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    Mario Ezquivel Psychology Block 4 Mr. Nino Phobias A phobia is an intense fear of things‚ activities‚ animals or even other people‚ that is uncontrollable. People suffering from phobias usually suffer from anxiety attacks when they find themselves in the situations‚ things or the person they have fear of. Phobias are more often gotten through traumatic experiences though some of them are inherent to the victims. If it is untreated‚ phobias can cause long term damage on the mental and physical health

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    Most people have issues with their phobias such as being of spiders‚ afraid of darkness‚ afraid of open high places‚ afraid of enclosed spaces‚ or the number one phobia‚ which is public speaking. It was unthinkable for me to see myself speaking in public; and I suffered tremendous agony for that. I was able to recognize my phobia‚ since elementary‚ when I felt anxious and nervous speaking in front of my class. At the beginning‚ I accepted it as my behavior or as something that I could not change

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    1st blog PHOBIA                By Rabia Sehgal Jenny works as a Travel nurse. She travels a lot because of the shortage of nurses in both regional and national locations. She enjoys the flexible work assignments in her regional area. However‚ she goes to great lengths to avoid the work assignments in other national locations where she needs to fly down to the area and work. What do you think is the reason behind Jenny’s irrational behavior? Does she love her place too much or it just the fear

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    Phobias Phobias are a very common disorder in the United States these days. The definition for phobia is "an abnormal or morbid fear or aversion" ("Oxford" 655). To be considered a phobia‚ a fear must cause great distress or interfere with a person’s life in a major way. The word phobia is Greek‚ therefore‚ any word that proceeds it should be Greek too. To coin a new phobia name‚ it is proper and only accepted to follow this rule. The rule has been broken many times in the past‚

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    Strange and ridiculous phobias: Leukophobia - Fear of the color white Genuphobia - Fear of knees. Octophobia - Fear of the figure 8. Papyrophobia - Fear of paper. Random stuff- fear of phobia- phobophobia Names — Nomatophobia The fear of names. Phobia - the mere mention of it can make some people’s hair stand on end. Yes‚ there is such a thing as fear of phobias. Called phobophobia‚ it happens to a person who dreads being frightened by everything. This type of phobia is different from the

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    Fears and Phobias Opinion Paper “A strong dislike of flying is a fear‚ whereas a pathological fear (an intense‚ uncontrollable‚ unendurable‚ physical fear) is considered to be a phobia” (Rob Kelly). Not many people know the difference between fears and phobias neither did I until I began researching for my project. Many people have fears such as a fear of mice or a fear of the dentist. For some people there fears are very minor but what happens when a fear takes over a person’s entire life and disrupts

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    Phobias Phobias are is an irrational‚ intense and persistent fear of certain situations‚ activities‚ things‚ animals‚ or people. The main symptom of this disorder is the excessive and unreasonable desire to avoid the feared stimulus. When the fear is beyond one’s control‚ and if the fear is interfering with daily life‚ then a diagnosis under one of the anxiety disorders can be made. Phobias are known as an emotional response learned because of difficult life experiences. Generally phobias occur

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    Phobias and Addictions Chris Miller PSY/300 April 7‚ 2013 Dr. Pamela Allen Just as basic behaviors are developed through operant and classical conditioning‚ so are addictions and phobias. Establishing the differences of classical conditioning‚ operant conditioning‚ how phobias and addictions are related‚ and the following extinctions of both conditions are what will be discussed. Phobias and

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    specific phobia. Phobias affect people on an everyday basis‚ and there are many different types of Phobias. Specific Phobias are described as “an intense‚ irrational fear of specific objects‚ activities‚ or situations” (Coon). Specific Phobias can be the fear of situations‚ animals‚ natural environments‚ blood-injection-injuries‚ or other things such as loud noises or clowns. These fears are often recognized as unusual because the fears are blown out of proportion. People with specific phobias feel

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    A- Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing. Acarophobia- Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching. Acerophobia- Fear of sourness. Achluophobia- Fear of darkness. Acousticophobia- Fear of noise. Acrophobia- Fear of heights. Aerophobia- Fear of drafts‚ air swallowing‚ or airborne noxious substances. Aeroacrophobia- Fear of open high places. Aeronausiphobia- Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness. Agliophobia- Fear of pain. Agoraphobia- Fear of open spaces or of

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