Phobias

Specific phobia, also known as simple phobia, is an anxiety disorder characterized by persistent and unreasonable fear of something or fear of a situation, wherein such fear is not proportionate to the danger or risk of that thing or situation that a person has the fear of. The five sub-type of specific phobia are the animal, natural environment, blood injection injury, situational and others. The most common specific phobia is the animal phobia. Examples of this animal phobia include fear of dogs, snakes, insects or mice. To prevent over diagnosis of specific phobia, DSM 5 have made several changes based on the over assessment of danger or erratic fear. To be considered as one of the specific phobias, it should meet the requirements

Taking into consideration that all people are unique, we all have different phobias. A phobia is an extreme or irrational fear of something. Many phobias are in relation to one another. For instance the phobias agoraphobia, anthropophobia, and stenophobia. These three are related by the reason of they can correspond with social situations. Agoraphobia is mainly the fear of crowds. It can also be the fear of bridges or being outside. Anthropophobia is the fear of people and society. It is also known as an extreme pathological form of shyness. The last phobia, stenophobia, is very rare. It is the fear of narrow things or places. All phobias are important to understand. Being able to understand a phobia means a person could help to possibly cure

Known as a mental disorder a phobia is a persistent fear of a specific object, activity, or situation that leads to compelling desire to avoid it. Phobias tend to affect the way people live their lives, for example, their working and social environments, considering that they last for a very long time and are capable to cause intense psychological physical stress. It is considered today the most common mental and anxiety disorder in the United States (Matig Mavissakalian & David H. Barlow 1981 pp 2). There are many phobias such as: the fear of aging, fear of changing, fear of clowns, fear of getting fat, fear of being in closed spaces, etc.

One of the fear factors that happened to me was as soon heading to college, all I was thinking was, how are the professors going to be, are they going to be nice, funny, mean, or easy going? Another thing that had gotten me thinking is that if I was going to find a parking spot because college parking can be hard to find because it more students than high school. When I got there to Modesto junior college (east campus) I didn’t find a parking right away it took me a while to find one, but I realized that I should have left earlier from my house. Finding a parking distracted me about the nervously I had about how my professors will be. As soon as I got into the class room I got started to get butterflies in my stomach, some were about excitement and some about fear because I was scared to know how my professors can be.

You are in an airport waiting for your plane to arrive. You've never flown before, and are more terrified than you can ever remember being. Everyone has told you the supposedly comforting statistics - "millions of planes take off each day and there's only a handful of crashes," "flying is safer than driving." You know rationally that there is no reason to be so scared, but regardless your heart is racing, your palms are sweating, and you're light-headed. Simply the thought of being up in the air, out of control, makes you feel faint. Finally the flight attendant announces that your plane has arrived. But as all the other passengers line up to get onboard, you grab your luggage and walk straight out of the airport,

Universal human phobia is close interpersonal violence that a person experiences throughout their life. This phobia is not brought upon by mother nature, but by the actions of another human being. In the book, the authors explained how people were not angry if a tornado sent them to the hospital and destroyed their house. Yet when a gang beats them and destroys their house, it’s personal and the victims are angry. The actions of others that causes people to be scared is the concept of universal human phobia.

Fear is an emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is risky or dangerous. Everyone has a fear of something in life; whether it's spiders, snakes, public speaking, exams or even heights. However, a teen’s most common fear is isolation. Isolation is when you feel alone or separated from other people. Many teenagers today fear isolation because of the experience of losing a friend, straining family relationships, and struggling to fit in.

The first way I was able to overcome the fear of going to college is by talking to my english teacher; Ms. Elliott. Some days I would think about this topic a lot. I decided to ask her some questions that I was concerned about. My main concern was that I couldn’t attend college without knowing

Agoraphobia is anxiety about being in (or anticipating) situations that might be difficult or in which help may not be available in the event of having a panic attack. The individual might feel like the situation is unsafe and that is when the panic sets in. These symptoms must be present for at least six months. The DSM states that this must occur in at least two of these places: 1) public transportation 2) being in open spaces 3) being in enclosed spaces 4) standing in line or in a crowd or 5) being outside the home alone. Agoraphobia can be diagnosed with or without panic disorder. (American Psychiatric Association, 2013)

As you walk the streets all around you there are individuals who may live their life in fear of the petrifying clowns that appear out of nowhere, the spine-chilling darkness that creeps in at dusk, or even the nauseating germs of others surrounding you, but what if you knew someone simply terrified of the outdoors. This may seem strange, but these individuals are constantly living in fear of the outside world away from their “Safe Zone”. From the moment they wake they fear the outside world, constantly panicking about what could happen if they venture to the outdoors. Agoraphobia affects between 5-12% of Americans (Misconceptions of Agoraphobia), and is essential to become aware of the true definition of Agoraphobia.

One fear I had for college was not being able to keep up with my academic assignment and falling behind. Taking several classes through the summer and having a load of assignments was hard for me to handle. When we were given our schedules for the

As a teenager at this pivotal point in life I am facing the same fears. Therefore, I am ecstatic to share the knowledge and skills necessary to overcome the fears of going to college. This research will not only help me to become relieved, stress free, and comfortable-it will also provide other students a solution to what they thought could never be fixed. Fear is a mind game; once you control and flush the mind, fear has no chance. With this research, it will show that fear cannot overpower the mind of any one person.

The most common treatment for specific phobias is a form of psychotherapy called exposure therapy, although other treatments include other therapies or medication (Andrews et al. 2009). The goal of treatment for specific phobias is to improve quality of life so that patients are no longer limited by their phobias. Exposure therapy focuses on changing the response to the object or situation feared. Gradual, repeated exposure to the source of the specific phobia and the related thoughts, feelings and sensations can help patients to learn to manage their anxiety (Andrews et al. 2009). There are many variations of exposure therapy. In vivo exposure involves confronting the phobic stimulus head on but gradually. For example, a patient suffering

Fear is a normal and an important human reaction to something dangerous, it keeps one out of danger, because fear is disliked and one tries ones best to avoid the object or situation of fear. It causes physical changes known as fight-or-flight reaction, which causes blood pressure to increase and the heart rate to speed up to pump blood to the large muscles used to run away, to balance this the human body has sweat glands which produce perspiration to cool the body.

Every day, we tend to base our actions on fear. We are afraid of getting poor. We are afraid of getting old. We are afraid of being criticized. We are even afraid of death! When we come up against something new or different, we become uncomfortable and nervous. This causes us to pause and evaluate our options. Indecision crystallizes into doubt and the blending of these two results in fear. This is where disconnects occur. We tend to rely on “gut feelings” to make decisions. So, of course, we stop dead in our tracks and choose NOT to take that next, scary step. That’s when fear masters you.