| Have YOU ever had a panic attack these can be | | | | 4. Anyone scared of spiders? Arachnophobia as they |
| really scary and may make you shake, sweat and | | | | called it in the film about the same dread. You can |
| breathe quickly. This happens to celebrities too! | | | | guarantee Justin Timberlake would not have enjoyed |
| A panic attack can cause a you to think something | | | | this movie or Jaws as he hates spiders, snakes and |
| awful is going to happen, that you can't escape, or | | | | sharks. |
| that you might lose control. Some people who have | | | | 5. Do you break out in a sweat in those little closed in |
| panic attacks say that when the attacks are | | | | spaces? Uma Thurman is claustrophobic too. She |
| happening, they feel like they can't think straight or | | | | says that in Kill Bill: Vol 2 where she is buried alive in a |
| that they're "going crazy." | | | | coffin. "There was no acting needed. Real screams |
| Such panic attacks only last a short time. But to a | | | | available," "It was horrific. Nobody wants to live that |
| person who is having one, they can feel much longer. | | | | experience." |
| So what can bring on such a panic attack. Flying, | | | | 6. When the weather changes and the skies darken |
| heights, spiders, the dark. Any or all of these can | | | | do your hands sweat as the thunderstorm |
| cause a phobia in people including celebrities. | | | | approaches? Well if you happen to be with Madonna |
| A national survey of 4,000 adults and 1,600 kids | | | | at the time she will be scared as she suffers from: |
| revealed that 56 percent of adults admit they now | | | | Brontophobia: fear of thunder! |
| have a fear or a phobia. The survey found that 86 | | | | 7. The vampire slayer suffers from Necrophobia: a |
| percent of adults and 91 percent of youngsters | | | | fear of death. TV's vampire-slayer Sarah Michelle |
| admitted to being afraid of something. | | | | Gellar has a real fear of graveyards, so real that she |
| Nearly one in five adults also said they are scared of | | | | refused to film "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" in a real |
| more now than they were as a child. | | | | one. |
| You may not believe it, but even rich and famous | | | | 8. Do you hate your appearance in the mirror first |
| celebrities have common, everyday fears just like | | | | thing in the morning? Alternatively, maybe you |
| the rest of us. | | | | experience undue anxiety when you look at a mirror. |
| So what scares the stars? | | | | This Eisoptrophobia a fear of mirrors is irrational. |
| Top 10 Fears of celebrities. | | | | However this fear is grounded in superstitions. You |
| 1. If you suffer from Acrophobia: fear of heights you | | | | may worry that breaking a mirror will bring bad luck |
| may experience immediate anxiety when high up. | | | | or that looking into a mirror will put you in contact |
| This apprehension may include a racing heart, | | | | with a supernatural world inside the glass. Well |
| shortness of breath, sweating, chest or abdominal | | | | imagine how poor Pamela Anderson feels for she |
| discomfort, trembling, and an emotional response | | | | fears mirrors too! |
| which involves an intense fear - of losing control, | | | | 9. If you get the spooks when you see a clown then |
| embarrassing oneself, or passing out. If you suffer | | | | you might be suffering from Coulrophobia. Johnny |
| from this you are not alone. Rock star Sheryl Crow | | | | Depp, Daniel Radcliffe and Sean "Diddy" Combs are |
| says heights and hearing "scary" noises frighten her | | | | frightened of clowns. "Something about the painted |
| the most. | | | | face, the fake smile," Depp said in 1999 when he was |
| 2. How many of you hate flying or: Aerophobia With | | | | promoting the film "Sleepy Hollow." "There always |
| this phobia you may have frightening thoughts (this | | | | seemed to be a darkness lurking just under the |
| plane might crash; I'm trapped; I must get out). Did | | | | surface, a potential for real evil." |
| you know that Jennifer Aniston, Cher, Michael | | | | 10. Now here is a strange one! While there is no |
| Jackson and Whoopi Goldberg all hate and fear flying | | | | official name for the phobia of butterflies, it has been |
| too. Avoiding this feared situation, means not flying. | | | | linked to Mottephobia (Fear of Moths), or a name |
| Such a sacrifice limits these celebrities lifestyles | | | | such as Lepidopterophobia which is an animal group |
| severely as they will find it hard to travel long | | | | based on insects butterflies and moths. Who could be |
| distances. | | | | scared of such things? Well Nicole Kidman for one |
| 3. How about situations like being outside, or in a | | | | she says her greatest fear is butterflies! |
| crowd, or even being on a bridge. Such fears are | | | | So there you have it the top 10 list of celebrity fears. |
| known as: Agoraphobia a fear of being in places or | | | | Did I mention poor the celebrity with the most |
| situations from which there is no escape. You are not | | | | phobias is well that award goes to Woody Allen. He's |
| alone as Woody Allen and Matthew McConaughey | | | | afraid of insects, sunshine, dogs, deer, bright colors, |
| who is scared of tunnels and revolving doors also | | | | children, heights, small rooms, crowds, cancer and |
| shares this fear. | | | | anywhere except Manhattan. Imagine that! |
