All About Phobias by Salma Alayleh

Phobia

falme_falay — 2016-12-09 01:41:23 UTC

A phobia is defined as an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something. All phobias are considered anxiety disorders, falling into the same class as PTSD and panic disorder as they are fundamentally based on fear. Causes of phobias originate from traumatic experiences in the past that later become triggered, developing into an intense fear towards something. An example of a traumatic experience could be surviving a dangerous hurricane, and once remembered, that traumatizing experience may trigger someone leading to the development of an intense fear for hurricanes, also known as Lilapsophobia. Physical symptoms include anxiety or a panic attack, such as a pounding heart, nausea or diarrhea, sweating, trembling or shaking, numbness or tingling, problems with breathing (shortness of breath), feeling dizzy or lightheaded, feeling like one is choking.
Children with a specific phobia may express their anxiety by crying, clinging to a parent, or throwing a tantrum. According to WebMD, "5%-12% of Americans have phobias. Specific phobias affect an estimated 6.3 million adult Americans." This shows how many people's lives are affected by any phobia, preventing them from living a normal life. There are over 100 types of phobias, each and every one of them taunting someone as each day goes by. It often comes to the point where life can become an endless round of defensive actions made to prevent an encounter with whatever serves as the focus of fear. Phobias are like falling into a well, and once fallen into the pit one cannot get out unless helped.

Top 10 Phobias

falme_falay — 2016-12-09 02:36:05 UTC

10-) Trypophobia- The fear of holes
9-) Aerophobia- The fear of flying
8-) Mysophobia- The fear of germs
7-) Claustrophobia- The fear of small places
6-) Astraphobia- The fear of thunder and lightening
5-) Cynophobia- The fear of dogs
4-) Agoraphobia- The fear of public spaces
3-) Acrophobia- The fear of heights
2-) Ophidiophobia- The fear of snakes
1-) Arachnophobia- The fear of spiders

Statistics

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All the phobias

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http://phobialist.com/

Question

falme_falay — 2016-12-09 03:29:02 UTC

If you have a phobia what is it, and how has it affected you in everyday life situations? If you do not have a phobia but a loved one/friend does, how has it affected them? If you do not have a phobia, and a loved one/friend does not have one either, what is your overall opinion towards phobias and would you consider them legitimate?

Works Cited

falme_falay — 2016-12-09 03:50:45 UTC

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Stuchiner, Esateys. "Phobias | What Are They and How to Overcome Them." Self Healing Institute. N.p., 01 June 2016. Web. 08 Dec. 2016. <http://selfhealinginstitute.com/2016/05/31/phobias/>.

Roman Trnovsky, Student Follow. "Phobias." Share and Discover Knowledge on LinkedIn SlideShare. N.p., 04 Dec. 2013. Web. 08 Dec. 2016. <http://www.slideshare.net/rtrnovsky/phobias-28889043>.

"Phobias: Specific Phobias Types and Symptoms." WebMD. WebMD, n.d. Web. 08 Dec. 2016. <http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/specific-phobias?page=2#1>.

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Osama Malak

osamasamehmalak — 2016-12-09 19:49:17 UTC

I believe phobias are real and can affect a normal daily life. However, phobias like Trypophobia are usually over exaggerated and used as an excuse to get first priorities from other people. I think that some phobias are legitimate but some are used as an excuse to be diagnosed with a phobia.

Yaman Shadid

ymmnshadid — 2016-12-11 17:49:42 UTC

I think all phobias are legitimate and really stressing, because people have personal beliefs of something and a certain kind of phobia scares them. But I do not approve of people lying about having certain phobias to avoid actions and events.

Abia Khan

khanabia7 — 2016-12-11 23:08:48 UTC

My overall opinion towards phobias is that most phobias are real such as Arachnophobia because spiders crawl everywhere and look scary. Other kinds of phobias are just fake and people experience stress which makes them think they have phobias. I do consider phobias as legitimate because many people do have phobias which can be serious at times, but some phobias are fake.

Yaseen Izzeldin

yaseenizzeldin123 — 2016-12-12 16:11:54 UTC

I consider the fact that phobias are in every humans life. However, if a person is always devolving phobias, overtime the person is sensitive because of lack of getting over that fear

Israa

dahbourisraa — 2016-12-13 05:21:04 UTC

I , personally, do not have any phobias , but my sister is highly arachnophobic. She cannot be close or stay in the same room as a spider to the point she would sleep in the living room if there was a spider around her bed. I believe that phobias are real, yet some are over exaggerated and just natural fear.

Ali Hamade

ahamade7 — 2016-12-15 18:30:54 UTC

I do not have a phobia, nor do I have close relatives with any. However, I do believe they are legitimate fears that can be dealt with and treated to help calm the person at hand

Sabina Awan

awansabina — 2016-12-16 05:15:56 UTC

I do not have any phobias, but i have a friend of mine who is cynophobic. Whenever she sees dogs she would get scared and would not come close to it. She would never go pass by a dog. I agree that phobias are real, however some can be natural fear.

Iman Fahmy

amun909 — 2016-12-16 21:56:32 UTC

When I was younger, I was afraid of dogs, so I used to run away from them and that caused the dogs to chase me around and I would be terrified. Now, I'm still kind of apprehensive towards them