What is your greatest fear: a survey shows what modern people are afraid of

What are modern people most afraid of and what phobias are considered the most common in society? It turns out that most fears in the twenty-first century are related to technology, or rather, to its breakdown or lack of functionality.

According to the Mirror, this list includes sending a text message to the wrong address, the lack of signal from a telecom operator, and fears about the state of the phone's battery. In particular, the British named the fear of getting stuck in an elevator, being late for a plane, dropping the phone and breaking the screen, sending a message to the wrong person, and deleting a finished project from a computer before you have time to press the "Save" button among their top 20 phobias.

At the same time, almost half (45%) said that it would be a nightmare for them to be left without a phone for at least one day, and 42% have "nomophobia" - the fear of being left without communication at all.

The study also showed that more than a quarter of respondents (27%) are afraid of running out of mobile data, and one in five is more afraid of becoming a "ghost" on a dating app than of meeting a real ghost.

At the same time, when asked what you would rather do than be without a phone for a week, 14% of respondents said swimming with sharks, and 23% said holding a tarantula.

And while people are still afraid of heights (38%), spiders (31%), and roller coasters (24%), a fifth of respondents believe that their position on the "modern list" is scarier than traditional horrors.

In addition, 29% said that over the past five years, their greatest fears have changed and new phobias have replaced old ones.