Pretty much everybody you meet in the Garden State, and the world for that matter has something they are afraid of, and in many cases, it's a phobia. So which phobia are people in New Jersey googling the most?

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The most searched phobia may be able to tell you a lot about a state. I'll start with myself. I am absolutely petrified of flying. It's not a concern in my case, and it's not just a fear either. It's an outright phobia.

I have seen professionals, tried medication, and done everything I can think of, but so far, no luck.

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My phobia has hurt and disappointed people I love, so I often Google it to see if I can find some magic solution out there, and I'm confident I will conquer it someday.

The fear of flying is the most googled phobia in only two states in the nation. They are Delaware and Idaho, according to Your Local Security. So what is the top phobia search in New Jersey?

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It turns out that our top phobia Google search has to do with relationships. Or the lack of relationships in New Jersey. The top Google phobia we Google in New Jersey is the fear of intimacy.

We join Iowa, Maryland, and New York as the only states with "fear of intimacy" or genophobia, as the top searched phobia.

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Neither fear of intimacy or fear of flying rank as the top searched phobia in America. That distinction belongs to "fear of failure", known as Atychiphobia.

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