--Churches, beautiful women, fog, vegetables, flutes, string, clouds, bald people, looking up, stars, and of course: baked beans. PAUSE!!!.
--"Your heart starts beating so fast it feels like it's going to explode. Your throat closes "you can't breathe. You start to choke. Your hands [are dripping with sweat]. You're so dizzy that you have to hold on to the furniture or wall to keep from falling or fainting. You know you are going to die. You want to run "but you don't know where to go."" This anonymous quote taken from the American Psychiatric Association website tells the story of a very unlucky person with the illness I'm about to describe to you today: an illness called Phobias.
-- According to the American Psychiatric Association website, 12.5% of the U.S. population has some sort of phobia. That means that about three of you in this class either suffers or will suffer from this incredible illness throughout your lives.
--From my recent research and 15 years of personal experience with Acrophobia "the fear of heights, I'm going to first explain to you a little about what a phobia is, what causes phobias, the three main categories of this illness and the possible treatments.
**To begin with, let's take a look at what a phobia is.
-- Many of you may not know what exactly the word "phobia- means. The term "phobia- comes from the Greek word "phobas- meaning flight, panic "fear, and terror.
--Greeks first used the word Phobia in 1801. The Greek people "Phobos- are the people who inspired the use of the word because they provoked fear into their enemies.
--A phobia refers to a specific kind of fear. A standard dictionary defines a phobia as "Nearly always excessive fear of some particular type of object or situation; behavior deemed irrational by the viewer. .
--Phobic people have a much greater anxiety level than the non-phobic individual in a fear situation. Phobic people also have a much greater desire to avoid their "feared- situation than that of the non-phobic.
Phobias In "Phobia," Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia 2004, A phobia is an intense and persistent fear of a specific object, situation, or an activity. ... There are many common symptoms of a phobia. ... Phobias also commonly can be passed on from other members in a family if there is a history of a certain phobia in the family. There are three different categories of phobias. ... The third category of phobias is social phobias. ...
How does the body react to these phobias? ... {1} Phobias are a branch of sudden panic disorders. ... Phobia comes from the Greek word phobos, meaning fearing. ... Well-established phobias can last a lifetime, which is why it is so hard to overcome a phobia. ... Now, phobias have been shown to be learned and taught. {3} It is interesting to mention some facts about phobias. ...
The phobia suffers the most acute fright. ... Phobia is a learned response; we are not born with it. ... Phobias can be classified into three major groupings. ... In addition to specific phobias, there is a second clustering called social phobia. ... The final type of phobia is agoraphobia. ...
We may start by saying that phobias are the product of a subconscious fear, that is produced by critical event in a person's life. ... Therefore we invite you into the secret world of our own secret fears, the world of phobias. Chapter #1 General Definition 1.1 What is a phobia? ... An extreme answer before an element that generates phobia can be a panic attack. ... The person affected by this phobia type feels the imperious necessity to escape. ...
Phobias A phobia is when someone has an irrational fear of an object such as fear of heights, fear of snakes, and other things. The name phobia is derived from Phobos, who is the Greek god of fear and most phobias have a Greek name. ... There are some striking statistics regarding phobias. ... Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. ... Freud was not the only person to study phobias, others believed that phobias, like other behaviors, are learned. ...
Phobias Phobias are a very common disorder in the United States these days. ... There are three kinds of phobias: simple phobia, social phobia, and panic attacks. ... It is a category for any phobias other than agoraphobia and social phobia. ... What causes phobias? ... Frightening experiences set the stage for phobias, yet not all phobias recall the experience producing the phobia. ...
What is a Phobia? A phobia is a senseless, abnormal, specific fear. ... Phobias may be so compelling as to force a person to alter his/her way of life in order to avoid circumstances that trigger the phobia. ... Phobia sufferers can be of any age but it is believed that a phobia is only properly determined when a child is above the ages of five or six. Phobias make people behave in an irrational way. ...
Phobias There are many different types of phobias. The people in the movie talk about a few of their phobias. ... They will try and help out the people to get over their phobias. (Phobias: Prisoners of panic) A phobia is a term that refers to a group of symptoms brought on by feared objects or situations. ... Also they all took similar steps to cure the phobia. ...
