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I always liked Stephen King in this sort of situation. All of his characters had a lot of backstory, and oftentimes the plot involved confronting or reliving this backstory.

When you have a character who has a fear, you should try elaborating on why they have this fear. Maybe they are claustrophobic because they fell into a well or mine shaft as a child. Or maybe they have a fear of water because they lost a sibling in an icy pond. Or maybe they are an anal neat-freak who is afraid of going outside because they grew up in a super-messy household where they were abused. Or maybe they are afraid of heights because they witnessed a circus accident as a child. Or totally turn it around, maybe they have a death wish and their fear is growing old.

If you play it up right it can be very debilitating to the character.

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