A common everyday misconception is that phobias have a positive side effect on your personality, when in reality, phobias have a negative effect on you and your personality . For example, arachnophobia, the fear of spiders, causes personality changes, is unreasonable, and causes negative effects on your life. Many new discoveries have been made about phobias and multiple treatments have been found, but many people still find themselves facing a daily dilemma when it comes to managing phobias. Phobias usually cause no real danger. For example, arachnophobia (which is the fear of spiders) allows its victims to live in a world full of fear, when in reality even a black widow bite will only cause small, noticeable symptoms, such as cramps. and nausea in extreme cases. Death is only possible when the spider's venom interferes with other existing conditions, such as heart disease. Phobias such as arachnophobia are shown to be unreasonable and although some believe that fear is part of our fight or flight mechanism, phobias are simply unreasonable and absurd....