fear itself
Common culpritSpiders and heights top global fear lists
TreatableGradual exposure therapy works remarkably well