PHOBIA

What are you afraid of??

What Is Phobia ??

Hey, do you know
what is phobia??
PHOBIA is the
unrelenting fear of a
situation, activity, or thing
that causes one to
want to avoid it.
Type of
phobia:
Social Phobia
Agoraphobia
Specific
Phobias
Social Phobia
Fear of public speaking,
meeting new people, or other
social situation
Agoraphobia
Fear of being outside
Specific
Phobias
Fear of particular items
or situations
Some silly phobias
Acrophobia
Acrophobia is an abnormally excessive and
persistent fear of heights

Phobia ( Alphabet)
A
Aeroacrophobia - Fear of open high
places.

B
Barophobia - Fear of gravity.

C
Catoptrophobia - Fear of mirrors



D
Demophobia - Fear of crowds

E
Entomophobia - Fear of insects

H
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia -
Fear of long words
OMG!! Its
tooooo long.
I
Isolophobia - Fear of solitude, being
alone
Peladophodia
The fear of bald people
K
Keraunophobia - Fear of thunder and
lightning.
L
Logizomechanophobia - Fear of
computers

The fear of chickens
Alektorophobia
M
Melissophobia - Fear of bees

O
Octophobia - Fear of the figure 8.


S
Scoionophobia - Fear of school

Pentheraphobia
The fear of mother-in-law
T
Testaphobia - Fear of taking test

X
Xanthophobia - Fear of the color yellow
or the word yellow
Papaphobia
The fear of The
Pope
What Are Symptoms of Phobia??
Shaking
Panic
Dread
Terror
Sweating
Trouble thinking clearly
Nausea
Rapid heart beat
Trouble breathing
Overwhelming desire to escape from the
situation

What are the effects of
phobias?

Be for some people.
Increasing the risk of suffering from
in both men and women.

What are the causes phobias?

Incident or
Trauma

Genetics

Family
Environment

Had the phobia for at
least six months.
Avoid certain
situations and places
because of phobia.
Fear become
excessive and
unreasonable.
Avoidance interferes
with normal routine
or causes significant
distress.
Causes intense and
disabling fear,
anxiety, and panic.

How are phobias assessed?

Recognized by
specialist
Ask a number
of questions to
understand all
the symptoms
have
Submit the
answer for
medical and
physical
examination
Analyze the
way to
overcome.

Treatment of Phobias


Medications

Desensitization.

Cognitive behavioral
therapy

How can people cope with
phobias?

Talking about their fears.
Refraining from avoiding situations they find stressful.
Imagining themselves facing their fears (visualization).
Making positive self-statements like, "I will be OK."
Patient Comments: Phobias -
Cause

I have an extreme phobia of dogs.
Ever since I was bitten on the arm
by a 150lb great dane, I've feared
and hated dogs. Just the sight of a
dog is enough to put me in a panic
attack.
I have an extreme fear of snakes. Just thinking of a situation
or presence of a snake will normally put me into a panic
attack. Honestly, I think it stemmed from an episode of
South Park when I was little and flipping through the
channels, and a cartoon snake swallowed a whole cartoon
person, but I'm not sure if that's quite it
I'm really scared of clowns, the
phobia started after a random
dream about a clown trying to kill
me, and since they have just
freaked me out.
Did You Know??
i. The average age that phobias begin is about 10
years of age.
ii. Estimated at more than 6 million people
in the United States who suffer from phobia.
iii. Women tend to be twice as likely to suffer
from a phobia compared to men.
iv. Phobias tend to run in families, influenced by
culture and parenting style, and triggered by
life events.
Now, I know what is
phobia actually
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