Fear of Ghosts

The fear of ghosts in many human cultures is based on beliefs that some ghosts may be malevolent toward people and dangerous, within a range of possible attitudes that also includes mischievous, benign and indifferent; it is related to fear of the dark and is a very common fear. A persistent fear of ghosts is sometimes called phasmophobia, a type of specific phobia, from the Greek phasma, apparition, and phobia, fear, and it is often brought about by experiences in early childhood, causing sufferers to experience panic attacks.