Necrophobia is also known as Fear of Death and Fear of Dead Things. It is a surprisingly common phobia and most feared by human. If you have this phobia, you can suffer from panic attacks, and it may cause you to isolate yourself from your family and friends. Symptoms include: shortness of breath, rapid breathing, irregular heartbeat, sweating, nausea and an overall feeling of dread.

Your fear of dead things is created by your subconscious mind, and it is a defense mechanism that makes you avoid certain situations. Probably, sometime in your past, you experienced a moment when a death or seeing a dead thing caused you lots of emotional trauma. In other words, you probably had the stuffing scared out of you by some real-life brush with death or something dead! This may not always be the case, though, as some people experience this phobia after seeing something really grisly on TV or in a movie.

You may suffer from this phobia all the time, or you may only suffer if something triggers your fear, like a close call with a dead animal or the funeral of a loved one or friend. In any case, if this fear is getting in the way of your daily life, please seek professional help and/or counseling.