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what are phobias?

A phobia is an excessive fear of something that is not harmful like a spider or a dog. Even though the person who suffers from a phobia knows that his way of thinking is not rational still he feels anxious when he gets exposed to the thing he fears.

The difference between fears and phobias

the difference between fears and phobias is that phobias are irrational or excessive fears that make no sense for the ordinary person. If the phobic person to were think rationally he won't have feared that object that triggers his phobic response.

what are the types of phobias?

There many types of phobias below is a list of some of the most popular ones:

• Arachnophobia (fear of spiders)
• Venustraphobia, Fear of Beautiful women
• social phobia( is the fear of being embarrassed or doing something wrong in front of people. This kind of phobia results in feelings of self consciousness and of being watched)
• agoraphobia ( contrary to common beliefs its not fear or public places but its the fear of experiencing a panic attack and not being able to deal with it while in public. That's why the person who suffers from Agoraphobia usually avoids places where he can't easily escape from (like crowded places )
• Achluophobia (Fear of darkness)
• acrophobia (Fear of open high places)
• Aichmophobia (Fear of needles or pointed objects)
• Cynophobia ( fear of dogs)
• dental phobia or dental anxiety (fear of dentists)

The good news is that unlike depression many of the phobias won't prevent you from doing your daily activities. For example if you fear spiders you are unlikely to leave your work and run unless there is a spider around.

phobias treatment

phobias can be treated using many ways, the most famous methods used are: Cognitive behavior therapy Which is treatment method that can help you change your perception of the object you fear by changing the way you think about it and so prevent triggering the phobic response.

Exposure therapy where you get exposed to the object you fear until you discover that its harmless

hypnosis and Neuro linguistic programming where you are taught how to alter the internal image of the object in your mind and replace it with a new one that doesn't trigger you phobic response.

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i am not sure if i suffer from phobia,what are phobia symptoms?

Yeah i always feel self conscious , what to do?

i fear heights, what to do?

i guess i suffer from agoraphobia

i fear dark places, what to do?

tell me about cognitive behavior therapy ?

i want to know more details on exposure therapy

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