phobia and its types

1. Presented by:
MARINA MURAD

3. Definition Of Phobia
An abnormal and irrational fear of
specific thing or situation that
compels one to avoid it, despite the
awareness that it is not dangerous.

4. Fear vs. Phobia
FEAR :
normal response to
genuine danger.
PHOBIA:
is an extreme or
irrational fear

6. A Swedish study found that
females have a higher incidence
than males (26.5 % for females
and 12.4 % for males).

7. • Fearof public speaking, meeting new
people, or other social situation
Social Phobia
• Fear of being outside
Agoraphobia
• Fear of particular items or situations
Specific Phobias

9. FEAR of public speaking, meeting new
people, or other social situation
Social Phobia:

10. Social Phobia:
DO YOU KNOW ?
Social phobia or social anxiety is the
third mental health problem in the
world today……

11. Aerophobia:
The fear of
flying which
affects nearly
6.5% of the
world’s
population.

12. The fear of thunder and lightning
Astraphobia:

13. Acrophobia:

14. Arachnophobia
The fear of spiders

15. Katsaridaphobia
The fear of cockroaches. This can easily
lead to an excessive cleaning disorder…

17. Fear of Darkness and Night
Nyctophobia:

18. Fear of

19. Aquaphobia:

20. Somniphobia:

21. Fear of having Phobia!!!

23. THANK YOU