What is Communication Apprehension? Almost everyone can remember a time where they had to prepare to speak in public‚ and the nerves kick in. Often times even after preparing for the speaking engagement‚ one can relate to the common symptoms: sweaty palms‚ dry mouth‚ shaky voice‚ racing heartbeat. Communication apprehension‚ according to communicationapprehension.com‚ "[is] oth erwise known as the fear of speaking in front of a public." Although it is a very common fear‚ with a range of symptoms
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1 Clown Phobia (Coulrophobia) Mary Jane Oakley SOCL215-1202B-22/Colorado Technical University Instructor: Joelouie Genus May 23‚ 2012 Phase 1 DB 2 After conducting the interviewing process in Clown Phobia‚ I found it to be very interesting in the answers that I have received. The person that I interviewed that was under the age of 40 had given me the following responses. When asked if they liked clowns and what they thought about them‚ their reply was that they found them to be funny on
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Halloween conjures up our fears and phobias. Have you noticed how eerie it can be at night - a "lonely" night or a night that would be ideal for a horror movie! Have you noticed how the best horror movies feast on your imagination‚ it’s so dark you can’t see anything but the music and atmosphere it creates‚ for example‚ hearing footsteps following the future victim and as the "victim" hurries‚ the footsteps behind hurry too and you‚ the viewer‚ can feel your heart racing and feeling the fear -
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Emily Darby Psychology 102 September 24‚ 2012 Contrasting Perspectives on the Treatment of Fears: 1. Psychologists consider a phobia to be an irrational fear‚ meaning it is a fear reaction that is out of proportion to the reality of the danger. This differentiates itself from a normal fear reaction because the apprehension felt towards something alarming is to a real danger. 2. According to the Freudian concept of psychoanalysis‚ phobias are believed to originate from childhood traumas
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Trypanophobia: The Irrational Fear of Injections Kaleb Johnson IB Psychology Phobia Paper Word Count: 1565 Trypanophobia is the irrational fear of injections‚ commonly referred to as needle phobia. It is approximated that roughly 10% of all americans suffer from this particular phobia. When suffering from trypanophobia the thought of receiving medical treatment that involves injections cause extreme anxiety. Unlike most phobias trypanophobia frequently causes a drop in
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Fear comes in many forms. One of the worst forms of having fear is having a phobia. There once was a very successful man named George Kaufman. He had a horrible in dept‚ phobia of germs. In this essay I will be using Mr. Kaufman to illustrate the seriousness of having phobias that you have to live with every second‚ of every day in your life. Phobias are a very serious disease. When you have a phobia it means that you have an extreme fear of something‚ object or situation
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Abstract MRI machines can trigger claustrophobia and anxiety and the designers have known about this issue from the introduction of the first MRI machines. It is important to understand the specific qualities of MRI machines that trigger these reactions and it is also important to understand why the industry has not fully address this issue. The concept for this paper comes from the statistics of claustrophobia and anxiety incidents and from personal experience with claustrophobia during an MRI
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I have always been afraid of snakes. I have been suffering from this phobia for as long as I could remember ‚and it never really went away ‚because some phobias cannot. For instance Martin ‚who suffers from claustrophobia‚paranoia‚ and is intimidated by his own father. In the elevator ‚William Sleator writes about a young boy named Martin who suffers from many phobias once he moves into a new apartment with his father. The apartments are old and damaged ‚and off the bat ‚do not feel safe to Martin
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Button phobia‚ also known as koumpounophobia‚ refers to the fear of buttons‚ which is surprisingly very common. Since button phobia is a kind of anxiety disorder‚ it is treated by psychotherapy and hypnotherapy. Research has revealed that pharmacological treatment is not a choice for button phobia‚ but only psychological therapy is mandatory and effective. Some of the common methods of treatment for button phobia are directive psychotherapy‚ psychodynamic therapy‚ hypnotherapy and neurolinguistic
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Imagine being completely relaxed as you go to the doctor. You feel happy‚ healthy and ready to have your medical check up. If you have a fear of doctors and hospitals‚ even making an appointment can seem daunting. Some people are so afraid of doctors that they ignore obvious symptoms until their illness spirals out of control. Do you avoid making appointments for the doctor? Have you had serious illnesses or injuries that became worse because of lack of care? Does entering a hospital make you
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