What You Can Change; The Treatments for Phobias.
In this paper I will cover many topics that are associated with the word phobia. I will describe the meaning of the word phobia, and explain how a phobia is actually a disease. I will also cover the many techniques used in phobia treatment. The specific treatments that are included in this paper are contingency management, modeling, self-control, one-session treatments, desensitization, fears based on wrong beliefs, intense fear exposure or flooding, and group therapy. I will break down contingency management into separate categories. The specific categories of contingency management are positive reinforcement, shaping, extinction, and stimulus fading. I will characterize each of the phobia treatments described above and explain how each proves to be a successful way to treat phobias. I will also illustrate how one can overcome their fears and carry on a normal life with the proper treatments. .
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What You Can Change; The Treatments for Phobias.
Imagine a football player, known for his pure brutality on the field, running to the locker room when a mouse scurries across his feet during a game, a professional stuntman who willingly risks his life everyday for a paycheck, but refuses to fly in an airplane, or a surgeon scared of being trapped in a fire, will not enter the operating room until he personally checks every emergency exit on the floor (Milt, 1980). These people have one thing in common; they all have a phobia. There are phobias for almost everything, most of which can interfere with everyday life. Specific treatments are designed to help one get over their fears. There are things you can and cannot change about your life; phobias are a part of your life that can be changed with the right treatment. In this paper I will cover the definition of a phobia, examples of phobias, and the different techniques used to treat phobias.
- If you have a phobia, there is still hope for you. Phobias can be cured. ... Phobias can deeply impact a person's life. ... This proves how serious and destructive phobias can be. ... You can't overcome an anxiety disorder just through willpower, nor can the symptoms be ignored or wished away. ...
They can change the quality of a person's life. ... What causes phobias? ... Animal studies are adding to the evidence that suggests social phobia can be inherited. ... It states that even though you may not be able to unlearn fear, you can learn new responses to it. ... The big spiders are what really got to me. ...
In many cases, a person can readily identify an event or trauma, such as being chased by a dog, that triggered the phobia. "What puzzles experts is why some people who experience such an event develop a phobia and others do not. ... In contrast, you don't have to worry that electrical outlets will take you by surprise, so it's not likely that you will have an "electric outlet phobia" although many people with a lightening phobia also fear common household electrical outlets." ... A person can develop a specific phobia of anything, but in most cases the phobia is shared by many and...
These can date to back as far as 1786. ... I agree with this statement also, because you can tell when a person is afraid by their reactions, they are much like any one else's. ... This system of reactions is the same reactions that I can see in someone that is afraid or has a phobia and match what I feel when I am in this type of situation. ... Most treatment procedures are classified under the general heading of behavior therapy and include such specific techniques as "exposure-based treatments. ... I think that the future of fear and phobias will continually improve until maybe e...
Phobias Definition A phobia is an intense, unrealistic fear, which can interfere with ones social life, work, or everyday life. ... Every body can say that this belief has no link with real life but they have fear in their minds so mostly, people in Pakistan changes their route or path if they have crossed by a black cat. ... So if you have any kind of phobia you cannot participate in your society as a productive member. ... Patient should convince himself that there is nothing like what he/she is thinking about. ... Advancement and research in medication made this treatment really easy...
Throughout this paper I will show how phobias can be caused, different symptoms seen depending on the phobia and the results of these phobias. ... As age affects the different types of phobias you will be more likely to gain, your gender has been seen to change your odds as well: if you are female you are more likely to gain a phobia and demonstrate anxiety, unlike a male who is more likely to hide his anxiety and not accept that he has a phobia. ... Treatment for agoraphobia is quite difficult due to there being a great deal of associated fears with this condition. Most phobias that one can ...
These cause severe changes in mood, energy, and behavior that interfere with normal life. ... Perhaps you are so wrapped up in a collage of thoughts and images that you don't notice when someone speaks to you. ... Treatment may include a medication called buspirone. ... Treatment can help if a phobia interferes with a person's daily life. ... There is no proven drug treatment for specific phobias, but sometimes certain medications may be prescribed to help reduce anxiety symptoms before someone faces a phobic situation. ...
Perhaps you are so wrapped up in a collage of thoughts and images that you don't notice when someone speaks to you. ... Treatment may include a medication called buspirone. ... Treatment can help if a phobia interferes with a person's daily life. ... There is no proven drug treatment for specific phobias, but sometimes certain medications may be prescribed to help reduce anxiety symptoms before someone faces a phobic situation. ... Social phobia can be treated the same was as other specific phobias. 16% of children and adolescents suffer...
I will also discuss the disorder as if I did have it and what treatment I could obtain if, in fact, I did have such disorder. ... Included in my discussion will be what treatments are available for people who suffer from this disorder. ... Initial treatment of social anxiety disorder is based on how bad your emotional and physical symptoms are and how able you are to function in daily activities. ... Keeping a person in treatment can be challenging because they may start avoiding sessions. ... You may not seek treatment because you think the symptoms are not bad enough or that you can work th...