Phobias
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Publicado: 26 de junio de 2012
WHAT IS A PHOBIA?
A phobia is an irrational and excessive fear of an object or situation.
SYMPTOMS
Phobic symptoms can occur through exposure to the fear object or situation, or sometimessimply thinking about the feared object can lead to a response. Common symptoms associated with phobias include:
• Dizziness
• Breathlessness
• Nausea
• A sense of unreality
•Fear of dying
1. Arachnophobia:
The fear of spiders.
This phobia tends to affect women more than men.
2. Ophidiophobia:
The fear of snakes.
Often attributed toevolutionary causes, personal experiences, or cultural influences.
3. Acrophobia:
The fear of heights.
This fear can lead to anxiety attacks and avoidance of high places.
4. Agoraphobia:The fear of situations in which escape is difficult.
This may include crowded areas, open spaces, or situations that are likely to trigger a panic attack. People will begin avoidingthese trigger events, sometimes to the point that they cease leaving their home.
Approximately one third of people with panic disorder develop agoraphobia.
5. Cynophobia:
The fear ofdogs.
This phobia is often associated with specific personal experiences, such as being bitten by a dog during childhood.
6. Astraphobia:
The fear of thunder and lightening.
Also knownas Brontophobia, Tonitrophobia, or Ceraunophobia.
7. Trypanophobia:
The fear of injections.
Like many phobias, this fear often goes untreated because people avoid the triggering objectand situation.
8. Social Phobias:
The fear of social situations.
In many cases, these phobias can become so severe that people avoid events, places, and people that are likely totrigger an anxiety attack.
9. Pteromerhanophobia:
The fear of flying.
Often treated using exposure therapy, in which the client is gradually and progressively introduced to flying.
10....
A phobia is an irrational and excessive fear of an object or situation.
SYMPTOMS
Phobic symptoms can occur through exposure to the fear object or situation, or sometimessimply thinking about the feared object can lead to a response. Common symptoms associated with phobias include:
• Dizziness
• Breathlessness
• Nausea
• A sense of unreality
•Fear of dying
1. Arachnophobia:
The fear of spiders.
This phobia tends to affect women more than men.
2. Ophidiophobia:
The fear of snakes.
Often attributed toevolutionary causes, personal experiences, or cultural influences.
3. Acrophobia:
The fear of heights.
This fear can lead to anxiety attacks and avoidance of high places.
4. Agoraphobia:The fear of situations in which escape is difficult.
This may include crowded areas, open spaces, or situations that are likely to trigger a panic attack. People will begin avoidingthese trigger events, sometimes to the point that they cease leaving their home.
Approximately one third of people with panic disorder develop agoraphobia.
5. Cynophobia:
The fear ofdogs.
This phobia is often associated with specific personal experiences, such as being bitten by a dog during childhood.
6. Astraphobia:
The fear of thunder and lightening.
Also knownas Brontophobia, Tonitrophobia, or Ceraunophobia.
7. Trypanophobia:
The fear of injections.
Like many phobias, this fear often goes untreated because people avoid the triggering objectand situation.
8. Social Phobias:
The fear of social situations.
In many cases, these phobias can become so severe that people avoid events, places, and people that are likely totrigger an anxiety attack.
9. Pteromerhanophobia:
The fear of flying.
Often treated using exposure therapy, in which the client is gradually and progressively introduced to flying.
10....
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