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If so, you are not alone.
`It may be as common as phobias we experience every day, like fear of heights or fear of certain insects,` Oliveira-Souza told Live Science.
Fear of ghosts
According to Oliveira-Souza, many people may feel too embarrassed to mention their fears to medical professionals.
In an article published in November 2018 in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry, Oliveira-Souza highlighted a few of these cases.
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In another case, a 54-year-old lawyer hesitated about ending a bad marriage because he was afraid of living alone.
Being alone, especially at night, causes fear in all of Oliveira-Souza’s patients.
Supernatural obsession
That 11-year-old girl overcame her fears after puberty, like many others.
`Regardless of the phobia symptoms in each case, these medications will reduce the anxiety that lies at the core of the fear,` Oliveira-Souza explains.
Some patients are treated with cognitive behavioral therapy, a therapeutic approach that involves disentangling specific fears (in this case, ghosts) from the physical and mental aspects of the person.
It seems that fear of ghosts can occur on a large scale.
