Students talk about phobias / fears and related vocabulary. Targets include multiple ways to express one's fears and famous types of phobias. Discussion questions allow students to practice their new vocab.

1. Phobias

2. If I have no reasons I am ________
• She hasn't sneezed or coughed,
but she thinks she is sick. She is
being ________.
• The opposite of crazy is
________.
irrational
rational
irrational

3. Another way to say
too much is ________
• She eats candy too much.
Or we can say:
• She eats candy _________.
excessive
excessively

4. Another way to say I'm scared of
snakes is ___________________
• What are you scared of ?
• I’m scared of snakes.
Or we can say:
• What do you ____?
• (I fear snakes)
I have a fear of snakes.
fear

5. What is a phobia?
• An irrational and
excessive fear of an
object or situation….
• Symptoms: feel
dizzy, nauseas and
breathless
• Sometimes includes
panic attacks!

7. What’s another way to say
“I’m afraid of dogs” ?
1. I am scared of dogs.
2. I am terrified of dogs.
3. I have a fear of dogs.
4. I have a phobia of dogs.
5. I have a dog phobia.

8. Top 10 Phobias
•Number 10
Cynophobia
•Fear of
dogs

9. Discussion
1. Do you have a phobia? What
kind of phobia?
2. Did you have any phobias when
you were growing up?
3. Why do you think people have
phobias?

10. Top 10 Phobias
•Number 9
Agoraphobia
•Fear of
public places

11. Top 10 Phobias
•Number 8
Chorophobia
•Fear of
dancing

12. “I’m afraid of dancing” ?
1. I am scared of dancing.
2. I am terrified of dancing.
3. I have a fear of dancing.
4. I have a phobia of dancing.
5. I have a dancing phobia.

13. Top 10 Phobias
•Number 7
Spectrophobia
•Fear of
ghosts

14. Top 10 Phobias
• Number 6 -
Nyctophobia
• Fear of
darkness

15. “I’m afraid of the darkness”
1. I am scared of the darkness.
2. I am terrified of the darkness.
3. I have a fear of the darkness.
4. I have a phobia of the darkness.
5. I have a darkness phobia.

16. The formal way to say I'm scared of the
darkness is _______________
Or we can say:
• I have ___________.
I am nyctophobic.
nyctophobia

17. Top 10 Phobias
• Number 5
Caligynephobia
• Fear of
beautiful women

18. Top 10 Phobias
• Number 4
Acrophobia
• Fear of
heights

19. The formal way to say I'm scared of
heights is _______________
Or we can say:
• I have ___________.
I am acrophobic.
acrophobia

20. Top 10 Phobias
• Number 3
Claustrophobia
• Fear of
Small Spaces

21. The formal way to say I'm scared of
small spaces is _________________
Or we can say:
• I have _____________.
I am claustrophobic.
claustrophobia

22. Top 10 Phobias
• Number 2
Mysophobia
• Fear of
germs

23. Top 10 Phobias
• Number 1
Necrophobia
• Fear of
death or dying

24. The formal way to say I'm scared of
dying is _______________
Or we can say:
• I have ___________.
I am necrophobic.
necrophobia

25. Phobia matching
1. Agoraphobia
2. Chorophobia
3. Spectrophobia
4. Claustrophobia
5. Cynophobia
6. Acrophobia
7. Caligynephobia
8. Nyctophobia
9. Necrophobia
10.Mysophobia
• Fear of dogs
• Fear of germs
• Fear of darkness
• Fear of heights
• Fear of public places
• Fear of beautiful women
• Fear of ghosts
• Fear of death or dying
• Fear of small spaces
• Fear of dancing

26. Make your own phobia…
1. What’s it called?
2. What does it mean?
3. Who does it affect?
4. How is it treated?

27. Discussion
1. What do you think is the best
way to overcome phobias?
2. Have you heard of any strange
phobias?

28. I talk to people to help them
overcome their problems.
I am a ________.
If my patient want to
talk to me she needs
to book a _______
_______
therapist
therapy
session

29. We are going to
have a Therapy Session
1. You have an
irrational ____and
need to talk to the
therapist….
2. You are the therapist
so give him/her some
good advice to
overcome this fear..