Disclaimer: The following post contains images that might be disturbing to some viewers.
When it comes to phobias, there are some that many of us share (fear of spiders, anyone?) and some that are incredibly specific. But in either case, it's tough to explain exactly how they feel. So we asked AI to visually express some common — and less common — phobias. Here are the creepy results:
1. Arachnophobia — fear of spiders:
2. Nyctophobia — fear of the dark:
3. Acrophobia — fear of heights:
4. Claustrophobia — fear of confined spaces:
5. Thalassophobia — fear of deep water:
6. Dendrophobia — fear of trees:
7. Leukophobia — fear of the color white:
8. Trypophobia — fear of small holes:
9. Pyrophobia — fear of fire:
10. Gynophobia — fear of women:
11. Coulrophobia — fear of clowns:
12. Catoptrophobia — fear of mirrors:
13. Trypanophobia — fear of needles:
14. Aerophobia — fear of flying:
15. Ophidiophobia — fear of snakes:
16. Dentophobia — fear of the dentist:
17. And finally, mysophobia — fear of germs:
