We all have fears. No one is immune to fear. It’s only when fear overwhelms us and dictates our life that it becomes what we call a “phobia.”

Some have arachnophobia, fear of spiders. Others have agoraphobia, fear of public places. Still others may have claustrophobia, fear of small spaces. Many people have some form of aerophobia, fear of flying. One of the biggest phobias in the world? Glossophobia. Have you heard of it? It’s the fear of public speaking.

We keep coming up with new phobias all the time. Today, we love to say that many people have “commitment phobia” a term coined in the 1987 book, “Men Who Can’t Love.” Hence the lack of the Greek terminology. Commitment phobia in fact is a rather new concept, since the “choice” to commit didn’t become a choice until the modern concept o…