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If the person comes close to their phobia, it can cause an anxiety attack or the person may end up fainting.This person may also turn bright red or feels like their chest is tighten. Panic attacks are common. Its more than the everyday fear. For example, agoraphobia would make someone hate crowds, public speaking and public places. If someone was speaking with agoraphobia, they might trip over their words or faint in front of this crowd (Nordqvist). And with this phobia, treatment would consist of anxiety medication and maybe little bit of therapy.

Everybody that you come into contact with on a daily basis will have a fear of something but a phobia can be defined as an irrational fear, this can provoke feelings of intense anxiety and initiate avoidance behaviour.

The informational text, a magazine article titled In the Spotlight from Stuff That Scares Your Pants Off! by Glenn Murphy is fascinating. The science facts of why people are afraid of speaking in public (glossophobia) and how it may be overcome is clearly defined to the point that one can easily relate to other phobias that may sometime affect people’s live, whether it is life threatening or not. Many of the short stories, magazine articles, and the poem read in class, and ones assigned for home work are equally interesting because it makes you think about your personal experiences. Knowing phobia may affect one’s life style, it is comforting to learn there are cures to remedy, or keep at bay, fears and phobias by focusing and practicing steps needed to keep one from being afraid.

In the United States alone, as much as 75% of the population struggles with the fear of public speaking, also known as glossophobia. Glossophobia is the fear of public speaking, some cases more extreme than others. Certain cases of glossophobia may be just a phobia, while other cases may just be as simple as stage fright. Throughout my life, I have had to give speeches on topics from Justin Bieber to the Jack Trice football stadium in Ames, and each minute is one I will never get back. Even though speeches are something I hate doing, I feel as though I learn something new each time I give a speech. The things I struggle with the most in giving speeches is the fear of being judged, the fear of failure, and how nervous I get before and

When my family and I moved from Canada to United States 6 years ago, it was very hard for me and I had to meet and make a new group of friends. I was born in Canada, and I lived in Ottawa all my life until my family and relocated to Atlanta in 2011. At the time of the move, I was eleven years old and I had just finished Grade 5. I remember when my mom told me that we were moving to Atlanta, Georgia I didn’t know where that city was because I only knew the cities in Canada and not in Georgia. I was very sad and excited to move to a new city. I knew I would lose my friends in Canada but I also knew I would get to meet and make some new ones when I get to Atlanta.

“We are moving to America!” my parents announced at the family meeting. My face started to heat up from anger. I didn’t want to leave my friends and the area that I grew up in. Saying goodbye to my friends was really difficult for me, but it was even harder to be the only non-English speaking student in Cupertino, California. Even though I am a shy person, I tried my best to communicate withto my teacher and my classmates, but I couldn’t express my thoughts in a whole new language. All of the frustration and stress caused me to cry, both at home and in my class.

These individuals have fears of being embarrassed by others, which triggers the onset of social situations. Social phobias effects people every day lives because they are anxious to speak in front of people; this includes public speaking. Resulting from emotional anxiety and fear and physical symptoms more panic attacks, and shortness of breathe. Symptoms; of social phobia stated earlier develops in childhood, lasting up to 6 months or longer.

People have fears: spiders, snakes, tight spaces and more. My fear is public speaking. It is so hard for me to go up on stage and talk to all those people out on the audience. I feel like I have butterflies in my stomach, and I can't think straight.

Phobic disorders are one of the most common forms of psychiatric illness. There are so many different phobias. Some examples are, Social Anxiety Disorder, Agoraphobia: the fear of being alone in public places, Cynophobia: the fear of dogs, and Arachnophobia: the fear of spiders. Anxiety is a big common factor when experiencing phobic disorders. A disorder can start off really small and not be that big of a problem, but over time it can increase and get

Conceivably, everyone experiences some degree of fear at some point in their life. For instance, whether it is flying for the first time or taking their drivers test, the list can go on and on as to what people fear. On the other hand, however, when clinicians are noticing fear or anxiety occurring the majority of the time regardless of the situation and preventing someone from participating in family activities, job related tasks or interferes with other activities

After spending 15 years of my life in Japan, the only place I considered home, my father informed everyone that we were set to leave and move to Virginia in two months. I was a freshman in high school now realizing that I was leaving the only place I knew and was about to encounter a whole new culture. Terrified is the only emotion I could fathom in that moment. Terrified that I wouldn’t fit in, that the next three years of high school I was going to be an outcast with a school filled with two-thousand kids compared to my old school of only five hundred like a goldfish swimming in the deep ocean. Today, I wouldn’t change the way that things turned out or the way that I reacted to this life changing experience. Fear is necessary and in that moment it was a life lesson to be taught and it was brought to me at an early age that things change and all we can do in life is except it and know that it will bring great things. I’m about to be 18 years old, no longer a child and with this experience of transitioning it has allowed me to be open with new things and it will be an advantage for me when I enter into college and the new environment that I will be facing in the next four years of my life. It’s allowed me to have my arms open wide as I transition into another big moment in my

19.2 billion people in the world have a specific phobia because of fear. Here is an example of fear for the worst. You have a phobia called thanatophobia, which is the fear of death. You spend your whole life being scared of death that you don't live your life to the fullest. You don't go on hikes because you're afraid you going to fall and die, you’re afraid of traveling because you fear you could be attacked at any given time.

But not all phobias are visible. For example if someone has a fear of talking to people in general, many other people wont understand what is happening or why the person that has the phobia is not responding. this can lead to the other person to feel that he doesn't like her. his can also be very awkward for the both of them. A reason a person might have this phobia can be from lots of rejections when the person was little and having people telling him that he was wrong all the time. To conclude, many phobias that are not visual can be easily

Phobias is a disorder where it’s a continuous fear of an object or situation. People with phobia usually have countless fears that it’s hard for them to keep up with their daily lives. “Avoidance behavior interferes with occupational or usual social activities, or relationships with others, or there is marked distress about the phobia” (Malcolm & Thomas, 2006). Having phobia is feeling stressed out and having fear when being near the object. People who have phobia usually avoid what they are afraid of so they won’t feel afraid and stressed out. Different types of phobia can be afraid of clowns, natural storms, blood injections, afraid of blood, needles, and flying. Furthermore, phobias can be passed down from previous family members. People may also have phobias because they have had something traumatic happen to them. Or they had a panic attack while being in an elevator and seeing others being afraid of what others are afraid of. People who have phobia usually start having the disorder as a child or a teenager. Children usually have phobias with animals and weather storms. Situational

Speaking in front of a class is the most frightening thing to me and having my work shown to others as well, especially if it does not relate to what they have done. For me to have to speak in front of a class is the most terrifying thing I have to do, my hands get sweaty I feel like everybody can hear the beat of my heart getting faster, my face getting red due to embarrassment and waiting for me to say something stupid. I need to learn to get over that