Specific phobia

common types of phobias that people suffer from. It a nut shell, a phobia is a fear of an object or situation. It doesn’t necessarily have to be something dangerous. For example, a phobia I know a lot of us suffer from would be public speaking. See? Not very dangerous physically, but can be very stressful because of the extreme anxiety it can cause in some people. In this essay, we will cover a few of the key points and hopefully learn a little more generalized information on phobias, how they affect

ISLAMOPHOBIA Phobias are a type of a phsycological disorder that occurs in humans, it has several types, classifications and categories.As we all know, phobias are extreme types of fear, usually of unreasonable proportions and of the most ordinary of things. Some phobias are considered to be common phobias that can happen to people often. There are several common types of phobias such as spider phobia, snake phobia, flying phobia germ phobia. We can almost understand why and how a person could be

What is Fear? By Harry Swan Introduction Over the vast history of the human race, fear has protected us from possible threats. Whether it be rational or irrational, fear is always present and active in our minds. Over hundreds of years, many studies and tests have been performed to narrow down on the essence or meaning of fear, and today, we can be relatively certain of most aspects. Within this document, the outline or our basic knowledge of fear will be clarified. To explain this, I will attempt

is a 26-year-old married woman. She is an elder sister to two of her younger brothers. Both of Debra’s parents loved and cared for all children although Debra’s mother was rather an anxious and somewhat depressed person and also suffers from specific phobias, like the fear of spiders and snakes. Debra’s father is not one to show affection very often as he demands for good performance, in both academic and social areas, and a lack of performance usually meant some form of direct punishment as well

4 24 March 2017 Why do People Develop Irrational Fears? There are over four hundred specific phobias that are recognizable by therapists. “Phobias are relentless, irrational fears that people have of certain objects or situations” (D'souza n.p.). For instance, there are many phobias and some seem random and ridiculous to others but are horribly terrifying to the person with the phobia. Furthermore, some phobias can be so overwhelming, even to the point where the person with the fear will do absolutely

the sense of accomplishment. All humans, directly or indirectly, determine goals for themselves in some way, shape or form; the sheer thought of not attaining a set goal frightens certain individuals more than spiders, heights, or any other common phobia. When a person begins to live in the world without any feeling of purpose or achievement, he or she ceases to exist as a human being. Therefore, human fear is a state of uncertainty that prevents individuals from reaching a set or desired goal.

Rich had been in therapy for 17 years for his PTSD. The symptoms that plagued him were: more than 100 haunting war memories, many of which he relived daily; a major height phobia, aggravated by having made more than 50 parachute jumps; and insomnia that kept him trying for three or four hours to get to sleep every night, even under strong medication. After using EFT with him, every trace of these problems vanished. (pp. xii- xiii) The anecdotal success of Rich, along with a number of positive

Relationship between Courage and Gender Both men and woman have intentions and act, so both are capable of virtue. Virtue ethics as a theory of morality has existed, most notably, since Aristotle. Courage is one such virtue and to display this persons need to experience fear and perceive danger. The circumstances surrounding an act of courage need to be proportionate to perceived risk to avoid the activity becoming an enterprise of foolishness. Also the potential costs associated

answer if major depressive disorders in parents lead to specific fears and phobias in offspring, because I like psychology and I wanted an article that was related some way to this interest. Before this research two studies were conducted that reported an increased risk of phobias in offspring of parents with major depressive disorder (MDD) when compared to children of normal parents. These findings suggested a connection between phobias and depression. But more research was needed because it was

Revision Memo I used the feedback from tutoring, model assignments, and Grammarly. I used Grammarly to check for any grammar, spelling, punctuation, passive voice errors; and to improve sentence beginnings. I used a thesaurus to replace any weak phrases, to receive better transitional phrases. One large scale change that was made throughout the revision is reorganizing my sentences in order to get a better flow and connection between the sentences, this change was suggested by a tutor in the Writing