2. Table of contents
Fear Vs Phobia
Experts have not yet determined what causes a phobia.
Effects of phobias
Symptoms Of Phobia
Classification Of Phobia
Treatment & Help
How To Cope Phobias
Conclusion
3. Fear Vs Phobia
Fear : A fear can be explained as a normal response to genuine
danger.
OR
PHOBIA :A phobia is defined as the unrelenting fear of a situation,
activity, or thing that causes one to want to avoid it.
4. Almost everyone has an irrational fear. For most people, these
fears are minor. But, when fears become so severe that they
cause tremendous anxiety and interfere with your normal life,
they’re called phobias.
A phobia is an intense fear of something that, in reality, poses no
meaning, place and no actual danger
. However, we can develop phobias of virtually anything.
Phobias are something that can create imaginatively. Most
phobias develop in childhood, but they can also develop in
adults.
If you have a phobia, you probably realize that your fear is
unreasonable, yet you still can’t control your feelings. Just
thinking about the feared object or situation may make you
anxious. And when you’re actually exposed to the thing you
fear, the terror is automatic and overwhelming.
5. Experts have not yet determined what causes
a phobia.
Some believe genetics to play a role but
most people do not share phobias.
Life experiences and development stages,
is what most experts and researchers
believe to be the leading cause behind the
development of phobias.
6. While there is no one specific known cause for
phobias, it is thought that phobias run in families,
are influenced by culture and how one is
parented, and can be triggered by a number of
different life event
7. Effects of phobias
If left untreated, a phobia may worsen to the point in which the
persons life is seriously affected, both by the phobia itself and/or
by attempts to avoid or conceal it.
For example, a fear of flying can result in the individual being
unable to travel.
In fact, some people have had problems with friends and family,
failed in school, and/or lost jobs while struggling to cope with a
severe phobia.
8. If left untreated, then a persons life will seriously
affected,
The phobia is so bad, as it limits a person's activities
and life.
Many people with phobias, will go out of their way,
to avoid the things they fear. Phobias are likely
underreported.
significantly interfere with one's ability to function
and enjoy life. People with phobias may
experience problems at work, school, and with
family and friends.
10. What Are the Signs and Symptoms of Phobias?
Phobia symptoms may include panic, terror,
dread, rapid or irregular heartbeat, difficulty
breathing, sweating, feelings of wanting to
escape or flee, and trembling.
11. Classification Of Phobia
1. Specific phobias (e.g .particular object or thing)
2. animal (e.g. dogs, spiders)
3. natural environment (e.g. heights, water)
4. blood-injection-injury
5. situational (e.g.airplanes, elevators)
6. Social
12. Social Phobia
Social Phobia Also known as social anxiety disorder
Social phobia is an excessive fear of embarrassment in social
situations.
Examples include fears of public speaking, meeting new
people, and other social situations.
13. Social Phobia
Social phobia is an extreme fear of social
situations such as speaking in public and
interacting with others.
The fear can be so extreme it can affect one's
relationships with friends, family, and work
colleagues.
People with social phobia are terrified of being
embarrassed in social situations. Social phobia is
also sometimes called social anxiety disorder.
14. Agoraphobia
Agoraphobia is a fear of in a situation from which one either
cannot escape or from which escaping would be difficult or
humiliating.
Agoraphobia tends to run in families and for some people,
may have a clear genetic factor.
15. Agoraphobia
People who suffer from agoraphobia have
excessive fear of being in open spaces or being
anywhere from which they could not easily leave.
Those with agoraphobia often worry about help
not being available to them or about being
embarrassed in front of others. There are many
underlying causes of agoraphobia, but it appears
to have a genetic component and it can run in
families.
16. Claustrophobia
Claustrophobia is an abnormal and persistent fear of closed
spaces, a sin elevators, tunnels, or any other confined space.
This type of fear is excessive and quite common.
17. Coulrophobia
Coulrophobia is an abnormal or exaggerated fear of clowns.
It is not uncommon among children, but is also sometimes
found in teenagers and adults as well.
20. Aerophobia
An abnormal and persistent fear of flying is called aerophobia.
This phobia generally develops after a person witnesses a
plane crash or loses a family member in a plane crash or
accident.
22. Didaskleinophobia
Didaskleinophobia, school phobia is itself a symptom of
anxiety disorder in childhood.
It is also known as separation anxiety which is an inappropriate
fear of leaving their parents, a person or place of trust or
home for example.
24. Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens
Dentophobia - Fear of dentist.
Achluophobia - Fear of darkness
Gamophobia - Fear of marriage.
Agoraphobia - Fear of open spaces or of being crowded in
public places like markets.
Iatrophobia - Fear of going to the doctor or doctors.
Farmacofobia - Fear of drugs.
Amaxofobia - Fear of vehicles, fear of driving.
25. Treatment & Help
Consult a physician to ensure it is a phobia
Seek treatment from a mental health professional.
Frequently meet with therapist &undergo long term treatment
26. How To Cope Phobias
Two main components in treating a phobia effectively.
Confronting the feared situation.
Dealing with any frightening thoughts that are associated with
anxiety.
