Phobias and Addiction Rachael Thomas PSY/300 January 26‚ 2014 Professor Chung Phobias and Addiction Webster Dictionary defines phobia as “a persistent‚ irrational fear of a specific object‚ activity‚ or situation that leads to compelling desire to avoid it” ("PHOBIA‚" n.d) Whereas Addiction is defined as “the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or something that is psychologically or physical habit-forming‚ as narcotics‚ to such extent its cessation causes severe trauma” ("addiciton‚"
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Phobias Informative speech Okay‚ so I want all of you to imagine a giant hairy spider crawling on your arm. It’s not doing any harm but it is just sitting there; for some of y’all this is your worst nightmare. If you are one of those people you may have arachnophobia which is the extreme fear of spiders. For some of y’all imagining you are in a tight space that is constricting any movement makes you feel very uneasy and want to scream; this may be because you have claustrophobia. : “Almost 6.2 million
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Fear. An emotion we all dread to experience. The definition itself sounds unpleasant‚ “an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that something is dangerous‚ likely to cause pain‚ or a threat’ (Merriam-Webster). Danger‚ pain‚ and threat‚ these aren’t words that would attract most people to an experience. Fears come in all shapes and sizes‚ even animals have fears‚ it’s a basic instinct that all creatures have to identify threats in order to survive. Without fears we would not be able to process
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Alex N EIV AP p.1 The worst kind of fear is the fear of the unknown. The fear of not knowing. When you turn around‚ but there is nothing there. When you feel like you are being watched‚ but there’s nothing there. When you hear your name called out‚ but you are alone. That is the essence of fear. There are creatures‚ monsters‚ that feed off this fear. They incite doubt to feed‚ worry to drink‚ and fear to grow. Monsters live off of fear‚ like a parasite feeding‚ it eats and eats taking away hope
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Jessy Arroliga 9:00AM 10/26/12 Informative speech Topic: Panic Attacks General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my classmates about Panic Attacks. Central Idea: I want to inform my classmates about what a Panic Attack is‚ what triggers a Panic Attack and what are the symptoms of a Panic Attack. INTRODUCTION Attention Getter: Have any of you ever been scared of going on a roller coaster or going into a hunted maze? Did you know that you are prone to a Panic attack?
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Niccolo Ammaniti demonstrates in his popular novel‚ ’I’m Not Scared’‚ the role fear plays in people’s lives and their respective decisions. He discusses how fear is able to manipulate key character’s moral instincts and distort their interpretations of what is right. Fear is shown to be an extremely powerful underlying contributor to many of the situations that the characters find themselves in and the paths they chose to follow. Teresa‚ Pino and all the other adults of Aqua Traverse perfectly
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In the daily lifetime‚ there is great deal of fears which are existing inside everyone. Maybe the fear of something unreal or mentally mysterious like ghost‚ demon‚ evil forces‚ characters‚ height‚ darkness... or even something substantial such as the fear of spiders‚ of snakes‚ rats‚ dogs‚ mosquitoes‚ monkeys or even scared of himself . I have some‚ you have some‚ he has some‚ she has some ‚everyone has some ! We all have fears‚ they are obviously different and individual. To me‚ i have a lot of
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Shaylee Ewing AP English May 2‚ 2014 A Barred Owl/ The History Teacher The poems A Barred Owl by Richard Wilbur and The History Teacher by Billy Collins are two deeply contrasting pieces that share a common basic idea. These authors introduced two differing approaches on adults’ attempts on how to calm a child’s curiosity and illegitimate fears. While Wilbur uses rhyme and juxtapositions soothe the sleeping child out of her fears by “domesticat[ing]” them‚ Collins offers under-played false information
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The world is unsettled. There seems to be continuous conflict at every turn. The feeling of being unsettled creates fear. The greatest levels of fear in the short-run come when one does not feel assured of one’s safety and one’s family’s safety. The fear of the unknown is the most tangible fear for the long-term‚ that is‚ the feeling of terror of what lies ahead. Everyone wants freedom from fear‚ particularly the fear of the unknown and the feeling of one’s lack of safety. Unfortunately‚ with a continuous
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One of my greatest fear’s are spiders and snakes‚ because I think they’re so gross with their eight creepy crawling legs and their big eyes and slithery bodies. When my mom or I see a spider you better be out of our way because we are deathly afraid of them. In Texas there are spiders that can kill you if you don’t make it to the hospital fast enough. They are called Black Widow’s. What’s bad about Spider’s living in Texas is that my dad (Keith) ‚ my older brother (Cole) ‚ my step mom (Janice)‚ and
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