Phobia is an unrelenting fear of a situation, activity, or thing that causes one to want to avoid it. There are several types of phobias including social phobia, agoraphobia, and specific phobias. Phobias can cause intense fear, anxiety, panic, sweating, rapid heartbeat, and a desire to escape. They are often caused by genetics, trauma, family environment, and last at least six months. Phobias are assessed through questions and treated with cognitive behavioral therapy and medication to help people face their fears.

1. PHOBIA
What are you afraid of??

2. What Is Phobia ??

3. Hey, do you know
what is phobia??

4. PHOBIA is the
unrelenting fear of a
situation, activity, or thing that
causes one to
want to avoid
it.

5. Agoraphobia
Social Phobia
Type of
phobia:
Specific
Phobias

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

7. Phobia ( Alphabet)
A
• Aeroacrophobia - Fear of open high places.

8. B
Barophobia - Fear of gravity.

9. C
• Catoptrophobia - Fear of mirrors

10. D
• Demophobia - Fear of crowds

11. E
 Entomophobia - Fear of insects

12. H
 Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia -
Fear of long words
OMG!! It’s
tooooo
long…….

13. I
 Isolophobia - Fear of solitude, being alone

14. K
 Keraunophobia - Fear of thunder and lightning.

15. L
 Logizomechanophobia - Fear of computers

16. M
 Melissophobia - Fear of bees

17. O
 Octophobia - Fear of the figure 8.

18. S
 Scoionophobia - Fear of school

19. T
 Testaphobia - Fear of taking test

20. X
 Xanthophobia - Fear of the color yellow or the
word yellow

21. Other Phobia:

22. What Are Symptoms of Phobia??
Shaking
Panic
Dread
Terror
Sweating
Trouble thinking clearly
Nausea
Rapid heart beat
Trouble breathing
Overwhelming desire to escape from the
situation

23. What are the effects of
phobias?
• Be life-threatening for some
people.
• Increasing the risk of suffering from heart
disease in both men and women.

24. What are the causes phobias?
Genetics Incident or
Trauma
Family
Environment

25. Had the phobia for at Causes intense and
least six months. disabling fear,
anxiety, and panic.
Avoidance interferes
Fear become
with normal routine
excessive and
or causes significant
unreasonable.
distress.
Avoid certain
situations and places
because of phobia.

26. How are phobias assessed?
Ask a number Submit the
of questions to answer for Analyze the
Recognized by
understand all medical and way to
specialist
the symptoms physical overcome.
have examination

27. Treatment of Phobias
Cognitive behavioral
therapy Desensitization.
Medications

28. How can people cope with
phobias?
Talking about their fears.
Refraining from avoiding situations they find stressful.
Imagining themselves facing their fears (visualization).
Making positive self-statements like, "I will be OK."

29. Patient Comments: Phobias -
Cause
I have an extreme phobia of dogs.
Ever since I was bitten on the arm I'm really scared of clowns, the
by a 150lb great dane, I've feared phobia started after a random
and hated dogs. Just the sight of a dream about a clown trying to kill
dog is enough to put me in a panic me, and since they have just
attack. freaked me out.
I have an extreme fear of snakes. Just thinking of a situation
or presence of a snake will normally put me into a panic
attack. Honestly, I think it stemmed from an episode of
South Park when I was little and flipping through the
channels, and a cartoon snake swallowed a whole cartoon
person, but I'm not sure if that's quite it

30. Did You Know??
i. The average age that phobias begin is about 10
years of age.
ii. Estimated at more than 6 million people
in the United States who suffer from phobia.
iii. Women tend to be twice as likely to suffer
from a phobia compared to men.
iv. Phobias tend to run in families, influenced by
culture and parenting style, and triggered by
life events.

31. Now, I know what is
phobia actually…
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