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    A phobia is a phenomenon where an organism has a distinct fear of a particular event or object. Phobias can not only be a biological instinct but rather a conditioned emotional response as well. Though, there has been some argument on what causes phobia it is generally accepted that phobias both stem from biological input and environmental experiences. The first reference to phobias was done by Hippocrates, who wrote about one of his patients having an extreme fear over something that others

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    Essay on Phobias

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    Phobias 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. Usually young people

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    Phobias      Phobias are a very common disorder in the United States these days. The definition for phobia is "an abnormal or morbid fear or aversion" ("Oxford" 655). To be considered a phobia, a fear must cause great distress or interfere with a person’s life in a major way. The word phobia is Greek, therefore, any word that proceeds it should be Greek too. To coin a new phobia name, it is proper and only accepted to follow this rule. The rule

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    Speech On Phobias

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    object that do not actually poses a real danger can be called a phobia. In the event of exposure to such events, the person imagines an exaggerating danger and develops an irrational anxiety trying to compel the subject of fear completely. Most of the phobias do not greatly affect the people, some of them are inane, weird, surprising but some are really terrifying. Cutting to the chase, here is the list of 25 most bizarre and unbearable phobias in the world. You will be glad you don't have them! 25.

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    Aviophobia And Phobia

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    ways to travel, many individuals have what is called aviophobia: The fear of flying in an airplane (Faraci, Triscari, Catalisano, D’Angelo & Urso, 2015). Indeed, phobia of flying is a specific phobia that affects around 25% of the population in varying degrees (Hirsch, 2012). While most people don’t catch flights every day, this phobia can still have countless negative effects on affected individuals’ daily lives. Centered on the main common fears of plane crash and turbulence, symptoms can range

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    Traumatic Phobias

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    Phobias are an everyday annoyance found all over the world. Almost every human has some form of a phobia. Phobias can be as small as being afraid of spiders, or as big as being afraid of dying. Research has proved that one in 10 people suffer from a mildly traumatic phobia, and one in five hundred people suffer from an extremely harmful phobia. Phobias are classified as an anxiety disorder. Due to the distress of attempting avoidance of these fears, they become a huge part of people’s everyday lives

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    Speech On Spider Phobias

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    have phobias. C. Credibility: My mum fear rainbow, and my friend scare butterfly. These are unusual cases, but spider phobia is common. I am interesting in phobias especially spider phobia, and I want to explore more information about this topic. D. Thesis Statement: Spider phobia is a powerful, irrational fear of the spider, and it is one of the most common fears.

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    to have different conduct is known as a phobia. A phobia can elicit physical or emotional discomfort when it comes to the fear of an object or situation that can be treated by therapy or medication in most cases, or untreatable in others. There are four subtypes of specific phobias known as: blood injection injury, animal, situational, and natural environment. Sometimes treatment of phobias can be difficult to determine because of the wide range of phobias that exist. There has not been an adequate

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    Phobia. Three syllables, six words, one meaning. For most people saying that you have a phobia is just like saying how nervous you are for your math final. According to Google, a phobia is “an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something”; when you really think about it, a phobia isn’t the last minute anxiety over question four. A phobia is a fear that pulls at your stomach for hours at a time and no matter what you do you can’t get rid of it; it’s sort of like your child. When a person

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    obstacles can be describe as phobias. A phobia is an irrational and excessive fear of an object or situation. These phobias can range dramatically from simply distracting to life altering. Luckily most of us suffer from seemingly less harmful phobias that may not trigger an emotional outpour every day of our lives. Due to the unlikeliness of confrontation some people are able to live their lives avoiding phobias they might have procured. For example, a more common phobia known would be Coulrophobia

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